Apple’s new mobile world order, iOS 8, ushers in support for third party system wide keyboards for the very first time. Which means a tsunami of keyboard makers are right now rushing at the platform hoping to mine gold in them thar hills. We’ve rounded up a selection of alt keyboard contenders — some with storied histories already on the Android platform, others hoping for their first break on iOS…
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Natasha was a senior reporter for TechCrunch, from September 2012 to April 2025, based in Europe. She joined TC after a stint reviewing smartphones for CNET UK and, prior to that, more than five years covering business technology for silicon.com (now folded into TechRepublic), where she focused on mobile and wireless, telecoms & networking, and IT skills issues. She has also freelanced for organisations including The Guardian and the BBC. Natasha holds a First Class degree in English from Cambridge University, and an MA in journalism from Goldsmiths College, University of London.