[App] Swype competition - Android Apps and Games

I remember a while back there was a thread asking for suggestions for a keyboard to replace Swype. I came across one that deserves a look. Tswipe is a very nice option with a ton of customizations. It can be found in the Play Store as "free" however the swipe feature is a limited trial. I have no affiliation but just thought it was worth a share because I hadn't heard of it before.
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milt006 said:
I remember a while back there was a thread asking for suggestions for a keyboard to replace Swype. I came across one that deserves a look. Tswipe is a very nice option with a ton of customizations. It can be found in the Play Store as "free" however the swipe feature is a limited trial. I have no affiliation but just thought it was worth a share because I hadn't heard of it before.
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Give Keymonk a try.
It is by far the fastest of all sweep keyboards.

Hmm it Seems to be kinda weird.
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EcHoFiiVe said:
Hmm it Seems to be kinda weird.
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But only because it was invented by a monkey.
It was bound to happen.
They have put an infinite number of monkeys in front of type writers hoping one of them will type the complete works of Shakespeare,
and one of them unexpectedly typed out the program code for Keymonk.

nirai said:
But only because it was invented by a monkey.
It was bound to happen.
They have put an infinite number of monkeys in front of type writers hoping one of them will type the complete works of Shakespeare,
and one of them unexpectedly typed out the program code for Keymonk.
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Lol
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TouchPal is free and fast. best slide keyboard I've every seen
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I actually did try it(keymonk) and it is pretty sweet.... I'm going to run it for a while but as of now, I'm impressed.
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Best Keyboards ever (for me):
1° Touch Pal
2° Keymonk Keyboard
3° Swiftkey
Any of them are pretty good.

1° Touch Pal
2° Keymonk Keyboard
are quite promising.

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New swype beta 3.0

a mix of htc stock keyboard and swype, and more customizable. I like it so far
Link?
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What devices does it support
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sign up for swype beta and d/l it
http://beta.swype.com/
also using it and it easier to type with and swype with
For swyping type kbs, my experience has been that swype is the worst. Slideit and flex t9 still have better features and superior spelling correction.
I used swype for a while until I found flexT9, I like it much better
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better than swype?! what is this flexT9 you guys speak of!
SwiftKey much better than swype imo.....
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alot of reviews on flex is not good
The new version of swype > everything else right now IMO. Old version less so. This one is a huge improvement.
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alot of reviews on flex is not good
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And you've got 2 xda members here with positive reviews. /shrug
Swype popularity is only because they came out first and are free. The paid alternatives are better IMO. Slideit has a trial if you want to give it a whirl. Flex t9 was free on Amazon a while ago.
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Aridon said:
The new version of swype > everything else right now IMO. Old version less so. This one is a huge improvement.
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free for u to use but the phone makers have to pay.
This version of Swype is much better than previous versions.
I agree, much better.
I've been using flext9 for quite a while now, dl'd free from Amazon. The market has it rated at four stars out of five. Obviously not everyone is going to be a happy customer, but it has worked for me just fine.
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Honestly I like the keyboard but its a bit bulky and laggy. Flext9 is much smoother.. But not necessarily a bad keyboard but not the best
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The only issue that I've run into with Swype 3 is that it doesn't seem to send the character for my login password in RDP, but, rather, the bullet (like it pre-hides the character). I don't RDP with my phone often, but it's nice to have when I need it. Also, I think saving creds in my RP shortcut will fix this problem.
I personally think swype is better than everything else right now, especially with this new update. So much better now ><

