SwiftKey keyboard launches theme store

SwiftKey theme store image 001

SwiftKey, the popular gesture keyboard for iPhones, iPads ands iPods with iOS 8 or later, today launched a brand new theme store featuring a dozen themes for customizing the look and feel of its keyboard.

After debuting on Android in 2014, the built-in theme store is now available to iOS users with twelve newly designed themes, priced from 99 cents to $1.99.

The new theme store is available in the Design section of the SwiftKey app, not via the keyboard itself. The theme store includes live preview so you can get a better sense of what the theme is all about.

There are five Nickel themes to choose from, in addition to six Minimal themes and Swiftkey’s very first animated theme, the Shooting Stars, which is especially nice.

SwiftKey theme store shooting Stars

Not only is it animated, but responds to the movement of your device, similar to Apple’s Parallax motion effect on iOS.

In addition to a twinkling background that changes as you move your phone, Shooting Stars, a $1.99 download, dynamically generates the stars each time the keyboard loads.

The Nickel themes are available in five different colors – Candy, Rose, Champagne, Dusk and Watermelon – for $0.99 each. Here they are.

SwiftKey theme store Nickel 001

All six of the Minimal themes – Coal, Iceberg, Carbon, Aqua, Blush and Juice – are also $0.99 each. The Minimal themes and colors are shown further below.

SwiftKey theme store Minimal 001

The new themes join the existing free themes for SwiftKey for iPhone: Nickel Light, Nickel Dark and Happy Holidays.

In addition to the theme store, the refreshed iOS application includes several performance improvements designed to increase SwiftKey’s stability, and reduce the instances when SwiftKey is unintentionally replaced by the iOS default keyboard.

“If you’re already a SwiftKey user, you may need to restart your device to see these benefits,” notes the company.

SwiftKey 1.2.7 changelog:

  • Typing Stats: facts and figures about how much you’ve typed, flowed, corrected and predicted so far using SwiftKey
  • Tap Map: see how SwiftKey adjusts your keys behind the scenes to better suit your typing style
  • More languages: Arabic, Farsi and Hebrew
  • Improved layout for Farsi

The 30.3-megabyte app requires an iPhone, iPod touch or iPad with iOS 8 or later.

Download SwiftKey for free in the App Store.