Thumb Keyboard

Beansoft

- November 15, 2014

Everyone

Productivity

( 8,170)

Description

Most customizable keyboard in the Play store for Phone, Tablet and Phablet. Packed with a lot of features you won't find on any other keyboard.

"Thumb Keyboard takes customization to next level" (Laptop Magazine)

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DESCRIPTION

Thumb Keyboard for Android™ is a keyboard with many, advanced customization options that allows the user to adjust it to his or her preferences. This groundbreaking keyboard introduces a lot of innovations. Besides a standard layout it has a new (patent pending) "split" layout for tablets and phones that makes thumb typing more natural and comfortable. It also introduces a lot of useful and advanced functions that will improve your productivity and makes typing on your mobile device more fun and comfortable.

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SOME QUOTES FROM MAGAZINES AND AROUND THE INTERNET

#2 in this years (2012) top 10 "indispensable Android apps list" of ZDNet's TechRepublic

"Thumb Keyboard makes two handed typing a breeze" "An epic win for tablet typing" (Android Police)

"Thumb Keyboard – The First Universally Functional Keyboard" (Android Guys)

"Optimierte Layouts für Phone und Tablet - Test: GUT" (Android Magazin)

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FEATURES

FLEXIBLE KEYBOARD LAYOUTS
• Full featured standard layouts
• Split layouts for tablets and large screen devices: Better accessible keys for thumb-typing on large and small tablets and 4"+ phones
• Special tailored layouts for phones, 5" 'phablets', 7" tablets and 9-10" tablets
• Option to select separate layouts for portrait and landscape
• One-handed operation mode for large-screen phones

No more unnatural stretching or juggling with your tablet or phone…

STATE OF THE ART KEYBOARD TECHNOLOGY
• Continuous Voice Recognition (Android 4.x): real time voice recognition using the latest Google Voice typing service
• Multi-touch
• Variable key spacing
• Long press symbols and characters (customizable)
• Auto-correction
• Auto-correction feedback in text to reduce errors caused by unnoticed auto corrections (Android 4.x)
• Keyboard shortcuts
• Text to speech feedback
• Voice input (Non Continuous for Android 2.2 and higher)
• Bigram word prediction (predict word based on previous word - for Android 2.3 and higher.)
• Swipe gesture support
• Adjustable keyclick volume
• User dictionary
• 3D "coverflow" theme browser with 25+ themes

FULLY CUSTOMIZABLE
• Option to change the long press symbols on the letter keys!
• Save much used phrases and enter with a touch of a button
• 25+ Themes
• User definable auto text substitutions (For example: thx -> thanks etc)
• Optional user customizable key row
• Change colors and size of keys, font etc.
• Customizable background (choose your own image)
• Full color customization!

LANGUAGE SUPPORT:
English
German (with special QWERTZ keyboard ánd special german keyboard)
French (with support AZERTY)
Spanish (with modern Spanish keyboard layout)
Russian (with cyrillic keyboard)
Italian
Portuguese
Dutch
Norwegian
Swedish
Finnish
Danish
Polish

• All special keyboards are also available as special (split) keyboards.
• Possibility to change the long press symbols by special international characters!! Directly enter your typical language letters with a simple long press.

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EXPLANATION OF PERMISSIONS:
- The record audio permission is needed for Voice input
- The internet access permission is needed for downloading additional dictionaries
- The permission to read the contact database is needed to generate predictions based on the names in the contact database.

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DOCUMENTATION & BEANSOFT SUPPORT

See http://www.beansoftapps.com/support
To get the most out of the keyboard be sure to check out the FAQ and Quick Start Guide
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PLAY STORE SUPPORT

For download and billing problems, general market support and contacting the Google Play Store support team please visit: https://support.google.com/googleplay/

Reviews

4.3

8,170 total

5 5,359

4 1,463

3 585

2 288

1 458

Roger Perkins

Meh (Over a year now. Nothing.) SUPPORT STILL HAS NOT CONTACTED ME! Used to be pretty good. Now it puts "n" in when I hit the space bar most times, capital M gets in alot also. But the biggest issue is it will insert a copy of a word or phrase when I'm trying to delete it. Not as good as it was. Oh! And I couldn't reach support on their webpage to solve this.

