RANKED: The 8 best keyboards for your iPhone

Apple makes good hardware. It does not always make good software. Its default keyboard is one example of that.

Thankfully, anyone in search of something else has worthy alternatives to choose from. As a recent iOS convert, I'm one of those people. So, for everyone's benefit, I've tried to find the best of the bunch.

A couple of notes: I focused on keyboards that are explicitly designed for typing - sorry, Kim - and tried to weed out options with poor user reviews.

Here's how the iPhone's virtual keyboard market breaks down today.