Gboard Downloads & RevenueGboard – the Google Keyboard · App Store & Google Play
Gboard – the Google Keyboard gets 1M+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, November 2026, rounded down to a band).
Gboard – the Google Keyboard by Google is on App Store and Google Play. Active Users (MAU & DAU), Downloads, rankings, keywords, revenue, and rating totals.
Gboard – the Google Keyboard update history & changes
Last change · 34 events since 5 Jun 2013Full timeline ↓🔎iOS#1 for “keyboard”⭐iOSPassed 100K ratings📈AndroidEntered the top 10⭐iOSRatings taking off in Russia📈iOSEntered the top 100🔎AndroidTop 10 for “android”🔎Android#1 for “keyboard”📈AndroidEntered the top 10📈iOSCharting in a new country🆕AndroidFirst spotted by AppInsider🆕iOSFirst spotted by AppInsider🆕iOSReleased on the App Store🆕AndroidReleased on Google Play
Full timeline · 33 events in the last 12 months
- 🔎Gboard – the Google Keyboard reached #1 for “keyboard”iOS#1 in Argentina search · popularity 83
- 📈Gboard – the Google Keyboard entered the top 10AndroidTop Free · Wear OS · TW
- 📈Gboard – the Google Keyboard entered the top 100iOSTop Free · Utilities · RU
- 🔎Gboard – the Google Keyboard reached Top 10 for “android”Android#9 in Turkey search · popularity 80
- 🔎Gboard – the Google Keyboard reached #1 for “keyboard”Android#1 in Saudi Arabia search · popularity 94
- 📈Gboard – the Google Keyboard entered the top 10AndroidTop Free · Wear OS · VN
- 📈Gboard – the Google Keyboard entered the top 100AndroidTop Free · Tools · VN
- 📈Gboard – the Google Keyboard entered the top 100 in 6 chartsAndroidTop Free · Wear OS · ES · Top Free · Wear OS · MX · Top Free · Wear OS · NL · Top Free · Wear OS · SE · +2 more
- 📈Gboard – the Google Keyboard charting in a new country in 4 chartsAndroidSpain · Mexico · Sweden · Vietnam
- 📈Gboard – the Google Keyboard entered the top 10AndroidTop Free · Wear OS · TH
- 📈Gboard – the Google Keyboard charting in a new country in 4 chartsAndroidNetherlands · Thailand · Turkey · Taiwan
- 📈Gboard – the Google Keyboard entered the top 100 in 3 chartsAndroidTop Free · Tools · TH · Top Free · Wear OS · TR · Top Free · Wear OS · TW
- 📈Gboard – the Google Keyboard charting in a new countryiOSRussia
- 📈Gboard – the Google Keyboard entered the top 100iOSTop Free · Utilities · SA
- 📈Gboard – the Google Keyboard entered the top 100 in 2 chartsAndroidTop Free · Tools · AU · Top Free · Tools · US
- 🔎Gboard – the Google Keyboard reached Top 10 for “arabia”Android#6 in Saudi Arabia search · popularity 24
- 📈Gboard – the Google Keyboard entered the top 100AndroidTop Free · Tools · SA
- 📈Gboard – the Google Keyboard entered the top 100iOSTop Free · Utilities · FR
- 📈Gboard – the Google Keyboard charting in a new countryiOSVietnam
- 📈Gboard – the Google Keyboard entered the top 100AndroidTop Free · Tools · AE
- 📈Gboard – the Google Keyboard charting in a new country in 3 chartsiOSFrance · Italy · South Korea
- 📈Gboard – the Google Keyboard entered the top 100iOSTop Free · Utilities · IT
- 🆕Gboard – the Google Keyboard first spotted by AppInsiderAndroidUnited Kingdom
- 🆕Gboard – the Google Keyboard first spotted by AppInsideriOS#56 in Top Free · Utilities · United Arab Emirates
- 🆕Gboard – the Google Keyboard released on the App StoreiOS
- 🆕Gboard – the Google Keyboard released on Google PlayAndroid
Collected from the stores by AppInsider since we first spotted the app. Dates are when we saw each change.
