The default Samsung keyboard is ass.... Suggestions for a new keyboard? What's your favorite on Android?

2026-05-20 01:35 UTC

Finally dumped SwiftKey after being served with an ad for OneDrive inside the fucking keyboard itself. I’m still pissed they sold-out to Microsoft. (Been using it since long before that acquisition) Now I need something to replace it, but I’ve not explored other options much.

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@BloodMuffin@lemmy.ca 2026-05-20 01:39

well, GBoard is definitely the best, but I use heliboard because it’s open source.

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@qprimed@lemmy.ml 2026-05-20 02:19

used to use anysoft keyboard, but development seems to have died a while ago. so I got on the heliboard train like many others. preferred anysoft because of flexibility, but heliboard is open and works well enough.

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@toomuchrdio@retrolemmy.com 2026-05-20 02:26

HeliBoard free and open source

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@Pixel_Jock_17@piefed.ca 2026-05-20 03:57

This is really trippy, just today I also got pissed at Swiftkey for the onedrive bs. I’ve just installed HeliBoard after many recommendations I on other threads. So far it works really well but took me some time to set up how I like it. I’m getting used to having 0 typing data though and it not autocorrecting my awful typing so I have to type out slower and more back tracking to fix my fat thumbs pressing the wrong letters.

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@Little1Lost@gehirneimer.de 2026-05-20 11:22

i really like https://f-droid.org/packages/juloo.keyboard2 with dvorak Unexpected keyboard allows to use pc shortcuts and makes usage of special characters fast without additional space and dvorak i use because its better in any way and phone games dont force input layout

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@ismx11@lemmy.ml 2026-05-20 13:49

So if you are a ride or die swipe user, the only real alternative is heliboard with the google library? I vaguely recall someone saying you could use microsoft keyboard but then use a firewall to block it from phoning home?

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@silly_goose@lemmy.today 2026-05-20 15:41

thumb-key made by one of the creators of lemmy.

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@Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 2026-05-20 15:55

Heliboard. Works lovely, got all the features, looks nice, is FOSS and can cure cancer if applied correctly. Not sure about the latter and I also just made it up.

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@grandel@lemmy.ml 2026-05-21 15:54

I use FlorisBoard

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@hanrahan@slrpnk.net 2026-05-23 01:41

I use Helioboard.

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