Thursday Poll: Favorite Android Keyboard is?

by: Kellex | posted 09.22.11 | Polls

There are so many keyboards these days that it has almost become a chore to keep up with them. I seem to find myself switching on a weekly basis, falling in love for a couple of days with one, and then reverting back to or finding a new option shortly after. My current active keyboard of choice is GO Keyboard, but that doesn’t mean I don’t have the itch to jump back to FlexT9 or Swiftkey X. A lot of these keyboards are just so good in their own right, however, I can never decide which is my go to. What about you? Favorite keyboard right now is…? Or better yet, which keyboard can you not live without?

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Jbarb

Whatever happened to Blind keyboard (or something like that?)
jayd

I like Swiftkey because I can change the length of the long press duration before going to secondary character. It takes too long on stock.

I assume there are other aftermarket keyboard apps that can do that too, though.
babadush

SwiftKey
babadush

WS
Anonymous

What ever happened to Better Keyboard 8? This is by far the best layout (and use of space) as a keyboard. Yes it does not swype, do your dishes, or predict your text, but it sure was a hell of a keyboard app. Went looking for it last week, couldn’t find it on Amazon or the Market. What gives?
Hdandar

Still using Shapewriter Keyboard. Wish it was still on the market so its not lost once I upgrade!!
http://profiles.google.com/hdkellogg Howard Kellogg

TouchPal anyone?
http://twitter.com/xblaratings XBLA Ratings

ThumbKey!
Anonymous

Forgot Perfect Keyboard.
Phillip Purcell

If I could combine the swipe of Swype and prediction of SwiftKeyX, my keyboarding life would be perfect
- Anonymous
  
  I agree, this would be great. FlexT9 attempts this but just doesnt cut it for me. It has a couple quirks in the way that it functions that cant be changed in options (the options are extremely minimal to begin with) and I get annoyed and always go back to SwiftKey. Another that I actually really like is KeyPurr… once I figured out how to properly use it, it became pretty nice to me.
http://an.droid-life.com/ Dan

Swype with Swiftkey X as a close second. In my opinion once you Swype you can never go back
- Anonymous
  
  Agreed. I have been using FlexT9 since Amazon had it as a free app a few months back and I can not go back to “Typing” again. It drives me nuts whenever my girlfriend asks me to respond to a text on her iphone w/ it’s single letter button mashing.
David Brown

The keyboard I always end up coming back to, although I’ve never seen it mentioned or reviewed anywhere, is MessagEase, which is hands-down the easiest 1 handed typing keyboard ever.

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.exideas.mekb&feature=search_result
Anonymous

Other: Thumb Keyboard. Best keyboard for tablets by far.
Anonymous

SwiftKeyX all the way!
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=716789798 Lonnie Kerchief

I’m surprised so few people use Smart Keyboard Pro. I have absolutely zero complaints with it and fixes one of the biggest downfalls of the stock keyboard imho.. the width of the spacebar so.that.I.don’t.type.like.this.
- LionStone
  
  Yea I’m a bit surprised too…I honestly havent tried the others because SKP works so nice and fast too. I like padding the spacebar and other customizations as well. Im using the Galaxy skin, I like the darker keyboards better.
  - http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=716789798 Lonnie Kerchief
    
    That’s the same skin I use, too! I think it matches the blur theme well.
- http://twitter.com/Rocko9999 Rocko Smith
  
  3rd party keyboards are credit card snatchers. Never use them.
  - http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=716789798 Lonnie Kerchief
    
    Uhhh.. not always and definitely not this one. Why reply directly to my post? SKP is 100% legit.
Interstellarmind

thumb keyboard (surprised it’s not it’s own option??) because i can adjust the height (and width!) in portrait and landscape and do away with the editor window. using it on my droid charge.

also, having thumb keyboard on the xoom was the only thing that kept me from returning it (although, i did return it in the end)
- Anonymous
  