A Google User

Used to be good, but... Used to love this keyboard. I've been using it exclusively on all my devices for several years. Hands down the best keyboard available. The only problem is that every time I upgrade to a new phone (now a Note 4 on Lollipop), the secondary characters are so small, I can hardly see them, even with the size set to max. KB also disappears randomly while typing. Email to developer months ago still unanswered. Hey developer, sell this app to someone who will actually support it.

A Google User

After latest update excellent on HTC D HD Yep, reading the instructions did the trick. The keyboard now works fine on a HTD Desire HD. It would be nice to have the possibility to completely remove the top row (or set the height of it). It only shows punctuation marks that are available in the rest of the keyboard. Excellent application.

Hocky Gunardi

Emoji please! Hello, since android froyo, I still used this awesome keyboard. I love it so much, I don't want to use any other keyboard. Will you kindly add emojis to this app, please? I'm tired of switching keyboard just to add emojis to my chats. Thankyou! I know you will update it, rite? :)

Michael Le Roux

Function Keys This is sofar the best keyboard ever for the samsung S3 mini, Tab3.7 and now Note4. ONLY REASON j give 1 star is that I emailed the developer 2times and NO REPLY! All I want to no is how toe personalize the FUNCTION KEY;the F1 ect. Then all give a 5* rating - I PROMISE! ;-)

Troy Dalton

Revamped Review (again) NEARLY A YEAR WITH A KNOWN PROBLEM, DROPPED BACK TO LOWER RATING. ORIGINAL: I love this keyboard, but because the developer ignores emails and doesn't implement simple fixes, I cannot rate it above 3 stars. For example, over a year and a half ago, I let them know where the '5' key should display ']' for its extended character, it displays '\', which is shown elsewhere as well, but correctly invokes the ']' symbol when long-pressed. Developer doesn't seem too concerned with quality, the way I would expect. I will reevaluate after next update, if it ever happens!

User reviews

Roger Perkins August 13, 2016

A Google User October 11, 2015

A Google User November 15, 2014

Hocky Gunardi June 6, 2015

Michael Le Roux April 11, 2015

Troy Dalton August 27, 2015

Beansoft November 15, 2014

Hi Troy, Very sorry for this. Nevertheless, thanks for your feedback. It will be fixed in a next version.

A Google User April 1, 2015

Black punctuation bar needs to go. This keyboard is beautiful, I have the extra row of keys enabled. However, I never use the black bar devoted to punctuation and autosuggestions. Landscape I can hardly see the text box. I'd love to ditch that bar... it's holding back the 5th star. Hitting N rather than space was a problem out of the gate, but I raised the height of the bottom row a little in the settings, GOOD TO GO!

Jacob Flynn January 15, 2015

Was a great find! Been having a lot of issues since the last update. Htc m8. Been having accuracy issues, especially when hitting the spacebar, delete key or the back key. Double input consistantly when typing. I have used stock and google keyboard with no such issue. It is sad cause i love they keyboards layout options.

Raymond Broderick January 6, 2015

Online to make changes? Would be perfect if it was just a bit more customizable. Would also like more skins, such as the default A I keyboard with shadows and button reflection. WHY DO I NEED TO BE ONLINE TO CHANGE KEYBOARD SETTINGS? Down to 2 stars.

chorbl blotche January 21, 2016

THUMB KEYBOARD My MM upgrade killed this app. It used to be a five plus star app.Now just drops off constantly. My absolute, hands down, favorite keyboard. I NEED backspace....who doesn't. That is just one tiny feature on this amazingly customizable keyboard . PLEASE PLEASE fix this NOW. WE NEED it back!

Christopher Matthews February 18, 2016

Again - Used to be great I wish I could continue using this keyboard, I lived it. But the dev has fallen asleep at the wheel. Now with Marshmallow, thumb keyboard is wreaking all sorts of havoc with my phone. The keyboard still works but it causes problems with lots of other things. I'll have to uninstall until someone updates it.

Ernie Mier November 18, 2014

PROBLEM ON QuadHD PHONES My Lenovo Vibe Z2 Pro has a 6" 1440 x 2560 screen. Keyboard labels are tiny even when the label size is set at 200% for main symbols and 150% for secondary symbols. On my lower resolution phones, this would be the PERFECT keyboard for me.

