Swiftkey Keyboard Android is now free

#1

Post by Lenad » Wed, Jun 11, 2014, 10:19 AM UTC

Swiftkey Keyboard Android is now free
play.google.com

Re: Swiftkey Keyboard Android is now free

#2

Post by ElliotH » Wed, Jun 11, 2014, 11:21 AM UTC

The new themes are quite nice, and it is a nice touch to give a free 'premium' theme pack to users who paid in the past.

Re: Swiftkey Keyboard Android is now free

#3

Post by tmikaeld » Wed, Jun 11, 2014, 11:40 AM UTC

They added in-app-purchases instead, though doesn't affect the keyboard more then superficially (themes).

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Post by sschueller » Wed, Jun 11, 2014, 11:53 AM UTC

Thank you for posting the link to the play store. The verge article I read earlier had no link which is very frustrating when reading something like his on a mobile device.

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Post by motoboi » Wed, Jun 11, 2014, 11:54 AM UTC

I bet they are aiming the iPhone market.

Makes sense when you consider Swiftkey user base on android and how some iPhone users can become jealous of such a nice keyboard.

As Apple opened the iPhone to this market, the strongest brand on Android may have a easier start.

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Post by nobodyshere » Wed, Jun 11, 2014, 11:58 AM UTC

I just wish I could remove their branded button from keyboard.

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#7

Post by sschueller » Wed, Jun 11, 2014, 12:01 PM UTC

I wish they had a semi-transparent theme.

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#8

Post by cliveowen » Wed, Jun 11, 2014, 12:10 PM UTC

Isn't the same thing already available on stock Android? I don't use it because I find it pretty inconvenient, but every time I swipe on the keys it appears.

Re: Swiftkey Keyboard Android is now free

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Post by thomasahle » Wed, Jun 11, 2014, 12:16 PM UTC

I have tried many different Android keyboards: Old and new stock ones, swype, ultimate, tons of non-qwerty ones; but I always end up coming back to Swift. It's just the only one that is Precise and Aggressive enough to support really fast typing.

Good luck to them now, on iPhone!

Re: Swiftkey Keyboard Android is now free

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Post by toxican » Wed, Jun 11, 2014, 12:23 PM UTC

thomasahle wrote: post #9

I have tried many different Android keyboards: Old and new stock ones, swype, ultimate, tons of non-qwerty ones; but I always end up coming back to Swift. It's just the only one that is Precise and Aggressive enough to support really fast typing. Good luck to them now, on iPhone!

As someone who jumped from Android to iPhone (it was curiosity, not a "I'm fed up with this! ARGH!" thing), I've been seriously missing the ability to use different keyboards. I cannot wait to be able to use them again.