SwiftKey

by TouchType Ltd.

Product Details

• ASIN: B005D9MUWY
• Original Release Date: July 18, 2011
• Date first available at Amazon.com: July 18, 2011
Rated: All Ages This app may include dynamic content. What's this?

All Ages

Based on information provided by the developer, the content of this application is appropriate for all users and contains no objectionable content or advertisements.




Guidance Suggested

Based on information provided by the developer, the content of this application is appropriate for most users. The app may include account creation, location detection, user generated content, advertisements, infrequent or mild references to violence, profanity, or crude themes, or other content not suitable for all ages.







Mature

Based on information provided by the developer, the content of this application is only appropriate for mature users. The app may include account creation, location detection, user generated content, advertisements, explicit references to or images of drugs, alcohol, tobacco, graphic violence, profanity, or crude humor, mild sexual and suggestive themes, nudity within medical, informational, or artistic contexts, simulated gambling, or other content only suitable for mature audiences.







Adult

Based on information provided by the developer, the content of this application is only appropriate for adults. The app may include account creation, location detection, user generated content, advertisements, explicit references to or images of drugs, alcohol, tobacco, graphic violence, profanity, or crude humor, sexual and suggestive themes, nudity, simulated gambling, or other content only suitable for adult audiences.



This application contains content that is downloading real-time, based on inputs from the user or developer. The maturity rating associated with this application pertains only to the static elements of the application and does not cover any dynamic information (e.g. websites, friend postings, tweets). Dynamic content is defined as any content that may change within the application. Content can include animations, video or audio.
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1,592 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #256 Paid in Appstore for Android (See Top 100 Paid in Appstore for Android)
  • #7 in Appstore for Android > Productivity

Product Features

• Best-selling keyboard app on Android
• World's most accurate autocorrect and next-word prediction
• Learns as you type, personalize with Gmail, Twitter, Facebook and blog
• Switch seamlessly between tapping and flowing (gesture input)
• Type in up to three languages simultaneously

Technical Details

• Size: 7.8MB
• Version: 4.1.0.142
• Developed By: TouchType Ltd.
• Application Permissions: (Help me understand what permissions mean)
  • Read only access to phone state
  • Read SMS messages
  • Open network sockets
  • Write to external storage
  • Access the vibration feature
  • Access information about networks
• Minimum Operating System: Android 2.1
• Approximate Download Time: Less than 1 minute

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

81 of 98 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Great replacement for Swype if you lack physical keyboard July 22, 2011

By Katie

Amazon Verified Purchase

I have the LG Optimus V, which does not have a physical QWERTY keyboard. My phone was pre-installed with Swype, which is a great idea but just doesn't work well if you're the type of person who likes to be quick with sending messages. The flaw of Swype is that the QWERTY keyboard layout has a lot of frequently used letters near each other or in the same Swype path. "Our" always became "out," "put" or "it" or vice versa. I could never get the correct your/you're. And on. It remembered every custom word I typed, even typos and would annoyingly always select those words over others. If you change your thought mid-word or realize you swiped in the wrong direction, you need to stop, let it display a word and then do a long hold back to delete the word. Some characters that are used a lot, like question mark, require a long hold. In short, Swype was annoying and took up too much time to correct.

I really lucked out seeing Swift Key X for a one-day free download. This is the first daily free app I've downloaded that I think is truly worth paying for. The keyboard is so fast and easy. I can seriously get like 30% accuracy and it will still know what I'm trying to say the vast majority of the time. I can type rapidly with my thumb, one-handed, no problem. The keys used most are short single-click. You can customize the layout to include arrow keys. It's actually way more customizable than Swype because Swype wasn't customizable at all. The options Swift Key X offers will fit your typing style. It learns what you say based on your emails and texts, but I turned off next word prediction because I found it didn't always get the next word right and I like the flow of just typing what I'm thinking. Still, the technology is useful because I don't need to manually type words for it to learn; it learns words I use by evaluating my other messages. I've only used this app for three days as my default keyboard, but I am impressed. I will not go back to Swype now. I really recommend this. It beats the pants off Swype and the plain keyboard that comes with Android/LG Optimus. I haven't tried any other keyboards, but I don't see why I should. I'm very happy with this one.

This app should be the default one pre-installed on Android non-physical keyboard phones -- not Swype.

edit: I have been using this app for two years now. I even bought a phone with a physical QWERTY keyboard and I still use Swift Key X. It's that good.

edit Feb. 2013: This app does NOT work correctly with the Kyocera Rise sold by Virgin Mobile. Please let app developers know, so perhaps they will fix it. I voted for them to fix it on their bug reports website.

30 of 35 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Favorite Android Keyboard July 21, 2011

By Matthew Jacobs

I've used several different Android soft-keyboards, and this one is by far my favorite. I found Swype to not be so useful once the novelty wore off, for example.

Contrary to the privacy fear-mongers, I believe SwiftKey is pretty clear about what they do. Be aware that if you opt-in to certain personalization options, Swiftkey does collect the information you allow them access to in order to optimize your experience. This can include SMS, Twitter, and Facebook (I chose not to give them access to the last one). If you choose not to, I believe it is still an excellent keyboard, and recommend it highly. They've made it clear that they will collect and use statistical information as well, but that's a far cry from publishing your credit card info.

Overall, I think there isn't anything suspicious about what SwiftKey does. It's a fantastic app.

19 of 24 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Keyboard! July 21, 2011

By LJ

I just bought this in the Android Market the other day for $2 (half off deal) and it's well worth $2 or $4. But it being free... you can't pass this app up.