G+_Brandon Giesing / CosiC Posted July 18, 2013 Share Posted July 18, 2013 SwiftKey 4 Keyboard Review Heard of SwiftKey? Well you probably have as it is the number one paid app on the Google Play Store. Is it worth it though? Let's find out in this review of the SwiftKey 4 keyboard with SwiftKey Flow. The biggest new feature is SwiftKey Flow. If you know what Swype is, you know what Flow is. It is a gesture typing feature exactly like Swype. What makes it different from Swype though is a feature called Flow Through Space. This allows you to type full sentences without lifting up your fingers. To do it glide your finger down to the space bar after gliding a word then continue on to the next word! This has a flaw though. Sometimes it will get the correct word then will change it later in the swiping. But it has some other features that work great including smart space and it's awesome prediction! Smart space allows you to type without hitting the space bar occasionally and it will put the spaces in. It also has the best prediction I have ever seen in a keyboard. You can type whole sentences with the prediction bar! It also features a number pad in the symbols layout instead of having the numbers across the top of the keys which I prefer and the second symbols page has arrow keys for navigation. You can even add arrow keys to the whole keyboard on the phone version. The tablet version has a split keyboard in landscape mode. That brings me to my downsides. First of all, there are two different versions of the keyboard for Phones and Tablets. Most modern applications use one app for both. Secondly, If you are looking to buy this cause of the SwiftKey Flow, don't. It is still fairly weak and Swype is a lot better and cheaper. Lastly their is the price. It costs $3.99 for both the tablet and phone versions and if you want both you will be paying twice. So the verdict on the SwiftKey 4 keyboard? Even though it has a lot of downsides, the prediction makes up for everything! It is so smart that it probably knows that I am going to give it a yes! The only thing I would suggest is that you wait for it to go on sale which happens fairly often! Download from here (Phone): https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.touchtype.swiftkey Download from here (Tablet): https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.touchtype.swiftkey.tablet.full Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Jacqueline Nehama Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 I have used Swiftkey in its many iterations. It has continually added features, but by far its amazing prediction bar is the reason to use it. There is nothing that comes close. This is coming from a keyboard junkie who had tried most of the available third party keyboards available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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