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Google's Gboard, or private, Indic-tuned voice dictation?
Gboard's voice typing is free, polished, and speaks dozens of languages — as a general tool it's genuinely hard to beat. Betterflo isn't trying to be general. It's a keyboard you can type on, built around one thing: eleven Indian languages — including Hindi-English code-switching — turned into clean text on your device by default, even offline, with Fix, Tone, Rewrite and Translate running on the phone rather than a server.
GboardGreat keyboard, cloud voice
betterfloIndic keyboard, on-device voice
First, credit where it's due
Gboard is a very good keyboard.
It's on nearly every Android phone for a reason. If we only listed our wins we'd be selling you something — so here's what Gboard does well, honestly.
Huge language range
Voice typing across a very large set of languages and scripts — far more than we cover today.
Polished and mature
Years of refinement — glide typing, autocorrect, emoji, translate, all in one keyboard.
Deeply integrated
Woven into your Google account and services, with shortcuts and search built in.
Side by side, no spin
Where each one is the right tool.
We win on the things that are structural — privacy, offline, and the way India actually mixes Hindi and English. We're behind on breadth and maturity, and we'll say so plainly in the same table.
| Gboard | betterflo | |
|---|---|---|
| Processing | Cloud by default (some on-device) | On-device by default |
| Works offline | Limited fallback mode | Yes — after one-time model download |
| Hindi-English code-switch | Generic multilingual handling | Tuned for the mid-sentence switch |
| Cleanup (automatic) | Basic punctuation | Light-touch — keeps your words |
| Typing keyboard | Yes — years of polish | Yes — keys, suggestion strip, mic beside the space bar |
| Rewrite & tone | Proofread, on some newer phones | On the phone — needs a download, not on the lowest tier |
| Language breadth | Very broad — dozens | Eleven languages — Indic-tuned |
| Glide / gesture typing | Yes | No — you tap or you speak |
| Availability | Preinstalled on most phones | Google Play — at launch |
| Cost | Free | Free to start · Pro planned |
- Processing
The real difference. Gboard's voice typing has historically sent your audio to Google to transcribe; newer devices now run some languages on-device. Betterflo runs on your device by default, so your voice doesn't need to leave the phone to become text.
- Offline
Gboard has an offline mode, but it's a fallback — fewer languages, lower accuracy. Betterflo is built offline-first: after the one-time model download it works with no connection, at the same quality.
- Code-switch
Gboard covers far more languages than we do, but it treats a Hindi-English sentence as switching between two language models mid-thought. Betterflo is tuned for the single woven flow Indians actually speak — Hindi and English together, no mode switch.
- Cleanup & rewrite
Straight up: the automatic pass is deliberately narrow. It fixes casing and punctuation and leaves your sentence alone — it won't reword what you said. Rewording is a thing you ask for: Fix, Tone and Rewrite sit in a bar above the keys and run on your phone, and the result is shown beside your own line, so keeping your words is one tap. They need a small model you download, and the lowest device tier can't run them at all — that phone is never shown the button. Translate is the one that works on every tier.
Straight up: Gboard is free, preinstalled, and covers far more languages than we do today, with mature glide typing, emoji search and years of polish we don't match. We are a keyboard now, not a mic bolted to one — but not a Gboard replacement for everyone. We do a narrower thing — Indic-tuned typing and dictation, on-device by default, with rewriting that stays on the phone — and aim to do that better than a general-purpose tool can.
A note on "planned": the optional cloud Pro tier is on the roadmap — not in this build, billing isn't wired up yet. The keyboard's Fix, Tone, Rewrite and Translate are not part of it: they're free, and what your phone gets is decided by the phone. We don't list anything as live until it actually ships.
The honest recommendation
Which one is for you?
Stick with Gboard if…
- You need dozens of languages, not just Indic ones.
- You rely on glide typing, autocorrect and emoji in one place.
- Cloud processing is fine for you, and you want zero setup.
Try Betterflo if…
- You type a lot of Hindi, mix in English mid-sentence, or write in one of the other Indian languages we cover.
- You'd rather your voice stay on your device by default.
- You're often offline or on a patchy network.
- You want a rewrite or a change of tone to happen on the phone — where the phone can run it.
Try it yourself
Keep Gboard. Add a keyboard built for how you write.
Betterflo installs alongside Gboard — tap its floating mic, or switch to its keyboard and type on it, when you want offline, Indic-tuned text that stays on your device by default. Free to start, no account, works from the first tap.
After install, turn on the floating mic — about 20 seconds. (Or use the keyboard instead.)Scan to install
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