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SwiftKey
Raised as a usability problem by 32 people on Hacker News over 15 years (2012–2026), in 24 threads.
No issue was raised by at least 3 people in 3 threads this year.
No issue was raised by at least 3 people in 3 threads in the last 5 years.
Every issue, all time, most people first
Swipe typing picks the wrong word almost every timeUnreviewed
20122026- Swipe typing picks the wrong word almost every time2025-04-29
- Swipe keyboard misdetects space swipes and doesn't show word alternatives consistently2023-04-17
- Swipe typing often picks wrong word, so user spends more time correcting than saving2022-04-10
Takes longer to get the right keyboard to show than to use itUnreviewed
20122026- Keyboard takes too long to appear, annoying the user enough to switch2023-04-17
- Keyboard is super slow and autocorrection makes mistakes, slowing typing2017-12-31
- Spends more time getting the right keyboard to show than using it2016-02-04
Unreviewed issues were grouped by machine: Claude Haiku labelled each comment as a usability complaint, named what it's about and summed up the problem in a line, and a small model grouped similar problems. Nobody has checked them by hand. Expect mistakes.
The newest 32 complaints
- Banner nagging to log in for backup cannot be permanently dismissed2026-06-15
- Opens a full soft keyboard for no reason despite attempts to disable it2026-01-02
- Keyboard app pushes Edge and Bing promotions, so user uninstalled it2025-12-12
- Copilot button appears after update and must be disabled in settings, which doesn't remove it2025-07-30
- Swipe typing picks the wrong word almost every time2025-04-29
- Can't make SwiftKey forget an autocorrected word like 'NY', despite repeated attempts2024-06-30
- Autocorrect keeps changing typed "ok" to "OK" and users can't stop it2024-05-09
- Keyboard is replaced mid-typing by an unwanted Microsoft Speech Recognition prompt that must be dismissed2023-05-03
- Typing Swedish and English requires switching layouts, and the input cursor is hidden when multiple layouts are enabled2023-04-25
- Keeps having strange language issues when typing in multiple languages2023-04-17
- SwiftKey keeps appearing in apps where the user didn't choose it2023-04-17
- Constant Bing button on the keyboard is distracting, so the user uninstalled it2023-04-17
- Swipe keyboard misdetects space swipes and doesn't show word alternatives consistently2023-04-17
- Keyboard takes too long to appear, annoying the user enough to switch2023-04-17
- Swipe typing on Dvorak layout is poor, and the spouse struggles to use the phone2022-10-14
- Swipe typing often picks wrong word, so user spends more time correcting than saving2022-04-10
- Can't switch between two languages, so wrong words get suggested mid-sentence2021-09-14
- Keyboard keeps changing typed words to common alternatives, like turning "Suns" into "subs"2021-04-02
- IOS version allows only two or three languages at once, forcing constant switching2020-09-05
- Keyboard is super slow and autocorrection makes mistakes, slowing typing2017-12-31
- Predictions get worse over time as it learns, especially when switching languages2017-05-07
- Spends more time getting the right keyboard to show than using it2016-02-04
- Autocorrect forces spaces after dots, breaking URLs and technical terms, and rule overrides are hard to find2016-02-03
- Hard to correct the last word; must backspace and re-swipe, which is slow2014-09-25
- Keyboard lags so text appears letter by letter and ignores keypresses after sending2014-09-25
- Performance deteriorates markedly after a few months of use, feeling sluggish2014-06-11
- Can't selectively accept or refuse permissions; only all-or-nothing choice2014-06-11
- Certain words impossible to swipe because more common words win2014-01-23
- Certain words impossible to enter however precisely swiped, and keyboard sometimes refuses to swipe2013-04-26
- Sending feedback redirects to a forum requiring lengthy registration before posting2012-12-06
- On-screen keyboard appears and disappears reversed when the hardware keyboard slides2012-12-06
- Keyboard got worse and is unusable for flow typing, unfixed2012-12-06