Free
Typing, swipe, emoji, preset themes and layouts, the number row, split and one-handed, language switching, and iCloud Sync.
No account to make, no advertising in the suggestion bar, and no cap on how much you type.
Pricing: free keyboard vs Membership
The whole keyboard is free to type on. Membership adds tools and deep customisation. Every line of that split is below.
Membership
AI Tools, Clipboard, Notepad, Translate, Calculator, Handwriting and Text FX. Plus plugins, pets, stickers and sound packs, themes, layouts and profiles of your own, and the fine-tuning sliders.
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Monthly, yearly, or one payment. Your local price is on the App Store. A trial may be available for eligible accounts.
Everything, line by line
47 things need no membership. 46 are what Membership adds.
| Typing | Free | Membership |
|---|---|---|
| KeysNo account to make, no advertising in the suggestion bar, and no cap on how much you type. | Included | Included |
| Autocorrect | Included | Included |
| Neural model | Included | Included |
| Adaptive hitboxes | Included | Included |
| Learning | Included | Included |
| Custom words | Included | Included |
| ReplacementsWriting replacements, and having them fire as you type, is free. | Included | Included |
| Punctuation | Included | Included |
| Suggestions | Included | Included |
| Imported dictionariesThe import control is the part that needs a membership. A list already imported stays installed and stays deletable. | Not included | Included |
| Gestures | Free | Membership |
|---|---|---|
| Swipe typingSwipe typing itself, the trail on or off, and the Solid trail style. | Included | Included |
| Two-thumb word composition | Included | Included |
| Trail styles and rippleNeon, Rainbow, Sparkle, Comet, Fire and Ocean, the key ripple, and the thickness, taper, tail, swell and wave dials. | Not included | Included |
| Predictive FlickFlick up on a suggested key to accept the word. The suggestion bar itself is free. | Not included | Included |
| CursorHold the space bar and the keys become a trackpad. The Spacebar treatment is free. | Included | Included |
| Dial and JoystickThe two alternative cursor treatments. A paid one returns to Spacebar if a membership ends. | Not included | Included |
| Backspace | Included | Included |
| Long-press alternates | Included | Included |
| Language switch | Included | Included |
| Look | Free | Membership |
|---|---|---|
| ThemesEvery preset theme, and every verified theme from Clink's official repository, stays free to pick. | Included | Included |
| Themes of your ownMaking, importing, editing or selecting a personal theme. Editing an official theme makes a copy, and the copy is a personal one. | Not included | Included |
| Light and dark themes | Included | Included |
| Background | Included | Included |
| Background effect | Included | Included |
| FontChoosing the type on the key faces, from the fonts already installed. | Included | Included |
| Fonts you drawCreating, re-opening, duplicating and exporting a font in the font creator. Choosing, renaming and deleting a font already installed stay free. | Not included | Included |
| EffectsKey lighting: steady, moving, or lighting up under your fingers. | Not included | Included |
| Pets | Not included | Included |
| Stickers | Not included | Included |
| Entrance animation and custom feelEvery entrance style past None, and the spring and timing behind the Custom feel. | Not included | Included |
| Press reactionsEvery press style past Bloom, the letter pop, the glow, and the suggestion and delete animations. | Not included | Included |
| QR code | Included | Included |
| Layout | Free | Membership |
|---|---|---|
| Number row | Included | Included |
| Split keyboard | Included | Included |
| One-handed mode | Included | Included |
| ArrangementQWERTY, AZERTY, Dvorak, Colemak and the non-Latin arrangements, one per language. | Included | Included |
| Key sizeThe preset sizes, shapes, spacings and styles throughout the app. | Included | Included |
| Key shape | Included | Included |
| Spacing | Included | Included |
| Always-on keys | Included | Included |
| Quick presetsThe quick presets and long-press variants a preset layout brings with it. | Included | Included |
| Layout editorMaking, importing, arranging or selecting a custom layout, with the quick presets and long-press variants that belong to it. | Not included | Included |
| Custom tuningThe Custom tile and the raw sliders behind it: key geometry, label and long-press scale, popup timing, motion response and glow, hitbox targets, adaptive prediction, and gesture timing. | Not included | Included |
| Top bar | Not included | Included |
| Sound | Free | Membership |
|---|---|---|
