Now for Reddit vs SwiftKey

With the card-based UI, the app fits in very well design wise with the Material Design of the OS. Everything is intuitive to use being that the interface is familiar and follows Google's design guidelines.

Now for Reddit utilizes the transparent nav bar implemented in Android 4.4+, making for a cleaner looking interface.

The design of the icon for Now for Reddit is clean, simple and fits well with material design.

Now for Reddit is one of the few Reddit clients that come with the ability to change how much content can be viewed on the screen. You'd also be hard pressed to find another Reddit client that can show you full-size images (via full-size cards) without you having even tapped on the image.

Keep in mind that the configurable card sizes might also have an impact on battery consumption, ranging from tiny cards (most battery efficient) to full size cards (most battery/data hungry).

The design of the app lends itself well to phones and tablets alike no matter the orientation that the device is being held in. Not having to switch apps depending on the users device is a nice feature.

Using Android's profile GPU rendering tool it can be clearly shown how the Now for Reddit is generally more responsive than quite a few of the other popular reddit clients. For people obsessive about the 60 FPS mark, it would be hard to find a near 60 FPS experience as good as Now for Reddit.

The prediction engine of SwiftKey is continuously being improved by using data from social networks, text messages or even emails from the user's device. Predictions appear above the keyboard as soon as a letter is typed. By adjusting to the user's writing habits and style, it really helps to save time when writing.

Swiftkey offers a wide range of different themes to add personality to your keyboard (some are free.. others paid for via in app purchases).

Has 61+ languages available that can be downloaded. So chances are the languages you need will be available.

Keyboard can integrate multiple languages into one seamless autocorrect engine.

You can choose between five different sizes to resize the keyboard.

The feature may seem odd but the ability to undock the keyboard is extremely useful in certain situations. For example when creating content or using difficult websites.

SwiftKey is competely ad-free.

Users can optionally display a number pad above the keyboard.

Swiftkey supports both popular methods of typing. Either way the methods integrate perfectly with the predictions featured above the keyboard.

When users type the name of the desired Emoji, a small list will come up where the right one can be selected.

Swiftkey is free to download and use, though there are in app purchases to unlock more features.

SwiftKey will even provide you exciting data about how you type such as a heatmap.

The more you use SwiftKey, the more your heat map will transform from perfect circles into blobs where you tend to press. From the Heatmap you'll know where you tend to make mistakes and how SwiftKey is improved. Other stats provided include:

• Distance flowed in meters
• Keystrokes saved
• Typos corrected
• Words completed

Even though SwiftKey is a third party keyboard, Swiftkey still uses the preferred Google voice dictation.

Any learned words, phrases (inc. email addresses) will be backed up to the cloud and available across multiple devices.

Among the layout choices is a split keyboard which anchors each half to the lower corners of the screen, where one would naturally hold a tablet device while typing, with the option to place a dedicated 10-key number pad in the unused space between them.