ZType vs Typing Practice game
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 Practice game
Improve your typing speed and accuracy with this engaging game. It uses familiar emojis for graphics and offers multiple challenging modes to keep you motivated. Track your progress with a dedicated stats screen.
- Typing skill improvement
- Emoji-based graphics
- Multiple game modes
- Progress tracking
- Mobile and tablet support
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A game that helps you practice and improve your typing skills on your mobile phone or tablet in order to type faster and more accurately. This game uses emojis as graphics to show you something familiar. has multiple fun and challenging game mode It also has a stats screen that tracks your progress over the days.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: ZType at 3.9 against Typing Practice game's 2.9. ZType also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (67% vs 40%). Typing Practice game's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 32 months). On price, 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 Practice game asks for nothing beyond the download.
ZType holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 2.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ZType has 72 ratings behind it against 7, 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 40% of Typing Practice game's.
ZType ships an update every 32 months, Typing Practice game every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ZType | Typing Practice game |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (72 ratings) — better | 2.9 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 67.1% of reviews — better | 40.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 72 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 32 months | Every 2 months — 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 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 53 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | PhobosLab | hasan kadhem |
Customer experience
ZType
Typing Practice game
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 Practice game
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
ZType
- Remove Ads$0.99
Typing Practice game
No in-app purchases
Questions
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