5-TILES Keyboard
Free AppAbout 5-TILES Keyboard
5-TILES. The keyboard designed for touchscreens
The 5-TILES keyboard takes up 70% less of your smartphone’s screen compared to the QWERTY keyboard, giving you more space to see what truly matters. Consisting of only 5 large keys, that better match any finger size, result in greater accuracy, fewer typos and enhancing the typing experience on your touchscreen.
It’s fast!
With a little practice you can achieve the same speed as on your old keyboard, even surpass it, becoming a true “typing Ninja”.
Use it across all your devices
5-TILES is specifically designed for touchscreens, therefore it’s compact, with a simple and understandable typing logic. It is adaptable to any screen size, making it the only keyboard which you can use across EVERY touchscreen device - from tablets to smartwatches.
Learning Mode
We know that 5-TILES is something new for you, therefore we have developed the "Learning Mode". This feature shows which letters can be typed after you press a key. The "Learning Mode" is the default mode after installation. Slide up on the yellow key to switch it off.
Cheat Sheets
In order to help you become a master of the 5-TILES keyboard in a very short time we have created the “Cheat Sheets”. Slide down on the orange key to see the typing combinations for all characters.You can navigate between different cheat sheets pages by sliding left or right. Once you tap the desired character, a keyboard animation will show you how to type it.
How it works
Check the step by step guide on our YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c32sREkbxwM
The 5-TILES keyboard has only 5 keys, each key containing 5 or 6 letters. The letters are distributed in alphabetical order, making it easier to find the letter you want.
On each key there is one underlined letter. These letters can be typed with a single tap. This happens with the letters "a" (Blue key), "g" (Green key), "m" (Yellow key), "s" (Orange key) and the red button is for space.
To write all the other letters check the position of the letter you want to type in the row of letters of that key. For example the letter "b" is the second in the row of the blue key, so you must hold down the blue key and slide your finger to the second key (green key). The letter "c" is the third in the row so you must hold down the blue key and slide your finger to the third key (yellow key).
This logic applies to all keys
Easy, right?
You will see that the letters "u" and "z" are at the top of the Orange and Red keys respectively. These letters can be typed by simply sliding your finger from the key upwards.
With the 5-TILES keyboard you can also write numbers from 0 to 9, punctuation symbols, special characters for 9 different languages and symbols with specific swiping sequences.
You can also use the 5-TILES keyboard to edit your text without having to touch the screen, such as delete a letter, delete an entire word, delete all text, redo or undo text, copy and paste text and many more options directly from the 5-TILES keyboard.
Word Prediction/Dictionaries
Before going any further we want to be completely transparent with our users.. Everything stays on your phone.
The 5-TILES keyboard contains a predictive dictionary that will learn from you as you type. The dictionary is activated by default but 5-TILES works 100% without it so you can turn it off at any time. We DO NOT collect or analyse any data, everything stays on your device.
Activating the 5-TILES Keyboard
After downloading, you will find the app in your applications’ list or on the main screen of your phone. Tap on "ACTIVATE" on the initial menu, then select as your preferred keyboard by pressing "SELECT". With these 2 simple steps your keyboard is ready to roll.
Languages
English
Spanish
French
German
Italian
Polish
Portuguese
Swedish
Danish
Finnish
And many more coming soon!
The 5-TILES keyboard takes up 70% less of your smartphone’s screen compared to the QWERTY keyboard, giving you more space to see what truly matters. Consisting of only 5 large keys, that better match any finger size, result in greater accuracy, fewer typos and enhancing the typing experience on your touchscreen.
It’s fast!
With a little practice you can achieve the same speed as on your old keyboard, even surpass it, becoming a true “typing Ninja”.
Use it across all your devices
5-TILES is specifically designed for touchscreens, therefore it’s compact, with a simple and understandable typing logic. It is adaptable to any screen size, making it the only keyboard which you can use across EVERY touchscreen device - from tablets to smartwatches.
Learning Mode
We know that 5-TILES is something new for you, therefore we have developed the "Learning Mode". This feature shows which letters can be typed after you press a key. The "Learning Mode" is the default mode after installation. Slide up on the yellow key to switch it off.
Cheat Sheets
In order to help you become a master of the 5-TILES keyboard in a very short time we have created the “Cheat Sheets”. Slide down on the orange key to see the typing combinations for all characters.You can navigate between different cheat sheets pages by sliding left or right. Once you tap the desired character, a keyboard animation will show you how to type it.