Rating
4.4 ★
19M ratings, both stores
Measured
Best rank now
#8
Android · 
Wear OS Free
Wear OS FreeMeasured
New ratings a week
12.5k
▲ +5% vs the 2 weeks before (Google Play)
Measured
App Store
App details
App ID
1091700242
Publisher
Google LLC
Publisher country
United States
On the store since
May 2016
10 years on the store
Minimum OS
iOS 12.0+
iPhone 5s and later
Devices
iPhone · iPad
Universal purchase
Content rating
12+
1 content note below
Languages
76
AF SQ AM AR HY AZ EU BE BN BS BG MY …
Size
87 MB
Content notesInfrequent/Mild Sexual Content and Nudity
Google Play
App details
App ID
com.google.android.inputmethod.latin
Publisher
Google LLC
Publisher country
United States
Content rating
Everyone
Tech stack
Trackers and permissions of build v18.2.5.969776716-release-arm64-v8a, from the εxodus privacy report (CC BY-SA).
Trackers
0
Permissions
19
Full permission listProSee plans
Gboard – the Google Keyboard downloads & installs
Both stores, worldwide. Bands are open; exact numbers are free with an account.
| Store | Downloads / day | Lifetime installs |
|---|---|---|
| App Store | 5k+ | 10M+ |
| Google Play | 1M+ | 10B+ Measured |
| Total | 1M+ Confidence | 10B+ Confidence |
How this is calculated
App Store: chart positions and rating growth per country, anchored on its own Android downloads; lifetime from ratings worldwide × installs per rating. Google Play: the daily change in its exact install count. The total adds every store.
Where Gboard – the Google Keyboard's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Where it ranks now
Both stores, across every country we track.
| Store | Best rank | Charting in | US Top Free | US Top Grossing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| App Store | #40 Utilities Free | 13 of 30 countries | – | – |
| Google Play | #8 Wear OS Free | 23 of 23 countries | #30 | – |
Full chart lists: App Store · Google Play.
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisApp Store
New ratings a week
391
▼ -9% vs the 2 weeks before
Recent ratings
4.6★
vs 4.0★ lifetime
Review momentum
81/100
faster than 96% of Utilities apps
Growing fastest in 
Russia ▲ +123% · 
Saudi Arabia ▲ +52%
New ratings by country (12)
| Country | New ratings a week | Share | Last 2 weeks vs the 2 before |
|---|---|---|---|
 United States | 135 | 36% | ▼ -12% |
| India | 58 | 15% | ▼ -24% |
 United Kingdom | 44 | 12% | ▲ +15% |
 Brazil | 30 | 8% | ▼ -36% |
 Germany | 22 | 6% | ▼ -27% |
| Saudi Arabia | 18 | 5% | ▲ +52% |
 France | 15 | 4% | steady |
 United Arab Emirates | 13 | 3% | ▼ -23% |
 Canada | 12 | 3% | ▲ +8% |
 Japan | 12 | 3% | steady |
| Russia | 10 | 3% | ▲ +123% |
 Italy | 8.8 | 2% | ▲ +18% |
App Store ratings in the countries we track, 4-week average.
Google Play
New ratings a week
12.1k
▲ +5% vs the 2 weeks before
Written reviews a week
190
Google Play
Lifetime rating
4.5★
recent stars not readable yet: new ratings are a tiny share of the total
Recent written reviews
4.1★
people who write skew negative
Review momentum
80/100
top 1% of Tools apps
Review momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
Ratings
Both stores. Store data, measured.
| Store | Rating | Ratings |
|---|---|---|
| App Store | 4.1 ★ | 61k |
| Google Play | 4.4 ★ | 19M 443k written reviews |
| Both stores | 4.4 ★ weighted by ratings | 19M |
What users say about Gboard – the Google Keyboard
From the 200 most recent Google Play reviews in the US.
Users appreciate Gboard's core typing efficiency and multilingual support but are frustrated by recent updates causing instability and feature regressions. Significant complaints focus on clipboard data loss, voice input inaccuracies, and keyboard rendering bugs on specific devices.
Mixed but leaning positive (74% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for being useful, and speed. The main complaints are about recent updates.
What people like
- Useful: “helpful app for your typing”
- Speed & performance: “Fast and efficient service”
- Updates: “Nice and good information,update on time, upgrades etc”
- Ease of use: “Introduction Gboard is one of the most popular keyboard applications, offering users a convenient and efficient typing experience”
Common complaints
- Updates: “Who came up with this stupid update???”
About Gboard – the Google Keyboard
Gboard is the keyboard from Google for your iPhone, packed with features to make typing effortless. On top of GIFs, emoji search, and Glide Typing, the power of Google is at your fingertips with Google Search built in. Forget switching from app to app – just search and send, all from one place.
