Let’s take a look at the best of the best.
The process is pretty simple.
Tap General on the left side, then scroll down and tap “Keyboard.”
Tap “Keyboards,” then “Add New Keyboard.”
You should see any new keyboards you’ve installed under “Third Party Keyboards.”
Tap the one you want to use.
You’ll get dropped back at the Keyboards tweaks.
Tap the one you want to use again, then toggle Full Access on.
You’ll be warned that third party keyboardsespecially predictive onescan see everything you key in.
Your preferred keyboard should now be in the list along with any other active keyboards.
SwiftKey
SwiftKey isour favorite keyboard for Android, and for good reason.
It learns from your typing habits and the apps you use to improve its own predictive text over time.
Plus, unlike many other competitors, it’s completely free.
You candownload it here.
We ran into a few quirks here and there, but it worked well.
It’s even themable, and comes with a number of themes available at launch.
If you’re interested, it’ll set you back $1 in the iTunes App Store.
You candownload it here.
In our tests, it worked well.
It only supports English right now though, which is a dealbreaker for polyglots.
It’ll set you back $2 in the iTunes App Store, andyou can download it here.
The keyboard boasts its intelligent prediction, which makes typing extremely fast.
You have a ton of options.
It’ll set you back $1 in the iTunes App Store, and you candownload it here.
It’s completely free, and available now.
you’ve got the option to grab itfrom the iTunes App Store here.
You may be surprised.
Stack is free in the iTunes App Store, and availableto download here.
That way instead of typing “thank you very much!”
You candownload it here.
These are just a few of the keyboards available for iOS 8 right now.
There’ll likely be a flood of them now that the door is open.
They’re all better than the default Apple keyboard, at the very least.
Title photo made usingPocike(Shutterstock).
