Keyboard

Replace your Keyboard. Start with these.

As of 17 Oct 2026, 143 apps can replace the Keyboard on Android. These 8 are where we'd start.

The top 3

Best overall

Swipe, smart corrections and voice typing that all run on the phone, in a clean keyboard that feels familiar from the first word.

Checked 17 Oct 2026—

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Best for fine-tuning

Change the layout, toolbar, size and colours of every key, and it never needs the internet to do any of it.

FreeUpdated 31 Aug 2026Android 5.0+

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Best for Material You

FlorisBoard

Patrick Gold

A modern Material look with colours that follow your wallpaper, and enough settings to make the keys yours.

FreeUpdated 29 Nov 2025Android 8.0+

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Also great. Five more.

Picked by hand, 17 Oct 2026
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57 apps · sorted by name
All 57 apps
App ▲ What it does Price Updated ▼ Min Android ▼ Get it
AdaptKeyFroehlich Media
 Privacy-first Android keyboard that learns your typing style. Fully offline Free 1 Oct 2026 Android 8.0+ F-Droid
AnySoftKeyboardMenny Even Danan
 We live in a world full of languages. Why not use a multi-lingual keyboard? Free 11 Mar 2026 Android 6.0+ F-Droid
Blukearnv.dev
 Use your phone as a Bluetooth keyboard, gamepad, trackpad, and media remote Free 12 Oct 2026 Android 9+ F-Droid
BroadBoardAnthony Benbrook
 Large, high-contrast on-screen keyboard designed for low vision users Free 9 Sept 2026 Android 8.0+ F-Droid
Cantonese KeyboardBing ZHEUNG
 Easy-to-use Cantonese input method with pronunciation lookup and dictionary Free 2 Oct 2026 Android 13+ F-Droid
ClaviRomMartin Huber
 Customizable keyboard with a flavour of Swiss-Romansh Free 20 Jul 2026 Android 5.0+ F-Droid
CleverKeystribixbite
 gesture keyboard with Termux support Free 18 Jul 2026 Android 5.0+ F-Droid
DroidTR IME
 DroidTR IME (Turkish F/Q keyboard) Free 10 Mar 2026 API 8+ F-Droid
Ethic KeyboardIDEH Labs
 An app for those who only need a keyboard and nothing more Free 12 Oct 2026 Android 7.0+ F-Droid
Ezhutholarag-creation
 Type Malayalam in Manglish. No ads, no tracking, no internet Free 16 Oct 2026 Android 8.0+ F-Droid
Fcitx5Fcitx5 for Android Contributors
 Fcitx5 input method framework and engines ported to Android Free 29 Jul 2026 Android 6.0+ F-Droid
Fcitx5 (Anthy Plugin)Fcitx5 for Android Contributors
 Anthy (Japanese input method) engine support for Fcitx5 Free 29 Jul 2026 Android 6.0+ F-Droid
Fcitx5 (Chewing Plugin)Fcitx5 for Android Contributors
 Chewing (Zhuyin/Bopomofo input method) engine support for Fcitx5 Free 29 Jul 2026 Android 6.0+ F-Droid
Fcitx5 (Hangul Plugin)Fcitx5 for Android Contributors
 Hangul (Korean input method) engine support for Fcitx5 Free 29 Jul 2026 Android 6.0+ F-Droid
Fcitx5 (Jyutping Plugin)Fcitx5 for Android Contributors
 Jyutping (Cantonese input method) engine support for Fcitx5 Free 31 Jul 2026 Android 6.0+ F-Droid
Fcitx5 (RIME Plugin)Fcitx5 for Android Contributors
 RIME (Rime Input Method Engine) support for Fcitx5 Free 1 Aug 2026 Android 6.0+ F-Droid
Fcitx5 (Sayura Plugin)Fcitx5 for Android Contributors
 Sayura (Sinhala input method) engine support for Fcitx5 Free 29 Jul 2026 Android 6.0+ F-Droid
Fcitx5 (Thai Plugin)Fcitx5 for Android Contributors
 Thai input method for Fcitx5 Free 29 Jul 2026 Android 6.0+ F-Droid
Fcitx5 (Unikey Plugin)Fcitx5 for Android Contributors
 Unikey (Vietnamese input method) engine support for Fcitx5 Free 29 Jul 2026 Android 6.0+ F-Droid
FlickBoardNatalie Klestrup Röijezon
 The Predictable Keyboard Free 5 Oct 2026 Android 8.0+ F-Droid
Fossify KeyboardTop 8Fossify
 A plain offline keyboard with emoji Free 4 Feb 2026 Android 8.0+ F-Droid
GifBoard
 Search and share GIFs directly from your keyboard Free 22 Apr 2026 Android 7.0+ F-Droid
Guileless Bopomofo KeyboardHui-Hong You
 A simple Bopomofo software keyboard (input method editor) for typing Hanyu Free 29 Sept 2026 Android 6.0+ F-Droid
HeliBoardTop 8
