Hi friends. My quest to remove Google products from my life continues.

I’ve always been very fearful of swapping keyboard apps. I can think of no better way to track someone than to bug their keyboard. How can I trust any keyboard software, really? My wishlist:

  • Something that addresses my privacy concerns
  • Supports both english and portuguese dictionaries at the same time
  • Has a dark theme
  • Is available on some sort of store, so I don’t have to download APKs for every single update

Thanks!

  • pancake@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    I use Thumb-Key, which is available both in the Play Store and F-Droid. The layout is pretty unusual but I really like it, and the main developer (one of Lemmy’s creators) really cares about privacy.

    • CrayonRosary@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      I’ve been trying out Thumb-Key for a few minutes, and wow, that would take a while to get used to.

      This comment was written with Thumb-Key in just 3 minutes!

      • pancake@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        Haha yeah, it did take 2-3 days for me to get up to speed with it, it does not work like a typical keyboard at all.

    • CrayonRosary@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      The only one I see in the Play Store costs $20 and has no reviews and no description on how it works. Looks like someone stole the open source version and stuck it on the Play Store.

      Oddly, it links to the git hub.