Type Fast vs Speed Typer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Type Fast
Improve your typing speed and accuracy with this app. It offers two engaging game modes to test your skills and supports 16 languages. Track your progress, unlock achievements, and compete globally.
- Typing speed test
- Classic 60-second mode
- 45 typing challenges
- 16 language support
- Achievement unlocking
- Progress tracking
- Global leaderboard
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Test your typing speed with Type Fast! Put your skills to the test in 2 game modes: - Classic: how many words can you type in 60 seconds? - Challenges: can you complete all 45 challenges? Supports 16 languages! Unlock achievements, track your progress and compete with other players on the global leaderboard! Can you become the fastest typer?
Speed Typer
Measure and improve your typing speed and accuracy with this free app. Challenge friends and aim for top rankings in multiple languages. See how fast you can truly type.
- Measure typing speed
- Improve accuracy
- Challenge friends
- Global rankings
- Ten language support
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Think you’re a fast typist? Test your skills with Speed Typer, a typing app designed to help you measure speed, improve accuracy, and track your progress over time. Practice across multiple modes, view detailed statistics, and unlock premium features like advanced insights, custom typing tests, and an ad-free experience. Speed Typer supports ten languages: Dutch, American English, British English, French, German, Hindi, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, and Turkish. Please see https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ for Speed Typer’s Terms of Use (EULA).
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Speed Typer at 4.7 against Type Fast's 4.4. Speed Typer also leads on review sentiment (83% vs 63%) and ratings volume (6.6K vs 521). Type Fast's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 Fast sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Speed Typer sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Speed Typer holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Speed Typer has 6.6K ratings behind it against 521, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 63% of Type Fast's written reviews are positive against 83% of Speed Typer's.
Type Fast ships an update fortnightly, Speed Typer every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on September 16, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Type Fast | Speed Typer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (521 ratings) | 4.7 (6.6K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 63.2% of reviews | 83.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 521 | 6.6K — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | 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 | 12.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Istvan Kreisz | justncode LLC |
Customer experience
Type Fast
Speed Typer
User reviews
Type Fast
From 521 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Improves typing speed effectively
- 💰 Completely free to use
- 🎮 Fun and engaging gameplay
- 🌍 Multiple language support for learning
- 👍 Simple and easy to use interface
Room to improve
- 📺 Excessive ads throughout the app
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and app freezes
- 📱 Screen rotation not working properly
- ⌨️ Keyboard disappears during gameplay
- 🔄 App requires frequent restarts
Speed Typer
From 6.6K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Helps improve typing speed
- 👍 Great for practice and learning
- 💡 Useful for college/work
- 👍 Engaging and fun
Room to improve
- 🔍 Too many ads
- ⏱️ Timed tests are too short
- 🐛 Inaccurate WPM calculations
- 💻 Doesn't work well with mobile keyboards
Bugs and requests
Type Fast
Reported bugs
7 issues- Screen orientation lock not responding despite settings being off
- App crashes when using Gboard with swipe input
- Keyboard disappears on second word in landscape mode
- Start button disappears requiring app restart
- Landscape mode reverts to portrait after each game
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- App crashes randomly during gameplay
- Game freezes and becomes unresponsive
Requested features
6 requests- Landscape mode support
- Push notifications and resume menu
- Additional game modes
- Ad-free premium version
- Better keyboard compatibility
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- Improved screen orientation handling
Speed Typer
Reported bugs
3 issues- Words disappearing after typing a space
- Inability to see typed text during tests
- Inconsistent font sizing across categories
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to adjust test duration
- More variety in word/sentence prompts
- Statistics tracking and progress monitoring
- Option to practice typing your own text
In-app purchases
Type Fast
- Remove Ads$2.99
Speed Typer
- Monthly Premium Subscription$2.991 Month
- Yearly Premium Subscription$19.991 Year
- Lifetime Premium$99.99