GIFs — Search GIFs for the best reaction
Emoji Search — Find the perfect emoji, faster
Stickers - Create or share stickers to express yourself
Glide Typing — Type faster by sliding your finger from letter to letter
Search and send anything from Google:
• Nearby stores and restaurants
• Videos and images
• Weather forecasts
• News and articles
• Sports scores
• And anything else you’d search on Google
Gboard for iPhone and iPad supports the following languages:
• Afrikaans
• Arabic
• Azerbaijani
• Belarusian
• Bengali
• Bulgarian
• Catalan
• Croatian
• Czech
• Danish
• Dutch
• English
• Estonian
• Finnish
• French
• German
• Greek
• Gujarati
• Hausa
• Hebrew
• Hindi
• Hungarian
• Icelandic
• Indonesian
• Italian
• Japanese
• Khmer
• Korean
• Latvian
• Lithuanian
• Macedonian
• Malay
• Maltese
• Marathi
• Norwegian
• Persian
• Polish
• Portuguese (Brazil)
• Portuguese ( Portugal)
• Romanian
• Russian
• Serbian
• Simplified Chinese
• Slovak
• Slovenian
• Spanish
• Swahili
• Swedish
• Tamil
• Telugu
• Thai
• Traditional Chinese (Taiwan)
• Traditional Chinese (Hong Kong)
• Turkish
• Ukrainian
• Vietnamese
• Welsh
• Zulu
Privacy
We know the things you type on your phone are personal, so we’ve designed Gboard to keep your private information private.
What Gboard sends to Google:
• Gboard sends your searches to Google’s web servers to give you search results.
• Gboard also sends usage statistics to Google to let us know which features are used most often and to help us understand problems if the app crashes.
• If you use Gboard’s microphone, voice input will be sent to Google for transcription.
What Gboard doesn’t send to Google:
• Other than your searches and voice inputs, Gboard doesn't send anything you type to Google, whether it’s a password or chat with a friend.
• To help you with spelling and to predict searches you might be interested in, Gboard will store the words you type on your device. This data is not accessible by Google or by any apps, and can be cleared at any time.
• If you’ve turned on contacts search in Gboard search settings, this allows Gboard to search the contacts on your device so you can easily share. None of these queries are sent to Google.
GIFs — Search GIFs for the best reaction
Emoji Search — Find the perfect emoji, faster
Stickers - Create or share stickers to express yourself
Glide Typing — Type faster by sliding your finger from letter to letter
Search and send anything from Google:
• Nearby stores and restaurants
• Videos and images
• Weather forecasts
• News and articles
• Sports scores
• And anything else you’d search on Google
Gboard for iPhone and iPad supports the following languages:
• Afrikaans
• Arabic
• Azerbaijani
• Belarusian
• Bengali
• Bulgarian
• Catalan
• Croatian
• Czech
• Danish
• Dutch
• English
• Estonian
• Finnish
• French
• German
• Greek
• Gujarati
• Hausa
• Hebrew
• Hindi
• Hungarian
• Icelandic
• Indonesian
• Italian
• Japanese
• Khmer
• Korean
• Latvian
• Lithuanian
• Macedonian
• Malay
• Maltese
• Marathi
• Norwegian
• Persian
• Polish
• Portuguese (Brazil)
• Portuguese ( Portugal)
• Romanian
• Russian
• Serbian
• Simplified Chinese
• Slovak
• Slovenian
• Spanish
• Swahili
• Swedish
• Tamil
• Telugu
• Thai
• Traditional Chinese (Taiwan)
• Traditional Chinese (Hong Kong)
• Turkish
• Ukrainian
• Vietnamese
• Welsh
• Zulu
Privacy
We know the things you type on your phone are personal, so we’ve designed Gboard to keep your private information private.
What Gboard sends to Google:
• Gboard sends your searches to Google’s web servers to give you search results.
• Gboard also sends usage statistics to Google to let us know which features are used most often and to help us understand problems if the app crashes.
• If you use Gboard’s microphone, voice input will be sent to Google for transcription.
What Gboard doesn’t send to Google:
• Other than your searches and voice inputs, Gboard doesn't send anything you type to Google, whether it’s a password or chat with a friend.
• To help you with spelling and to predict searches you might be interested in, Gboard will store the words you type on your device. This data is not accessible by Google or by any apps, and can be cleared at any time.
