Keyboard layout fixing on Mac: Klavuni, Caramba, Punto, RuSwitcher, Switcher3way and reLayout
What Klavuni and five other Mac apps do with text typed in the wrong keyboard layout. About the other apps, only what their own pages say: the App Store, Yandex’s support page and GitHub.
The free RuSwitcher, Switcher3way and reLayout fix the Ukrainian layout too.
Comparison
| Klavuni | Caramba Switcher | Punto Switcher | RuSwitcher | Switcher3way | reLayout | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ukrainian layout | Yes: the macOS Ukrainian layout in three variants — standard, Legacy and QWERTY — and English ABC / U.S.; Russian layouts too. | No: Russian and English only — its site lists the layouts as “English (US) — Russian and Russian PC”. | Not mentioned on Yandex’s page. | Yes. | Yes: English, Ukrainian and Russian. | Yes: Ukrainian and Russian ↔ English. |
| Manual fix: word, selection, line | ⌃⌥K fixes the selection or, with nothing selected, the word before the cursor. ⌃⌥L converts the selection into one layout or, with nothing selected, the text from the start of the line to the cursor, up to 500 characters. | Not verified | Yes: the Alt hotkey. | Yes: ⌥ fixes the last word or a selection. | Yes: with a trigger key. | Yes: a hotkey fixes a selection or the word you just typed. |
| Correction while typing | Yes, in Pro: a hint offers the fix and ⌃⌥K accepts it, and in Auto mode the word fixes itself. | Yes: automatically as you type. | Yes: an automatic mode. | Beta, off by default. | Yes, automatically. | Optional: for Ukrainian and Russian ↔ English. |
| Last update | 1.3, . | Version 2026.09.22 on the App Store. | Yandex’s page gives no version or date; it lists Mac OS X 10.5 or later. | v3.5.0b (pre-release), . | v1.7.0, . | v1.3.8, . |
| Price | Free has no time limit. Klavuni Pro — $14.99 until 31 December 2026, then $24.99 | Subscription: $6.99 a year on the App Store (US), 499 ₽ a year on its site ($4.99 on its English page); a trial first. | Free. | Free and open source (MIT). | Free. | Free and open source (MIT). |
| Clipboard history and snippets | Yes: the ⇧⌘V history panel and the snippets in it (⌘L); a plain snippet is free, one with fields is in Pro. | Not mentioned on the official pages. | Not mentioned on the official pages. | No: the README says it never touches the clipboard, except as a fallback for unusual apps. | Not mentioned on the official pages. | No: the README says the clipboard is left untouched on the Accessibility path, and the rare ⌘C fallback only reads it. |
Not verified: no primary source settles it either way, so we claim nothing here. “Not mentioned”: the product’s official page is silent about it; which page, the sources say.
Checked
Sources
- Caramba Switcher — caramba-switcher.com
- Caramba Switcher — caramba-switcher.com/en
- Caramba Switcher — apps.apple.com/ru/app/id1565826179
- Caramba Switcher — apps.apple.com/us/app/caramba-switcher-pro/id1565826179
- Caramba Switcher — caramba-switcher.com/update
- Punto Switcher — yandex.com/support/punto-mac
- Punto Switcher — yandex.com/soft/punto/mac
- Punto Switcher — yandex.com/support2/punto-mac/ru
- Punto Switcher — yandex.com/support2/punto-mac/ru/fast-start/actions.md
- Punto Switcher — yandex.com/support2/punto-mac/ru/index.md
- Punto Switcher — yandex.com/support2/punto-mac/ru/settings.md
- Punto Switcher — yandex.com/support2/punto-mac/ru/fast-start/useful-functions.md
- RuSwitcher — github.com/rashn/RuSwitcher
- RuSwitcher — github.com/rashn/RuSwitcher/releases
- Switcher3way — github.com/WhisKeySwitch/switcher3way-releases
- Switcher3way — github.com/WhisKeySwitch/switcher3way-releases/releases
- reLayout — github.com/vladforfutdinov/reLayout
When RuSwitcher, Switcher3way or reLayout is enough
If all you need is fixing the Ukrainian and English layouts — by hand or automatically — and for free.
Another comparison: Clipboard history on Mac: Klavuni, Spotlight, Maccy and Raycast