 Customizable keyboard Free 31 Aug 2026 Android 5.0+ F-Droid
Hoplite Polytonic Greek Keyboard
 A keyboard extension which allows the user to type in Polytonic Greek Free 6 Jan 2026 Android 8.0+ F-Droid
Indic KeyboardIndic Project
 AOSP Keyboard with Indic language support Free 5 Oct 2026 Android 5.0+ F-Droid
KeliBoardGPLaider
 Customizable keyboard Free 12 Oct 2026 Android 5.0+ F-Droid
Key Mappersds100
 Make shortcuts for ANYTHING! Remap volume, power, keyboard, or floating buttons! Free 14 Oct 2026 Android 8.0+ F-Droid
Keyboard SwitcherKunzisoft
 Easily switch between virtual keyboards Free 23 Jan 2026 Android 4.4+ F-Droid
KineticaElia Zanella
 Two-thumb keyboard: both thumbs swipe and tap at once. No network access Free 16 Oct 2026 Android 8.0+ F-Droid
LeanType
 Private, customizable keyboard with smart productivity tools Free 8 Oct 2026 Android 6.0+ F-Droid
Marmalade STTMaxwell Warren
 Private, offline speech-to-text for your keyboard. Your voice stays on device Free 16 Oct 2026 Android 9+ F-Droid
Modern T9Juan Castellon
 Predictive T9 keyboard with no network access and no telemetry Free 2 Oct 2026 Android 8.0+ F-Droid
RakuRaku IMEHui-Hong You
 Traditional Chinese keyboard for the EZ Input Method, with English predictions Free 20 May 2026 Android 8.0+ F-Droid
RamblrTrevor NK
 Tap, ramble, tap. Clean dictated text lands wherever your cursor is Free 12 Oct 2026 Android 11+ F-Droid
ReteKeyReteKey contributors
 Hangul keyboard with Esc, Tab, Ctrl and F-keys. 470 KB, one permission Free 14 Oct 2026 Android 9+ F-Droid
Simple KeyboardTop 8rkkr
 Just the keys. No suggestions, no network Free 14 Sept 2026 Android 7.0+ F-Droid
Sithakuru
 Libre Sinhala Keyboard Free 11 Sept 2026 Android 5.0+ F-Droid
Stroke Input Method (筆畫輸入法)Conway
 A minimalist Chinese keyboard Free 28 Sept 2026 Android 7.0+ F-Droid
Sumire Japanese Keyboard Lite F-DroidKazuma Naka
 Private offline Japanese keyboard with user dictionary and snippets Free 6 Oct 2026 Android 7.0+ F-Droid
Thumb-KeyTop 8Dessalines
 A one-thumb keyboard with swipe-to-letter keys Free 8 Oct 2026 Android 7.0+ F-Droid
Traditional T9Dimo Karaivanov
 A T9 keyboard inspired by the classic Nokia phones of the 2000s Free 18 Jul 2026 Android 7.0+ F-Droid
Trime
 Chinese IME with Rime Input Method Engine Free 3 Sept 2026 Android 5.0+ F-Droid
Unexpected KeyboardTop 8Julow
 A compact keyboard that puts symbols on swipe corners Free 9 Sept 2026 Android 5.0+ F-Droid
UnmuktoMaifee Ul Asad
 An offline Bengali keyboard using the Probhat layout. No permissions Free 2 Sept 2026 Android 5.0+ F-Droid
Urik KeyboardUrik Development
 Privacy-focused Android keyboard Free 14 Jun 2026 Android 8.0+ F-Droid
VocaPhoneVocaHQ
 Voice dictation keyboard that transcribes on hardware you control Free 12 Oct 2026 Android 13+ F-Droid
Voice Keyboardrustemar
 Speech-to-text keyboard that uses your own Whisper API key Free 15 Oct 2026 Android 7.0+ F-Droid
Voxscribey20k
 Voxscribe is an offline voice keyboard that transcribes speech on-device Free 2 Oct 2026 Android 10+ F-Droid
Whisperwoheller69
 Voice recognition based on Whisper Free 14 Oct 2026 Android 9+ F-Droid
Whisper+woheller69
 Voice recognition based on Whisper Free 3 Sept 2026 Android 9+ F-Droid
WhisperType KeyboardParminder Singh
 Offline Android keyboard with QWERTY typing and on-device speech dictation Free 21 Sept 2026 Android 8.0+ F-Droid
WM KeyboardWasi Master
 A private, offline keyboard: 845 languages, smart typing, themes, and tools Free 16 Oct 2026 Android 7.0+ F-Droid
Xime IMEKor1
 A Rime-based Chinese IME for Wubi and Pinyin input Free 16 Oct 2026 Android 9+ F-Droid
zinna-IMEsoichi11208
 Offline Japanese keyboard with mozc conversion, flick and qwerty Free 12 Oct 2026 Android 7.0+ F-Droid
是语输入法Ismantic
 A fast offline Chinese Pinyin input method Free 5 Oct 2026 Android 7.0+ F-Droid
萊姆輸入法Daniel Kao
 A smaller better Lime (Lightweight Input Method Editor) Free 17 Aug 2026 Android 5.0+ F-Droid

'Top 8' marks the apps above. Data from F-Droid and hand-checked entries, as of 17 Oct 2026.

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