• If you’ve turned on contacts search in Gboard search settings, this allows Gboard to search the contacts on your device so you can easily share. None of these queries are sent to Google.
Gboard – the Google Keyboard App Store
Gboard – the Google Keyboard gets 1M+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, November 2026, rounded down to a band).
Gboard – the Google Keyboard is #40 in Utilities Free in India and charting in 13 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 9 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
DeveloperGoogle
CategoryUtilities
PriceFree
Released
Rating★ 4.1 (61k)
Version2.3.19
Age rating12+
First seen by us 24 Sep 2026
24 Sep 2026Installs (est.)10M+ worldwide
Rating
4.1 ★
61k ratings
Measured
Best rank now
#40
Utilities FreeMeasured
New ratings a week
391
▼ -9% vs the 2 weeks before
Measured
Gboard – the Google Keyboard on the App Store
App details
App ID
1091700242
Publisher
Google LLC
Publisher country
United States
On the store since
May 2016
10 years on the store
Minimum OS
iOS 12.0+
iPhone 5s and later
Devices
iPhone · iPad
Universal purchase
Content rating
12+
1 content note below
Languages
76
AF SQ AM AR HY AZ EU BE BN BS BG MY …
Size
87 MB
Content notesInfrequent/Mild Sexual Content and Nudity
Gboard – the Google Keyboard downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Apple publishes no download counts. App Store downloads come from chart positions and daily rating growth per country, calibrated on Google Play install counts; lifetime installs from ratings worldwide × installs per rating. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
Where Gboard – the Google Keyboard's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| India | UtilitiesFree | #40 |
| United Kingdom | UtilitiesFree | #98 |
| Germany | UtilitiesFree | #111 |
| Canada | UtilitiesFree | #102 |
| France | UtilitiesFree | #131 |
 South Korea | UtilitiesFree | #162 |
| Brazil | UtilitiesFree | #127 |
| Italy | UtilitiesFree | #115 |
 Australia | UtilitiesFree | #153 |
 Indonesia | UtilitiesFree | #88 |
| United Arab Emirates | UtilitiesFree | #73 |
| Saudi Arabia | UtilitiesFree | #137 |
| Russia | UtilitiesFree | #192 |
Apps near Gboard – the Google Keyboard on the chart
Utilities Free, around #40.
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Rating
4.1 ★
61k ratings
Measured
Ratings
61k
Measured
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisNew ratings a week
391
▼ -9% vs the 2 weeks before
Recent ratings
4.6★
vs 4.0★ lifetime
Review momentum
81/100
faster than 96% of Utilities apps
Growing fastest in Russia ▲ +123% · Saudi Arabia ▲ +52%
New ratings by country (12)
| Country | New ratings a week | Share | Last 2 weeks vs the 2 before |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 135 | 36% | ▼ -12% |
| India | 58 | 15% | ▼ -24% |
| United Kingdom | 44 | 12% | ▲ +15% |
| Brazil | 30 | 8% | ▼ -36% |
| Germany | 22 | 6% | ▼ -27% |
| Saudi Arabia | 18 | 5% | ▲ +52% |
| France | 15 | 4% | steady |
| United Arab Emirates | 13 | 3% | ▼ -23% |
| Canada | 12 | 3% | ▲ +8% |
| Japan | 12 | 3% | steady |
| Russia | 10 | 3% | ▲ +123% |
| Italy | 8.8 | 2% | ▲ +18% |
App Store ratings in the countries we track, 4-week average.
Review momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
About Gboard – the Google Keyboard
Gboard is the keyboard from Google for your iPhone, packed with features to make typing effortless. On top of GIFs, emoji search, and Glide Typing, the power of Google is at your fingertips with Google Search built in. Forget switching from app to app – just search and send, all from one place.
