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Everything, line by line.

The keyboard is free. The 7-day trial unlocks the rest, and EFKey Pro is €14.99, once.

142 features82 free, forever60 with EFKey Pro, €14.99 once

Correction and prediction

  • Autocorrectreads up to three words of context, so “i said hat” becomes “that” and “red hat” is left aloneFree
  • Basic or aggressive correctionhow far the keyboard is allowed to go when it isn't sureFree
  • Prediction and next-word suggestionsFree
  • Multi-error typo rescue“aooearinf” becomes “appearing”, because it knows which keys sit next to each otherFree
  • Diacritics put back as you type“vecer” becomes “večer”, “perche” becomes “perché”Free
  • Type without diacriticsper language, for when you'd rather not botherFree
  • Automatic apostrophesoff, careful, or SwiftKey-style. English its → it'sFree
  • Tap-to-fix chipwhen the apostrophe is ambiguous it offers instead of decidingFree
  • German nouns get their capitalfrom the lexicon, in suggestions, swipe and autocorrectFree
  • Shift changes word casetap shift right after a word: lower, Title, UPPER. Choose whether it changes the word, the selection, or bothFree
  • Straight apostrophesa switch, if you'd rather have ' than ’Free
  • Autocorrect where apps turn it off Newsearch boxes that switch correction off get it anyway, if you say soFree
  • Punctuation sticks to the word Newa space typed before a comma or a full stop is taken backFree
  • Dashes and Spanish pairs-- becomes a dash, and ¿? and ¡! come in pairsFree
  • Auto-space between joined wordsmissed the space? it splits them for youFree
  • Everything the native keyboard already doescapital I, a capital after the full stop that knows z.B. and e.g. don't end one, double space for a period. Each one has its own switchFree

Glide typing

  • Swipe to typeone trace, one whole word, contractions included (didnt → didn't)Free
  • Several words in one strokeglide through the space bar and keep going. A switch, off by defaultFree
  • Fix a swiped word letter by letter Newa switch: ⌫ takes one letter, and the letters you type next continue the wordFree
  • Deferred spaceGboard-style. The space waits, so you can finish or fix the word firstFree
  • Caps lock applies to swipe tooFree

Your dictionary

  • Learned after two usestypos never make it inFree
  • Learned words are never autocorrectedFree
  • Browse, export and eraseit's your list, not mineFree
  • Words the keyboard leaves alonenever corrected, or never suggested at all. Set per wordFree
  • Import a dictionarythe vocabulary.txt out of a SwiftKey backup, or any word list. It only adds, never replacesFree
  • Backup and restore everything learnedFree
  • It learns where you tap NewTyping, Where you tap shows the map of your touches, and one tap resets itFree

Languages

  • 90 languagescorrection, prediction and next-word suggestions in every oneFree
  • 26 verified, 64 in betabeta means fully working, just not checked by a native speaker yetFree
  • As many pairs as you liketwo get corrected in the same sentence, with no globe key and nothing leaving the phone. Up to five languages, a swipe on the space bar apartFree
  • QWERTY, QWERTZ and AZERTYset per language, because German wants one and French anotherFree
  • Keyboards for other scriptsGreek, Cyrillic, Georgian, Armenian and the Indic scripts, drawn against Apple's own layoutsFree
  • Right to leftArabic, Hebrew, Persian and Urdu, without a shift key they don't haveFree
  • Chinese, Japanese and KoreanPinyin, Zhuyin and Cangjie, kana and romaji, Korean 2-setFree
  • Type in Latin letters, get the script NewTamil, Telugu and Malayalam: you type the sound, the script goes into the fieldFree
  • The extra letters your language hasü ö ä, å æ ø, ğ ş ç, ´ ˇ, the way the native keyboard has themFree

