ZType vs Space 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.
Space Typer
This typing game challenges you to boost your speed and accuracy while racing through space. Compete against the clock, climb leaderboards, and prove your typing mastery. It's an interstellar adventure for all skill levels.
- Boost typing speed
- Sharpen accuracy
- Race against the clock
- Climb leaderboards
- Interstellar typing adventure
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Space Typer is a fast, focused typing game where you’ll boost your speed, sharpen your accuracy, and race your friends while soaring through space. Whether you’re just starting out or already a typing ace, test your skills against the clock, climb the leaderboard, and see how far your typing can go. Track your progress with detailed statistics, review your recent test history, and build custom word tests to sharpen the skills that matter most to you. Join the interstellar typing adventure. How fast can you go?
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Space Typer at 4.7 against ZType's 3.9. Space Typer also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 32 months) and review sentiment (78% vs 67%). ZType's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.6). 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 Space Typer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Space Typer holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 72 and 221 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of ZType's written reviews are positive against 78% of Space Typer's.
ZType ships an update every 32 months, Space Typer every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ZType | Space Typer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (72 ratings) | 4.7 (221 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 67.1% of reviews | 77.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 72 | 221 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 32 months | Every 2 months — 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 | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | PhobosLab | justncode LLC |
Customer experience
ZType
Space Typer
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
Space Typer
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
ZType
- Remove Ads$0.99
Space Typer
- Space Typer Premium$4.99
