Big Keyboard: Easy Homescreen

What Big Keyboard: Easy Homescreen is for

Big Keyboard: Easy Homescreen pairs a phone keyboard with a home screen launcher, and both are built around larger elements. The developer, SwipeTap Apps, presents it for people who find small keys and crowded screens hard to use. The listing names seniors and people with vision difficulties among the intended users.

The app is filed under Personalization. Its features fall into three groups: a resizable keyboard, a reworked home screen with swipe shortcuts, and voice and web search.

Typing on a keyboard with larger keys

The keyboard can be enlarged so that its keys are up to 150% bigger. The listing ties this to fewer typing errors and easier reading of the keys, and the size is set in the Big Keyboard settings.

Keyboard themes change the colors, key shapes and typing sounds. The listing describes these as a way to make the keyboard look and sound more like your own.

Home screen layout and swipe shortcuts

The launcher uses oversized icons and enlarged text in place of a dense app grid. Widgets and quick access to apps sit on the same screen.

Swiping right opens shortcuts to apps, calls and messages. The listing describes this as a way to reach the things you use most with one gesture.

Voice search, texting and web search

Tap the microphone and speak to search your phone or the web, send texts, make calls or open apps. The listing presents voice as the way to do these things without touching the screen.

Web search is powered by Yahoo and shows search suggestions as you type. The listing says these are meant to help you find what you need faster.

Light, magnifier and built-in tools

The Light Up and Magnify feature is aimed at reading menus and small print. The listing also mentions a calculator and other tools grouped in one place, without naming the rest.