Aqua’s KeyTest (Windows) – Download & Review

It might sometimes happen that a button on your keyboard or a key combination fails to work, and that is when you need a keyboard testing tool, such as Aqua’s KeyTest. Thanks to this lightweight application you can check if all the keys are working as they should.

A virtual keyboard that shows you what keys are working

Installation is not required, and Aqua’s KeyTest is ready to go in an instant. It displays a virtual on-screen keyboard that displays the standard layout of the QWERTY keyboard, with integrated led lights and a numerical pad.

Aqua’s KeyTest captures keystrokes or key combinations alike. Unpressed keys are colored gray, while those who were tested and marked as ‘ok’ are displayed in yellow. Key combinations (buttons pressed simultaneously) are shown in dark grey.

You should keep in mind that the keyboard input is practically sent to Aqua’s KeyTest first when the application is opened, so it might happen that other software tools you are using in the background don’t respond. This was the case with our screen capturing tool as we tried to take screenshots of the application.

Runs LED tests to check if all the keyboard lights are working

Aqua’s KeyTest displays the bios and the Windows key codes of the key you pressed most recently, as well as its symbol. Furthermore, it can run a led test to verify if all the LEDs – the NumLock, the Caps Lock, and the Scroll Lock – are working as they should.

Compared to other competitor applications, Aqua’s KeyTest promises to avoid capturing fake input created by various applications that rely on the Windows API to simulate clicks and keystrokes.

Simple keyboard tester for Windows

Aqua’s KeyTest is a more than simple application, but it comes in handy if you need to make sure one or more buttons on the keyboard are funcioning as they should.