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Private keyboards

9 apps, each with a privacy passport

Your keyboard sees every password, message and search you type. A private keyboard has no internet permission at all, keeps its word predictions on the phone and does voice typing offline, if it offers it.

Leaving one of these?

If you only try two

Privacy passport
FUTO Keyboard
Keyboards
Our pick
No tracking
Yes
Open source
No
Only you can read it
On device
No account
Yes
Free
Yes
4 of 5 checks
- Android
Swipe and voice typing with no internet access
Privacy passport
HeliBoard
Keyboards
Our pick
No tracking
Yes
Open source
Yes
Only you can read it
On device
No account
Yes
Free
Yes
5 of 5 checks
- Android
Fully open source and has no internet access

All 9 keyboards

Passes

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9 of 9 apps

FUTO KeyboardPick

App

Android keyboard with swipe typing, autocorrect and offline voice input that never connects to the internet.

No tracking
Closed source
Stays on device
No account
Free

Android

HeliBoardPick

App6.4k

Open-source Android keyboard with glide typing, themes and custom dictionaries; it has no internet permission at all.

No tracking
Open source
Stays on device
No account
Free

Android

FlorisBoard

App8.7k

Modern open-source Android keyboard with themes, clipboard history and emoji, built to keep everything you type local.

No tracking
Open source
Stays on device
No account
Free

Android

AnySoftKeyboard

App3.4k

Long-running open-source Android keyboard with many language packs, gestures and themes, and no data sent anywhere.

No tracking
Open source
Stays on device
No account
Free

Android

Fossify Keyboard

App692

Plain, lightweight open-source keyboard from the Fossify app family, with no ads, trackers or internet access.

No tracking
Open source
Stays on device
No account
Free

Android

Thumb-Key

App1.6k

Open-source Android keyboard with large keys on a compact grid, designed for fast one-thumb typing without autocorrect.

No tracking
Open source
Stays on device
No account
Free

Android

Unexpected Keyboard

App3.3k

Small open-source keyboard where you swipe toward key corners for symbols, handy for coding and terminals on Android.

No tracking
Open source
Stays on device
No account
Free

Android

Typewise

App

Swiss keyboard for iPhone and Android with a hexagon layout and on-device autocorrect; typed text never leaves the phone.

Minimal tracking
Closed source
Stays on device
No account
Free plan

Android
iPhone

Simple Keyboard

App1.6k

Minimal open-source Android keyboard with no suggestions, no extras and no internet permission, just keys that work.

No tracking
Open source
Stays on device
No account
Free

Android

What to check in keyboards

1 Does the app ask for network access at all?
2 Are predictions and voice typing done on the device?
3 Is the code open so others can confirm it?

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