# Typewise Custom Keyboard

> Custom large keyboard with keyboard fonts & emojis for big keys & swift typing!

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/ch.icoaching.typewise](https://chrome-stats.com/d/ch.icoaching.typewise)

## Overview

- **ID:** `ch.icoaching.typewise`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Typewise
- **Category:** PERSONALIZATION
- **Downloads:** 2,707,521
- **Rating:** 3.27 / 5 (15,090 ratings)
- **Version:** 4.4.46
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-28
- **First published:** 2019-12-11
- **Publisher country:** CH
- **Size:** 71 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-13
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ch.icoaching.typewise)
- **Website:** [https://typewise.app](https://typewise.app/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://typewise.app/privacy-policy-app/](https://typewise.app/privacy-policy-app/)

## Description

**Typewise Custom Keyboard** revolutionizes mobile typing with its patented honeycomb layout, offering 4X fewer typos by providing keys 70% larger than traditional keyboards. Unlike the outdated QWERTY layout, Typewise is specifically designed for smartphones, making typing faster, more accurate, and enjoyable. It features customizable keyboard themes, fonts, and an emoji keyboard for a personalized experience.

Typewise incorporates smart autocorrect that learns your typing to provide personalized word suggestions and intuitive gestures for capitalization, deletion, and restoration. It supports multiple languages simultaneously without switching keyboards, including English variants, French, German, Spanish, and many more. Privacy is paramount, with all processing done locally on your device, ensuring no data is sent to the cloud. Available for Android (6+) and iPhone, the PRO version unlocks advanced customization such as tablet mode, font size adjustments, vibration settings, and additional themes, enhancing your typing experience further.

## Rankings

- #37,091 — Overall
- #13 — keyboard
- #30 — keyword

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_DATA_SYNC`
- `android.permission.INTERNET`
- `android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED`
- `android.permission.VIBRATE`
- `android.permission.WAKE_LOCK`
- `ch.icoaching.typewise.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION`
- `com.android.vending.BILLING`
- `com.google.android.finsky.permission.BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICE`

## Review summary

Summary: Users praise Typewise for powerful editing features like text replacements and precise cursor control, and note a payoff after a learning curve. However, recurring complaints include lag and performance issues, landscape mode bugs, unreliable autocorrect, and paywalls for languages or features (including vibration) along with requests for clipboard support. Some users also report slow or unresponsive support and difficulties syncing purchases across devices.

### Pros

- Text replacements/shortcuts to speed up typing
- Precise cursor control and smart backspacing that retypes deleted text
- Positive experience after mastering it / learning curve pays off
- Overall polished feel and improvement over standard keyboards

### Cons

- Lag/latency and performance issues during usage
- Landscape mode bug causing a large empty area and hiding what you type
- Inconsistent/autocorrect issues (bad autocorrect)
- Paywalls for languages and features (additional languages, vibration feedback) and cross-device purchase syncing problems
- Clipboard/copy-paste feature missing and repeatedly requested

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/ch.icoaching.typewise)