HusKyBoard vs ReachType

Bring the layout your fingers know to your iPad and iPhone. HusKyBoard supports two-set and three-set Korean layouts, chorded input, and English stenography. Make it your own with adjustable layouts, key sizes, themes, and typing settings. Use your chosen layout with a physical keyboard in the app’s notepad and the typing preview in Settings. Supported Layouts · Korean two-set: Standard Dubeolsik, Danmoeum, Dugeobi, and chorded Dubeolsik · Korean three-set: Sebeolsik 3-90, Final (3-91), and Sinsebeolsik P2 · Semo-e 2018, Semo-e Mobile · QWERTY, Dvorak, Colemak, Workman, Steno, and more One-Handed and Split Modes · Swipe left or right on the space bar for one-handed mode. Available in portrait on iPhone and in either orientation on a full-width iPad keyboard. Steno layouts do not support this mode. · Drag the empty area to adjust the width. On iPad, you can also adjust the position. · Place two fingers on the space bar and spread them apart to split the keyboard. Available in landscape on iPhone and on supported iPad keyboard designs. · Choose whether to keep the keyboard’s height in each mode. Keyboard Designs · Familiar Layout: Based on the standard iPad keyboard. · Physical Keyboard Sizing: Based on a physical keyboard’s key sizes and layout. · Full Key Layout: Keeps all keys in the standard ANSI layout visible, regardless of screen size. · Three iPhone designs: iPhone-style, a uniform 11-column grid, or a grid with Backspace on the bottom row. · Save separate keyboard heights for portrait and landscape. VIA-Style Customization · Edit keys with an editor inspired by VIA. · Save up to 20 custom layouts. · Assign characters or functions across Base, Shift, Fn, Option, and custom layers. · Copy an Option layer preset, then edit individual keys. · Customize Korean composition rules and chord timing per layout. Semo-e layouts also support symbol extension and medial/final Shift editing, plus custom abbreviations. · Export and import layouts to back them up or share them. Appearance and Themes · Choose from three built-in themes and five custom theme slots. · Adjust keyboard and key backgrounds, borders, shadows, and label colors and font weight. · Adjust secondary label size, color, and opacity. · Give initial consonant, vowel, and final consonant keys different background colors to help learn a three-set Korean layout. · Set each theme to light, dark, or automatic mode. Keyboard Sounds (Experimental) · Choose iOS clicks or mechanical keyboard sounds. · Set sounds by key type and preview them. Physical Keyboard Support · Use custom layouts in the notepad and the typing preview in Settings. · By default, Caps Lock switches Korean/English, Control switches chorded/sequential input, Option activates the Option layer, and Option + Backspace deletes a word. · Assign layer switching or other functions to special keys such as Control and Option. Markdown Notepad · Save notes as .md files in a folder you choose, including iCloud Drive. · Markdown syntax is highlighted as you type. · Customize styles for individual Markdown elements. Typing Settings · Choose different layouts for portrait and landscape. · Switch between chorded and sequential input on supported layouts. · Swipe in four directions: choose a layer for each direction and set actions per key in custom layouts. · Adjust chord timing to match your typing speed. · Delete Korean text by character, individual letter (jamo), or a mix of both. · Turn key repeat and Option + Backspace word deletion on or off separately. · Adjust repeat speed, layer hold timing, label size, number row visibility, and the bottom row. · Open the typing preview with the keyboard button in Settings to try your changes. · Use two English steno layouts and Plover JSON dictionaries to turn chords into words.

ReachType supports iPhone and iPad, including iPhone Duo. On iPhone and folded iPhone Duo, use a mobile keyboard with four bottom-row arrangements and a one-handed mode. On iPad and wider Duo windows, choose a basic or split keyboard when there is enough room. Four phone arrangements Choose where the globe and number keys sit, put the globe below the keys, or add a punctuation key beside the space bar. The punctuation key types a period on tap and ? , ! or ` with a directional swipe. One-handed typing Hold the hide-keyboard key to switch between full-width and one-handed modes. Pro lets you adjust the left padding and bottom padding in the iPhone tab. Split the keys to fit your hands On wider screens, put the keys into left and right thumb clusters. Drag each row's split point separately. With Pro, adjust key height, letter-key width, side padding and bottom padding. Portrait and landscape settings are kept separately. Extra keys for wider layouts Pro adds cursor, coding and terminal presets, or a row you build yourself, with Esc, Ctrl, arrows, brackets and shell actions. Mobile layouts keep their own compact rows. A little company while you type Pro adds animated decorations, including cats, paper airplane, kite, retriever and cherry blossoms. Availability depends on free space below the keys. Privacy without Full Access No Full Access or account is required. The keyboard does not send network requests or store or transmit what you type. No analytics, advertising or tracking SDKs. Free features English and Korean input, basic and split layouts where supported, per-row split positions, key repeat and switching between full-width and one-handed phone modes. ReachType Pro is a one-time purchase, not a subscription. It unlocks phone bottom-row arrangements and padding, wider-layout size and padding controls, extra key rows and decorations. Purchase or restore Pro in the app using the same Apple Account. Available features follow the device, window width, orientation and free space. On a folded Duo or ordinary iPhone, the iPhone tab controls the mobile keyboard. Basic, Split and Extra Keys controls are for wider layouts.