Fast Typing Game vs Type Run
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Fast Typing Game
Test and improve your typing speed and accuracy in this fun game. Compete against the clock, challenge friends, and enhance your productivity and language skills.
- 60-second typing challenges
- Calculates WPM and CPM
- Focuses on accuracy
- Record sharing
- Multiple language dictionaries
- Improves productivity
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"Fast Typing Game" is an iPhone/iPad game to test, calculate and improve your writing speed (typing) and your accuracy, while having fun ! Easy concept, you have exactly 60 seconds to write correctly the appearing words, without making any mistake. Your typing speed (CPM: Characters per minute, WPM: Words per minute) is shown when game over, but only the words written without any error are counted. Feel free to practice, beat your own records then challenge your friends by sharing your best scores on social media. It's not just a "Typing" entertainment game, training can make you more productive at work, make fewer spelling errors, and learn new words. It is also possible to learn new languages, dictionaries are provided in the following langs: english, french, italian, german, spanish, portuguese, russian, chinese and japanese. Advice: - For beginners, it is better to focus on accuracy, not speed - Press the Space or Enter key after writing a word, to move to the next word - In case of error it is possible to go back then correct
Type Run
Test your typing speed in a competitive race against other players. Achieve impressive speeds to become a recognized "Type Runner".
- Typing speed test
- Multiplayer races
- Competitive gameplay
- Speed achievement recognition
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How fast can you type? Compete with other players in this fun fact typing race. If you goes above 10 characters per second, you are legally a Type Runner.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Fast Typing Game at none against Type Run's 1. Fast Typing Game also leads on review sentiment (50% vs 21%). Type Run's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 4 months) and ratings volume (31K vs 4). On price, rating, ads 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. Type Run sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Fast Typing Game asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.0 for Fast Typing Game against 4.1 for Type Run. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Type Run has 31K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 50% of Fast Typing Game's written reviews are positive against 21% of Type Run's.
Fast Typing Game ships an update every 4 months, Type Run fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 10, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Fast Typing Game | Type Run |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (4 ratings) | 4.1 (31K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better | 21.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 31K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 276 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Alexandre Thil | Voodoo |
Customer experience
Fast Typing Game
Type Run
Bugs and requests
Fast Typing Game
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Type Run
Reported bugs
3 issues- Game freezing/crashing
- Keyboard glitches
- Incorrect spelling/grammar in questions
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to play against real players
- More varied and easier question categories
- Customization options for characters/avatars
- Single-player mode for practice
- Improved keyboard responsiveness
In-app purchases
Fast Typing Game
No in-app purchases
Type Run
- No Ads$2.99
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