  Why’d you return it? Imhad the same issue, and with the split keyboard on Thumb Keyboard, I can type much faster than on either my iPad or Swype on the phone. Also asking cause my friend is asking me for recommendation to a tablet but wants either the xoom or something better. Whatd you end up getting?
Anonymous

Swiftkey x
http://twitter.com/il_Sole_Leone Stephen Box

TouchPal followed by FlexT9
Droidlovinyogi

Hacker’s Keyboard
http://twitter.com/Rocko9999 Rocko Smith

Froyo 2.2.1 Multi-Touch was damn good. Gingerbreads sucks donkey schmeg.
Phoenixy

Moto Multi-Touch is the best
- Lmrojas
  
  Hahahahahahahahahahahahahhahagahahahaababahahahahhajahajajajajajajajajaja
  - Wunderwaffe
    
    It actually is really good…
http://www.facebook.com/people/Michael-Forte/542650247 Michael Forte

Thumb Keyboard FTW!
- Kurt Edens
  
  Haha.. you weren;t kidding, you posted the exact same thing as I did… haha
Kuboo99

Thumb Keyboard
duckphan

I will never want to change from my customized HTC Ime Oregon Ducks, PDX trailblazers, or Air Jordan keyboards.
Mollequin

you should give the option of Swype Beta versus Swype baked-in. The Beta version is far superior.
Anonymous

Come on, why has Better Keyboard been demoted to “Other” status?
Booboolala2000

Using SwiftKey X, and couldn’t remember if that is the beta or the newest. Anyway, it works the best for me. .even if I miss type.
http://www.facebook.com/jeffandrews82 Jeff Andrews

NOTHING beats SwiftKey, imo.
Anonymous

Swiftkey is definitely the favorite from all the keyboards I have tried. However, I am currently using the default gingerbread keyboard on my OG droid because I find Swiftkey to run a little slow on my outdated hardware.
Anonymous

I use the gingerbread keyboard. Can’t stand anything else due to the lag.
Brian Fernald

I can’t vote right now. I just downloaded SwiftKey X to my Bionic after using Flex T9 on my OG Droid and a week or so with the new phone. SwiftKey might be hard to beat.
http://twitter.com/kirilv Kiril

You forgot simply stock keyboard; I mean non-OEM, stock Android keyboard that Google provides. I have tried many others, and I still use the stock Gingerbread keyboard. (And yes, I realize this keyboard has to be installed by hand on a bunch of phones that use OEM keyboards.)
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=16701616 Chris LeMeilleur

Swiftkey is legit.
http://profiles.google.com/robert.macri Robert Macri

Swiftkey was good for a short while but it doesn’t work on my CM7… Swiftkey X doesn’t seem to be as good when it comes to predicting for me, so I stick to Flex T9 as the tracing is better then Ultra’s.
HeliosAI

Just tried out the new AI Type. Swiftkey is still my fave. Cloud prediction seems slower than just having it right on the phone.
dunner87

Gotta go with a more recent addition, the new TouchPal with Curve. I especially like how all the editing tasks and the nav arrows are just a panel away from the main keyboard.
Mikedeamicis

dude! whats up with such a short duration on most of the poles here. i was on this site this morning and there was no poll. 3 hours later the poll is over. for those of us with a life and work to do, do our opinions not count? ever heard of letting a pole run for a full day? just sayin.
Anonymous

im still rocking better keyboard 8…its been out of the market over a month now, and thanks to titanium backup i dont have to drop another $3 on the amazon appstore for it again
cklooi

where is touchpal!??
http://profiles.yahoo.com/u/PP2KC2NKYXJ5AUNAJWRZTBRPUA Matty G

Haven’t found anything that works better for me than Swype. Is there a keyboard that’s designed to eliminate the right edge of the screen? My poor little OG is starting to age and the right 2mm or so of the screen no longer respond
John

FlexT9.

