Bring Your Own Key (BYOK) means you use your own API key from an AI provider with Keyda — both Lite and Pro plans support BYOK alongside on-device models. Both plans also include the Keyda AI pool so you can use cloud AI without managing a key at all. Your key stays encrypted on our servers (AES-256-GCM) and is only used to call the provider you configured it for. Below are step-by-step guides for creating a key with each supported provider.
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This is an iOS platform requirement, not a Keyda limitation. Apple does not permit any third-party keyboard to access the microphone from within another app — it is a system-level security boundary that applies to every voice keyboard on the App Store, not just Keyda. To respect it, Keyda performs the recording in its own app: tapping the mic opens Keyda for a few seconds to capture and transcribe your speech, then hands the finished text straight back so it appears where your cursor was. The hand-off is intentionally quick, your microphone is active only during that brief window, and the raw audio never leaves Apple's secure on-device/Apple-hosted speech pipeline. On Android, where the operating system permits it, dictation runs live inside the keyboard with no app switch.
Besides dictation you can: change keyboard settings ("turn off haptics", "switch to dark mode", "use the ocean theme"), pull up a saved note ("paste my animal notes"), run actions ("remind me to call mom at 5pm"), and ask the AI ("write a cover letter for a Node.js role"). Keyda figures out what you meant — anything that isn't a command is simply typed.
Keyda resolves spoken self-corrections automatically. Say "my age is 29 oh sorry 30" and it types "my age is 30". Cues like "no wait", "or rather" and "scratch that" work too.
The microphone is used only while you're actively recording, and recording stops on its own after a short pause. Audio is transcribed by Apple's Speech Recognition (on-device where supported, otherwise Apple-hosted) — Keyda never stores the raw audio. Your transcripts are saved to a private on-device history so the "Clean Screen" undo works; syncing them to your Keyda account is off by default and only happens if you turn it on in Settings → Voice. See the Privacy Policy.
Accuracy is best when you're online (Apple's server model is far stronger than the offline one). Keyda also biases recognition toward common technical terms and proper nouns. If a specific word keeps getting mis-heard, email us and we'll add it.
Encrypted at rest with AES-256-GCM on our servers, scoped to your user account, and only used to call the provider you configured it for. You can rotate or delete it at any time from Settings → AI → Bring Your Own Key. See the Privacy Policy for full detail.
No. Both Lite and Pro include our managed API keys — you call cloud AI without ever creating a provider account. You can still add a BYOK key if you want to use a specific model not in our default line-up, or to bypass the daily quota entirely.
If you want a free start, pick Google (Gemini) or Groq. If you want the highest quality writing, pick Anthropic (Claude Sonnet) or OpenAI (GPT). You can add keys for multiple providers and switch between them per AI action.
You pay your Keyda subscription (Lite or Pro) and you pay the AI provider directly for what you consume on your key. Keyda does not add a markup or take a cut of your provider usage.
Yes — Lite and Pro include on-device models that run entirely offline. Typing, themes, snippets, clipboard, notes, smart dates and math also work without a connection. Voice typing works offline too, but recognition accuracy is noticeably better online (Apple's server model handles technical terms and accents far better than the on-device one).
Yes. Paste a URL and ask a question about it — Keyda's server fetches that public page, extracts its text, and gives it to the AI so your answer is grounded in the real content (a summary, the key points, or a drafted reply). In the app it can also glance at a few links the page directly references; in the keyboard it reads just the single page you paste. It only ever acts on a link you share — it never sees your browsing history. The feature is on by default and can be turned off in Settings. See the Privacy Policy for how the fetched text is handled.
Lite includes 200 cloud AI requests per day; Pro includes 1,000 requests and 500,000 tokens per day. Both reset at 00:00 IST. On-device usage doesn't count toward the quota. See Models & limits for the full breakdown.
You'll see an inline error in the keyboard ("provider rejected key" or "quota exceeded"). Open Settings → AI → Bring Your Own Key, paste a new or re-enabled key, and you're back. Keyda does not retain or retry rejected calls on its own.
If you subscribed through the App Store (iOS) or Google Play (Android), it renews automatically — turn off auto-renew in your phone's subscription settings (iOS: Settings → your name → Subscriptions; Android: Google Play → Subscriptions) and you'll keep Pro/Lite access until the end of the period you've already paid for. If instead you bought a one-time period at keyda.in/subscribe, there's nothing to cancel — it never auto-renews, and access simply ends at the end of that period unless you buy another. Refunds are handled by Apple/Google for store purchases, or by Keyda directly for web-checkout purchases — see the Refund Policy.
Yes. The Keyda browser extension for Chrome adds spelling and grammar correction to text fields on the websites you visit, plus quick access to your Notes, Documents and AI Sessions without leaving the tab you're in. It's a companion to the mobile keyboard, not a replacement — voice typing and full system-wide typing help still live in the iOS/Android app. See the Privacy Policy for how it handles page content.
Keyda works as your actual keyboard — AI grammar correction, tone rewrites and AI answers are available system-wide, in any app on iOS and Android, not only inside a browser tab. On top of writing help, Keyda adds voice typing, on-device offline models, synced notes, and shared AI chats with up to 100 people, all from the same keyboard you already type in every day.
Yes — tap the AI button, or select any text, from any app, and ask anything, the same way you'd use ChatGPT, except the answer is typed straight into whatever you're writing. Keyda answers using your choice of AI: our built-in AI pool, your own API key (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Groq or xAI), or an on-device model that runs fully offline.
Email support@keyda.in or use the Contact form. We typically respond within one business day.