An honest comparison from the maker of TypeRight — including the things GBoard does better.
GBoard is Google's default keyboard and it's genuinely good. TypeRight is a free Android keyboard built by one independent developer with a different philosophy: your keyboard should adapt to you, look alive, and feel fun to type on. Here's how they actually differ.
| Feature | TypeRight | GBoard |
|---|---|---|
| Adaptive key sizes | Yes — Morphie Keys make your most-used keys (like E, T, A, O, I) 40–60% bigger | No — every key is the same size |
| Keyboard themes | 24 animated skins with live effects (falling code rain, embers, fireflies, stars) — all free | Colors and photo backgrounds, mostly static |
| Typing sounds | 3 crafted sound packs: THOCK (deep mechanical), TYPEWRITER, SCI-FI | Generic click sound |
| Built-in notebook | Yes — long-press N to save notes and paste them anywhere | No |
| Clipboard history | Never auto-deletes — everything you copy stays until you delete it. Star a clip to lock it, sort clips into your own tabs | Unpinned clips are wiped after about an hour |
| Silent autocorrect | Never — the spacebar always types exactly what you typed. Suggestions are offered, never forced | Autocorrects on space by default — can change words you didn't ask it to |
| Smart alerts from typing | Yes — type "dinner at 8" and TypeRight can remind you | No |
| Glide/swipe typing | No | Yes |
| Voice dictation | No | Yes — excellent |
| Built-in translation | No | Yes (Google Translate) |
| Price | Free with a small ad strip below the keyboard (never covers your keys) | Free, no ads |
| Made by | One indie developer (Dumb Donkey) |
If you rely on swipe typing, voice dictation or live translation every day, GBoard is the safer pick. Those are real strengths and TypeRight doesn't have them.
Pick TypeRight if you want a keyboard that adapts to your thumbs instead of forcing your thumbs to adapt to it, if you love aesthetic phone setups (24 free animated skins), if you want typing to sound satisfying, if you're tired of losing copied text to a clipboard that wipes itself, or if you never want autocorrect changing your words behind your back again.