| Key soundsThe key sound switch, the volume, and the system click. | Included | Included |
| Sound packsEvery pack but the system click, the built-in ones included, and packs you record or import with them. | Not included | Included |
| Haptics | Included | Included |
| Key popups | Included | Included |
| Tools | Free | Membership |
|---|---|---|
| Emoji | Included | Included |
| Dictation | Included | Included |
| Profile SwitcherThe switcher itself, and the profiles Clink ships, are free for everyone. | Included | Included |
| Layout Switcher | Included | Included |
| AI Tools | Not included | Included |
| Apple Intelligence | Not included | Included |
| Clipboard | Not included | Included |
| Replacements panelBrowsing your replacements from the keyboard's Tools menu. | Not included | Included |
| GIFs | Not included | Included |
| Notepad | Not included | Included |
| Translate | Not included | Included |
| Calculator | Not included | Included |
| Arithmetic in the suggestion bar | Not included | Included |
| Conversion | Not included | Included |
| Conversions in the suggestion bar | Not included | Included |
| Dictionary | Not included | Included |
| Text FX | Not included | Included |
| Handwriting | Not included | Included |
| Cling | Not included | Included |
| Custom Actions | Not included | Included |
| Plugin Switcher | Not included | Included |
| Theme Switcher | Not included | Included |
| Custom Panels | Not included | Included |
| PluginsThe Plugins tab and the switch at the top of it. What a plugin can add once it runs is the chapter below. | Not included | Included |
| Voice only | Not included | Included |
| Plugins | Free | Membership |
|---|---|---|
| Install a pluginFrom a repository, or a .clinkplugin file you open. Clink asks you to allow code from that repository first, the same as it does for panels and actions. | Not included | Included |
| Write your ownThe editor in the Plugins tab, with a preview keyboard that fires each hook and a console that prints what the script did. | Not included | Included |
| Settings and sectionsA page of its own in the Plugins tab, and cards it can place under Clink’s own settings screens. | Not included | Included |
| Haptics, hitboxes and correctionsWords in the suggestion bar as you type, a correction of its own when a word ends, and haptics and hitboxes per key. | Not included | Included |
| LooksKey styles, themes, popups, entrance animations, backgrounds, swipe trails and layouts, listed under From plugins beside the built-in ones. | Not included | Included |
| Art on the keysShapes drawn inside the key, redrawn after every event the plugin listens for. | Not included | Included |
| Lighting effectsLighting of its own under Effects, beside the built-in styles. | Not included | Included |
| Buttons and knobs in the top bar | Not included | Included |
| Elements in a layoutA strip the plugin draws, placed on a custom layout and sized in key widths. | Not included | Included |
| Languages | Free | Membership |
|---|---|---|
| Languages | Included | Included |
| Language packs | Included | Included |
| Learned words | Included | Included |
| Custom languages | Included | Included |
| App language | Included | Included |
| Profiles and sync | Free | Membership |
|---|---|---|
| Profiles of your ownMaking, importing, duplicating, updating and applying a profile of your own. Renaming, re-iconing and deleting one stay free. | Not included | Included |
| WidgetsSwitching to a profile you made yourself needs Membership, and that check runs inside the widget too. The profiles Clink ships are free. | Included | Included |
| iCloud SynciCloud Sync is free for everyone and is not gated. | Included | Included |
| Backup & Restore | Included | Included |
| RepositoriesAdding a repository and installing what it holds. What you can then switch on is whichever row it belongs to. | Included | Included |
| Full AccessFull Access is a permission you grant in iOS Settings, not something you buy. | Included | Included |
What an ended membership never takes
Work of your own stays yours. A word list you imported stays installed and stays deletable. A font you drew stays installed and stays registered. A profile you made stays in the library, and renaming, re-iconing and deleting it stay free. Your own themes and layouts are kept too: a membership decides what can be selected, never what is destroyed.
What changes if a membership ends
The gated tools switch off. Pets, stickers and key lighting switch off, and their styling is kept, so subscribing again brings the setup back exactly as it stood. A paid trail style, cursor style, entrance animation or press reaction returns to the free baseline. A custom feel or a custom tuning snaps back to its nearest preset, and the values are stashed first so they come back with a new membership.