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Looking for a keyboard app with bigger backspace and return keys

Hi could anybody recommend a keyboard app that places the backspace and return keys further away from letter keys. I am constantly clicking backspace whenever I click letters near it, like L, M etc. I'd rather the letters be on one side of the screen and then have two big buttons, one for backspace and one for return. I've mocked up an image on microsoft paint, I'll try attach it (should appear below this thread comment).

So far, of the dozens of apps I've tried, none offer me what Im looking for and its getting annoying when the return key gets pressed on apps like whatsapp as it sends messages when I've not necessarily wanted to send :mad:

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Hi could anybody recommend a keyboard app that places the backspace and return keys further away from letter keys. I am constantly clicking backspace whenever I click letters near it, like L, M etc. I'd rather the letters be on one side of the screen and then have two big buttons, one for backspace and one for return. I've mocked up an image on microsoft paint, I'll try attach it (should appear below this thread comment).

So far, of the dozens of apps I've tried, none offer me what Im looking for and its getting annoying when the return key gets pressed on apps like whatsapp as it sends messages when I've not necessarily wanted to send :mad:

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I don't know about bigger...but I would suggest for better...

SwiftKey
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.touchtype.swiftkey
 
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I don't know about bigger...but I would suggest for better...

SwiftKey
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.touchtype.swiftkey


I absolutely hate swiftkey ha. It makes it worse I paid about £1.50 for it. The backspace key on swiftkey is if anything in an even worse position than stock android keyboard AND it also doubles up as an emoji key. The number of times I've wanted to backspace only for it to switch to emoji mode which you can't disable! Swiftkey's developers should hang their heads in shame with their compulsory policy on emojis. Not all of us are 12 year olds that are reliant upon emojis.

....sorry for the rant but I hope one day someone is browsing the internet pondering whether to install swiftkey on their phone and they come across this thread and see my hatred for it. With any luck theyll be influenced in to not buying it.
 
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Take a look at Hackers Keyboard. Looks just like a standard, and keys are in a different place. It's old, but still useful. I have it on one tablet.

thanks I'll try that. Does it have a swype style function? my problem is not only do I want to find a keyboard with a better placed backspace, but also one that allows swyping like Swype or Google Keyboard do.
 
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