You don't need a new keyboard to fix your grammar.

Short answer: if you want grammar help in every app on Android, you don't have to switch keyboards. A grammar keyboard checks as you type, but you give up the keyboard you're used to. A floating checker like Lingently keeps your keyboard and checks the whole message when you tap. Even Grammarly, the best-known grammar keyboard, now offers a version that floats over your existing keyboard on Android.

Two ways to get grammar help on Android

A grammar keyboard (also called a grammatical keyboard) is a full keyboard app with a checker built in. You set it as your default keyboard, and it underlines mistakes while you type.

A floating checker is a small button or character that sits on top of your apps. You type with any keyboard, then tap it to check the message. Lingently works this way.

Keyboard vs floating checker

Where a grammar keyboard is better

• It's always on. Every word is checked as you type, so you never forget to check.
• No extra tap. Typos get fixed before you finish the sentence.
• One app to set up. If you don't love your current keyboard anyway, switching costs you nothing.

Where a floating checker is better

• You keep your keyboard. Your swipe typing, your languages, your emoji and the words your phone has learned all stay.
• It reads less. A keyboard sees every key you press, in every app. Lingently reads only the text field you're typing in, and only when you tap. It never reads password fields or SMS.
• It sees the whole sentence. Many non-native mistakes only make sense in context. "We can discuss about it" has no wrong word on its own. Read as a sentence, "discuss" takes no "about".
• It explains. Each fix comes with one line on why, so you stop making the mistake.

What about Grammarly and Gboard?

Checked on 18 October 2026, on their official pages.

• Grammarly for Android started as a keyboard. Its Android user guide now describes a floating widget that works with your system keyboard or a third-party keyboard and suggests fixes as you type. It checks English. See Lingently vs Grammarly.
• Gboard is the keyboard on most Android phones. It fixes spelling as you type, and on supported phones it adds a Proofread tool. See Lingently vs Gboard.

You can use Lingently with either. It doesn't replace your keyboard, so it doesn't compete with it.

Who should pick what

• Mostly typos, writing in your first language? Your keyboard's spell check is probably enough.
• Want every word checked live, in English? A checker that works as you type suits you.
• English is your second language and you want to understand your mistakes? Keep your keyboard and add Lingently. It checks English, Spanish, French, German and Portuguese, and turns your fixes into short daily practice. More on the grammar checker for non-native speakers.