The business reply keyboard for iPhone

Reply faster. Sound like a pro.

Deftkeys is a full iPhone keyboard with your best replies, templates and shortcuts one tap away, filled in as you type. It works in Messages, Mail and almost any other app where you type.

Coming soon to theApp Store

See how it works

For iPhone with iOS 17 or later. No account needed. What you type stays on your iPhone.

The Deftkeys keyboard in Notes with the Snippets panel open, showing saved replies such as Meeting follow-up and Office address

Deftkeys filling in a name field from the keyboard bar, with quick picks for recent names

No account
No ads or analytics
No servers: nothing you type is sent anywhere
Works in any app

Features

Everything you type all day, a tap away.

For anyone who answers clients by text: confirming bookings, sending quotes, following up, chasing paperwork. Write each reply once, then send it in seconds, in your own words.

One-tap replies

88 ready-made replies in 8 groups: acknowledge, scheduling, follow-ups, thanks, declining politely, out of office, sales and support. Tap one and it’s in your message.

Templates that fill themselves in

Add fields like {name}, {date} or {time}. Deftkeys asks for each one in its bar while you type, with quick picks for recent names, days and times. Skip a field and the sentence tidies itself.

Shortcuts that expand

Type ;addr and your address appears. Expand on space or tap the suggestion, and undo with a single backspace. Your iOS Text Replacements work too.

Your contact card and signature

Save your name, title, company, phone, email, website and address once. ;sig, ;card and fields like {my_phone} drop them into any message.

On your iPhone

Tone, polished in a tap

Rewrite a message as Formal, Friendly or Concise using Apple Intelligence on your iPhone, then replace or insert it. Fix grammar works on every iPhone, even offline.

Optional

Clipboard history

The last things you copied, ready to paste: booking references, links, invoice numbers. Kept on this iPhone for 24 hours by default, and copies from password managers are skipped.

And a proper keyboard underneath: glide typing, word suggestions, autocorrect you can undo, an optional number row, and light and dark mode. Replies never get in the way of typing.

In the keyboard

Your best replies, one tap away.

Snippets panel with search, folder chips and saved replies — **Your library, in the keyboard**Search, folders and pinned favourites, with the keys still live.

Filling in the name field of a reply, with recent names as quick picks — **Names filled in as you type**Fields ask once, then get out of the way.

Tone rewrite showing the original text and a formal version with Replace and Insert below buttons — **Polished in a tap**Formal, Friendly, Concise or Fix grammar. You choose before anything changes.

Clipboard history with recent text, a link and an invoice number — **Clipboard, on this iPhone**References and links you copied, ready to paste.

How it works

Set up in under a minute.

Add the keyboard

Install Deftkeys, then add it in Settings. The app walks you through it.

Settings › General › Keyboard › Keyboards › Add New Keyboard › Deftkeys
Save your replies

Start with the built-in replies, then add your own templates, shortcuts and contact card in the Deftkeys app. Allow Full Access if you want the keyboard to use them.
Reply from any app

Switch to Deftkeys with the globe key. Open Replies, Snippets, Clipboard or Tone from the bar above the keys, tap, and keep typing.

Privacy

Built for client conversations. Private by design.

A keyboard sees everything you type, including your clients’ names, numbers and addresses. So Deftkeys does all its work on your iPhone and has no way to send it anywhere.

Read the privacy policy

Nothing you type leaves your iPhoneThe app and keyboard contain no network code. Keystrokes are processed in memory and never logged.
Your clients’ details stay with youTemplates, your contact card, recent names and clipboard history are stored on your device. We never receive them.
No account, ads, analytics or trackingNothing to sign up for and no third-party SDKs. App Store privacy label: Data Not Collected. [Confirm: Check your App Privacy answers in App Store Connect say “Data Not Collected”.]

Full Access, explained

Optional, and honest about it.

iOS shows the same strong warning for every keyboard that asks for Full Access. Deftkeys uses it only so the keyboard can read what you save in the app, keep clipboard history on your iPhone and play haptics. Never to send anything.

You can turn it off at any time in Settings › General › Keyboard › Keyboards › Deftkeys.

Feature	Without Full Access	With Full Access
Typing, glide, suggestions, autocorrect	Yes	Yes
Built-in replies, starter templates, Fix grammar	Yes	Yes
Your own templates, shortcuts and contact card	No	Yes
Clipboard history	No	Yes
Haptics	No	Yes
Sends what you type anywhere	Never	Never

Pricing

Free to start. Pro when you’re ready.

The whole keyboard and every built-in reply are free. Deftkeys Pro removes the limits on your own templates, shortcuts and tone rewrites.

Free

The full keyboard
All 88 built-in replies
10 templates and 3 shortcuts of your own
5 tone rewrites a day, unlimited Fix grammar

Pro monthly

... / month

Unlimited templates and shortcuts
Your own folders and pins
Unlimited tone rewrites
Clipboard pins and up to 7 days of history

Best value

Pro annual

.. / year

Everything in Pro
Cancel any time in Settings

Compare plans · Prices are set by the App Store in your local currency. [Confirm: Prices and trial aren’t set up in App Store Connect yet. Fill them in under Appearance › Customize › Deftkeys details once they are.]

Get Deftkeys for iPhone.

Fast, polished replies in every app. Questions first? Read the FAQ or get in touch.