BiggerKeys

About BiggerKeys

BiggerKeys is a custom iPhone keyboard for hands that don’t always cooperate. If essential tremor, Parkinson’s disease, arthritis, or another motor-control condition makes the standard keyboard feel like a minefield of wrong letters and accidental taps, BiggerKeys is built for you. So is the keyboard for anyone whose eyes have changed with age, or who simply finds the default keys too small and too close together.

The idea is simple: you should be able to make the keys exactly as large as you like, with as much space between them as you need. BiggerKeys lets you adjust both, with a live preview so you can see and feel the layout while you set it up rather than guessing. Once it’s the size that suits your hands, it works everywhere you type — Messages, Mail, Safari, Notes, and any other app where the keyboard appears.

What makes the difference for shaky or stiff hands is when a key fires. BiggerKeys triggers a key on the moment your finger lifts, not the moment it touches down — so brushing across a wrong key on the way to the right one doesn’t type it. An adjustable debounce ignores accidental double-taps on the same key, and an optional dwell-to-confirm mode types a letter only after your finger rests on it for a moment. A press-preview magnifier shows the key you’re touching above your fingertip before it commits, so you always know what you’re about to type.

BiggerKeys is private by design. It has no network access, collects no data, never logs or stores what you type, and has no accounts and no tracking. It follows your device language automatically — QWERTY, AZERTY, or QWERTZ — with a manual override if you prefer. Optional key-press sound needs no permissions at all; the only reason BiggerKeys ever asks for “Allow Full Access” is optional haptic feedback, and core typing works completely without it. Even with Full Access turned on, nothing ever leaves your phone.

BiggerKeys is a typing aid, not a medical device, and it makes no medical claims.

Who is BiggerKeys for?

• People with essential tremor, Parkinson’s disease, or other movement conditions who mistype constantly on the standard keyboard
• People with arthritis or reduced hand dexterity who need larger targets and more forgiving timing
• Seniors and elderly users who find the default keys too small, too close, or too sensitive
• People with low vision who need bigger keys, larger fonts, and a high-contrast layout they can actually see
• Caregivers and family members setting up an iPhone so a parent or relative can text and email independently again
• Anyone who is simply tired of the standard keyboard typing letters they never meant to press

Why choose BiggerKeys?

BiggerKeys is built around the parts of typing that actually go wrong when your hands shake, stiffen, or your eyes strain — and it gives you direct control over each one. Make the keys as large as you like and put as much space between them as you need, with a live preview so you tune the layout to your own hands instead of accepting someone else’s defaults. Because keys trigger on finger lift rather than touch-down, the natural drag and tremor of an unsteady hand stops producing wrong letters. Adjustable debounce filters out accidental double-taps, and optional dwell-to-confirm mode lets you slow typing down to “rest, then commit” when that feels safer.

For low vision, BiggerKeys offers a high-contrast theme and larger fonts, and the press-preview magnifier lifts the touched key into clear view above your finger before it’s entered — so you can read what you’re typing as you type it. The keyboard follows your device language automatically across QWERTY, AZERTY, and QWERTZ layouts, with a manual override whenever you want it. Optional key-press sound gives you reassuring feedback and needs no permissions.

Privacy isn’t an afterthought; it’s the foundation. BiggerKeys has no network access, no data collection, no accounts, and no tracking. It never logs or stores a single thing you type. The only feature that requests “Allow Full Access” is optional haptic feedback — and core typing works fully without granting it. Even with Full Access enabled, every keystroke stays on your device and nothing is ever sent anywhere. A keyboard you can trust with the messages, passwords, and notes you’d type anywhere. Type bigger. Type steadier. Type in any app. </content> </invoke>