Who makes iKeyboard
iKeyboard is built and maintained by Rawand Ahmed Shaswar, an independent developer who has published Kurdish keyboards on the App Store since 2016. Its predecessor, iKey, shipped until 2021. iKeyboard replaced it in May 2022 and has had twenty-one releases since, the most recent in August 2026. It is not affiliated with any company, institution or language body.
Why it exists
Kurdish has roughly thirty million speakers, and many of them still write it on an Arabic or Turkish keyboard. Those layouts are missing several Kurdish letters, and their autocorrect and word suggestions are trained on a different language.
iKeyboard addresses that directly: a Sorani layout with the correct letters, a dictionary built from Kurdish rather than adapted from Arabic or Persian, and translation available inside the keyboard rather than in a separate app. The app’s own interface is authored in Central Kurdish, which is the source language of its text rather than a translation target.
What the app does
The keyboard provides the Sorani layout, autocorrect and word suggestions built for Kurdish, grammar and spelling checking, translation to 133 languages from within any app, light and dark themes, and a daily typing test with a monthly leaderboard.
The iOS app has a 4.6 average rating from 3,662 ratings across 63 App Store storefronts. Most of those reviews are written in Kurdish, and a selection of them appears on the homepage, unedited.
How it is paid for
The keyboard is free, including the layout, autocorrect, word suggestions and themes. It displays advertising, and an optional paid upgrade removes the ads and unlocks the remaining features. Advertising and that upgrade are the only sources of revenue.
Typing data is not among them. Keystrokes are not recorded, transmitted or sold. The same statement appears in the privacy policy and in the App Store listing.
Getting in touch
Bug reports, missing dictionary words, layout issues and corrections to the Kurdish can be sent to support@rawa.dev. Messages go directly to the developer.
More
- Privacy PolicyWhat iKeyboard does and does not do with your data. In short: your typing stays on your device — keystrokes are never recorded, stored, transmitted or sold.
- Questions about iKeyboardIs it free? Does it record what I type? Why does it want Full Access? Does it work in WhatsApp, on iPad, offline? Straight answers about iKeyboard.
- How to add a Kurdish keyboard on iPhone and iPadStep by step: install iKeyboard, turn the Kurdish keyboard on in iOS Settings, switch to it with the globe key — and what to do when it does not show up.