Swiftkey or iOS keyboard?

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I like both, but prefer Gboard to either. The integration of search and gifs along with the swipe and cursor control functionality are great
 

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Which is better depends on a user's preference. I simply use the stock keyboard because it's sufficient for my usage. I've tried Swiftkey, Swype, Word Flow and others, but I always end up returning to the stock keyboard.
 

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I prefer SwiftKey. It's my default keyboard. I have the stock keyboard deleted. SwiftKey is smarter. It remembers things you type faster than the stock on the predictive.
 

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I tried a lot of keyboards when third party keyboards became available. However I still find the stock Apple keyboard to be the fastest and most accurate keyboard. Even after SwiftKey learns my touch points, I still find the stock keyboard more accurate.
 

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I won't use any other keyboard than stock because none offer the dictation mic. I use alternate keyboards for some stuff but day-to-day use is stock.
 

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Come from blackberry, for me, blackberry virtual keyboard is the best. Especially the smooth swiping up gesture. With my iphone 7 plus, i had tried both swift and the ios one. I had also tried Crimson. Similar to bb10 VKB. However, i feel more comfortable to use the iphone one as my regular one. Not that bad actually.
 

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I once used Swiftkey on Android, but now I won't use anything but stock because I don't want to share what I type with a company that may not be able to secure it. The stock keyboard is more than good enough for me.
 
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I once used Swiftly on Android, but now I won't use anything but stock because I don't want to share what I type with a company that may not be able to secure it. The stock keyboard is more than good enough for me.

Yea... that's what keeps me from wanting to mess with other 3rd party boards
 

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I won't use any other keyboard than stock because none offer the dictation mic. I use alternate keyboards for some stuff but day-to-day use is stock.

Gboard has included mic dictation to text recently. There's a mic symbol on the space bar, just long press to activate. I use that all the time now

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Come from blackberry, for me, blackberry virtual keyboard is the best. Especially the smooth swiping up gesture. With my iphone 7 plus, i had tried both swift and the ios one. I had also tried Crimson. Similar to bb10 VKB. However, i feel more comfortable to use the iphone one as my regular one. Not that bad actually.

The BlackBerry virtual keyboard was the best I've ever used and I miss it dearly especially flick to type but surprisingly the stock keyboard on iOS has won me over that I don't feel the need to search for another since it does all I need it to do.