Comparison

Live Keyboard Plus vs Slyder

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Live Keyboard Plus

Enhance your typing experience with a customizable keyboard offering live themes, real-time translation, and quick access to emojis, GIFs, and stickers. Improve messaging, emailing, and more with advanced features like cursor control and templates.

Highlights
  • Live themes and custom theme creation
  • 33-language predictive typing
  • Real-time translation
  • GIF and sticker search
  • Cursor control
  • Templates for quick data entry
Features
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Keyboard+ is the same as your usual iPhone's keyboard just way better! It will become your essential assistant as it is absolutely amazing for messaging, emailing, business, travelers, expats, GIF lovers, studies and others! Your privacy is our priority. Keyboard+ does not collect any personal data and keep your private information private. Most of the features require you to allow full access. Go to Settings / General / Keyboard / Keyboards / Keyboard+ / Allow full access / Allow Features: • Themes — awesome live themes! Create your own theme and share with friends! • Predictive keyboard — 33 languages with fast switching directly inside the keyboard • Translation — real time translation on most world's languages no apps switch anymore • Reverse translation — copy any incoming text to translate it to your language • Emoji/Kaomoji — swipe on right for instant access • GIFs — search for perfect GIF • Sticker.Place — search for amazing stickers from the best artists • Special Symbols — search for any special symbol • Wikipedia — search for anything in Wikipedia • Templates — send your email/phone and other data in one tap • Location sharing — send your location link in one tap • Cursor control — even on devices without 3D touch • Shortcuts — dot by double space, question mark by triple space and comma by long space • Dictation — take advantage of Siri speech recognition • Autocorrection — you can turn it off in specific language under languages section in Keyboard+ app • How to use — watch tutorials in Keyboard+ app More features coming soon! We are the small team of enthusiasts who wants to build the better keyboard for iPhone, so if you like Keyboard+ please tell friends about us, write a review on AppStore, or send us your thoughts from the app, it is very important! ----------------------------------- If you choose to purchase full access to all features, payment will be charged to your iTunes account, and your account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial will be forfeited if you purchase a subscription. Current subscription price starts at $9.99 USD / year. Prices are in U.S. dollars, may vary in countries other than the U.S. and are subject to change without notice. No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during the active subscription period.  For more information, please see our Terms of Use and Private Policy https://readymag.com/u314617050/keyboardplusapp/

About

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.

Highlights
  • Extensive gesture controls
  • Multi-language support
  • Customizable themes
  • Emoji recommendations
  • Copy/paste history
  • Adjustable keyboard height
Features
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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/

Screenshots

Live Keyboard Plus4 screens
Slyder4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Slyder at 4.5 against Live Keyboard Plus's 4.0. Slyder also leads on review sentiment (69% vs 53%) and update cadence (every 10 days vs monthly). Live Keyboard Plus's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 16.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Live Keyboard Plus sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per year and Slyder sells 12 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Slyder holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Slyder has 1.6K ratings behind it against 167, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 53% of Live Keyboard Plus's written reviews are positive against 69% of Slyder's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Live Keyboard Plus ships an update monthly, Slyder every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Live Keyboard Plus versus Slyder: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLive Keyboard PlusSlyder
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (167 ratings)4.5 (1.6K ratings) — better
Positive reviews52.6% of reviews68.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1671.6K — better
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS9.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size127 MB196 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperIvan StarchenkovChiho Chun

Customer experience

Live Keyboard Plus

All ratings167 ratings
Positive73.1%
Neutral8.4%
Negative18.6%
Written reviews365 reviews
Positive52.6%
Neutral15.3%
Negative32.1%

Slyder

All ratings1,649 ratings
Positive88.4%
Neutral5.0%
Negative6.5%
Written reviews261 reviews
Positive68.6%
Neutral11.5%
Negative19.9%

User reviews

Live Keyboard Plus

From 167 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 💬 Excellent real-time translation feature
  • 🎨 Customizable keyboard themes and designs
  • ⚡ Fast and responsive performance
  • 😊 User-friendly and intuitive interface
  • 🆓 Free core functionality without ads

Room to improve

  • 💰 Sudden shift to paid subscription model for previously free features
  • 🐛 Frequent crashes and freezing issues
  • ⚠️ Requires full keyboard access (privacy concerns)
  • 🔄 Inconsistent translation accuracy
  • ⏱️ Slow response time and lag during typing

Slyder

From 1.6K App Store ratings

What 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

Live Keyboard Plus

Reported bugs

20 issues
  • Translation function stops working randomly
  • App crashes when accessing theme creation or customization
  • Keyboard freezes during voice input/dictation
  • Characters not registering or appearing when typing quickly
  • Emoji functionality broken or locked behind paywall
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  • Copy-paste translation not working properly
  • Language settings not persisting between sessions
  • Keyboard unresponsive in landscape mode
  • Predictive text bar showing only limited suggestions
  • Custom theme application fails silently
  • Preview function not working for keyboard customization
  • App crashes on iPad when clicking 'more' or 'create' buttons
  • Keyboard disappears or goes blank
  • Constant logout issues requiring re-authentication
  • Keyboard size and positioning issues on iPhone X and newer models
  • Voice input crashes on certain iOS versions
  • GIFs and stickers copying as static images
  • Translation hanging or timing out
  • Keyboard conflicts with other apps after installation
  • Spacebar punctuation shortcuts not working reliably

Requested features

20 requests
  • Swipe/glide typing functionality
  • Arabic keyboard input support
  • Japanese and Chinese input methods
  • Vietnamese language support
  • Korean language support
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  • Cantonese language translation
  • Offline translation capability
  • Haptic feedback option
  • Dark mode with automatic switching
  • Number row on main keyboard
  • Punctuation buttons (period, comma) readily accessible
  • Trackpad functionality with spacebar
  • One-time purchase option instead of subscription
  • Better emoji prediction
  • Improved autocorrect and spell-check
  • Ability to save custom themes
  • Language switching by spacebar swipe
  • Support for more emojis and newer iOS emoji sets
  • Improved reverse translation in messaging apps
  • Better integration with WhatsApp and Messenger

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

10 purchases

Live Keyboard Plus

Subscriptions1
  • Annual plan7 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time9
  • Swimmingpool live theme$0.99
  • Sparkles live theme$0.99
  • Space live theme$0.99
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  • Purple space live theme$0.99
  • Lava live theme$0.99
  • Foggy hills live theme$0.99
  • California girl live theme$0.99
  • Unlimited templates$1.99
  • Unlock theme editor$2.99
12 purchases

Slyder

Subscriptions5
  • Plus$0.991 Month
  • Premium$3.997 Days
  • Plus$7.991 Year
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  • Premium$9.991 Month
  • Premium$59.991 Year
One-time7
  • 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

Questions

Is Live Keyboard Plus free?
Live Keyboard Plus is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Slyder free?
Slyder is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Live Keyboard Plus or Slyder?
Slyder is rated higher. Live Keyboard Plus averages 4.0 out of 5 from 167 ratings, while Slyder averages 4.5 from 1.6K ratings.
Do Live Keyboard Plus or Slyder have ads?
Neither Live Keyboard Plus nor Slyder shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Live Keyboard Plus or Slyder?
Live Keyboard Plus ships an update monthly, and Slyder every 10 days. Most recently, Live Keyboard Plus was updated on October 7, 2026 and Slyder on October 15, 2026.

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