/poll.
- Anonymous
  
  I agree. I’ve been using FlexT9 since the day it was the free app of the day on Amazon and haven’t looked back. It replaced Swype for me.
Anonymous

AOSP Gingerbread keyboaord plx?
SolidSnake4

I still can’t get used to actually typing out words or hitting the space bar after using Swype for a year or so. That said , the latest update SUCKS and has me considering a switch. It gets the word wrong and is always replacing words with names from my contacts and splitting single traces into two words.
- Mikedeamicis
  
  yea, running swype on my bionic is starting to piss me off as well. it causes some serious glitching when mesenging.
  - Anonymous
    
    I’ve been doing great with it. I love that it can even put numbers in words and do full email addresses now. I went away from it for a few months, but am happy to be back on it, especially with the Bionic.
http://twitter.com/ZandyLander Andy Zeitgeister

Hacker’s Keyboard! https://market.android.com/details?id=org.pocketworkstation.pckeyboard
Anonymous

yeah, surprised you forgot thumb keyboard from your list. definitely can’t live without it on my transformer
Anonymous

The Droid 3 physical keyboard.
Best out there.
- STiK
  
  I second this!
- Zaqwsx
  
  I third it!
- Drafter29
  
  Mine sticks & drives me nuts.
Jedi54

I’ve been using TouchPal for years ever since my WinMo phone.
ramifications

What about the stock Android Gingerbread keyboard?
- Lmrojas
  
  Exactly. Kellen is messing up on these polls
- http://www.facebook.com/michael.crissinger Michael ‘Stig’ Crissinger
  
  agreed…dont understand why that’s not on the list. I’ve used Swype and Swiftkey and what-not. Always come back to the gingerbread one. it’s fast and works well, swiftkey eats ram like crazy
  - Anonymous
    
    I didn’t realize swiftkey(X) used a lot of ram.. may have to go back to stock and compare otherwise it’s predictions have made typing so much faster and I like being able to long press to get alt symbols and numbers.
  - Anonymous
    
    I agree it is nice for devices packing 1g of ram
- Anonymous
  
  Agreed. All the others miss key presses when I try to type quickly. And I like the Gingerbread autocorrect more.
- Anonymous
  
  Wouldn’t that fit under Stock/OEM keyboard?
  - Rizzidy
    
    There is no “Stock/OEM” option. There is only a “Stock OEM” option which necessarily excludes the stock Android keyboard.
  - Rizzidy
    
    There is no “Stock/OEM” option. There is only a “Stock OEM” option which necessarily excludes the stock Android keyboard.
- Anonymous
  
  wooow my best friend’s mom makes $77 an hour on the computer. she has been out of job for 9 months but last month her check was $7487 just working on the computer for a few hours. read about it here http://CashDone.com
- Anonymous
  
  And where’s my ThumbKeyboard?! It may just be the best app I ever bought for my tablet!!!
Bill Morrow

Thumb Keyboard FTW! Lol, seriously took it from my Xoom, and put it on my phone
Kurt Edens

Thumb Keyboard FTW!
- Bill Morrow
  
  Now, that, is awesome.
  - PSU_DI
    
    yeah I can’t believe Thumb Keyboard didn’t even make the list on the pole. It’s by far the best keyboard I’ve used.
    - http://twitter.com/technoveg Josh Phillips
      
      Agreed.
      - Robpsmith
        
        +1 Great keyboard with themes and customizable layout!
      - Kurt Edens
        
        There are so many good things about Thumb Keyboard. So many preset layouts. Full customization, themes, different layouts for different orientations, multitouch (as of a recent update) and sooo much more. By far the best keyboard out there. Should be default.
    - Anonymous
      
      That one sucks
- http://www.facebook.com/people/Michael-Forte/542650247 Michael Forte
  
  Haha I posted the same thing and then realized you did first.
- http://www.whatsyourissue.tv/ HeathCliff Rothman
  
  I also listed Thumbs Keyboard. Don’t know why it wasn’t on the list. And I found out about it through this site!

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