GIFs — Search GIFs for the best reaction
Emoji Search — Find the perfect emoji, faster
Stickers - Create or share stickers to express yourself
Glide Typing — Type faster by sliding your finger from letter to letter
Search and send anything from Google:
• Nearby stores and restaurants
• Videos and images
• Weather forecasts
• News and articles
• Sports scores
• And anything else you’d search on Google
Gboard for iPhone and iPad supports the following languages:
• Afrikaans
• Arabic
• Azerbaijani
• Belarusian
• Bengali
• Bulgarian
• Catalan
• Croatian
• Czech
• Danish
• Dutch
• English
• Estonian
• Finnish
• French
• German
• Greek
• Gujarati
• Hausa
• Hebrew
• Hindi
• Hungarian
• Icelandic
• Indonesian
• Italian
• Japanese
• Khmer
• Korean
• Latvian
• Lithuanian
• Macedonian
• Malay
• Maltese
• Marathi
• Norwegian
• Persian
• Polish
• Portuguese (Brazil)
• Portuguese ( Portugal)
• Romanian
• Russian
• Serbian
• Simplified Chinese
• Slovak
• Slovenian
• Spanish
• Swahili
• Swedish
• Tamil
• Telugu
• Thai
• Traditional Chinese (Taiwan)
• Traditional Chinese (Hong Kong)
• Turkish
• Ukrainian
• Vietnamese
• Welsh
• Zulu
Privacy
We know the things you type on your phone are personal, so we’ve designed Gboard to keep your private information private.
What Gboard sends to Google:
• Gboard sends your searches to Google’s web servers to give you search results.
• Gboard also sends usage statistics to Google to let us know which features are used most often and to help us understand problems if the app crashes.
• If you use Gboard’s microphone, voice input will be sent to Google for transcription.
What Gboard doesn’t send to Google:
• Other than your searches and voice inputs, Gboard doesn't send anything you type to Google, whether it’s a password or chat with a friend.
• To help you with spelling and to predict searches you might be interested in, Gboard will store the words you type on your device. This data is not accessible by Google or by any apps, and can be cleared at any time.
• If you’ve turned on contacts search in Gboard search settings, this allows Gboard to search the contacts on your device so you can easily share. None of these queries are sent to Google.
GIFs — Search GIFs for the best reaction
Emoji Search — Find the perfect emoji, faster
Stickers - Create or share stickers to express yourself
Glide Typing — Type faster by sliding your finger from letter to letter
Search and send anything from Google:
• Nearby stores and restaurants
• Videos and images
• Weather forecasts
• News and articles
• Sports scores
• And anything else you’d search on Google
Gboard for iPhone and iPad supports the following languages:
• Afrikaans
• Arabic
• Azerbaijani
• Belarusian
• Bengali
• Bulgarian
• Catalan
• Croatian
• Czech
• Danish
• Dutch
• English
• Estonian
• Finnish
• French
• German
• Greek
• Gujarati
• Hausa
• Hebrew
• Hindi
• Hungarian
• Icelandic
• Indonesian
• Italian
• Japanese
• Khmer
• Korean
• Latvian
• Lithuanian
• Macedonian
• Malay
• Maltese
• Marathi
• Norwegian
• Persian
• Polish
• Portuguese (Brazil)
• Portuguese ( Portugal)
• Romanian
• Russian
• Serbian
• Simplified Chinese
• Slovak
• Slovenian
• Spanish
• Swahili
• Swedish
• Tamil
• Telugu
• Thai
• Traditional Chinese (Taiwan)
• Traditional Chinese (Hong Kong)
• Turkish
• Ukrainian
• Vietnamese
• Welsh
• Zulu
Privacy
We know the things you type on your phone are personal, so we’ve designed Gboard to keep your private information private.
What Gboard sends to Google:
• Gboard sends your searches to Google’s web servers to give you search results.
• Gboard also sends usage statistics to Google to let us know which features are used most often and to help us understand problems if the app crashes.
• If you use Gboard’s microphone, voice input will be sent to Google for transcription.
What Gboard doesn’t send to Google:
• Other than your searches and voice inputs, Gboard doesn't send anything you type to Google, whether it’s a password or chat with a friend.
• To help you with spelling and to predict searches you might be interested in, Gboard will store the words you type on your device. This data is not accessible by Google or by any apps, and can be cleared at any time.
• If you’ve turned on contacts search in Gboard search settings, this allows Gboard to search the contacts on your device so you can easily share. None of these queries are sent to Google.
Latest updates
2.3.19
More from Google
Gboard - the Google Keyboard Android
Gboard - the Google Keyboard gets 1M+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, November 2026, rounded down to a band).
Gboard - the Google Keyboard is #18 in Wear OS Free on Google Play in Japan and charting in 23 of 23 countries we track.
