Overview

Rating:
4.20
(45)
Version:
1.7.4
Last updated: 2024-10-08
Ranking
#188,224 ▼ 235
Overall

Features & Capabilities

Build your own keyboard!

Touchscreen keyboards don't need to be one-size-fits-all, so let's change that! With Keybuild, you choose the layout, the keys, everything.

Keys can be set up to type whatever you want! Letters, greek letters (ɑ, β, ɣ), maths symbols (π, ∫, ∑), arrows (↑→↓←), or even your favourite emoji can be added and organised depending on your needs.

Create multiple ‘panes’, each containing keys arranged using a stack-based layout, and switch between them with either an automatic menu, or direct links.

Add a small number row to your Qwerty keyboard, or have a try using Azerty or Colemak layouts. Build a keyboard that can keep up with your maths-heavy university course, or specialist profession. Or just make a dashboard for your favourite emoji. Or do all that and more, it's up to you!

This app does its best to supports VoiceOver, and accessibility APIs.

Technical note: This app is 99% SwiftUI, which is as close as you can get while we wait for the ‘SwiftUI Lifecycle’ to come to Custom Keyboard Extensions! SwiftUI powers this app's advanced functionality, as well as some of its more unusual bugs. :)

Disclaimer: This iPad app is available on Apple Silicon Macs, but macOS currently does not support keyboard extensions. Still waiting for that tablet Mac!

User Growth & Download Statistics

App
By:
Jamie Froggatt
Rating:
4.20
(45)
Version:
1.7.4 Last updated: 2024-10-08
Version code:
849972052
Creation date:
2021-01-11
Compatible devices:
Size:
2.34MB
Price:
3.99
URLs:
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Full description:
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Source:
Apple Apps Store
Data ingested on:
2026-08-31
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Developed by:
Jamie Froggatt
Apple Apps Store
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/keybuild/id1547174534

User Reviews

I have literally been stranded with just an iPad for nearly two years. (My dog is terrified of keyboard sounds.) In that time, I've written over 250,000 words on a single project on this device, almost entirely in Obsidian. I have made 1,001 Templater, Note Toolbar, and Commander scripts...desperately trying to give myself a working environment that doesn't leave me in posture agony for days. I had looked for an app solution so many times, as when I downloaded and used the IPA Keyboard, I saw that creative keyboard designs were at least possible. And I never found one that seemed even remotely capable of suiting my needs. I wasted so much time javascripting when I could have just had this.... My life is completely and unabashedly more tolerable due to the customizability provided by this app. I'm building my dream keyboard specifically for markdown use as we speak. Single press triple backticks? Do you know how long it took me to physically type just one on the native keyboard? About 1.5 seconds, FOR ONE KEYSTROKE. (You have to be in Shift mode, then hold down the ' for at least a half second, and then you get your one adorable backtick...) If you have a place people share their keyboards,mI'll post mine when I'm done. Thank you sooooooo much, compañero! YOU WILL BE RECEIVING A THANK YOU ON MY NOVEL'S DEDICATION PAGE, I'M NOT KIDDING!
by ii*****, 2026-07-04

Extremely buggy, edit one key on caps side and it also changes the lower caps. Same for symbols. No way to make it do what you want. Also no autocorrect or languages.
by Ti*****, 2026-06-21
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