• 404@lemmy.zipEnglish
    3·
    1 day ago

    Flickboard is also worth checking out if you like this style of typing. It’s on F-Droid.

    The dev compares them like this in the README:

    Why not MessagEase?

    It’s proprietary, and suddenly started requiring a subscription.

    Why not Thumb-Key?

    Back in the day, Thumb-Key didn’t support MessagEase’s more advanced gestures like circles and U-bends.

    They do now, so this section is mostly historical, but FlickBoard’s detection might still feel different, in ways that people may or may not prefer.

    • ash@piefed.caEnglish
      3·
      1 day ago

      I have used Flickboard too and I like both of them.

      Flickboard is more advanced and supports a lot more customization. For example, it has macros which expand to symbols and text. You can create shortcuts for your email, math and currency symbols etc.

      IME thumb-key is minimal, updated more frequently, and looks better out of the box. So I prefer it.