What Facemoji Keyboard does

Facemoji Keyboard is a customizable mobile keyboard application operated by Singapore-based NEXILEAP PRIVATE LIMITED, a private limited company founded in 2021. The core product is a freemium mobile keyboard app available globally on Apple App Store and Google Play, supporting 150+ languages and offering 1,500+ themes, 200+ fonts, 6,000+ emojis, and 3,600+ text art designs for personalization. The platform targets social media content creators and individual consumers seeking expressive digital communication tools, using a horizontal segmentation approach.

The company's technology stack combines a custom keyboard SDK with AI-powered content generation (AIGC) capabilities. AI features include a chatbot, social media content generators (hashtags, captions, bios), a Genmoji emoji-combination tool, and smart predictive text that learns from user typing patterns. Critically, the AI capabilities are primarily delivered through third-party integrations with Microsoft (ChatGPT, Bing Chat) and Google (Gemini), rather than proprietary in-house models. A suite of web-based creative tools — Font Generator, Emoji Generator, Hashtag Generator, Caption Generator, and Bio Generator — extends the platform beyond the mobile app and serves as both standalone acquisition assets and a funnel into the keyboard product.

Facemoji's business model is a freemium structure: core keyboard features and web tools are free, supported by in-app advertising (including Amazon Services affiliate partnerships), while premium VIP Features (advanced themes, custom skin creation, enhanced AI services) are gated behind auto-renewing weekly and monthly subscriptions with a 3-day free trial. The go-to-market motion is product-led growth supplemented by a Micro & Nano Influencer Campaign with 5,000+ creator partners and a 3.3M+ official account follower base across TikTok, Instagram, and Discord. The company has no disclosed venture capital backing, no parent company, and no named enterprise customers, suggesting bootstrapped or self-funded operations.

Name

Facemoji Keyboard

Legal name

NEXILEAP PRIVATE LIMITED

Website

https://facemojikeyboard.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Facemoji Keyboard is a customizable mobile keyboard app operated by Singapore-based NEXILEAP PRIVATE LIMITED, offering AI-powered content creation tools, themes, fonts, and emojis for social media content creators and individual consumers globally via freemium and VIP subscription.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Mobile Keyboard Software

NAICS

Graphic Design Services (541430)

SIC

Pens, Pencils & Other Artists' Materials (3950)

akta.pro primary industry

Touchpads & Touch Input Modules (HDACAFAE)

akta.pro secondary industry

Assistive Reading & Writing Tools (Text-to-Speech, Speech-to-Text, OCR, Dyslexia Support) (EDAFAKAA)

Keywords

• Mobile keyboard app
• Emoji sticker library
• AI typing assistant
• Keyboard themes
• GIF search keyboard

Headquarters

HQ city

Singapore

HQ country

Singapore

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Personnel

Revenue model

1. VIP Premium Subscription: Weekly or monthly subscription for premium features including advanced themes, custom skins, and enhanced AI services. 3-day free trial offered. Auto-renews unless cancelled 24 hours before end of subscription period.
2. Advertising Revenue: Revenue from third-party advertising networks including interest-based advertising. Partners with Amazon Services and other ad networks for targeted advertisements displayed within the app.
3. AIGC Services: Integration of third-party AIGC services (ChatGPT, Bing Chat, Google Gemini) that may generate revenue through service provision.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Facemoji Keyboard is a free mobile keyboard application for iOS and Android that lets users replace the default smartphone keyboard with a customizable alternative. The app provides AI-assisted typing suggestions, an extensive library of emojis, GIFs, stickers, and memes, plus downloadable themes, fonts, and keyboard skins for personalization. It is monetized via advertising and in-app purchases of premium content packs.