Replacement keyboard app

Looking for a replacement keyboard app. I currently use smart keyboard pro, its decent but looking to make a change depending on suggestions from users. Paid apps are fine, I don't mind supporting awesomeness lol.
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Swiftkey X is one of the best out there. It can learn from SMS, YouTube, Facebook. You can theme it. It keeps statistics too, for what they're worth. I'd give that one a shot.
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I only use smart keyboard pro. Give a few a try.
I use swiftkey x and it's awesome. Highly recommend it.
For what it's worth, I like super keyboard, the keys are the right size and I like it particularly because I can switch between and English keyboard and a Russian one, it can auto correct, you can program abbreviations which it automatically converts to the full word or words. Only complaint is the placement of the period, I tend to hit it when I hit the space bar.
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I've used swiftkey x in the past and it couldn't keep up with my typing but that could have been the rom I was at the time too. I'll take a look at super keyboard and give swiftkey another shot.
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wgrant said:
I've used swiftkey x in the past and it couldn't keep up with my typing but that could have been the rom I was at the time too. I'll take a look at super keyboard and give swiftkey another shot.
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If you're a fast typer go for Super Keyboard, it keeps right up with my fast fingers, good old NES button mashing paid off.
Swiftkey x was OK. I couldn't get with checking if the next predicted word was what I was going to be typing. It really didn't save me any time. I like flext9 personally. Even has a swype feature.
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Swype is amazing
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Go keyboard always worked well for me tonnes of themes and customizable features. Keeps up to my typing...
Making bad decision's one at a time.
The new ics keyboard is amazing...its available on the market also
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I used beta Swype nice slick n fast
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vipaman said:
The new ics keyboard is amazing...its available on the market also
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Just trying it out seems really nice so far. Might stick with it!
Making bad decision's one at a time.
I.R.Chevy said:
Just trying it out seems really nice so far. Might stick with it!
Making bad decision's one at a time.
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Been using it since yesterday. Its a little low on features/customization but it is very fast and responsive. It could stand to be a tad larger.
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Been using it since yesterday. Its a little low on features/customization but it is very fast and responsive. It could stand to be a tad larger.
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I found the size to be great just the; pretty factor isn't really there but thats okay with me as I am trying to keep memory consumption down...
Edit: just tried swiftkey x and was very disappointed. Uses over 40mb of ram that's more than my launcher ffs not only that I couldn't find a way to disable the auto space after punctuation which pisses me off beyond all belief. Skins looked really nice tho..... unistalled and refunded. Wouldn't recommend it. Go keyboard and ics keyboard ftw.
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I.R.Chevy said:
I found the size to be great just the; pretty factor isn't really there but thats okay with me as I am trying to keep memory consumption down...
Edit: just tried swiftkey x and was very disappointed. Uses over 40mb of ram that's more than my launcher ffs not only that I couldn't find a way to disable the auto space after punctuation which pisses me off beyond all belief. Skins looked really nice tho..... unistalled and refunded. Wouldn't recommend it. Go keyboard and ics keyboard ftw.
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There's 2 ics keyboards for free on the market which one are you using? There's the one made by johbtanmi and the other is made by vllwp.
I tried swiftkey x again and was still disappointed.
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There's 2 ics keyboards for free on the market which one are you using? There's the one made by johbtanmi and the other is made by vllwp.
I tried swiftkey x again and was still disappointed.
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Its the one by johntanmi I'm just using the free version but I'm curious what the themes look like ... can't seem to find anything about them on Google even tho there's an option for it in the settings...
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The stock theme is pretty amazing...the pics keyboard could u a wee bit bigger size otherwise this thing is just perfect.....
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Its the one by johntanmi I'm just using the free version but I'm curious what the themes look like ... can't seem to find anything about them on Google even tho there's an option for it in the settings...
Making bad decision's one at a time.
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I'm trying out the donation version by him now. I was using the one by vllwp, which worked well. The themes are the look of the keyboard. You can change the way it looks, vllwp version looks like ics. Johntanmi donation version let's you choose the look, the choices are just the same ones all keyboards can choose from, there is an option to download more though.
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Recommend another keyboard?