Updated 9 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
DeveloperGoogle LLC
CategoryTools
PriceFree
Released
Installs10B+
Rating★ 4.4 (19M)
Updated
Content ratingEveryone
Rating
4.4 ★
19M ratings
Measured
Best rank now
#18
Wear OS FreeMeasured
New ratings a week
12.1k
▲ +5% vs the 2 weeks before
Measured
Gboard - the Google Keyboard on Google Play
App details
App ID
com.google.android.inputmethod.latin
Publisher
Google LLC
Publisher country
United States
Content rating
Everyone
Tech stack
Trackers and permissions of build v18.2.5.969776716-release-arm64-v8a, from the εxodus privacy report (CC BY-SA).
Trackers
0
Permissions
19
Full permission listProSee plans
Gboard - the Google Keyboard downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Google Play shows an exact lifetime install count; downloads per day are its daily change (measured). When Play hasn't refreshed the count, they come from new ratings and Top Free chart positions. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
Where Gboard - the Google Keyboard's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Where it ranks on Google Play
Every top 200 chart it appears in across 23 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Japan | Wear OSFree | #18 |
| United States | Wear OSFree | #30 |
| Germany | Wear OSFree | #28 |
| United Kingdom | Wear OSFree | #33 |
| Saudi Arabia | Wear OSFree | #10 |
 Taiwan | Wear OSFree | #11 |
| South Korea | Wear OSFree | #37 |
| Russia | Wear OSFree | #21 |
| Brazil | Wear OSFree | #28 |
| United States | ToolsFree | #161 |
| India | Wear OSFree | #29 |
| Thailand | Wear OSFree | #8 |
| Indonesia | Wear OSFree | #18 |
| France | Wear OSFree | #45 |
| Canada | Wear OSFree | #37 |
| Australia | Wear OSFree | #38 |
 Mexico | Wear OSFree | #25 |
| United Arab Emirates | Wear OSFree | #15 |
| Japan | ToolsFree | #159 |
 Turkey | Wear OSFree | #20 |
| United Kingdom | ToolsFree | #127 |
 Vietnam | Wear OSFree | #14 |
| Italy | Wear OSFree | #52 |
 Netherlands | Wear OSFree | #33 |
 Spain | Wear OSFree | #64 |
| Germany | ToolsFree | #184 |
| South Korea | ToolsFree | #159 |
| Taiwan | ToolsFree | #76 |
| Saudi Arabia | ToolsFree | #83 |
 Sweden | Wear OSFree | #41 |
| Australia | ToolsFree | #177 |
| Canada | ToolsFree | #181 |
| Thailand | ToolsFree | #52 |
| United Arab Emirates | ToolsFree | #97 |
| Turkey | ToolsFree | #145 |
| Netherlands | ToolsFree | #185 |
| Sweden | ToolsFree | #173 |
| Vietnam | ToolsFree | #146 |
Apps near Gboard - the Google Keyboard on the chart
Wear OS Free, around #18.
Ratings
Google Play, worldwide.
Rating
4.4 ★
19M ratings
Measured
Ratings
19M
Measured
Written reviews
443k
Measured
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisNew ratings a week
12.1k
▲ +5% vs the 2 weeks before
Written reviews a week
190
Google Play
Lifetime rating
4.5★
recent stars not readable yet: new ratings are a tiny share of the total
Recent written reviews
4.1★
people who write skew negative
Review momentum
80/100
top 1% of Tools apps
Review momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
What users say about Gboard - the Google Keyboard
From the 200 most recent Google Play reviews in the US.
Users appreciate Gboard's core typing efficiency and multilingual support but are frustrated by recent updates causing instability and feature regressions. Significant complaints focus on clipboard data loss, voice input inaccuracies, and keyboard rendering bugs on specific devices.
Mixed but leaning positive (74% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for being useful, and speed. The main complaints are about recent updates.
What people like
- Useful: “helpful app for your typing”
- Speed & performance: “Fast and efficient service”
- Updates: “Nice and good information,update on time, upgrades etc”
- Ease of use: “Introduction Gboard is one of the most popular keyboard applications, offering users a convenient and efficient typing experience”
Common complaints
- Updates: “Who came up with this stupid update???”
About Gboard - the Google Keyboard
Gboard has everything you love about Google Keyboard—speed and reliability, Glide Typing, voice typing, Handwriting, and more
Glide Typing — Type faster by sliding your finger from letter to letter
Voice typing — Easily dictate text on the go
Handwriting* — Write in cursive and printed letters
Emoji Search* — Find that emoji, faster
GIFs* — Search and share GIFs for the perfect reaction.
Multilingual typing — No more switching between languages manually. Gboard will autocorrect and suggest from any of your enabled languages.
