Compass Keyboard vs Keyboard Switcher
Side-by-side comparison of two open source alternatives
Compass Keyboard
CompassKeyboard's main goal is to enable entering any character (including international characters and symbols of computer languages as well) with the same layouts. Default layouts support Latin- and Cyrillic-based and Greek character sets: user-definable external layouts are supported as well. For entering a plain character just swipe a key to some direction: for entering some accented ones, do a big swipe across the whole keyboard. Depending on the direction of the big swipe, you can choose different sets of accenting. For choosing a different layout, do a big swipe from the top-left corner of the keyboard across to bottom-down, and choose a layout from L0 to L6 (L0:Latin, L1:Cyrillic, L2:Greek, L3-L6:Custom). To get a visual feedback about the symbol you are about to enter, visit the entries 'Feedback/Normal feedback' and 'Feedback/Password feedback' in the Settings menu, and choose either Toast or Highlight.
Keyboard Switcher
Keyboard Switcher is a keyboard selection application, it allows to switch easily from the current keyboard to another in several ways, thanks to a discreet floating button available on the screen, a shortcut, a tile, or a notification. This application makes it easy to switch keyboard if you do not have an effective way integrated into the operating system and the keyboard of your device. Note that in Lollipop and later versions of Android, a long press on the space bar of your keyboard can make it easy to change. System-managed notifications also allow this change. In these cases, the application may be superfluous. Keyboard Switcher is opensource and ad-free, it survives thanks to your contributions and donations. Any issue : https://gitlab.com/kunzisoft/Android-KeyboardSwitcher/issues
| Feature | Compass Keyboard | Keyboard Switcher |
|---|---|---|
| License | BSD-3-Clause | GPL-3.0-or-later |
| Install sources | F-DroidGitHub | F-Droid |
| Categories | NotesKeyboard | NotesKeyboard |
| Features | Ad-FreeOpen SourceNo Tracking | Ad-FreeOpen SourceNo Tracking |
| Platforms | Android | Android |
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