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'Swype' Keyboard for iOS Named Apple's App of the Week, Available for Free

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Normally priced at $0.99, Swype is one of the new third-party keyboard apps that was released alongside iOS 8, Apple's newest operating system that enabled systemwide third-party keyboards for the first time.

Swype, from Nuance Communications, is a gesture-based keyboard that allows users to drag their fingers from key to key in order to create words quickly. The keyboard features a built-in predictive text engine that is able to determine what's being typed, and it offers predictive punctuation to further speed up typing. As Apple's App of the Week, the keyboard will be available at no cost for the next seven days.
Swype is the most accurate keyboard on the planet. Whether you type or Swype we enable you to input words faster and easier. It learns the way you type so the more you use it, the smarter it gets.

Product Features:
- Incredibly intuitive language models that accurately predict what you type or Swype
- Five beautiful themes - FREE on iPhone.
- Quickly enter symbols, punctuation and capital letters with Swype gestures
- Swype learns how you type. You can tell it to add or remove words from your personal dictionary
- You can Swype on your iPad as well as your iPhone
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Swype, which has long been available on Android, also offers several different themes for custom looks and it will learn from its users to become more intelligent over time, offering improved text prediction capabilities.

In the App Store since September 17, Swype has proven to be one of the most popular third-party keyboards, garnering thousands of downloads. Swype is one of the few keyboards that does not require full access to an iPhone or iPad to function, but that also means it's a slight bit more limited than other offerings, not offering cloud backups and syncing at this time.

Ahead of going free, the app was updated on November 4 to add 21 additional languages, intelligent emoji support, an improved iPad layout, customizable keyboard layouts, and more.

Swype can be downloaded from the App Store for free for the next week. [Direct Link]

Article Link: 'Swype' Keyboard for iOS Named Apple's App of the Week, Available for Free
 
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Bought it too. Of course it's only $0.99 but I will hold out next time.
 
This is awesome, and I definitely already downloaded.

Just needs to be ironed out more before I use any third party keyboard, doesn't "feel" that good yet with the bugs I've encountered.
 
Tried it already. Kind of cool, but just not good enough for me to use as the "daily driver" keyboard. The iPhone default keyboard and predictions got a lot better also. Just my opinion, though.
 
I downloaded it the day I updated my phone to iOS8. I love swype.

But I would love it even more if the stupid messages app didn't freeze-crash nearly every time I try to use it! :mad: :mad: :mad:
 
Mad Mac Maniac said:
Thoughts on swype vs swift?

I've tried swift on my 6+, but ultimately didn't like it much, because it's difficult to swipe across the entire screen one handed.
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I've been using SwiftKey since the iOS 8 launch and find accuracy when swiping is decent, but far from perfect. I just loaded up Swype and my early thoughts are that it's accuracy is quite a bit better. I've been testing by switching back and forth between the two and typing the same sentence.

On another note, I also like that Swype does not require 'full access' to function while SwiftKey does.

I'm going to make Swype my default for now and see how it goes.
 
Coming from Windows Phone, I found Swype on iPad to be horrendous in comparison. Inaccurate, buggy as hell, and just overall bad. Removed it immediately. Waste of 99 cents.
 
Mackinjosh said:
Coming from Windows Phone, I found Swype on iPad to be horrendous in comparison. Inaccurate, buggy as hell, and just overall bad. Removed it immediately. Waste of 99 cents.
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I'd give it another shot. Both Swype and SwiftKey have had multiple updates since their initial releases on iOS. I can't speak for Swype, but I've been using SwiftKey since launch, and it's gotten better with each release. I'm also trying out Swype now.
 
It's good enough that I'm going to use it a while before I judge. Not hard to get used to at all, for me. It's got some really great features, and some rough edges too. I think for the smallest iPhone keyboard it might just make me faster! We'll see.

There are some words it just WILL NOT type, even though they're plain English. (Example: "armadillo" always becomes "Amarillo" as in Texas.) But you can give up and just tap them out, and you can customize the dictionary. I'm assuming this will prove a minor annoyance.

Doesn't seem to need full access either, despite what I expected from the tutorial.
 
I love Swype and gladly paid for it but iOS8 is still too buggy causing Swype issues, making it a less than enjoyable experience for me. I'm hoping 8.1.1 addresses this.
 
I can't handle typing with a swipe but I use swiftkey for the work perdition. that is great it has emails and such. when I send myself emails at night it pops up with my email with no typing at all. I once typed "cry a river build a bridge and get the ******* over it" with only two letters typed total.
 
Of course. I bought it two days ago but hey, it was $.99 so that's nothing.

Works pretty much as expected. I did have to force close FaceBook earlier to get my keyboard to popup to post a reply. Other than that, runs good on my Retina Mini and 5S.
 
just wait until jormy's nintype comes out as a third party keyboard. been beta testing it and it's pretty awesome.
 
This app has serious usability problems. The keyboard suddenly stops working and intermittently throws in capital letters in the middle of words -- when none is requested and none makes sense. It also suggests obscure words instead of the more likely word.

I type "love," for example, and very often get "lOve," if I'm lucky. After several tries, I spell it manually -- defeating the purpose of this app.

I love Swype on my Galaxy S4 but not on my iPhone 6.
 
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