iKeywi vs Slyder
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
iKeywi
Enhance your typing experience with an extra row for quick access to numbers and symbols. Customize keys for one-click input of long terms and easily manage your cursor. Supports multiple English dictionaries and is available for both iPhone and iPad.
- Extra row for keyboard
- Customizable keys
- One-click input for long terms
- Show letter case on keyboard
- Cursor movement
- Supports iPhone and iPad
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Want to add an extra row to your iPhone/iPad? One of the most popular keyboard extension in iOS communication is available on AppStore now! Features: - Extra row for keyboard - Customizable keys - Input long terms with 1-Click - Show letter case on keyboard - Move cursors - Supports both iPhone / iPad - Also support iPhone 6 / 6 Plus now! NOTICE: iKeywi requires "Allow Full Access" enabled in keyboard settings to save and load your keyboard settings. We won't record nor send any information. Available for QWERTY layout with English (U.S., U.K., Canada and Australia) dictionary now. More layout and languages coming soon.
Slyder
Enhance your typing experience with a customizable keyboard offering extensive gesture controls for navigation, deletion, and text manipulation. It supports multiple languages and offers personalized themes and feedback options.
- Extensive gesture controls
- Multi-language support
- Customizable themes
- Emoji recommendations
- Copy/paste history
- Adjustable keyboard height
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Slyder is a lightweight keyboard built around gestures — slide anywhere to move the cursor, drag the delete key to erase and undo, and keep the tools you actually use one tap above the keys. TYPE IN 38 LANGUAGES Japanese かな 12-key flick and ローマ字 with kana→kanji conversion. Chinese 简体拼音 and 注音. Arabic, Hebrew, Persian and Urdu with full right-to-left layouts. Hindi, Bengali, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Greek, Korean, English and many more — every one with the same gestures. GESTURES THAT SAVE TAPS - Slide anywhere on the keys to move the cursor, letter by letter - Drag the space bar to move word by word - Drag delete left to erase, right to bring it back - Swipe down to dismiss, swipe up for the number row MAKE IT YOURS - Themes matched to your iPhone color, or a gradient you build yourself - Choose the font your keys are drawn in - An extra row of favorites — buttons, phrases, links, folders - Adjustable keyboard height TOOLS BUILT IN - Clipboard history and a one-tap paste button - Emoji and emoticon suggestions that learn as you type - Cool Fonts and Fun Text - Generative AI with web search - Insights into how you type iCLOUD BACKUP Settings, folders, colors, clipboard, emoji and stats back up to your own iCloud and restore onto a new iPhone in one tap. ON iPAD A native iPad layout with a full number row and Apple-parity key sizing. Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Slyder at 4.5 against iKeywi's 3.0. Slyder also leads on review sentiment (69% vs 34%) and ratings volume (1.6K vs 5). iKeywi's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 12) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 16.0). On price, update cadence, ads and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Slyder sells 12 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. iKeywi asks for nothing beyond the download.
Slyder holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Slyder has 1.6K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 34% of iKeywi's written reviews are positive against 69% of Slyder's.
iKeywi ships an update every 11 days, Slyder every 10 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | iKeywi | Slyder |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (5 ratings) | 4.5 (1.6K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.7% of reviews | 68.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 1.6K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 11 days | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 196 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | JYITECH CO.,LTD | Chiho Chun |
Customer experience
iKeywi
Slyder
User reviews
iKeywi
From 5 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Customizable 5th row
- 👍 Swipe cursor movement
- 💡 Great potential
Room to improve
- 🐛 Buggy and unstable
- 👎 Small keys due to 5th row
- 👎 Poor autocorrect and predictive text
Slyder
From 1.6K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Fast and responsive keyboard
- 👍 Highly customizable with many options
- 💡 Innovative features like top bar customization
- 👍 Comfortable for users with large fingers
- 👍 Allows adding a number row above the keyboard
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional bugs and crashes
- 🐛 Keyboard sometimes switches to default iOS keyboard unexpectedly
- 🐛 Haptic feedback issues, sometimes stops working
- 🐛 Keyboard not working properly in certain apps like Chrome and Safari
- 💰 Paywall for removing ads and accessing premium features
Bugs and requests
iKeywi
Reported bugs
3 issues- Keyboard disappears or freezes
- Inconsistent behavior across apps
- Settings reset unexpectedly
Requested features
3 requests- Add support for more languages (e.g. Chinese, Russian, Arabic)
- Option to disable 5th row and predictive text
- Improve keyboard responsiveness and stability
Slyder
Reported bugs
4 issues- Keyboard sometimes switches to default iOS keyboard unexpectedly
- Haptic feedback issues, sometimes stops working
- Keyboard not working properly in certain apps like Chrome and Safari
- Issues with the keyboard when using the emoji/special character section
Requested features
5 requests- Add autocorrect and text prediction features
- Allow customizing the favorite bar when switching keyboard layers
- Add support for more languages like Japanese, Chinese, and Urdu
- Improve stability and reduce bugs
- Allow disabling the full access permission request
In-app purchases
iKeywi
No in-app purchases
Slyder
- Plus$0.991 Month
- Premium$3.997 Days
- Plus$7.991 Year
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- Premium$9.991 Month
- Premium$59.991 Year
- Support $0.99$0.99
- Support $1.99$1.99
- Support $2.99$2.99
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- Support $4.99$4.99
- Support $9.99$9.99
- Support $29.99$29.99
- Support $99.99$99.99