Product overview

Facemoji Keyboard is a personalization platform consisting of a mobile keyboard app and suite of web-based creative tools. The core product is the Facemoji Keyboard App, a customizable mobile keyboard offering 1500+ themes, expressive stickers, and AI-powered features. Complementing the app are web tools including Font Generator (200+ fonts), Emoji Generator with Genmoji AI, Emoji Search, Text Art Collection (3600+ designs), and Social Generator suite (Hashtag Generator, Caption Generator, Bio Generator). The platform integrates AIGC services including ChatGPT via Microsoft, Bing Chat, and Google Gemini to power its AI chatbot and content generation capabilities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Facemoji Keyboard A free mobile keyboard app for iOS and Android that provides AI-powered typing suggestions, emojis, GIFs, stickers, themes, and fonts to individual smartphone users seeking a personalized typing experience.
• Facemoji Premium Subscription An in-app subscription that unlocks premium keyboard themes, exclusive sticker and emoji packs, an ad-free experience, and advanced personalization features for individual users.

Quantifiable outcome

• AI-generated content can be created in seconds
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

AI capability5 records

Feature7 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Microsoft CorporationcoreTechnology or IntegrationProvides AIGC services including ChatGPT chatbot and Bing Chat integration within the Facemoji keyboard. Users can access AI-powered content generation through Microsoft's services. Privacy policy indicates data sharing for service provision.
• Google LLCcoreTechnology or IntegrationProvides Google Gemini AIGC services and text translation functionality. Google LLC processes text submitted for translation as a third-party service provider. Also provides analytics and advertising services.
• Amazon Services, Inc.minorGTM or Marketing PartnerAffiliate partnership for product recommendations in response to user search queries. Links to Amazon services may generate referral revenue.
• Micro & Nano Influencers (5,000+)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorInfluencer marketing campaign partners who create content featuring Facemoji products. Offers viral exposure and paid collaboration opportunities. Featured influencers include creators with 24.8M, 11M, 1.1M, 254K, and 9.6M followers across social media platforms.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Typewise: Swiss AI keyboard with a hexagonal layout, predictive text, and AI writing assistance for iOS/Android. Comparable as a privacy-conscious third-party AI keyboard.
• Bobble AI: India-based AI keyboard app offering personalised stickers, fonts, GIFs, and AI content tools across multiple Indic and global languages. Closest emerging-market peer with a similar AI-plus-personalisation proposition.
• Fleksy: AI-powered keyboard offering customisation, prediction, and gesture typing across iOS/Android with SDK licensing. Comparable third-party keyboard with AI and personalisation features.
• Grammarly Keyboard: AI-augmented mobile keyboard offering grammar, tone, and clarity suggestions across iOS/Android. Comparable as an AI-wrapper keyboard targeting content creators and professionals.
• Microsoft SwiftKey: AI-powered cross-platform keyboard with prediction, multilingual support, themes, and clipboard tools. Most directly comparable third-party keyboard competitor, owned by Microsoft (a Facemoji AIGC partner).
• Kika Keyboard: Long-standing third-party keyboard with themes, emojis, GIFs, and AI features for Android. Comparable freemium keyboard competitor with similar personalisation depth.

Emerging players

• Bitmoji (Snap Inc.): Personalised avatar/emoji product integrated into Snapchat and keyboards. Comparable as a personalisation and expressive-content platform, though focused on avatars rather than AI-generated text content.
• ChAI Keyboard: AI keyboard integrating conversational AI features alongside standard typing. Comparable as an emerging AI-keyboard competitor with overlapping GenAI capabilities.
• CleverType AI Keyboard: AI keyboard app with grammar, tone, and translation features targeting productivity users. Comparable as a direct AI-keyboard competitor with overlapping GenAI writing-assistance functionality.

Broad incumbents

• Gboard (Google): Google's default Android keyboard with built-in emoji, GIF, translation, and increasingly AI-powered writing features. Directly comparable as a mobile input product, but bundled with Android and not a freemium standalone app.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• TikToktiktok.com/@facemojikeyboard
• Instagraminstagram.com/facemojikeyboard

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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