Every year or so I try one or more privacy focused keyboards. I always end up right back on SwiftKey after a couple of weeks because most of the keyboards I try have the same problem: the predictions suck.
Ok, I get that surveillance is good for predictions. Put another way, predictions are tough without collecting everything everyone types. Is there a best-of-both-worlds keyboard out there? I’d be patient enough to give it some time to learn how I type and get better.
Used to use Openboard but honestly swipe typing is actually good. So I went with Gboard with internet access turned off.
OpenBoard supports swipe typing and uses a Google library to enable it, so it’s pretty much exactly the same as Gboard.
https://github.com/openboard-team/openboard/issues/3
AOSP keyboard also supports swipe typing when the right library is in place, but I don’t think you can get it without flashing a new ROM or via root access.
Aosp keyboard is the worst keyboard in existence.