Grammarly is a typing app that automatically corrects your writing in many different platforms, including email and Slack. It also removes errors from text messages and emails when you’re communicating with friends, family or teachers.
Gboard is a keyboard app that’s built by Google and has been a big hit with Android users. It supports multiple keyboard layouts, includes autocorrect and spell check features, and integrates with Google Assistant and Google Translate.
Features
Gboard has many features that Grammarly lacks, like voice typing, larger emoji collections, floating fashion, and more. It also offers a more versatile keyboard layout, with six different options for every keyboard language — QWERTY, QWERTZ, AZERTY, Dvorak, Colemak and PC.
In-app translation is another great feature, as it means you don’t need an additional app or browser for languages that you don’t speak. You just need to tap on the three-dot menu button, and select what you want to translate.
Language support
Grammarly is a well-known writing assistant that helps writers spot grammatical errors and typos while they write. It also checks the spelling of words and offers suggestions to correct them.
However, the app is Internet-dependent and cannot be used if you are not connected to the internet. That’s why if you want to use it on an offline device, you will need to uninstall it from your phone.
Gboard supports several keyboard layouts including QWERTY, QWERTZ, AZERTY, Dvorak, and Colemak. You can switch between them by going to Settings and selecting your preferred keyboard layout.
Autocorrect
The Grammarly keyboard is well-known for its built-in spell checker. It not only alerts you when you misspell a word, but also points out changes in your sentences, phrases, tenses, verb usage, etc.
Google recently rolled out a grammar check feature to its Gboard keyboard app for Google Pixel phones that detects and offers corrections in real time. It currently supports English, and will likely add more languages as time goes on.
The app’s intelligent autocorrect feature can learn your style and help you avoid accidentally spelling “though” as “tho.” You can get granular and specify words that you want it to remember. With every word it flags, it will offer a polite explanation as to why it’s suggesting a change.
Spell check
Grammarly and Gboard are both popular Android keyboard apps that can help you improve your writing skills. They both offer a wide range of features, including spell check and tone detection.
Grammarly’s primary skill is in eradicating grammatical errors and spelling mistakes while you’re typing. It warns you when you’re about to misspell a word, and it also shows a series of differences in your sentences, phrases, tenses, verb usage, and more.
Grammarly doesn’t just catch grammatical mistakes, it also offers a number of useful suggestions that can help you improve your writing. These include vagueness, wordiness, rephrase sentences, rearrange sentence order, passive and active voice checker, vocabulary enhancement suggestions, and more.
Floating keyboard
The Grammarly keyboard app is a great way to check your writing for spelling mistakes and grammatical errors. It’s available for iOS and Android devices, and it even comes with an emoji keyboard.
Grammarly checks writing as you type, offering spelling suggestions and corrections for grammatical mistakes, punctuation, and synonyms. It also suggests style improvements and vocabulary enhancements if you’re subscribed to the paid Grammarly Premium service.
It also offers a variety of themes, including dark and light mode. The keyboard can also adjust its appearance based on your device’s display settings.
Emojis
The Grammarly keyboard app offers a variety of writing suggestions that can be used to improve any type of text. Whether you’re writing a social media post, an email, or a blog post, the app will help you to avoid common mistakes.
Grammarly also has an emoji keyboard with hundreds of emojis, emoticons, and stickers. This is a big step up from Google’s selection, though it doesn’t have as many features.
Clipboard manager
Grammarly is a grammar checking tool that can help improve your writing skills. Its AI system analyzes your text and flags words, phrases or sentences that need correction.
The app also offers suggestions for better word choice, sentence structure and vocabulary. It can even improve your writing’s tone by offering rephrasing suggestions for confidence, sincerity, formality and more.
Grammarly is free to use as a web tool or as a browser extension, or you can purchase a Premium account to get more features. The paid version includes a plagiarism checker and a domain search feature, among other things.