IPA Keyboard

Easily input hundreds of IPA phonetic symbols. Great for linguists & learners!

IPA Keyboard - Input Phonetic Symbols Easily

"IPA Keyboard" is the most comprehensive phonetic symbol keyboard for Android, allowing users to type IPA for US English and access over 300 additional symbols with in-app purchases. With features like a modern design, grouped symbols, and various layouts, it makes typing phonetics intuitive. It also includes a built-in symbol reference for learners and prioritizes user privacy by not collecting data or displaying ads.
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App stats

Rating: 3.59
(931)
Version: 1.1.3 (Last updated: 2024-04-28)
Creation date: 2016-08-23
Permissions
Other:
  • view network connections
  • full network access
  • control vibration

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App summary

IPA Keyboard is the most comprehensive phonetic symbol keyboard around!

- Type IPA for US English for free.
- 300+ IPA extension, obsolete, and non-standard symbols can be unlocked via in-app purchase from the keyboard settings.

Apart from the enormous number of easily accessible symbols, IPA Keyboard has a bunch of other great features:

- Modern, material design theme; looks and feels great for typing.
- Characters are grouped by related shape or sound, so that all of the IPA symbols are easy to find.
- Tabbed keyboards for punctuation, diacritics, tones, and other symbols, separate from the main consonant & vowel keyboard and easy to navigate.
- Alternative symbols show right on the keys. Long-press to reveal. There is also a setting to hide the alternatives and reduce visual clutter.
- Five different keyboard layouts to choose from (QWERTY, AZERTY, Dvorak, Colemak, and a custom phonetic ordering based on the IPA chart).

Great for learners!

IPA Keyboard is the only keyboard that includes a full symbol reference built in. Simply enable the Hint Bar in the app preferences. Tap on any key to reveal the phonetic description of the symbol.

If you would like to support development of IPA Keyboard or my future projects, please consider unlocking the full version!

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Please note:

We do not collect any user data. We do not transmit, store, or otherwise have any knowledge about what you type into the keyboard. We do not run ads, and we do not share any data with any third parties. In other words, we do not have any revenue stream other than the in-app purchase to unlock all symbols. If you would like a free keyboard that shares data and displays advertisements, please look elsewhere. In our view, if you are not paying for the product, you are the product!

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Instructions:

1. Install IPA Keyboard from the Play Store.
2. Enable IPA Keyboard from the App Settings (see the Installation section)
3. From any input field, tap the "Keyboard Chooser" icon either at the bottom of the screen or in the notification bar, and select IPA Keyboard.
4. Long press a key to view alternates (double-tap for tone keys).

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Credits:

Edward Greve, Developer
Percy Wong, Linguistic Consultant

User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Google Play Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Incredibly useful for those who like IPA
  • Convenient for entering phonetic symbols
  • Good functionality and features
  • Math symbols available
  • Responsive developer support
Cons
  • No dark mode
  • Many symbols locked behind premium version
  • Lack of customization options
  • Keyboard crashes and bugs
  • Difficulties with symbol access and switching keyboards
Most mentioned
  • Need for customization
  • Issues with accessing certain symbols
  • Keyboard bugs and crashes
  • No dark mode available
  • Responsive developer feedback
User reviews
Basically useful but I wish it were more practical for normal typinɡ too (there's no period or comma on the default keyboard, you have to ɡo to the numbers and symbols paɡe). Also, the keys have no shape, so my finɡers keep stumblinɡ. And there's no dark mode.
by Nathan Merrill, 2024-11-13

Incredibly useful for those who like the IPA and find in it an amazing tool; the upgrade is well worth it, as it's not expensive and gives a nice set of additional features, though those might recquire a bit more of reading to understand. Anyways, I've been enjoying the app for a couple of years now, and I absolutely recommend it.

no dark mode available, also the comma shoud be abke to be pressed with one click, as it is i first have to press the number button to access it whereas the previouse keyboard wasnt so, the lack of dictionary suddgestion is also a letdown. overall a good keyboard, if you allowed key postion customizability it would be great, please adress this thanks!! Edit:for being responsive and giving feedback to my comment 4/5
by Omeila yange, 2024-05-26
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