Published on February 28th, 2020 | by Bibhuranjan

Alternatives to Gboard: Best Keyboard Apps for Android & iOS

Gboard is the name of the Google keyboard that, ironically, was first released for iPhone, and came a few months later to Android. Throughout his life he has been gaining functions such as instant translator or incognito mode making it one of the best free keyboards, although there is life beyond Gboard.

If you are looking for a keyboard application for your mobile phone other than Gboard, you have a large number of quality keyboards available on both Google Play and the App Store. We have selected here the best alternatives to Gboard that you can get today. Also you may visit the websites like the buyers trend as well to know more about the best keyboard apps for android 2020.

Alternatives to Gboard 2020

Swiftkey

SwiftKey is one of the most complete alternatives to Gboard, with a similar design and functions. Basically, the only thing you will miss is that extra integration with Google services (such as translator or search) integrated in Gboard.

For the rest, SwiftKey has everything you would expect from such a veteran keyboard application, such as great support for languages (more than 300), sliding writing, predictive text with emojis included, themes and many customization options.

Fleksy does not reach the popularity of SwiftKey, but Android already reaps more than five million users and an average rating of 4.4 that is not bad. One of its strengths is the personalization with dozens of themes including the chameleon theme, which changes color according to the app you use.

Other benefits of Fleksy are the Fleksyapps, miniapps that are added to the keyboard to search for GIFs, add stickers or show contextual actions according to what you are typing. There is no lack of private mode or predictive writing, with emoji suggestions included.

Chrooma Keyboard

Chrooma Keyboard won a place in the hearts of many Android users under a simple premise: the keyboard changes color according to the color of the app you use at that time, making the set more harmonious. As we have seen before, today other keyboards have copied the idea, but Chrooma is still the original.

Minuum Keyboard

Tired of the virtual mobile keyboard occupying almost the entire screen and losing track of what you are typing? Minuum is apparently an ordinary keyboard, but it has a peculiarity: you can compress the keys to occupy the minimum space.

Other advantages of Minuum are the floating mode, the shortcuts to perform actions (such as deleting or using voice input) or the tools to control the clipboard or check your writing speed. The number of supported languages is small, although Spanish and English are included.

1C Big keyboard

1C Keyboard is more or less exactly the opposite of Minuum: it is a giant keyboard for those who do not control this much of the virtual input, who have trouble seeing the small keys of normal keyboards or simply those who want a keyboard with the keys huge

Visually it is not the prettiest keyboard application of all time, but it is one of the few that allows you to take the keys to the extreme of occupying almost the entire screen using a reinterpretation of QWERTY similar to that of Typewise, which we will see later.

Kika Keyboard

If you do not care about the size of the keys and all you are looking for in your keyboard application is the possibility of changing its appearance with thousands of themes, the Kika keyboard can be one of the best alternatives to Gboard for you.

It includes support for more than 60 languages, finger swiping and search and sending of GIFs, although the strong point is in personalization, being able to install themes or use any image of the mobile as a background for the keyboard.

Typewise

If you are a little tired of all the keyboards being more or less the same, in Typewise you have an alternative version, with larger hex keys and some other key that disappears and is replaced by gestures on the keyboard.

As an alternative to Gboard it may cost a bit to get used at first, although it has a normal mode more similar to the keyboards of a lifetime. An interesting point is that Typewise does not require an Internet connection so that all writing suggestions are managed only on the mobile.

Tags: 2020, alternatives, Android, app, gboard, iOS, Phone

About the Author

Bibhuranjan Editorial Officer, technofaq.org I'm an avid tech enthusiast at heart. I like to mug up on new and exciting developments on science and tech and have a deep love for PC gaming. Other hobbies include writing blog posts, music and DIY projects.