Even if today we write more on the smartphone than on paper and we are all super used to touching the keys on a touchscreen, there is always room for improvement and, speaking of the iPhone, it is possible to change the way you write by installing a different application objectively the standard keyboard works very well, there are many possible customizations to write faster and more comfortably, both through internal options and through apps to be installed . As for the writing methods on the iPhone we can open the Settings -> General -> Keyboard to find that it is possible:
- Activate automatic correction;
- enable easy writing and display the suggested words above the keyboard;
- Make sure that by double tapping the space bar you make a point and a space.
- Configure abbreviations to be used to write longer words.
From these basic options, we are now going to use iPhone keyboard app, use additional functions that can be called from the keyboard for various purposes.
Note: After installing any of these keyboards, you must add them to the list of keyboards in use from Settings> Keyboard> Keyboards> Add new keyboard .
To use one of the added keyboards, in any app, just touch and hold the globe button.
1) Rainbow Keyboard is an application that allows you to write on a colored keyboard, with a different font and color of the letters, to make it more fun and lively. You can choose between the various preset themes or simply change the size and height of the keyboard. The cutest thing is that you can also customize the sound that is played when you press a key on the keyboard.
2) Flesky has always been one of the best apps to change keyboard on iPhone and iPad together with SwiftKey, because it is capable of offering graphics with different themes and powerful options such as the possibility of inserting Emojis and GIFs in chats like Whatsapp. With Flesky you can also have a row of numbers above the keyboard, you can add keyboard shortcuts, there are word predictions, the voice feedback that speaks the typed letter verbally and the one-hand writing mode. Flesky supports finger gestures that allow you to write much faster than before:
- Swipe left to delete
- Scroll right for space
- Double tap on the space to use punctuation marks
- Scroll down to change the text suggestions
- Swipe up twice to add or remove a word from the dictionary
- Swipe left or right on the space bar to change the language
- Touch and hold Enter to use the emojis
3) Phraseboard is an app to create lists with the most used phrases in messages to be able to quickly insert them with a touch. If you often have to answer messages the same way or if you often write the same questions or requests to friends or colleagues, this app really saves time. Phraseboard is not an iPhone keyboard, but more of an extension to use in combination with the standard keyboard or with another chosen keyboard.
4) Better Fonts allows you to write with a different font on each app. You can then select the font you want to use. The app works as an alternative keyboard or as a text editor to write and to use by copying and pasting the written text.
5) Handwriting is a brilliant application that allows you to write by hand or with a stylus on the iPhone screen .
The app works really well and the screen turns into a sheet of paper where it is also easy to insert your signature.
From within this keyboard application, you can change the theme, as well as the thickness of the stroke that appears when you are writing. This is the ideal application for taking notes by hand as you used to do with your notebook or notebook.