The predictive text on the stock keyboard it's getting annoying. Love the swype feature though. I'm torn. Which one are you guys using?
I have used the Flex T9 keyboard since I first got my Droid X and have loved it ever since. It has a swype style typing option which works just as well from my experience. Could be worth looking into.
Jelly bean. Best thing ive dled so far
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I'm a swiftkey user. I don't find the predictive text to be intrusive and yet it's useful when you want it.
IMO smart keyboard. If you would like to suppor the developers. Get smart keyboard pro.
Swype
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Another vote for SwiftKey 3.
It was the only keyboard that actually let me leave behind the QWERTY slider from my old phone.
Another vote for swiftkey here for sure. Have had the trial for a week and absolutely love it! The predictive text is spot on 99% of the time and its smooth typing.
I'll put down another for SwiftKey 3. Honestly you can DL it right now and have it learn how you type through SMS, Facebook, and email you've already sent and instantly the predictions will be spot on. You can't go wrong with it. Worth the couple bucks.
Jellybean keyboard from the market there's nothing like stock Google
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JB keyboard doesnt have swype/trace feature. Thanks for the responses
kthung said:
I'm a swiftkey user. I don't find the predictive text to be intrusive and yet it's useful when you want it.
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I tried all the swype-style keyboards and then tried SwiftKey. I'll never go back.
PS: I love Hacker's Keyboard for terminal type stuff. The layout is driven more by that style of usage and there's no aut-capping, (wrong) word guessing and the like that just annoys when doing technical things.
Does the free swiftkey have ads in it? I really don't want to pay for an app with ads.
What does the paid app offer that the free one doesn't?
Yet another vote for SwiftKey, we'll worth the money. From my understanding the free version either quits learning or stops the prediction after thirty days
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Obrien8403 said:
Yet another vote for SwiftKey, we'll worth the money. From my understanding the free version either quits learning or stops the prediction after thirty days
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Is this really the case? Because I've always wanted to get the paid version but I could never justify the purchase if the free one has everything has the paid one.
I use smart keyboard pro and I love it
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Is this really the case? Because I've always wanted to get the paid version but I could never justify the purchase if the free one has everything has the paid one.
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Yup. It stops learning your predictions after some time. Definitely worth purchasing it though. I was hesitant at first but loving it.
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Stock ICS/Jellybean
You can download the Stock ICS APK from google. Stock Jellybean should be in the market
Anything other than the swiftkey3 is a waste of time. I predict Google or another manufacturer will buy them to include in their hardware/software. Amazon had it for free last year and that's how I got it but I would pay $10 for it if I had to. It's less than a cup of coffee on the market.
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Anything other than the swiftkey3 is a waste of time. I predict Google or another manufacturer will buy them to include in their hardware/software. Amazon had it for free last year and that's how I got it but I would pay $10 for it if I had to. It's less than a cup of coffee on the market.
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I think I paid $0.10 for it during a promotion. Amazing keyboard...I was a Swype user before but I have been converted. I love the fact that it learns from previous texts, Facebook, and gmail!

