SwiftKey's iOS 8 Keyboard Hits One Million Downloads in Under 24 Hours

[mikejaret]

they need to fix the issue with it not scrolling up when you use a third party keyboard, makes them unusable for me

 

[jreal2]

How is that being "so paranoid"? I also don't feel comfortable setting up basically a keylogger on my iPhone to send EVERYTHING I type to a 3rd party company.

Lol Yup, keylogger. And because its 3rd party well Apple can't be blamed neither can they control what they do with your data.

 

[heisenberg123]

Lol Yup, keylogger. And because its 3rd party well Apple can't be blamed neither can they control what they do with your data.

you have every right too feel that way but you obviously know its not just keyboard apps that take that info its virtually every app

 

[ARandomFellow]

I downloaded a couple of them, tried them out, and then promptly deleted them.

Me too. This is one of those things that I heard was so awesome about Android and was interested in trying. I downloaded and tried Fleksy yesterday and just found it... not bad so much as not really compelling. It didn't seem to do anything that made me excited about it. Maybe I'm just not nerdy enough to realize what's awesome about these different keyboards. I used the standard iOS 8 Apple keyboard in beta for a few weeks, it got really good at figuring out what I was going to say from one letter (and sometimes no letters). I don't know how much better these could be than that.

 

[jreal2]

you have every right too feel that way but you obviously know its not just keyboard apps that take that info its virtually every app

This is one that keylogging might actually be more apparent, and yes I am aware when it comes to access on my phone very few apps get that full access.

 

[baller1308]

Swift kinda sucks, maybe its just me.

It has gotten worse over time. I don't even use it on Android anymore. Using stock Android L keyboard.

 

[ezhilk]

I tried both Swiftkey and Swype and thought Swype to be much more accurate than Swiftkey. Does anyone else see this as well?

 

[gnasher729]

HOWEVER, its quirky. If I'm using the Swype keyboard and I put focus on a password field on a webpage, the keyboard reverts back to the stock Apple keyboard with no button to switch back to Swype.

That's one hundred percent intentional. When you enter a password, you don't want third party code to find out what you are typing. Apple tries to make it impossible for new keyboards to steal information from you. But in case they somehow fail and something like SwiftKey manages to steal information from you, at least they can't steal passwords.

(And if a hacker wrote a keyword that can steal things that you type, they wouldn't want to be detected by sending everything you type to a server - much more clever to only send what you enter into password fields and nothing else to avoid detection).

 

[PRSGuitarist]

How is that being "so paranoid"? I also don't feel comfortable setting up basically a keylogger on my iPhone to send EVERYTHING I type to a 3rd party company.

I saw that on one of them.. It said something like "even credit card information" and I immediately said nope.

 

[genovelle]

"Who needs alternative keyboards? Lol Android customization is so useless"
-Any iOS zealot 6 months ago

I don't.

 

[Bahroo]

I like Swiftkey, looks like iOS keyboard with Swype in it basically, but I dont like that top bar above the keyboard, I cant seem to remove it, I deleted the app beacuse of that lol, If i can remove that top bar, I will use this keyboard all the time

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you have every right too feel that way but you obviously know its not just keyboard apps that take that info its virtually every app

I think that you dont have to send any information to Swiftkey at all, that you can shut off the cloud part of it, thats what I did,

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they need to fix the issue with it not scrolling up when you use a third party keyboard, makes them unusable for me

rest assured, within one week tons of apps will be updated for iOS 8 and any compatability issues will be ironed out real soon and fast

 

[Black Magic]

Swiftkey is nice but there are issues. Sometimes you can use swiftkey for quick reply and other times you can not. Some time iOS reverts back to the default keyboard or Emoji if you deleted the default one. It feels beta-ish.

 

[ilfn143]

i just want ios 6 keyboard and i can't find it.

 

[genovelle]

you have every right too feel that way but you obviously know its not just keyboard apps that take that info its virtually every app

Other apps are not used to log in to your bank accounts or other sensitive financial data. I would never activate that feature which is required for many of these to work. The reason apple restricted use

 

[NMBob]

Oh crap. Now they'll never fix the Shift key.

 

[jmpnop]

Clearly shows Apple's one size fits all isn't what people want and all the iSheep now believe 4.7" and 5.5" are the magical, perfect size for a phone

 

[pedromcm.pm]

Worst part about this keyboard, is that it requires full access for word prediction... which means the keyboard is no longer sandboxed.


This keyboard is also completely free, which begs the question how are they making money. They are probably data-minning the words we type. Like Apple said we are its product.

If you did a bit of research instead of spreading FUD, you would realize how swift key makes money.

Hint: Themes.

 

[netnothing]

I noticed that installing Swype, it never did the popup asking for full access like SwiftKey did.

Anyone else notice this?

-Kevin

 

[OldSchoolMacGuy]

Still can't get it to stay as the default keyboard. Always keeps switching back to the normal keyboard. I've made it top of the list in the Keyboard settings and held down on the little globe icon and selected SwiftKey and it still doesn't come up most of the time when I text.

 

[ppdix]

Love it. Dual languages is great!

I love it. the fact that you can finally type in up to 2 simultaneous languages is awesome!
I haven't tried the swiping keyboard on my iPhone yet, but i installed it on my iPad Air and it works great


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Love the keyboard in messages but there is no way to enter or go on an address in safari for iPad...

 

[veggiedude]

It did suck

Swift kinda sucks, maybe its just me.

Nope, its not you. It survived maybe two minutes and then I deleted it. I am sure most of the million others did the same!

EDIT: I'm referring to SWIPE. Is Swiftkey different? Okay, I will try it and see if it is any better...

 

[Spaceboy88]

I noticed that installing Swype, it never did the popup asking for full access like SwiftKey did.

Anyone else notice this?

-Kevin

Swype doesn't need full access. It's also a thousand times better than SwiftKey when it comes to accuracy. If you're installing one of these apps because you like the swiping method, Swype is worth the small fee.

 

[allanfries]

I'm trying it, but as I type in landscape with both thumbs its kinda useless. Right now I prefer the new apple one with the word suggestion feature. Using swift one handed is fine, and once I get used to it might be ok. Time will tell whether I delete it or not.

 

[rdlink]

Worst part about this keyboard, is that it requires full access for word prediction... which means the keyboard is no longer sandboxed.

This keyboard is also completely free, which begs the question how are they making money. They are probably data-minning the words we type. Like Apple said we are its product.

Yep. I deleted it as soon as it wanted me to connect to them. No thanks. I did pay a buck for Swype. Still can't get into using it. Maybe someday...

 

[netnothing]

Swype doesn't need full access. It's also a thousand times better than SwiftKey when it comes to accuracy. If you're installing one of these apps because you like the swiping method, Swype is worth the small fee.

So does that mean that with Swype, the app is still sandboxed? Even though it does suggestions?


-Kevin