diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 02d4e3d..9ac60dc 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ export default function App() {
 | open | boolean | false | yes | Opens modal picker |
 | onClose | function | undefined | yes | Request close modal *runs when onEmojiSelected or backdrop pressed* |
 | emojiSize | number | 28 | no | Custom emoji size |
+| enableRecentlyUsed | boolean | false | no | Enable recently used emojis in categories |
+| categoryPosition | 'floating' \| 'top' \| 'bottom' | 'floating' | no | Specify category container position |
 | headerStyles | TextStyle | {} | no | Override category name styles |
 | knobStyles | ViewStyle | {} | no | Override knob styles |
 | containerStyles | ViewStyle | {} | no | Override container styles |
@@ -60,7 +62,6 @@ export default function App() {
 | onCategoryChangeFailed | function | warn(info) | no | Callback on category change failed (info: {index, highestMeasuredFrameIndex, averageItemLength}) |
 | translation | CategoryTranslation | en | no | Translation object *see translation section* |
 | disabledCategory | CategoryTypes[] | [] | no | Hide categories by passing their slugs |
-| categoryPosition | CategoryPosition | categoryPosition | no | Specify category container position |
 
 ## 📊 Comparison
 
@@ -119,6 +120,8 @@ You can clone the repo and run `yarn example ios` or `yarn example android` to p
 ![Preview](/example/assets/static-modal-preview.jpg)
 ### [Static](/example/src/Static/Static.tsx)
 ![Preview](/example/assets/static-preview.jpg)
+### [Recently used](/example/src/EnableRecently/EnableRecently.tsx)
+![Preview](/example/assets/enable-recently-used-preview.jpg)
 ### [Categories Top](/example/src/TopCategory/TopCategory.tsx)
 ![Preview](/example/assets/categories-top-preview.jpg)
 ### [Categories Bottom](/example/src/BottomCategory/BottomCategory.tsx)
diff --git a/example/assets/enable-recently-used-preview.jpg b/example/assets/enable-recently-used-preview.jpg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b4461b9
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diff --git a/example/src/App.tsx b/example/src/App.tsx
index 320eeab..673a137 100644
--- a/example/src/App.tsx
+++ b/example/src/App.tsx
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import Translated from './Translated/Translated';
 import DisabledCategories from './DisabledCategories/DisabledCategories';
 import StaticModal from './StaticModal/StaticModal';
 import Static from './Static/Static';
+import EnableRecently from './EnableRecently/EnableRecently';
 import TopCategory from './TopCategory/TopCategory';
 import BottomCategory from './BottomCategory/BottomCategory';
 