How it works
Check the step by step guide on our YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c32sREkbxwM
The 5-TILES keyboard has only 5 keys, each key containing 5 or 6 letters. The letters are distributed in alphabetical order, making it easier to find the letter you want.
On each key there is one underlined letter. These letters can be typed with a single tap. This happens with the letters "a" (Blue key), "g" (Green key), "m" (Yellow key), "s" (Orange key) and the red button is for space.
To write all the other letters check the position of the letter you want to type in the row of letters of that key. For example the letter "b" is the second in the row of the blue key, so you must hold down the blue key and slide your finger to the second key (green key). The letter "c" is the third in the row so you must hold down the blue key and slide your finger to the third key (yellow key).
This logic applies to all keys
Easy, right?
You will see that the letters "u" and "z" are at the top of the Orange and Red keys respectively. These letters can be typed by simply sliding your finger from the key upwards.
With the 5-TILES keyboard you can also write numbers from 0 to 9, punctuation symbols, special characters for 9 different languages and symbols with specific swiping sequences.
You can also use the 5-TILES keyboard to edit your text without having to touch the screen, such as delete a letter, delete an entire word, delete all text, redo or undo text, copy and paste text and many more options directly from the 5-TILES keyboard.
Word Prediction/Dictionaries
Before going any further we want to be completely transparent with our users.. Everything stays on your phone.
The 5-TILES keyboard contains a predictive dictionary that will learn from you as you type. The dictionary is activated by default but 5-TILES works 100% without it so you can turn it off at any time. We DO NOT collect or analyse any data, everything stays on your device.
Activating the 5-TILES Keyboard
After downloading, you will find the app in your applications’ list or on the main screen of your phone. Tap on "ACTIVATE" on the initial menu, then select as your preferred keyboard by pressing "SELECT". With these 2 simple steps your keyboard is ready to roll.
Languages
English
Spanish
French
German
Italian
Polish
Portuguese
Swedish
Danish
Finnish
And many more coming soon!
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App History & Updates
What's Changed
Added: second word prediction, abbreviation mode, high contrast skin.
Added: second word prediction, abbreviation mode, high contrast skin.
More downloads 5-TILES Keyboard reached 10 000 - 50 000 downloads
Version update 5-TILES Keyboard was updated to version 4.0
More downloads 5-TILES Keyboard reached 5 000 - 10 000 downloads
Version update 5-TILES Keyboard was updated to version 3.0
What are users saying about 5-TILES Keyboard
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After quite an adjustment period (5-months) you can get used to using this keyboard and it takes up way less real-estate on the screen. There only two things this keyboard needs so I don't have to keep switching between keyboards. 1. Emoji: if they were to put a set of pages inside of the cheat sheet menu with Emojis on it, then I wouldn't have to keep switching back to Gboard. 2. Google Voice Shortcut: I use quite a bit in situations where typing would be dangerous or when I don't know how to spell a word.
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once you get familiarized with it, you will love it.
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its a shame this app hamstrung itself on poor user interface and communication. one can't learn to type with something so esoteric. why not include a demo mode and training app directly inside?why fish for every little thing? only the devs know, and they're great but I need more to go on than just promises.
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It wasn't as difficult as I expected it to be.
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It deserves a try!! You won't be disappointed. Once you practice a bit, it's very fast!!!!
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I like the idea of a compact keyboard that doesn't use much screen space. However, only five keys is too few. For example, 'e', the most common letter, requires a drag across the whole screen. Anything that's not a letter requires you to remember how to do it, as it's not shown on the 'resting' keyboard. In comparison, MessagEase (the keyboard I'm currently using) requires a lot more space, but shows basically everything you can do on the keys, and never requires a drag further than an adjacent key.
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Cheat sheet doesn't work. Punctuation and special characters are impossible to locate. I look forward to the finished product
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Running Jelly Bean. I activate the app and select it as my keyboard of choice but when I go to use it my old QWERTY keyboard keeps coming up instead. Disappointed. Devs please fix cos this sounds promising.
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by S####:
This is a great app but it is difficult to learn keystrokes especially numbers and symbols and is tedious to type with. It would be very suitable for smartwatches and Google Glass. I prefer using SwiftKey because I would choose simplicity and efficiency over screen display. Also you have to use "go" located in the cheat sheet to search as swyping down on the green key doesn't work on Chrome.
