In April of 2016, Microsoft opened up a beta test and then launched its Word Flow Windows Phone keyboard on the iOS App Store in the United States. Over a year later, some users have noticed that Microsoft has now closed down the app and removed it from Apple's App Store (via WindowsCentral).

On Word Flow's Microsoft Garage page, the company notes that "the Word Flow experiment is now complete," and suggests that users download SwiftKey. Microsoft acquired SwiftKey in February of 2016, so it appears that the company has decided to focus solely on one predictive keyboard app on the iOS App Store.

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As with all apps removed from Apple's App Store, when attempting to visit old links for Word Flow on iTunes [Direct Link], an error message now reads, "The item you've requested is not currently available in the U.S. store."

The Word Flow experiment is now complete! We encourage you to download the SwiftKey Keyboard from the App Store. The SwiftKey product team is frequently building and evaluating new features for SwiftKey and shipping updates.

Like many third-party keyboard apps, Word Flow incorporated GIFs, theme customization options, and machine learning for better predictive texts. The app's standout feature was "Arc Mode," which curved the iOS keyboard into a circular shape and hugged the side of the iPhone that a user would type on, allowing for comfortable one-handed typing.

Now that it's gone, users won't have access to Arc Mode, but SwiftKey includes many of the same features as Word Flow, including a swipe-to-type ability. The app was updated about two weeks ago with emoji prediction, new themes, upgraded 3D Touch features, and more languages. SwiftKey is available to download from the iOS App Store for free. [Direct Link]

Top Rated Comments

spookygroup Avatar
104 months ago
That's too bad. I thought Wordflow was the best of all of the swiping style keyboards.
Score: 3 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Douglas B Avatar
104 months ago
Bummer, I’ve used both recently and found WordFlow to be much better for me in terms of accuracy. Or at least much easier to correct the word most recently typed.
Score: 1 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Booch21 Avatar
104 months ago
This really is a bummer for me. I've been using it for some time. It's been a great keyboard app for me. I was less than impressed with SwiftKey, but I guess I'll have to check it out again.
Score: 1 Votes (Like | Disagree)
marmalito Avatar
104 months ago
That's too bad. I thought Wordflow was the best of all of the swiping style keyboards.
It's been my go-to as well. I prefer the accuracy and intelligence of Gboard, but that arc mode is the killer feature. So does this mean it's going to become unusable over time?
Score: 1 Votes (Like | Disagree)

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