@@ -19,7 +20,10 @@ export default () => {
       <Stack.Navigator>
         <Stack.Screen name="Examples" component={Examples} />
         <Stack.Screen name="Basic" component={Basic} />
+        <Stack.Screen name="EnableRecently" component={EnableRecently} />
         <Stack.Screen name="Dark" component={Dark} />
+        <Stack.Screen name="TopCategory" component={TopCategory} />
+        <Stack.Screen name="BottomCategory" component={BottomCategory} />
         <Stack.Screen name="Translated" component={Translated} />
         <Stack.Screen
           name="DisabledCategories"
@@ -27,8 +31,6 @@ export default () => {
         />
         <Stack.Screen name="StaticModal" component={StaticModal} />
         <Stack.Screen name="Static" component={Static} />
-        <Stack.Screen name="TopCategory" component={TopCategory} />
-        <Stack.Screen name="BottomCategory" component={BottomCategory} />
       </Stack.Navigator>
     </NavigationContainer>
   );
diff --git a/example/src/EnableRecently/EnableRecently.tsx b/example/src/EnableRecently/EnableRecently.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6ab7d68
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example/src/EnableRecently/EnableRecently.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+import * as React from 'react';
+import { StyleSheet, Text, TouchableOpacity } from 'react-native';
+import { SafeAreaView } from 'react-native-safe-area-context';
+import EmojiPicker from 'rn-emoji-keyboard';
+import type { EmojiType } from 'src/types';
+
+const EnableRecently = () => {
+  const [result, setResult] = React.useState<string>();
+  const [isModalOpen, setIsModalOpen] = React.useState<boolean>(false);
+
+  const handlePick = (emoji: EmojiType) => {
+    console.log(emoji);
+    setResult(emoji.emoji);
+    setIsModalOpen((prev) => !prev);
+  };
+  return (
+    <SafeAreaView style={styles.container}>
+      <Text style={styles.text}>Result: {result}</Text>
+      <TouchableOpacity onPress={() => setIsModalOpen(true)}>
+        <Text style={styles.text}>Open</Text>
+      </TouchableOpacity>
+
+      <EmojiPicker
+        onEmojiSelected={handlePick}
+        open={isModalOpen}
+        onClose={() => setIsModalOpen(false)}
+        enableRecentlyUsed
+      />
+    </SafeAreaView>
+  );
+};
+
+const styles = StyleSheet.create({
+  container: {
+    flex: 1,
+  },
+  text: {
+    textAlign: 'center',
+    margin: 64,
+    fontSize: 18,
+  },
+});
+
+export default EnableRecently;
diff --git a/example/src/Examples/Examples.tsx b/example/src/Examples/Examples.tsx
index 675a11a..f3af438 100644
--- a/example/src/Examples/Examples.tsx
+++ b/example/src/Examples/Examples.tsx
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ type RootStackParamList = {
   DisabledCategories: undefined;
   StaticModal: undefined;
   Static: undefined;
+  EnableRecently: undefined;
   TopCategory: undefined;
   BottomCategory: undefined;
 };
@@ -39,6 +40,10 @@ const Examples = ({ navigation }: Props) => {
           title="Static Component"
           onPress={() => navigation.navigate('Static')}
         />
+        <Button
+          title="Enable recently used"
+          onPress={() => navigation.navigate('EnableRecently')}
+        />
         <Button
           title="Category Top"
           onPress={() => navigation.navigate('TopCategory')}
diff --git a/src/components/Categories.tsx b/src/components/Categories.tsx
index 2de248c..68baa38 100644
--- a/src/components/Categories.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Categories.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import * as React from 'react';
 import { View, Animated, StyleSheet, FlatList, ViewStyle } from 'react-native';
+import { useKeyboardStore } from '../store/useKeyboardStore';
 import { defaultKeyboardContext } from '../contexts/KeyboardProvider';
 import { KeyboardContext } from '../contexts/KeyboardContext';
 import {
@@ -22,9 +23,10 @@ export const Categories = ({ flatListRef, scrollNav }: CategoriesProps) => {
     onCategoryChangeFailed,
     disabledCategory,
     activeCategoryContainerColor,
+    enableRecentlyUsed,
     categoryPosition,
   } = React.useContext(KeyboardContext);
-
+  const { keyboardState } = useKeyboardStore();
   const handleScrollToCategory = React.useCallback(
     (category: CategoryTypes) => {
       flatListRef?.current?.scrollToIndex({
@@ -63,6 +65,9 @@ export const Categories = ({ flatListRef, scrollNav }: CategoriesProps) => {
     ),
     [activeCategoryContainerColor, scrollNav]
   );
+  const isRecentlyUsedHidden = (category: CategoryTypes) =>
+    category === 'recently_used' &&
+    (keyboardState.recentlyUsed.length === 0 || !enableRecentlyUsed);
 
   const getStylesBasedOnPosition = () => {
     const style: ViewStyle[] = [styles.navigation];
@@ -94,9 +99,10 @@ export const Categories = ({ flatListRef, scrollNav }: CategoriesProps) => {
     <View style={[categoryPosition === 'floating' && styles.floating]}>
       <View style={getStylesBasedOnPosition()}>
         <FlatList
-          data={CATEGORIES_NAVIGATION.filter(
-            ({ category }) => !disabledCategory.includes(category)
-          )}
+          data={CATEGORIES_NAVIGATION.filter(({ category }) => {
+            if (isRecentlyUsedHidden(category)) return false;
+            return !disabledCategory.includes(category);
+          })}
           keyExtractor={(item) => item.category}
           renderItem={rendarItem}
           ItemSeparatorComponent={() => <View style={styles.separator} />}
diff --git a/src/components/EmojiCategory.tsx b/src/components/EmojiCategory.tsx
index 77b3e24..1dfa6d1 100644
--- a/src/components/EmojiCategory.tsx
+++ b/src/components/EmojiCategory.tsx
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ export const EmojiCategory = ({
       if (emoji.name === 'blank emoji') return;
       const parsedEmoji = parseEmoji(emoji);
       onEmojiSelected(parsedEmoji);
-      setKeyboardState({ type: 'RECENT_EMOJI_ADD', payload: parsedEmoji });
+      setKeyboardState({ type: 'RECENT_EMOJI_ADD', payload: emoji });
     },
     [onEmojiSelected, setKeyboardState]
   );
diff --git a/src/components/EmojiStaticKeyboard.tsx b/src/components/EmojiStaticKeyboard.tsx
index 1c9b101..4374aac 100644
--- a/src/components/EmojiStaticKeyboard.tsx
+++ b/src/components/EmojiStaticKeyboard.tsx
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import { EmojiCategory } from './EmojiCategory';
 import { KeyboardContext } from '../contexts/KeyboardContext';
 import { Categories } from './Categories';
 import emojisByGroup from '../assets/emojis.json';
+import { useKeyboardStore } from '../store/useKeyboardStore';
 
