Thumb Keyboard
"Thumb Keyboard takes customization to next level" (Laptop Magazine)
-------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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#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)
---------------------------------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:EnglishGerman (with special QWERTZ keyboard ánd special german keyboard)French (with support AZERTY)Spanish (with modern Spanish keyboard layout)Russian (with cyrillic keyboard)ItalianPortuguese DutchNorwegianSwedishFinnishDanishPolish
• 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.
-------------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.
-------------DOCUMENTATION & BEANSOFT SUPPORT
See http://www.beansoftapps.com/supportTo get the most out of the keyboard be sure to check out the FAQ and Quick Start Guide-------------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/
Category : Productivity
Reviews (28)
Love this keyboard!!! However, on my Galaxy Note 20 Ultra, when I select the Happy Face symbol to insert an emogi - I get a message saying "Switch to Samsung Keyboard to insert a sticker or an emoji". Is there a way to fix this - I use a lot of emoji and switching between keyboards is not acceptable.
Disappointment. Once enabled, the only thing I see is "Thumb keyboard keeps stopping". I had high expectations, as I really wanted that horizontal split ketboard with a numpad in the middle.
May be a bit old but this runs on my new Lenovo P12 Pro. It is the best thumb keyboard that takes into account your privacy, no mambo jambo cloud uploading and no mambo jambo ads. Highly customizable,finaly have green letter on black keys with numpad in midlle.There is more work to improve yes,custom keyblock colors and some themes are not available on the site anymore. Still after days searching this is the best on screen thumb keyboard that fits my current needs. Money well spent,thus 5 stars.
Been using this app for many years. Now have it on my two Pie devices, lg v30 and tab s5e. I have tried others but none have measured up. The absolute best split keyboard layout for landscape on the tab s5e. I could not live without the cursor arrow keys.
can't use anything else. like another reviewer said, other keyboards make no sense to me anymore. been using this app for years, probably since the first galaxy phone! just upgraded to the s10. even their word predictor is flawless, like no other, like it's in my brain and love that you can add words and so much more...so wish support would come back...I feel so abandoned, lol...but well worth whatever short money I paid for it.
While this keyboard serves the function it was purchased for, it lacks many features that newer native keyboards have. I think an update could help it stay relevant and make it worth the albeit small, but ever present, price tag.
Everything I need. Thumb Keyboard is robust, has some basic visual customization to fit a theme, and many basic QOL features and options. Use this on all my devices.
I've been using it for years with great success however now that I bought a brand new Samsung Galaxy A10 the keyboard after setting up all features begins to Warp and distort and Shrink just under normal use so, it's been many years since the last update from what I have read so it would be nice to have a new update.
Had this app for near 12 years, love the cursor control, the pinned clipboard, the custom top row, multiple custom layouts & colors. This is a must have for all my devices.
Update: My NEW tablet works GREAT with this keyboard. It was always my favorite keyboard but couldn't use it after installing new ROM on my old tablet, so it's been 2 years. Now I'm used to another keyboard that I didn't care for, but it had emoticons. Wish list for this keyboard? Emoticons! :)
I love this keyboard and have used it since I got my first Android phone. Now unfortunately the swipe entry doesn't work on my new Samsung 10+. Sadly, I have to leave it behind. Hopefully they will be able to fix it and I'll be back.
Thumb Keyboard works wonders for me on my phone but Samsung's keyboard interferes so much when i try to use an emoji that i have to reset Thumb Keyboard as my default. If i don't, Samsung's keyboard keeps warning me that it has stopped. This is on a Samsung Galaxy Note 5 phone. I still prefer Thumb Keyboard.
Love this keyboard and have used it for years. We recently upgraded our phones and like usual I installed this keyboard. The only flaw this time is there aren't any emojis like there's been in the past. Please fix.
Great keyboard. Have used it on the majority of my phones. Recent, device specific (Axon M Z999 if a developer is reading), issues but other than that a great, customizable and responsive keyboard.
been using this for years but android 9 broke the keyboard. gave 3 stars since the support link leads nowhere to actually contact support. wouldnt much care if it would have been a free app but since i paid for it i'd expect to get support.
Live this app. It didn't transfer with phone upgrade. Hopefully will work with new phone. I really cannot stand using the g board.
Been using it so long that standard keyboards make no sense now. working fine for me on Galaxy S10+ with Android 9.0 (Pie). There are no keyboards this versatile. Dare you to try and find one.
Never add emojis as their absence is one of the things i treasure about this app! I paid for Thumb keyboard years ago and still come back to it (and to Fleksy) when the godawful predictions on Gboard and Swiftkey annoy me too much.
used it for years. I know support is over. it was a great run. had it on every phone since it came out. but its outdated and hasn't been updated since 2014. I got my money's worth. goodbye old friend.
I think it's a great keyboard, but recently on facebook in chrome (but not in brave) it closes the keyboard on the delete key. It deletes one character and disappears. Curiouser and curiouser
Got a refund. I can't use it. I can't use qwerty. I need dvorak or something like kalq. I used it for less than 15 minutes. If I had more time I might have figured out how to customize keys.
Could use support for extensions, but it is a very customisable keyboard. UPDATE: high battery consumption warning.
Totally bummed no support and havent kept up with version changes. Been using this keyboard for years and loved it! Grrr!
Love this app. Wish its development didn't end in 2014. Still works great, but it could sure use some emoji support.
Great customizable keyboard app.I have utilized it on several different phones and a tablet. I've tried others nut always come back to thumb keyboard
Update required. Lots of bugs. Not fully compatable after update to Android P on Galaxy Note 9 and Note 8.
Not updated since 2014. This is my favorite keyboard. But do wish it had an add-in for emoji.
Best keyboard ever. I love the ability to save text as short cuts in the key row. I save my different email addresses and login names so I don't have to type them over and over. I also love the ability to split the keyboard in half so I can use it more easily on my large tablet. It's also nice to be able to use a compact keyboard on my phone.