Hacker Keyboard vs Alpha Speed
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hacker Keyboard
Test your typing speed in this game where you 'hack' contacts by typing quickly. Progress through increasingly challenging checkpoints to see if you can hack them all.
- Typing game mechanic
- Hack contacts
- 50 contacts to hack
- 10 checkpoints
- Increasing difficulty
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Hacker Keyboard is a simple typing game where you can type to 'hack' your contacts! But are you fast enough to hack them all? There are 50 contacts to 'hack'. There are 10 checkpoints. Checkpoints get increasingly harder to get. Will you be fast enough?
Alpha Speed
This addictive game challenges your writing speed and reflexes. Learn to play easily within the game and aim for your personal high score. Compare your progress with other players and enjoy the fast-paced typing action.
- Addictive gameplay
- Speed typing challenges
- High score tracking
- Player comparison
- Easy to learn
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Very addictive speed typing game to test your writing speed and reflexes. You can find out how to play in the game itself. Very easy to learn! Try to make your own High Score and compare your results with other players! Enjoy!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Alpha Speed at 100% against Hacker Keyboard's 43%. Alpha Speed also leads on rating (4.0 vs 3.1) and update cadence (every 10 months vs every 49 months). Hacker Keyboard's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (38 vs 1). On price, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Alpha Speed holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hacker Keyboard has 38 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 43% of Hacker Keyboard's written reviews are positive against 100% of Alpha Speed's.
Hacker Keyboard ships an update every 49 months, Alpha Speed every 10 months. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hacker Keyboard | Alpha Speed |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.1 (38 ratings) | 4.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 42.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 38 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 49 months | Every 10 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Arthur De Araujo | Tihomir Radev |
Customer experience
Hacker Keyboard
Alpha Speed
In-app purchases
Hacker Keyboard
No in-app purchases
Alpha Speed
No in-app purchases
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