Why is my Android keyboard far more popular than my iOS one?

Discussion in 'iOS Apps' started by Macvanderspek, Feb 29, 2016.

  1. Macvanderspek

    Macvanderspek Well-Known Member

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    Hi guys,

    I am just wondering.. Last year I created a keyboard for Android that has a built-in translator. It did pretty well, and since keyboard apps became feasible on iOS, I decided to design the app for iOS as well. It can be found here:

    https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/translator-keyboard/id1061001839?mt=8

    I spent ten times as many hours developing it, to integrate it nicely into iOS, and focused a lot more on promotion of it, including advertising the app within our regular translator app, which is pretty popular.

    Results: for every 300 Android users, there is 1 (!) iOS user.

    Would anyone know what is going wrong here? I mean, I realise it is kind of tricky to install a new keyboard in iOS, and the need to give permissions will put off a number of people, but hey..

    Some honest feedback would be really welcome. Thanks guys.

    Martijn
     
  2. metalcasket

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    I think it's simply because the whole keyboard thing on iOS never really picked up the way some people thought it would. I wouldn't have been caught dead using the stock keyboard on my Note 3 a few years ago and swore by Swiftkey, but here I am with my iPhone and Swiftkey installed...but I never use it. Never. Literally.
     

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