 export const EmojiStaticKeyboard = () => {
   const { width } = useWindowDimensions();
@@ -22,9 +23,8 @@ export const EmojiStaticKeyboard = () => {
     disabledCategory,
     categoryPosition,
   } = React.useContext(KeyboardContext);
-
+  const { keyboardState } = useKeyboardStore();
   const flatListRef = React.useRef<FlatList>(null);
-
   const scrollNav = React.useRef(new Animated.Value(0)).current;
 
   const getItemLayout = (
@@ -47,6 +47,20 @@ export const EmojiStaticKeyboard = () => {
     }).start();
   }, [activeCategoryIndex, scrollNav]);
 
+  const renderList = React.useMemo(() => {
+    const data = emojisByGroup.filter((category) => {
+      const title = category.title as CategoryTypes;
+      return !disabledCategory.includes(title);
+    });
+    if (keyboardState.recentlyUsed.length) {
+      data.push({
+        title: 'recently_used',
+        data: keyboardState.recentlyUsed,
+      });
+    }
+    return data;
+  }, [disabledCategory, keyboardState.recentlyUsed]);
+
   return (
     <View
       style={[
@@ -57,10 +71,8 @@ export const EmojiStaticKeyboard = () => {
       ]}
     >
       <Animated.FlatList
-        data={emojisByGroup.filter((category) => {
-          const title = category.title as CategoryTypes;
-          return !disabledCategory.includes(title);
-        })}
+        extraData={keyboardState.recentlyUsed.length}
+        data={renderList}
         keyExtractor={(item: EmojisByCategory) => item.title}
         renderItem={renderItem}
         removeClippedSubviews={true}
diff --git a/src/components/Icon.tsx b/src/components/Icon.tsx
index f085ec0..270dca0 100644
--- a/src/components/Icon.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Icon.tsx
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import Smile from '../assets/Smile';
 import Trees from '../assets/Trees';
 import Ban from '../assets/Ban';
 import Users from '../assets/Users';
+import Clock from '../assets/Clock';
 
 export const Icon = ({
   iconName,
@@ -40,6 +41,8 @@ export const Icon = ({
       return <Ban fill={color()} />;
     case 'Users':
       return <Users fill={color()} />;
+    case 'Clock':
+      return <Clock fill={color()} />;
     default:
       return null;
   }
diff --git a/src/components/SingleEmoji.tsx b/src/components/SingleEmoji.tsx
index 79af869..acffa58 100644
--- a/src/components/SingleEmoji.tsx
+++ b/src/components/SingleEmoji.tsx
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ export class SingleEmoji extends React.Component<{
   render() {
     const { item, emojiSize, onPress } = this.props;
     return (
-      <TouchableOpacity onPress={() => onPress()} style={styles.container}>
+      <TouchableOpacity onPress={onPress} style={styles.container}>
         <View style={styles.iconContainer}>
           <Text style={{ fontSize: emojiSize }}>{item.emoji}</Text>
         </View>
diff --git a/src/contexts/KeyboardContext.tsx b/src/contexts/KeyboardContext.tsx
index 3b4f124..542b671 100644
--- a/src/contexts/KeyboardContext.tsx
+++ b/src/contexts/KeyboardContext.tsx
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ export type KeyboardProps = {
   }) => void;
   translation?: CategoryTranslation;
   disabledCategory?: CategoryTypes[];
+  enableRecentlyUsed?: boolean;
   categoryPosition?: CategoryPosition;
 };
 export type ContextValues = {
diff --git a/src/contexts/KeyboardProvider.tsx b/src/contexts/KeyboardProvider.tsx
index 25265cb..3f1fbab 100644
--- a/src/contexts/KeyboardProvider.tsx
+++ b/src/contexts/KeyboardProvider.tsx
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ export const defaultKeyboardContext: Required<KeyboardProps> = {
   },
   translation: en,
   disabledCategory: [],
+  enableRecentlyUsed: false,
   categoryPosition: 'floating',
 };
 
