1. Swiftkey vs Swype
In its Jellybean 4.2 version, Android introduced gesture-based
typing which means one can type by sliding a finger from one
key to another without lifting the finger. But there exist many
other third-party apps that provide this feature including other
interesting features and such two apps are Swiftkey Flow and
Swype.
Swiftkey Flow is an on-screen keyboard which adapts to the
way you type and predicts the words as it figures out your typing
styles from your texts in SMS, Facebook, WhatsApp etc. It was
released in the Swiftkey 4 update on February 20, 2013 and is
currently the Editor’s choice in the Play store. The newest
version which is Swiftkey 5.0.5.95 comes with customization
features which include Emoji and Emoji Prediction, over 30
colorful themes and supports over 60 languages.
The one feature that sets apart Swiftkey Flow is its “Flow
through space” feature. This allows the user to type an entire
sentence without lifting their fingers.
Swype had released in the market in April, 2013. Initially it was
available only for Android phones, but recently it has been made
available for iOS also. In its latest version, it allows the user the
choice to pick their own keyboard style: Swiping, typing,
writing or speaking. It supports around 71 languages and 20
dialects.

2. Keyboard and Layout
The layout of the keyboard is more or less the same for both the
keyboards. Swiftkey gives an option to the user to either disable
or enable the flow feature. But, when you disable this feature
there are other additional features in the app and some are to be
purchased in-app. The key to the right of the spacebar in
Swiftkey allows four symbols that can be used whereas in
Swype both the left and right keys allow usage of only one
symbol each. An interesting feature of Swype is that the cut,
copy, paste functions can be easily accessed. This can be done
by:
 Swiping to A to select all text.
 Swiping to C to copy text.
 Swiping to X to cut text.
 Swiping to V to paste text.
 Swiping to S to search.
But in Swiftkey, you have to use the traditional method to
perform these features which is slower. Swype allows you to
swipe up past the top of the keyboard to capitalise a letter.
SwiftKey requires you to tap the Shift key, just as you would if
you were using a normal (non-swiping) keyboard.
Customizable Keyboard

3. You can customize your keyboard to long-press delay, vibration
duration, keyboard height, and mini left/right keyboards in
landscape mode.
Word Prediction
Although Swiftkey gets the words accurate most of the time, it
offers only 3 alternatives whereas Swype offers many more.
Voice Typing
Swiftkey uses the Google Voice typing feature which sometimes
gets the words wrong due to the difference in the accents
between us Indians and other foreigners. This feature can also be
used in the offline mode.
Whereas in Swype, the Dragon voice recognition software is
used which takes a longer time to type the words down because
we have to press ‘done’ every time we type a text. This causes
delay in typing. This feature of Swype requires active internet
connection which is a drawback.
Extra features
 Swiftkey has the Heat map feature that shows the letters
that you have been using the most.
 Swype has the feature of ‘Living Language’, which updates
its dictionary with the latest trending words.
 Swype provides a documentation of its tutorials whereas
Swiftkey provides YouTube videos for its tutorials which
obviously require an active internet connection.

4.  After a sentence is finished, the Smart Editor in Swype
examines the words in the sentence and suggests another
appropriate word.
Memory Consumption
Swiftkey used 19mb of RAM while Swype used 29 mb. Even
when it is disabled, it uses up to 7.5mb of RAM.
Price
Swiftkey is available for free in the Play Store but there will be
some in-app purchases for additional features. A free version is
available for Swype, but the other one costs INR 60.
Conclusion
In my opinion, if I had to choose between the two I’d prefer
Swiftkey Flow over Swype due to its memory consumption, heat
map feature, word prediction although Swype does have its own
perks.