# Flashboard - Sinhala Keyboard

> The smart Sinhala keyboard for Sri Lanka. Phonetic(Singlish) & Wijesekara.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.savinduplus.keyboard](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.savinduplus.keyboard)

## Overview

- **ID:** `com.savinduplus.keyboard`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Savindu
- **Category:** TOOLS
- **Downloads:** 2,225,726
- **Rating:** 4.53 / 5 (9,949 ratings)
- **Version:** 5.13.7
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-06
- **First published:** 2020-01-22
- **Publisher country:** LK
- **Size:** 47 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-13
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.savinduplus.keyboard)
- **Website:** [https://savinduplus.blogspot.com/](https://savinduplus.blogspot.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://savinduplus.blogspot.com/2020/01/privacy-policy-body-font-family.html](https://savinduplus.blogspot.com/2020/01/privacy-policy-body-font-family.html)

## Description

Flashboard is the smart Sinhala keyboard for Sri Lanka. It supports both Sinhala Phonetic (Singlish) typing and the traditional Wijesekara layout, delivering fast, accurate Sinhala-English typing on Android devices.

Personalize your keyboard with color and gradient themes, live RGB animations, and the option to set a photo background. Features include a smart clipboard, built-in calculator, quick text shortcuts, stylish English fonts, and optimized performance for low-end devices.

## Rankings

- #42,207 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_AD_ID`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_ATTRIBUTION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_TOPICS`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE`
- `android.permission.INTERNET`
- `android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS`
- `android.permission.RECORD_AUDIO`
- `android.permission.SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW`
- `android.permission.VIBRATE`
- `android.permission.WAKE_LOCK`
- `android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE`
- `com.android.vending.BILLING`
- `com.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVE`
- `com.google.android.finsky.permission.BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICE`
- `com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID`
- `com.savinduplus.keyboard.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION`

## Review summary

Flashboard is a Sinhala keyboard with strong customization, offline usability, and features like news updates and fair/free premium access. Users praise its usefulness and design but complain about intrusive ads, privacy concerns (data saved in incognito), battery drain, occasional bugs (typing speed glitches, voice typing issues), and the inability to download sticker packs.

### Pros

- Strong customization options for Sinhala typing
- Supports offline mode
- News updates feature is useful
- Premium packages are fair and often free
- Generally useful and well-built keyboard experience

### Cons

- Ads are intrusive and appear even in premium version
- Privacy concerns: incognito mode seems to save data
- Background battery drain while using the app
- Bugs: typing speed glitches/ misbehavior and voice typing disabled after update
- Sticker packs cannot be downloaded

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.savinduplus.keyboard)