diff --git a/src/store/reducers/RecentEmojiReducer.ts b/src/store/reducers/RecentEmojiReducer.ts
index 7b2fc36..7b0581e 100644
--- a/src/store/reducers/RecentEmojiReducer.ts
+++ b/src/store/reducers/RecentEmojiReducer.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
-import type { EmojiType } from 'src/types';
+import type { JsonEmoji } from 'src/types';
 
 export type RecentEmojiState = {
-  recentlyUsed: EmojiType[];
+  recentlyUsed: JsonEmoji[];
 };
 
 export type RecentEmojiAction =
-  | { type: 'RECENT_EMOJI_ADD'; payload: EmojiType }
-  | { type: 'RECENT_EMOJI_REMOVE'; payload: EmojiType }
+  | { type: 'RECENT_EMOJI_ADD'; payload: JsonEmoji }
+  | { type: 'RECENT_EMOJI_REMOVE'; payload: JsonEmoji }
   | { type: 'RECENT_EMOJI_CLEAR' };
 
 export default function recentEmojiReducer(
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ export default function recentEmojiReducer(
     case 'RECENT_EMOJI_ADD':
       return {
         ...state,
-        recentlyUsed: [...filterEmoji(state, action.payload), action.payload],
+        recentlyUsed: [action.payload, ...filterEmoji(state, action.payload)],
       };
     case 'RECENT_EMOJI_REMOVE':
       return {
@@ -31,5 +31,5 @@ export default function recentEmojiReducer(
   }
 }
 
-const filterEmoji = (state: RecentEmojiState, emoji: EmojiType) =>
+const filterEmoji = (state: RecentEmojiState, emoji: JsonEmoji) =>
   state.recentlyUsed.filter((usedEmoji) => usedEmoji.emoji !== emoji.emoji);
diff --git a/src/translation/en.ts b/src/translation/en.ts
index 4177dac..98b9912 100644
--- a/src/translation/en.ts
+++ b/src/translation/en.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import type { CategoryTranslation } from '../types';
 
 export const en: CategoryTranslation = {
+  recently_used: 'Recently used',
   smileys_emotion: 'Smileys & Emotion',
   people_body: 'People & Body',
   animals_nature: 'Animals & Nature',
diff --git a/src/translation/pl.ts b/src/translation/pl.ts
index b9893a1..4cd7716 100644
--- a/src/translation/pl.ts
+++ b/src/translation/pl.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 import type { CategoryTranslation } from '../types';
 
 const pl: CategoryTranslation = {
-  smileys_emotion: 'Buźki i Emocje',
+  recently_used: 'Ostatnio używane',
+  smileys_emotion: 'Buźki i emocje',
   people_body: 'Ludzie',
   animals_nature: 'Zwierzęta i przyroda',
   food_drink: 'Jedzenie i napoje',
diff --git a/src/types.ts b/src/types.ts
index bfd3f40..196326b 100644
--- a/src/types.ts
+++ b/src/types.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ export type CategoryTypes =
   | 'activities'
   | 'objects'
   | 'symbols'
-  | 'flags';
+  | 'flags'
+  | 'recently_used';
 
 export type CategoryPosition = 'floating' | 'top' | 'bottom';
 
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ export const CATEGORIES: CategoryTypes[] = [
   'objects',
   'symbols',
   'flags',
+  'recently_used',
 ];
 
 export type CategoryNavigationItem = {
@@ -54,6 +56,7 @@ export const CATEGORIES_NAVIGATION: CategoryNavigationItem[] = [
   { icon: 'Lightbulb', category: 'objects' },
   { icon: 'Ban', category: 'symbols' },
   { icon: 'Flag', category: 'flags' },
+  { icon: 'Clock', category: 'recently_used' },
 ];
 
 export type EmojisByCategory = {