Google Translate — Translate as you type in the keyboard
* Not supported on Android Go devices
Hundreds of language varieties, including:
Afrikaans, Amharic, Arabic, Assamese, Azerbaijani, Bavarian, Bengali, Bhojpuri, Burmese, Cebuano, Chhattisgarhi, Chinese (Mandarin, Cantonese, and others), Chittagonian, Czech, Deccan, Dutch, English, Filipino, French, German, Greek, Gujarati, Hausa, Hindi, Igbo, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Javanese, Kannada, Khmer, Korean, Kurdish, Magahi, Maithili, Malay, Malayalam, Marathi, Nepali, Northern Sotho, Odia, Pashto, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Saraiki, Sindhi, Sinhala, Somali, Southern Sotho, Spanish, Sundanese, Swahili, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Tswana, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek, Vietnamese, Xhosa, Yoruba, Zulu, and many more! Visit https://goo.gl/fMQ85U for the full list of languages supported
Wear OS support: Everything you love about the Google Keyboard now available on your watch—speed and reliability, Glide Typing, Voice Typing, and more
Glide Typing — Type faster by sliding your finger from letter to letter
Voice Typing — Easily dictate text on the go
Emoji Typing — Find your favorite emojis on your wrist
All Wear OS languages supported, including:
Chinese (Mandarin, Cantonese, and others), Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese, and many more!
Pro tips:
• Gesture cursor control: Slide your finger across the space bar to move the cursor
• Gesture delete: Slide left from the delete key to quickly delete multiple words
• Make the number row always available (enable in Settings → Preferences → Number Row)
• Symbols hints: Show quick hints on your keys to access symbols with a long press (enable in Settings → Preferences → Long press for symbols)
• One handed mode: On large screen phones, pin keyboard to the left or the right of the screen
• Themes: Choose your own theme, with or without key borders
Glide Typing — Type faster by sliding your finger from letter to letter
Voice typing — Easily dictate text on the go
Handwriting* — Write in cursive and printed letters
Emoji Search* — Find that emoji, faster
GIFs* — Search and share GIFs for the perfect reaction.
Multilingual typing — No more switching between languages manually. Gboard will autocorrect and suggest from any of your enabled languages.
Google Translate — Translate as you type in the keyboard
* Not supported on Android Go devices
Hundreds of language varieties, including:
Afrikaans, Amharic, Arabic, Assamese, Azerbaijani, Bavarian, Bengali, Bhojpuri, Burmese, Cebuano, Chhattisgarhi, Chinese (Mandarin, Cantonese, and others), Chittagonian, Czech, Deccan, Dutch, English, Filipino, French, German, Greek, Gujarati, Hausa, Hindi, Igbo, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Javanese, Kannada, Khmer, Korean, Kurdish, Magahi, Maithili, Malay, Malayalam, Marathi, Nepali, Northern Sotho, Odia, Pashto, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Saraiki, Sindhi, Sinhala, Somali, Southern Sotho, Spanish, Sundanese, Swahili, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Tswana, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek, Vietnamese, Xhosa, Yoruba, Zulu, and many more! Visit https://goo.gl/fMQ85U for the full list of languages supported
Wear OS support: Everything you love about the Google Keyboard now available on your watch—speed and reliability, Glide Typing, Voice Typing, and more
Glide Typing — Type faster by sliding your finger from letter to letter
Voice Typing — Easily dictate text on the go
Emoji Typing — Find your favorite emojis on your wrist
All Wear OS languages supported, including:
Chinese (Mandarin, Cantonese, and others), Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese, and many more!
Pro tips:
• Gesture cursor control: Slide your finger across the space bar to move the cursor
• Gesture delete: Slide left from the delete key to quickly delete multiple words
• Make the number row always available (enable in Settings → Preferences → Number Row)
• Symbols hints: Show quick hints on your keys to access symbols with a long press (enable in Settings → Preferences → Long press for symbols)
• One handed mode: On large screen phones, pin keyboard to the left or the right of the screen
• Themes: Choose your own theme, with or without key borders
What's new
• Create and share custom stickers quickly within Gboard. This feature is powered by Pixel Studio and is available on Pixel 9+ devices in English, Japanese, and German in selected countries.
• Download the beta version to give feedback on upcoming improvements https://goo.gl/8Ksj7x
• Download the beta version to give feedback on upcoming improvements https://goo.gl/8Ksj7x