Flickless Keyboard

Hold, feel, and release to type Japanese

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Features

  • Hold a key and the kana moves through its row (a, i, u, e, o) at a steady rhythm. Release to enter the one you want: no flicks, no repeated taps, and the same layout as the standard iPhone keyboard.
  • Every step plays a haptic tick, so you can count by feel and type without looking at the keys.
  • Forgiving of near misses. If you hold a key one step too long, let go too early, or skip the small kana and dakuten key, the candidates still offer the word you meant. While you type, the space key moves the last kana back by one step.
  • A built-in kana-to-kanji conversion engine that runs on your iPhone. Words from your iOS Text Replacements appear first, and if you choose the wrong conversion, the undo button brings back the reading so you can choose again.
  • Suggestions that think ahead: greetings for the time of day and the season, dates with the day of the week for words like "the day after tomorrow", and times and prices typed in kana shown as numbers.
  • Starts on the number keys for postal codes and phone numbers, and on the letter keys for email addresses. In verification code fields, it points you to the standard keyboard, which can fill in the code you received.
  • Letters and numbers work with the same hold and release, with completion for English words.
  • Search for emoji by typing a word in hiragana. Includes Unicode 17.0 emoji and remembers the skin tone you choose for each one.
  • Dialect mode for Kansai, Hakata, Hiroshima, and Hokkaido phrases, and a secret mode that stops learning what you type.
  • Adjust how fast the kana moves and how strong the haptics are.

How to Use

  1. Open the app and tap the button that opens Settings.
  2. Tap Keyboards, turn on the keyboard, then turn on Allow Full Access and tap Allow.
  3. In any text field, touch and hold the globe key and choose the keyboard.
  4. Hold a key, feel the ticks, and release on the kana you want.

Support

There are no haptics

iOS lets a keyboard play haptics only with Full Access. Open the app, tap the button that opens Settings, then tap Keyboards and check that Allow Full Access is on.

The keyboard does not appear

In a text field, touch and hold the globe key and choose the keyboard. iOS always uses its standard keyboard for password fields and phone number pads.

What happens to the text I type

Conversion and learning happen on your iPhone. The keyboard does not use the network, and the text you type never leaves your device. To clear what it has learned, use Reset Conversion Learning in the app's Customize tab.

App Info

Price: Free

Language: Japanese

Compatibility: iOS 27.0 or later, iPhone

Developer: Keisuke Karijuku

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