SwiftKey Flow

Is anyone else really excited for this app? I am an avid SwiftKey user, and this looks like the perfect combination between Swype and SwiftKey. There's a video preview online, and it looks awesome. I'm signed up for beta testing, and I'm anticipating this greatly. Does anyone know when this beta may be released to the VIP members of their forums?
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Can't wait, this will be the ultimate keyboard for me
Reports are saying VIP beta will be out in the next couple of weeks. Then full release someone in q1 of 2013
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This will be the one keyboard to rule them all. I have switched between TouchPal and Swiftkey just on the swipe like function alone. But Swiftkey has always been better at predicting what you are going to say, even for my bi-lingual self (English/Spanish).
i am really excited. im so sick of the stock keyboard.
The music made it so intense. I was waiting for something to explode.! Lol
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Can't wait, this will be the ultimate keyboard for me
Reports are saying VIP beta will be out in the next couple of weeks. Then full release someone in q1 of 2013
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This is great - I want it right now, haha. I hope the beta is very usable. Did you beta test SwiftKey 3? Was it pretty solid pre-release?
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This will be the one keyboard to rule them all. I have switched between TouchPal and Swiftkey just on the swipe like function alone. But Swiftkey has always been better at predicting what you are going to say, even for my bi-lingual self (English/Spanish).
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I couldn't agree more. This keyboard scared me how well it knows my speech patterns. I learn a lot about myself using this keyboard. Can't wait for the swipe abilities!
zcmack said:
i am really excited. im so sick of the stock keyboard.
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Why aren't you using SwiftKey 3? It's phenomenal already!
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The music made it so intense. I was waiting for something to explode.! Lol
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Hahaha I thought I might!
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SwiftKey is awesome, but I never cared for swype. I can touch type with SwiftKey pretty well... thanks to the auto correct. I still signed up for the beta though
Signed up for the beta aswell I love swift key 3
I'm a Swype users, but will definitely switch if SwiftKey pulls this off well. I can't stand touch typing, but I also can't stand how dumb Swype is when it comes to learning my styles. Swype does have the Dragon speech recognition software built-in, though.
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I'm a Swype users, but will definitely switch if SwiftKey pulls this off well. I can't stand touch typing, but I also can't stand how dumb Swype is when it comes to learning my styles. Swype does have the Dragon speech recognition software built-in, though.
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I have a lot of faith that they will make swiping more effective and efficient than Swype ever could.
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It's gonna rock out with its.... Yeah... You know the rest lol
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just signed up!
hopefully i get in, i havent bought swiftkey.
any idea on beta eralease date?
ddurandSGS3 said:
just signed up!
hopefully i get in, i havent bought swiftkey.
any idea on beta eralease date?
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Check out the first post after my OP.
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I'm waiting for this!!!
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just signed up!
hopefully i get in, i havent bought swiftkey.
any idea on beta eralease date?
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Sign up for VIP. You get all betas and are Emailed when available.
I like Swype, but I'm hoping this is a better replacement. I can't stand touch typing. Being able to download right from the market...all they have to do is pull off swyping and I'm in.
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Oh they will pull it off! They revolutionized touch typing and they'll revolutionize swiping typing too.
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I'm really impatient about it !
I hope there will be many options for set up. I needed customized like in perfect keyboard but with SwiftKey intelligence!
zomer331 said:
I'm really impatient about it !
I hope there will be many options for set up. I needed customized like in perfect keyboard but with SwiftKey intelligence!
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You are setting yourself with that expectation ha SwiftKey takes awhile to introduce customization. Regardless, can't wait to try this out too. Their beta for SwiftKey 3 was awesome so I'm looking forward to this.
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This is freaking sweet.

Action Launcher?

Has anyone heard about any updates for the release of Action Launcher. Real wager to try it out
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Has anyone heard about any updates for the release of Action Launcher. Real wager to try it out
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I'm really looking forward to this. I'd love any launcher that gives a 1 per line alphabetical launcher
His Twitter has been pretty quiet about anything development related and he scratched his tweet lanes app so I wouldn't get too excited.. :/
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m0ckery13 said:
I'm really looking forward to this. I'd love any launcher that gives a 1 per line alphabetical launcher
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You should try SSLauncher. It allows you to create something it calls application groups that are in list form. You can have all your apps in that list or just categories, like games or office or photo apps.
It's also one of the most customizable launchers on the market. You can even have a different wallpaper on each screen!
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Has anyone heard about any updates for the release of Action Launcher. Real wager to try it out
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It's been launched today!
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.chrislacy.actionlauncher.pro&referrer=utm_source%3Dandroidcentral%26utm_medium%3Dblog%26utm_campaign%3Dbloglink
I purchased it five minutes ago. I'm a little disappointed. I love the concept of it, but it's a little too minimalistic at the moment. There are only a few settings, and there's no real option to customize it. I guess the dev will update it a bit in the near future so it's all good, but i expected much more. Also, no lite version? Come on...
Looks good - will probably wait till it's a little bit more feature rich.
Hi mate looks awesome but do you have a test version for how it looks? Or only the payed one?
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Hi mate looks awesome but do you have a test version for how it looks? Or only the payed one?
grtz from holland
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I agree. I love trying different launches and have purchased several of them. However, all of them had a free version for me to try first.
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I went ahead and purchased it. Definitely support the development to get it out of beta and add more features. I am pleased with it.
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Played with it for about 30 mins and got super bored. Same old stuff thats in all the other launchers. SSLauncher already has the whole app wallpaper.

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