ZType vs Speed Typer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ZType
Defend against enemy waves by typing letters to shoot plasma bullets. Utilize EMP bombs for dire situations to destroy nearby enemies. Experience a top typing game now on iOS.
- Typing-based combat
- Shoot plasma bullets by typing
- EMP bomb power-ups
- Defend against enemy waves
- iOS availability
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One of the Web's best Typing Games now finally available for iOS! Fend of the enemy's attack waves by proving your typing skills. Each letter you type shoots off a powerful plasma bullet into the enemy's ships. If you ever find yourself in a dire situation, you can use the EMP bombs to destory any nearby enemies.
Speed Typer
Measure and improve your typing speed and accuracy with this free app. Challenge friends and aim for top rankings in multiple languages. See how fast you can truly type.
- Measure typing speed
- Improve accuracy
- Challenge friends
- Global rankings
- Ten language support
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Think you’re a fast typist? Test your skills with Speed Typer, a typing app designed to help you measure speed, improve accuracy, and track your progress over time. Practice across multiple modes, view detailed statistics, and unlock premium features like advanced insights, custom typing tests, and an ad-free experience. Speed Typer supports ten languages: Dutch, American English, British English, French, German, Hindi, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, and Turkish. Please see https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ for Speed Typer’s Terms of Use (EULA).
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Speed Typer at 4.7 against ZType's 3.9. Speed Typer also leads on update cadence (every 6 days vs every 32 months) and ratings volume (6.6K vs 72). ZType's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.0). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. ZType sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Speed Typer sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Speed Typer holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Speed Typer has 6.6K ratings behind it against 72, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of ZType's written reviews are positive against 83% of Speed Typer's.
ZType ships an update every 32 months, Speed Typer every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ZType | Speed Typer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (72 ratings) | 4.7 (6.6K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 67.1% of reviews | 83.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 72 | 6.6K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 32 months | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | PhobosLab | justncode LLC |
Customer experience
ZType
Speed Typer
User reviews
ZType
From 72 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Fun way to improve typing
- 👍 Addictive and engaging gameplay
- 💡 Innovative concept
- ✨ Well-made and beautiful design
- 🎶 Immersive music and sound
Room to improve
- 🚫 No external keyboard support
- 🚫 No landscape mode on iPad
- 🐛 Onscreen keyboard janky/inaccurate
- 🐛 Game freezes/stops working
- 🐛 Inconsistent word recognition
Speed Typer
From 6.6K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Helps improve typing speed
- 👍 Great for practice and learning
- 💡 Useful for college/work
- 👍 Engaging and fun
Room to improve
- 🔍 Too many ads
- ⏱️ Timed tests are too short
- 🐛 Inaccurate WPM calculations
- 💻 Doesn't work well with mobile keyboards
Bugs and requests
ZType
Reported bugs
45 issues- Game stops working/freezes
- External keyboards not supported
- No landscape mode on iPad
- Onscreen keyboard inputs wrong keys
- Onscreen keyboard unresponsive/inaccurate
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- Game doesn't load (black screen)
- Word recognition issues
- No sound on iPhone
- Game doesn't work with Bluetooth keyboard
- iPad app useless without keyboard/landscape
- Magic Keyboard not working
- Screen won't turn landscape on iPad Pro with Magic Keyboard
- Onscreen keyboard inputting wrong keys
- Onscreen keyboard not sized right
- Unresponsive and inaccurate onscreen keyboard
- Game freezes and requires reinstallation
- External keyboard not working
- Onscreen keyboard is janky
- Game does not load
- External keyboard not supported
- No allowance for physical keyboard
- iPad app is useless
- No support for external keyboard
- Keyboard support missing
- No external keyboard support
- No allowance for physical keyboard
- Can’t work on iPad landscape screen and magic keyboard
- External keyboard not working
- No external keyboard support
- Keyboard Support
- No allowance for physical keyboard?
- Can’t work on iPad landscape screen and magic keyboard
- iPad app is useless
- No Bluetooth keyboard
- Doesn’t work with keyboard
- Disappointed
- Great PC game, worthless on iPad (no keyboard)
- Doesn’t work with keyboard
- Only Portrait Compatible
- Dose not work with keyboard on iPad
- Doesn't support actual keyboards
- Good game but the keyboard could be better
- Beautiful game, keyboard can be better
- Incredible, but the UI can use some work.
- Would have given 5 but...
Requested features
17 requests- Add external keyboard support
- Enable landscape mode on iPad
- Customizable keyboard size
- More game layouts/languages
- Add difficulty levels
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- Add lowercase keyboard option for kids
- Adjustable padding under keyboard
- Add vibration/haptic feedback
- Add Arabic keyboard support
- Allow use of default phone keyboard
- Add German words
- More content (skins, leaderboards)
- Allow background music
- Add 'words per minute' statistic
- Option to reply levels/continue from mistakes
- Add QWERTZ keyboard layout
- Feature to change keyboard layout based on words
Speed Typer
Reported bugs
3 issues- Words disappearing after typing a space
- Inability to see typed text during tests
- Inconsistent font sizing across categories
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to adjust test duration
- More variety in word/sentence prompts
- Statistics tracking and progress monitoring
- Option to practice typing your own text
In-app purchases
ZType
- Remove Ads$0.99
Speed Typer
- Monthly Premium Subscription$1.991 Month
- Yearly Premium Subscription$9.991 Year
- Lifetime Premium$99.99