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Szkoda ze się rozwija projekt dalej
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This is good but nothing beats 3X4 keypad with XT9.
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Its lovely
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Takes some getting used to, and even then nowhere near as fast to type with as the average swipe keyboard. Downloaded it primarily as I thought it would be useful with my smartwatch, then discovered it only currently works with Samsung watches.
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by M####:
This app is growing on me it doesn't take up a lot of space and looks pretty however it needs clearer instructions you lost an opportunity to explain the app properly on your video, instead you show two men running around in the city.
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NoRussian and no updates lately. Back to MessagEase.
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by F####:
Please, PLEASE! Make it possible to align VERTICALLY the tiles when my phone is in landscape mode! That will be perfection! :-)
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Running Jelly Bean. I activate the app and select it as my keyboard of choice but when I go to use it my old QWERTY keyboard keeps coming up instead. Disappointed. Devs please fix cos this sounds promising.
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Want to use this for touch typing, Tend to get too many instances of a word thinking it is completed when halfway through for that. Words double-completing seems to be an issue sometimes, especially with apostrophied words from the suggestions. Latest update is the last straw - it would be fine if the auto-predicted word was always highlighted for overtyping (or this could be disabled). Ability to edit the custom dictionary would be nice. Not all apps are compatible (Kingsoft Office, for one) Samsung S3
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Genious
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Clearly the developer never did even the most rudimentary study of the frequency of letters - or else 'e', the most common letter in the English language, would not have the most difficult stroke on the board. And if at least the option of custom layouts were allowed, I could have fixed this for my *own* purposes!!!
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by H####:
Running Jelly Bean. I activate the app and select it as my keyboard of choice but when I go to use it my old QWERTY keyboard keeps coming up instead. Disappointed. Devs please fix cos this sounds promising.
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This is good but nothing beats 3X4 keypad with XT9.
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Its lovely
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Pretty cool, i definintely need practice. Needs an easy tutorial or something though.
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Not an efficient way to type
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its a shame this app hamstrung itself on poor user interface and communication. one can't learn to type with something so esoteric. why not include a demo mode and training app directly inside?why fish for every little thing? only the devs know, and they're great but I need more to go on than just promises.
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I love this keyboard in portrait mode. But it seems incompatible with my favourite game castle clash when in landscape mode. Until that is fixed I can't use this keyboard. :-(
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I am by no means proficient with it yet but what an elegant way to input with one thumb! It is really nice to have just five keys. I never would have gotten started without downloading and doing some of the training exercises so think about doing so too. Learning mode and cheat sheets are stellar too! Only problem noticed so far is suggested words do not display when phone is rotated to horizontal.
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I installed this app and the tutorial after seeing on BBC Click, as I thought what a good idea to help me as I have big fingers. Well, using the tutorials I got to the numbers part, doing quite well if I say so my self, then it all went 'Topsy Turvey'. I could follow what number when but with the numbers I could not see a pattern, it would have been easier, if 1 to 5 was from one side and 6 to 0 was from the other, instead of having to remember what was where. So as it it not actually needed, I uninstalled it and I am now back to using the Touchpal swipe keyboard, shame, good idea, but not for me. - If I were every to by a wearable, then I would have learn to put up with it, but then again this has put me off buying a wearable, without voice to text functionality.
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by S####:
This is a great app but it is difficult to learn keystrokes especially numbers and symbols and is tedious to type with. It would be very suitable for smartwatches and Google Glass. I prefer using SwiftKey because I would choose simplicity and efficiency over screen display. Also you have to use "go" located in the cheat sheet to search as swyping down on the green key doesn't work on Chrome.
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Takes a little getting used to but great when you get going!
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Indeed 21st C keyboard
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by S####:
It wasn't as difficult as I expected it to be.
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Omg this is the worst keyboard ever
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Genious
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Now, What makes another keyboard still quicker is it's easy to use, intelligent and contexual predictive text. Sort that, and every other keyboard maker might aswell give up. Update is brave and excellent.
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I started to get the hang of it yesterday but it updated today and it seems to have a mind of its own now. I think I'll be uninstalling.
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The new update amazing. The best update ever!
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Cannot execute RETURN. It will display error message. one way to overcome this is press the "go" key.
by N####:
it takes alot to get used to, but there's no other keyboard like it.