Ryan Umentum February 24, 2015

WAS my favorite keyboard This used to be my favorite keyboard. But lately the keyboard has been innaccurate on key presses, but even more annoyingly, the keyboard double types letters. I'll try and type a word, for example, "truck" and it will put it on the screen like this "ttruck".... It does this about every 8 words or so. Needs a Fix BADLY!

Jeremy Young December 12, 2015

update for marshmallow plx Keeps crashing my system now that I've updated my os. This was and still is my favorite keyboard (on my older OS device). It appears to work initially, but then it slowly dies. The dying behavior is characterized by the key press sound starting to lag behind keystrokes and then stopping altogether. At this point, no videos will play at all via any other app. Seems like it affects the dsp somehow. Other keyboards with sounds do not exhibit this same behavior. Force stopping the process fixes it for a little.

September 19, 2016

Best for people who want to type Other keyboards I've tried seem like gimmicks. Swiping and better suggestions don't appeal to me. Thumb keyboard allow customization of pretty much everything on a keyboard. The staggered portrait layout is awesome.

Robert Keller June 26, 2015

Horizontal orientation does not work Great overall, but right side gets cut off in horizontal orientation with apps that use a bottom, 3-dot menu which rotates when the phone is turned. For example, does not work with Note Everything. Makes the keyboard useless. Tried contacting the developer, but no response. Will change to 5 stars if I receive one. Droid Turbo, Android 4.4.4

A Google User November 21, 2014

Very good Keyboard, but... It would be nice, though, if 1) a T9 keyboard could be added to the possible layouts for those who prefer one-handed texting (similar to that of Perfect Keyboard), and 2) provide emoji support. Otherwise, this keyboard is a must-buy! There's a problem on QuadHD Phones. I can't use it properly using my Lenovo Z2 Pro, because the buttons are too small. Please fix. Thanks!

April 11, 2015

OK Its OK,haven't had any problems like others but can't give 5*, lacks quite a few things...1)no swiping 2)no emojis 3)no clipboard 4)dictionary needs more voc. & better predictions 5)would be nice if there was better themes or if we could use other paid themes

Adrianne Curran February 9, 2015

I love thumb keyboard...but I need help I love thumb keyboard, I don't use any other key board! And I always recommend this one too! BUT having some problems with it...it will say "unfortunately, thumb keyboard has stopped working" and I cannot figure it out or why this is happening. Please help

Cafe' Vente May 21, 2015

I agree with everyone else Best keyboard I've ever used. Everyone I show it to ends up buying it. Just please consider adding emojis. It's 2015 yo. We need to express ourselves on the web like ancient Egyptians

A Google User December 26, 2015

This used to be pretty good This has definitely lost its luster not very customizable. Needs more themes. You would think as long as this has been out they would have more. samsung galaxy s4. Hasn't been updated since November 2014. Makes you wonder.

Zerqz July 23, 2015

Better then swiftkey This keyboard is way better then swiftkey just for the simple fact you can basically make your own theme if you wanted to. Only downside, add in ctr, alt, ect. Need to use "hackers keyboard" for all my ssh stuff.

Rylie Morrison November 15, 2015

Needs Emojis I had to stop using this keyboard...Whenever I would try to log into ANY app I would get an error saying my password is incorrect. I know I am typing the correct password, I even tried resetting several password (mobile banking, amazon, instagram, ebay etc.) and could never confirm the same password twice....as soon as I disabled this app I was able to log into the same apps with my regular passwords. Weird. Used to love this app, but now I can't use it.

Diona Lim November 20, 2014

One handed operation doesn't work anymore I used to be able to adjust the size of the keyboard so that it was smaller and aligned to the right for one handed operation. That capability has magically disappeared somehow. Now messaging on the train or bus is impossible with small hands and a Samsung Note 3. So horribly disappointed.

James Featherstone May 31, 2016

Love It This is my favorite keyboard. I do a lot in a terminal emulator and thus keyboard gives me access to keys that are not typically on default boards, but are handy for working in a command line environment.

