Theme and appearance editor
Choose built-in themes or create your own with colors, gradients, photo backgrounds, fonts, key geometry, materials, labels, and separate light and dark appearances.
Clink
Clink is a customizable third-party keyboard for iPhone with editable themes, layouts, sounds, haptics, typing assistance, and in-keyboard tools. It is designed for iOS users who want more control over keyboard appearance and writing workflows; an Android version is currently offered through a waitlist.
Custom keyboard for iPhone
Clink is a customizable third-party keyboard for iPhone. It lets users change the keyboard's visual appearance, layout, sounds, haptics, and available tools instead of relying only on the standard iOS keyboard configuration.
Alongside customization, Clink provides typing assistance and utilities in the keyboard itself. Users can type or swipe, work across multiple languages, use autocorrect and suggestions, access clipboard and translation tools, and save complete setups as profiles. The documentation also describes local processing for typing data, with no account or network connection on the typing path.
Core features
Custom layouts and profiles
Add number rows, split the keyboard for two thumbs, move it for one-handed use, or build a layout key by key. Save different complete keyboard setups as profiles.
Typing assistance
Use autocomplete, autocorrect, custom words, replacements, dictionaries, swipe typing, auto-capitalization, punctuation, and the space bar as a trackpad. Learning remains on the device.
In-keyboard tools
Keep emoji, clipboard history, translation, calculator and conversion, notes, GIFs, stickers, handwriting, and dictation available from the keyboard while you write.
Sounds, haptics, and effects
Select mechanical-style sounds and haptics, record sound packs, and create optional lighting effects. The documentation says haptics can work even when the system click is off.
Community content and extensions
Import and share themes, layouts, sounds, fonts, profiles, panels, actions, and plugins. Community packs can come from public GitHub repositories, while developers can use Clink's panel, action, and plugin reference.
Practical uses
Separate work and personal setups
Create separate profiles for work and personal writing, then switch between them when you need different layouts, themes, or tools.
Adapt the keyboard to your typing style
Configure a number row, split layout, or one-handed arrangement for a preferred thumb position, and tune key size, spacing, and shape to match it.
Handle small tasks while writing
Keep clipboard history, translation, calculator or conversion, notes, dictation, and handwriting within the current conversation instead of leaving the text field for a separate app.
Write across languages and vocabulary
Use multiple languages, custom words, replacements, swipe typing, and adjustable correction settings for conversations that include names, jargon, or language changes.
Distribute custom keyboard setups
Share a theme, layout, sound pack, profile, panel, action, or plugin through an export file, QR code where supported, or a public GitHub community repository.
Pros and Cons
Pros
- Broad control over keyboard appearance, layouts, sounds, haptics, and saved profiles.
- Includes practical tools such as clipboard history, translation, calculator and conversion, dictation, handwriting, emoji, and GIF support.
- Typing assistance and learning are designed to remain on the device, without an account or network connection on the typing path.
- Supports sharing and community content, plus developer-built panels, actions, and plugins.
Cons
- Clink is currently documented as an iOS product; Android access is limited to a waitlist for testing and launch updates.
- Full Access is optional for basic typing, but certain capabilities such as haptics, clipboard features, and custom sounds require it.
- The most extensive customization and some tools are tied to Clink Pro or Membership, and the available pricing page does not provide plan amounts.
FAQ
How do I set up Clink on iPhone?
Clink is installed from the App Store, then added in iOS Settings. You switch to it with the globe key. Full Access is optional for typing, but some features—including haptics, clipboard access, and custom sounds—depend on it.
Is Clink free to use?
The standard keyboard functions include typing, swipe typing, language switching, autocorrect, suggestions, dictation, and keyboard tools. Some customization and tools require Clink Pro or Membership, while the built-in themes are available free.
What can I customize in Clink?
You can choose a preset or create a theme with custom colors, backgrounds, fonts, key geometry, labels, materials, sounds, and haptics. Themes can include separate light and dark appearances and can be saved in the theme library.
Does Clink send what I type to the internet?
Clink keeps autocorrect, suggestions, learned words, typing statistics, and related typing data on the device. Its documentation states that there is no account and no network connection on the typing path.
Is Clink available for Android?
Clink is currently presented as an iOS product. The site says an Android version is coming and invites users to join a waitlist for testing and launch updates.
Quick Facts
- Category
- Mobile keyboard and customization app
- Platform
- iPhone and iOS; Android waitlist available
- Basic setup
- Install from the App Store, add in iOS Settings, and switch with the globe key
- Typing data
- Autocorrect, suggestions, and learning stay on the device
- Sharing
- Themes and layouts can be shared as files or QR codes; other content uses small files
- Pricing status
- Free core keyboard with some features requiring Clink Pro or Membership; no prices listed
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