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Keebi vs Fleksy: An iPhone Keyboard for Former Fleksy Users
By the llcloud team 4 min read
The short answer
Choose Keebi. Fleksy's consumer app is no longer listed on the App Store, and Keebi is an iPhone keyboard that fixes typos without swapping real words, undoes any fix in one tap, and works fully without Full Access.
If you used Fleksy, Keebi is the iPhone keyboard to move to. Fleksy's consumer app was removed from the App Store by late 2024, and its maker now sells the keyboard to developers. Keebi fixes clear typos, never replaces a real word, shows every fix as a one-tap undo, and keeps quick gestures like swiping to delete and a space bar trackpad. It works without Full Access.
Fleksy reached the iPhone in 2012, and people remember it for forgiving typing and quick swipe gestures. If you are looking for it today, you will not find it: the consumer app is gone from the App Store. Keebi is an iPhone keyboard with a similar goal of fast, forgiving typing, built around autocorrect that keeps your words. This comparison is as of October 2026.
What happened to Fleksy?
Wikipedia's article on Fleksy says it came to the iPhone App Store in July 2012, was acquired by Pinterest in 2016 and by ThingThing in 2017, and that from 2020 ThingThing turned Fleksy toward businesses with a software kit for other developers. It notes that as of December 2024 the app was no longer listed on Google Play or the App Store. As of October 2026, Fleksy's old App Store page returns a not found error.
So the question for a former Fleksy user is not which one to pick, but what to move to.
Keebi vs Fleksy at a glance
| Keebi | Fleksy | |
|---|---|---|
| Forgives near misses | ✓ Autocorrect plus slide to correct | ✓ Read tap locations |
| Never replaces a real word with another | ✓ | Not stated |
| One-tap undo for every fix | ✓ | Not stated |
| Swipe to delete | ✓ From the delete key, with a preview | ✓ |
| Swipe to insert a space | ✗ | ✓ |
| Works without Full Access | ✓ | Not stated |
How does Keebi forgive your typos?
Fleksy's approach, as Wikipedia describes it, was to read where you tapped rather than which letter you hit, so imprecise typing still came out right.
Keebi forgives in its own way. Its autocorrect fixes clear typos when you press space, like "teh" or a letter next to the one you meant, and it never replaces a real word with another real word, so "we'll" stays we'll. Every fix shows in an undo chip: tap it, or press delete once, and your typed word is back, and Keebi keeps it from then on. It never goes back to edit a word you already passed.
For the moment you hit the wrong key, Keebi has slide to correct. It is free and off by default: turn it on, and if your finger lands on the wrong key, slide onto the right one before you lift and Keebi types that one. Our guide on stopping iPhone autocorrect changing words explains why most keyboards swap real words and how Keebi avoids it.
Which gestures does Keebi have?
Fleksy users got used to doing a lot with swipes. Keebi has its own set:
- Delete by swiping. Swipe left from the delete key to delete, with a preview of what will go in the suggestion bar.
- A space bar trackpad. Hold or drag on the space bar to move the cursor exactly where you want it.
- Switch languages with a sideways swipe on a letter key, or with the language key.
- Swipe typing for free: glide from letter to letter and the word appears, with other guesses in the bar.
- Double space for a period, turned off in search and address bars so web addresses stay clean.
Keebi does not insert a space by swiping. The space bar stays a space bar, with the trackpad on a hold or drag.
What else does Keebi have?
- A real number row above the letters, on by default.
- 91 autocorrect languages and layouts for more than 120, two at once for free, with Japanese, Korean and Chinese input.
- Rewrite with Apple Intelligence. Proofread for free, and more styles in Pro, on your iPhone.
- Emoji with search, and kaomoji, fancy fonts and GIFs in Pro.
- Themes. Day, Night, Pure Black and Glass for free, plus more themes, a theme editor and photo themes in Pro.
- One-handed mode, with height and width tuning in Pro.
- Clipboard history and text shortcuts in Pro. Clipboard history needs Full Access.
- Privacy. No account, no analytics in the keyboard, and it works without Full Access. The Keebi privacy policy lists what the app sends.
Why choose Keebi as your Fleksy replacement?
- Forgiving typing that keeps your words. Typos are fixed, real words are never swapped.
- Every fix undoes in one tap, and an undo sticks.
- Quick gestures for deleting, moving the cursor and switching languages.
- Optional slide to correct for the key you meant.
- Private by design, with no account and no need for Full Access.
- Free to start. Pro by month, by year or once for life.
New to keyboards on iPhone again? Our guide to adding a keyboard on iPhone takes about a minute. For other comparisons, see Keebi vs Typewise and Keebi vs SwiftKey.
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Questions
Is Fleksy still available on iPhone?
No. Wikipedia notes that as of December 2024 the Fleksy app was no longer listed on Google Play or the App Store, and as of October 2026 its old App Store page returns a not found error. The company behind it, ThingThing, moved Fleksy to a software kit that other developers build into their own apps.
What is a good Fleksy alternative for iPhone?
Keebi suits people who liked Fleksy for fast, forgiving typing. It fixes clear typos without swapping real words, so a sloppy tap becomes the word you meant while a real word stays as typed. Every fix undoes in one tap. You can swipe left on the delete key to delete with a preview, and drag on the space bar to move the cursor.
Does Keebi have Fleksy's swipe gestures?
Some of them, in Keebi's own way. Swiping left from the delete key deletes words with a preview in the bar, a swipe sideways on a letter key switches language, and holding or dragging the space bar moves the cursor like a trackpad. Keebi does not insert a space by swiping. Swipe typing, gliding from letter to letter, is free.
Does Keebi work without looking at the keys?
Keebi forgives near misses through autocorrect: a word typed with a slip next to the right key is fixed when you press space, and the undo chip lets you keep what you typed. It also has an optional slide to correct, off by default, that types the key you slide onto before lifting. It was not designed for typing without seeing the screen.
Is Keebi private?
Yes. Keebi works fully without Full Access, has no account and has no analytics or crash reporting in the keyboard. Your typing, learned words and clipboard stay on your iPhone. With Full Access, which is optional, the only thing the keyboard sends is your GIF search words, to GIPHY, so it can find GIFs.