Cor Non Siponis June 9, 2016

Was the best... Note 4, now freezing all the time and glitching like crazy. I have used this on 5 different phones and on my note for 8 months and now it's tweeking

Guillaume Bastien November 19, 2014

Ooooh, updated... maybe for the next one, the dev could find a solution so that when using an alternative keyboard (azerty, etc.) you can still use the dynamic changing of keyboards? Changing from azerty to qwerty or to russian is a bit of a pain.

Rich White April 23, 2015

Completely unsupported Constant force closes. I have to clear data every few days and resetup keyboard. I have sent multiple emails to the developer with no response. Not even a screw you. Don't waste your money. Update: still constantly force closing. It crashes when flipping between voice input and typing. I have emailed the developer hundreds of times without a single response. This problem has persisted on 3 different phones and multiple versions of android ranging from 4.1 to 5.0.1

Eric Gigliotti May 27, 2016

Great app, missing one feature I've used this keyboard across 3 devices for years - its the best. The only thing its missing is custom keyboard touch sounds. Would get 5 stars if they add it.

Slapnutts McGee September 8, 2016

Much better than stock The stock keyboard on the Note 7 is good, but its auto correct feature is very slow and just can't keep up with me. This does a much better job, I have zero lag now and I don't have to sit there and wait for it to decide if something is spelled incorrectly or not. Thumb also feels a much more accurate.

Horia Mut December 18, 2014

No access to clipboard. The main flaw for me is the lack of access to the clipboard. Other problems: language change identifier on the spacebar, the font size is too small. Predictions, too many choices. Layouts are great though.

Mat Hall August 26, 2015

A vast improvement over the stock keyboard; only a couple of things prevent it from getting five stars: no emoji support, and it won't automatically remove a space before a semicolon or colon. (Also for some reason autosuggest doesn't appear when you're using the Google search bar.) Also the "contact us" bit on their website is broken... :/

Tomáš Petrík November 15, 2014

Force close on Lollipop fixed, but it still needs Material theme (I would even buy it, as an in-app purchase). As the dev apparently only responds here, I am asking here - should I keep my hopes for the Material theme up? (After a year without updates and with no social activity or email responses, I thought the app was dead, but now...)

Beansoft November 15, 2014

We do respond to email. So please keep mailing your suggestions! We will add new themes in the next version.

Matthew Shafer September 6, 2016

Lolipop Force Close issue persist Sorry for the poor rating but your keyboard continues to FC on lolipop. Pretty sure the issue is being caused by its inability to properly gain accesibility. please correct this issue. or refund my purchase .

A Google User October 26, 2015

too kewl takes all the awkwardness out of holding and typing at the sane time on my motorola XOOM. using it to write this review:-D

Noah Adams March 2, 2016

Used to be one of the best After using this keyboard for several years, I finally had to give it up and go back to the stock one. The keyboard had started lagging excessively, and duplicating the first letter of random words often. It's a shame there have been no updates released for over a year. I originally purchased way back in Oct 2012 and have used it up until now... Guess I can't be too upset over a couple bucks, but I wouldn't buy it now.

A Google User June 7, 2016

One of the better keyboards out there No other keyboard has a better split keyboard design. Fantastic features abound! If I have to point out a negative, its that the themes are dated, spelling correction is really poor, and word predictions are garbage. (For example if I type loking. Instead of looking, it never suggests the obvious correction)

Chris T November 16, 2014

TAKE MY MONEY....... I previously had TK4 installed on other devices because I find it SO much easier to use than stock and other keyboards. After I noticed that you had an update when I was going to search for a new keyboard for my tablet (since I was getting the lollipop crash) I figured I'd buy it. This time you get to keep my money.

clint selvey April 22, 2015

Waste of my money I used this on my S3 and my Note3. I just recently updated to 5.0 and this crashes so quickly that I can't even send a report about the issue without it popping up 5 times to tell me it crashed again. This keyboard app is on the more expensive side of keyboard apps, this is inexcusable. UPDATE YOUR APP!!!!

Alex Lum January 9, 2016

Fine but not great This review is for both versions of the keyboard. The paid and free versions show little difference. The accuracy of this is not good enough to keep using. It suffers badly because it almost always inputs the letter n whenever the space bar is tapped no matter how careful you are. Also, the row of pop up buttons at tthe top of the screen are useless. They disappear before you can find the key and touch them! Get Swiftkey instead. It's a LOT better and faster.