Enye yezinto ezintsha ezibalulekile i-iOS 8 esisilethele zona kungenzeka ukuthi ungeze amakhibhodi wesithathu ukuthuthukisa isipiliyoni sokuthayipha kumadivayisi we-Apple. Ngaphandle kokuletha ikhibhodi yokubikezela ye-QuickType ngokuzenzakalela, abasebenzisi abaningi bakhethe ukufaka amakhibhodi amasha avela eceleni njengeSwiftKey, iSwype neFleksy ikakhulu, njengoba sikwazi ukubona emazingeni ezinhlelo zokusebenza zamahhala nezikhokhelwayo.
E-United States, Ikhibhodi ye-SwiftKey inyukele phezulu kwezinhlelo zokusebenza zamahhala ezinokulandwa okungaphezu kwesigidi, njengoba kubikwe yi-MacRumors, emahoreni angama-24 nje kuphela kube uhlobo lwesishiyagalombili lwe-iOS olutholakalela ukulanda. Khumbula ukuthi kusukela ngoLwesithathu olwedlule umhla we-19, usungakwazi ukubuyekeza amadivayisi akho kule nguqulo entsha, kepha kufanele kukhunjulwe ukuthi kusukela namuhla, akusekho Jailbreak etholakalayo yale nguqulo. Uma uku-iOS 7.1.2 futhi ungafuni ukukulahla, cabanga kabili ngaphambi kokuyibuyekeza, ngoba akusekho ukubuyela emuva.
I-SwiftKey ihlupheke ukubambezeleka okumbalwa kokwethula uhlelo lwayo lokusebenza, ngenxa yokuqhutshwa kohlelo lokusebenza yi-Apple Store, ngakho-ke empeleni, ikhibhodi yayo ilandwe ngaphezulu kwesigidi ngezikhathi ezingaphansi kwamahora angama-24. Inzuzo yeSwifKey uma iqhathaniswa nezinye izimbangi ezinjengoSwype noFleksy, yilokho iyatholakala ukulanda ngokuphelele mahhala okusivumela ithuba elihle lokuzama enye indlela yekhibhodi entsha ye-iOS 8, i-QuickType, ngaphandle kokuklwebha iphakethe lakho.
Ukusebenza kweSwiftKey kufana kakhulu noSwype, okusivumela ukuthi sibhale ngokuslayida umunwe wethu phezu kwezinhlamvu futhi vumelanisa ukubhala kwethu nefu, esivumela ukuthi sikwazi ukujabulela lekhibhodi kwamanye amadivayisi ngaphandle kokuthi "sifundise" uhlelo lokusebenza indlela yethu yokubhala futhi.