# Clicks Keyboard

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/clicks-keyboard/

11 people recommended Clicks Keyboard in Hacker News comments, 1 had mixed feelings and 9 criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 12 months, in 7 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** People recommend it for touch typing without looking and for keeping screen space free. The most common caveat is that critics found it no faster or more accurate than the on-screen keyboard.

Summary written by Claude from 26 comments.

## Why people recommend it

- Clever, well executed concept (3 comments in the sample): "was a great concept, and pretty well executed for a V1" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46469464)) "Repurposing the Clicks keyboard is a genius idea." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49712562)) "That's a very neat product." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49631630))
- Solid build, reliable hardware (2 comments in the sample): "Its really a fantastic piece of hardware; worked great since I got it" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46478531)) "this is a real company that delivers real products of solid quality" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46472237))
- Hardware keyboard beats virtual keyboard (2 comments in the sample): "Being able to touch type without looking, even whilst walking around/changing trains has been truly game changing." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46467444)) "because input is much more reliable and because the virtual keyboard doesn't take up valuable screen real estate" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46722597))
- Attaches to multiple phone models (2 comments in the sample): "keyboard cases like https://www.clicks.tech/ which attach to your phone directly" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45888429)) "just like we did with our Clicks equipped iPhones, Pixels, Razrs and Galaxies" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46467780))

## What people warn about

- Not faster than on-screen typing (4 comments in the sample): "never actually found it faster or more accurate than the on screen keyboard" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49711826)) "I tried the Clicks keyboard case, and it was cute, but wasn't actually better to type on" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49278278)) "The keyboard was dismal to type on and slowed me down significantly." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46468708))
- Keys are stiff (2 comments in the sample): "I didn't realize how stiff those keys were when I recently got to try it." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46468109)) "I just wish the keys weren't so stiff. Too hard to type on, sadly." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46467730))
- Awkward, goofy size (2 comments in the sample): "almost never use it because of how goofy the size is" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46470330)) "They are hilariously sized." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46478922))

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://clicks.tech/)

## The badge

A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged.

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Clicks Keyboard", https://hackerapproved.com/p/clicks-keyboard/ (11 recommend, 1 mixed, 9 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.