Keys and layout

  • Number rowthe reason this keyboard exists. Or a shorter one that costs less heightFree
  • A number pad Newfrom the bar, free. On a long press of 123 with ProFree
  • Peek at the symbolshold 123 to see them, let go and the letters are backFree
  • More characters on long pressevery letter from languages that share the script, so you can reach ö while typing Polish. The hints in the corner show all of them, numbers only, or nothingFree
  • Comma, period and emoji keyseach one on or off. Off makes the space bar widerFree
  • Your own panel on the comma, period and 123the symbols or actions a long press holdsPro
  • Your own character on the comma or period keyFree
  • The character in the cornerflick down on a key and it goes in. A switch, off by defaultFree
  • Symbols by swiping up on the full stopFree
  • Its own iPad layout New⌫ at the top, Return in the middle, tab, caps lock and a shift on both sidesFree
  • iPhone Duothe inner display, folding and unfolding, and a split keyboard in landscapeFree
  • Split keyboard on iPada switch, off by defaultFree
  • Hide the keyboarda bar item or a key gesture, whichever you preferPro
  • Nothing jumps on the symbol pageit keeps the height of the letter pageFree
  • Keyboard height75 to 115 %Free
  • Wider letter keyssmaller gaps, about 10 % more key. The layout itself doesn't moveFree
  • The balloon, the click and the hapticsthe preview above the key, the system click, and haptic feedback with its own strength sliderFree

The bar and the gestures

  • The bar can go away completelytools and suggestions, suggestions only, or no barFree
  • Menu on the left or the rightwhichever side your thumb lives onFree
  • Rearrange the barorder and visibility of every item in itFree
  • Cursor by dragging the space barhold and slide, the keyboard becomes a trackpad, with a soft tick per characterFree
  • Switch language on the space bara swipe, no globe keyFree
  • Swipe up and down on the space bar Neweach direction does what you pick: translate, rewrite with AI, dictate, paste, clipboard, GIF, one-handed, tools or hidePro
  • Backspace gesturesswipe left to delete whole words, hold to delete word by word, swipe back to bring them backFree
  • Function gestureshold a key and pull down: select all, copy, cut, paste, clipboard, tools, dictate, GIF, hide, one-handedPro
  • Put any gesture on any keyand switch off the ones you don't wantPro
  • Marks on the keys that carry a gestureso you can see where they arePro
  • Copy the whole fieldwhen nothing is selected, the copy gesture takes everythingPro

Emoji

  • The full panel1 914 emoji in eight categories, with recentsFree
  • Skin toneslong-press, pick once, it holds everywhereFree
  • Search in 90 languagestype “heart”, get ❤️Free
  • Suggestions for the word you typed“pizza” offers 🍕Free
  • Add the emoji after the wordinstead of replacing itFree
  • An emoji rowabove the bar, or on the symbol page instead of nothingFree
  • Your own row ordermost used, or up to 30 you pick yourself, and the row scrollsFree
  • Large emoji Newa bigger grid, like the native keyboardFree
  • The emoji stays after the space Newthe suggestion waits in the bar for one more tapFree

Looks

  • Nativemeasured against iOS 26 and 27, down to the key colour, the font and the key previewFree
  • EFKeyicy glass keys, a polar glow and a cyan EnterFree
  • Light, dark or autoindependent of which look you pickedFree
  • Your own coloursbackground, keys and EnterPro
  • Five palettes to start fromDark, Paper, Blue, Neon, PinkPro
  • A separate set of colours for dark modebecause day and night can look differentPro
  • Translucent background with your own keysalmost the native keyboard, with your colours on itPro
  • Your own photo behind the keys Newmove it, zoom it, fade it so the letters stay readablePro
  • Key transparency and text colour NewPro
  • Liquid Glass keys Newfor any themePro
  • Backgrounds behind the tool iconson or offFree
  • Up to 12 saved themesand switch between them in a tapPro
  • Swipe trails and key press animationsthe Comet trail is free, 14 more and five animations are ProPro

Clipboard and shortcuts

  • Clipboard history50, 100 or 200 items, up to 100 KB eachPro
  • Photos toothe images you copy are kept, pinned and sorted like the restPro
  • Links without the tracking Newone tap takes the tracking tags out of a saved linkPro
  • Copied passwords don't stay Newa password from the Passwords app leaves the history once it expiresPro
  • Categoriestext, links, translations, transcriptsPro
  • Pinning and searchPro
  • What gets savedautomatically, always, or only the ones you pastePro
  • Keep translations and transcriptsyou made that text, you should be able to reuse itPro
  • Paste chip in the barone tap when you just copied somethingPro
  • Calculator in the bartype a sum inside the sentence. Phone numbers, dates and version numbers are left alonePro
  • Text shortcutsup to 200 of them, “omw” into a whole sentencePro
  • Sensitive shortcuts in the Keychainan IBAN doesn't belong in a plain filePro
  • It fills your details into the forma third-party keyboard gets no AutoFill, so EFKey has its own: name, email, phone, address, company, IBAN. The field asks for an email, the bar offers yours. Off until you turn it on, and the IBAN sits in the KeychainPro
  • Never passwordsthat's what a password manager is for, and I'm not going to pretend otherwisePro

