If you just want a solid, thoughtfully designed keyboard that works well and is pleasant to use, Google's own Gboard is tough to beat.
The best all-around Android keyboard app for most people Gboard – the Google Keyboard (free) So let's get into it, shall we? These are the best Android keyboard apps around, broken down by where they excel and for whom they make the most sense. And that means it's more important than ever to find the right setup for your personal productivity needs. Android keyboards today are overflowing with all sorts of advanced functions that go way beyond their original purposes. The top Android keyboard apps now offer almost absurdly polished and refined text input experiences - and that's just the tip of the iceberg. Lemme tell ya: These once-unassuming typing tools have come a long way. (Crazy, right?) And I've just finished assessing all of the significant Android keyboard apps in their current incarnations to see what they have to offer in 2021 and how they stack up. Well, good news, my friend: I am that weirdo. It's just there, and unless you're a weirdo who spends hours trying out different keyboards to see how they compare (and then trying 'em all out again months later to see how they've evolved and what other options have come along), you're never gonna know what you're missing.
If you're anything like most people, the answer is probably somewhere between "a ridiculously long time ago" and "never." And it's no wonder: Keyboard apps are easy to forget! You install one - or stick with whatever came loaded on your phone by default - and then use it to input text when you need to. I still prefer mobile Chrome or Safari.Quick: When was the last time you thought about the keyboard app on your phone? Ĭommand app is a new iOS browser that lets you save Web highlights and sync them to Readwise, OneNote or Notion. Here’s how that YouTube highlighting works.
Liner is a highlighting app that on Aug 5 added a great way to highlight YouTube videos. Bonus: use Eloquent to add time-coded notes on a YouTube video. Or type other keywords to insert a publication’s name or author. Unique features: ✨ Type special keywords- like /url - to insert the page link into your notes. Once installed, you can pop it out on the side of your browser whenever you want to highlight or make a note on something.
Android users - go with Readwise’s app instead.Įloquent is a simple, free Chrome extension useful for highlighting and taking notes on things you read online. Note: Readwise also lets you save passages from print books, but Highlighted’s print book scanning works a bit better. The app collects all the passages you save from a particular book into a bundle that you can then export to use on your computer, print, or share with others. Snap a picture of a notable page, drag your finger across the sentences you like, and the words are magically saved. Highlighted is a free iOS app that’s a good alternative to Readwise if all you want to do is save passages from print books. Import highlights from many other apps, PDFs-even podcast highlights from the Airr app, described below. If you’re on iOS and only read print books, I’d recommend Highlighted, detailed below. Grab highlights from print books Take a picture of a page in a book and then slide your finger over the text you want to digitize and save. Pull in saved passages from read-it-later services like Instapaper and Pocket. You can add notes to any passage to add your own perspective to any highlight.
I like having access to all my favorite passages from across my ebooks in one place. Pull in ebook highlights Readwise can import all the highlights you’ve made in Kindle, Apple Books or Google Play Books. Then highlight anything you reading online, right-click, and select “Save Highlight to Readwise.” Or, if you have the Readwise app for iOS or Android, select any text on your phone and share it to Readwise. Highlight online articles Install the Readwise browser extension for Chrome or Firefox.