Speed Typer vs FlipType
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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).
FlipType
This word game challenges you to unscramble letters and spell words against the clock. It combines word jumbles with brain-teasing puzzles to test your vocabulary and speed.
- Word jumble puzzles
- Brainteaser challenges
- Timed gameplay
- Spelling tests
- Vocabulary enhancement
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FlipType is a game that is part word jumble, part brainteaser. Test Yourself against the clock and use the jumbled keyboard to spell as many words correctly as you can. :)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: FlipType at none against Speed Typer's 3. FlipType also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (100% vs 84%). Speed Typer's advantage is ratings volume (6.7K vs 9). On price, rating, update cadence 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. Speed Typer sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. FlipType asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Speed Typer against 4.6 for FlipType. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Speed Typer has 6.7K ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 84% of Speed Typer's written reviews are positive against 100% of FlipType's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Speed Typer | FlipType |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (6.7K ratings) — better | 4.6 (9 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 83.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 6.7K — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | justncode LLC | Henry Macht |
Customer experience
Speed Typer
FlipType
Bugs and requests
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
FlipType
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Speed Typer
- Monthly Premium Subscription$1.991 Month
- Yearly Premium Subscription$9.991 Year
- Lifetime Premium$99.99
FlipType
No in-app purchases
