FlickBoard

Natalie Klestrup Röijezon

About this app

FlickBoard is a keyboard for Android that doesn't try to correct or predict you.
It doesn't have an opinion on the correct spelling or tone. It certainly doesn't use any AI.
Because it trusts you to write what you meant to write.

Instead, FlickBoard uses swipes to get away with using vastly fewer (and larger!) buttons than a traditional QWERTY keyboard, helping you build muscle memory, minimize typos, and touch type faster.

Type the letters in the center of a key by tapping it. Type the keys in the corners by swiping in that direction. It's that simple!

FlickBoard is inspired by MessagEase and Thumb-Key. It is also open source, see https://codeberg.org/natkr/flickboard!

Ratings and reviews

Used to be extremely good for me. But every update this keyboard gets makes its Performance poorer and poorer. As of now, the keyboard has become just plain Aggravating to use since it stutters every 3 or 4 seconds. No other keyboard I have installed has had this issue, it's JUST flickboard. The stuttering heavily impacts flicking, as when I make a gesture during a stutter, it ignores the gesture and registers a tap. I really hope this gets fixed in the future.

Wow! I've been a HARDCORE ME user for over a decade.It was heartbreaking when they switched to subscription, not because it was going to be paid, but because it became glitchy. I stayed there for long after I was comfortable and have only now found this very comparable alternative. The look is still not quite as customizable but, I'm rather enjoying some of the differeces. I think the emoji selector and voice-to-text options are better. And I really enjoy the Zalgo key and mini num-pad!

I love the macros and layouts and abundance of settings. It looks nice. I have an issue with frequent attempts at spaces not working and registering as swiping up on the spacebar. I wish it would auto capitalize after punctuation or go from numbers to letters after space following numbers. I'm not sure I'll ever get good enough to make this layout work. It's been over a month and I'm painfully slow.

What’s new

## Layout

- Added bulgarian layout (#416, by @hlonrno)

## Changes

- Delete now falls back to a raw key event when there is no text (#425, by @SocratesDz)
- Added icons for the hide letters/symbols actions, to hopefully make it a bit less confusing when triggered accidentally

## Bookkeeping

- Updated various dependencies