ZType vs Typing King (Typing practice)
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.
Typing King (Typing practice)
Practice typing in English and Korean simultaneously with this fun game. Compete with players worldwide and discover your typing speed potential.
- English and Korean keyboard practice
- Global player competition
- Typing speed discovery
- Fun and engaging gameplay
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Start typing practice with fun. You can practice English and Korean keyboards at the same time. And compete with other people around the world. When you compete with other people, you will be amazed at how fast you can type. Have fun!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Typing King (Typing practice) at 4.4 against ZType's 3.9. Typing King (Typing practice) also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 32 months). ZType's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (72 vs 24). On price, review sentiment, device support and iOS requirement 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. Typing King (Typing practice) asks for nothing beyond the download.
Typing King (Typing practice) holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 72 and 24 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 67% of ZType's written reviews are positive against 66% of Typing King (Typing practice)'s, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
ZType ships an update every 32 months, Typing King (Typing practice) every 4 days. Both last shipped on October 9, 2026.
| Parameter | ZType | Typing King (Typing practice) |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (72 ratings) | 4.4 (24 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 67.1% of reviews — better | 66.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 72 — better | 24 |
| Update frequency | Every 32 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | PhobosLab | AppMadang |
Customer experience
ZType
Typing King (Typing practice)
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
Typing King (Typing practice)
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
ZType
- Remove Ads$0.99
Typing King (Typing practice)
No in-app purchases
Questions
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