Translation, dictation and AI

  • Translatortype in your language, send it in theirs, without leaving the conversationPro
  • On device or your own keyone or the other, never a silent fallbackPro
  • DeepL Newas the translator, with your own DeepL keyPro
  • Translate as you type Newthe original stays in the translator, the translation fills in as you goPro
  • Translate with context Newwith your own key it translates the meaning, not word for word, and reads what came beforePro
  • AI editsfix the grammar, rephrase, more formal, more casualPro
  • Your own AI actions Newwrite the instruction once and it sits next to the othersPro
  • Dictationspeak instead of typingPro
  • Translate what you dictatedspeak Slovak, land English in the fieldPro
  • Tone of the transcriptformal or casualPro
  • Transcript without diacriticsfor the languages that have themPro
  • Word replacements Newup to 200: say one thing, get anotherPro
  • Numbers as digits New“twenty five” comes out 25, in EnglishPro
  • Back to the chat on its own Newonce the app has armed the microphonePro
  • Push to talkhold the mic instead of tapping twicePro
  • Stop after silence1.5, 2.5 or 4 seconds, or neverPro
  • Dictation sessionhow long the mic stays armed: right after each go, 3, 5 or 30 minutes, an hour, or never expiringPro
  • Countdown in the Dynamic Island60 seconds per recording, and you can see themPro
  • GIF panelsearch, tap, and it's in your clipboard. Long-press inserts a link insteadPro

Your own API key

  • Five providersAnthropic, Gemini, OpenAI, Groq, OpenRouterPro
  • Or any OpenAI-compatible addressyour own proxy, or anything else that speaks itPro
  • Or your own machineOllama and LM Studio, so nothing leaves your network at allPro
  • A separate provider for speechthe real line is text against speech, not one vendorPro
  • The key lives in the KeychainEFKey has no server of its own and stores nothingPro
  • Test the connectionand load the model list from your accountPro

One-handed mode

  • Shrink toward your thumb80 % width, anchored to either sidePro
  • Numbers in the empty stripinstead of dead spacePro
  • Flip it or bring it backwith the side buttonsPro

The app around the keyboard

  • Settings inside the keyboardhold the comma key and the whole thing opens right there, without leaving the conversationFree
  • Search in settingsover 200 entries, and it finds languages tooFree
  • Like iPhone, EFKey or Mine Newpick a starting point on day one, and get your old settings back after a reinstallFree
  • Tips and tricks29 demos you can type in, not watchFree
  • A live keyboard preview in the appevery setting shows up in it immediatelyFree
  • The app in 28 languagesSimplified and Traditional Chinese includedFree
  • Turn off Pro offersthe locked items leave the menu. If you're not going to buy it, you shouldn't have to look at it every dayFree
  • Typing statisticswords, corrections, taps saved by swipe and suggestions, and a day streak. Counted on your phone and staying therePro
  • iCloud synclearned words, shortcuts, settings and the API key, each with its own switch. Learned words are end-to-end encryptedPro

Privacy

  • Typing never leaves the phoneall correction and prediction runs on device from local filesFree
  • No analytics, no SDKs, no accountsFree
  • Full Access is optionalEnglish types without it. Other languages, haptics, the clipboard, GIFs, learning your own words, and translation or AI through your own key need itFree
  • Swipe traces are opt-in and offa trace gives away the word, so it's never collected quietlyFree

In the LAB

New things to try before they are finished. Each one is a switch in EF, LAB, and free.

  • Scrollable suggestionsmore than three in the bar, swiped sideways, or three at a timeLAB
  • Period instead of spacea full stop that landed between two words becomes the space you meantLAB
  • Smooth suggestionsthe bar fades from one set to the next instead of jumpingLAB
  • Remove tracking from pasted linkslinks you paste through EFKey lose their tracking tagsLAB

Back to the keyboard

Ready when you are.

One conversation is enough to tell.

Download on the App Store