Speed Writing vs Alpha Speed
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Speed Writing
Test your typing speed and challenge friends worldwide or locally. Choose from different game modes like dictation or alphabet races. Earn bonus items to boost your score and prove you have the fastest thumbs.
- Typing speed challenges
- Global and friend challenges
- Dictation mode
- ABC mode
- Bonus items
- Leaderboards
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You have the fastest thumbs on this planet? You want to defeat your friends? You want to learn to write faster? Then Speed Writing is just right for you! Challenge yourself worldwide or with your friends and show how fast you are typing with your iPhone. You can choose between several modes: - Dictation (type in given words) - ABC (write the alphabet as fast as possible) You also get different bonus items to help you earn more points.
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 Speed Writing's 0%. Alpha Speed also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1). Speed Writing's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 10 months). On price 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 Writing sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Alpha Speed asks for nothing beyond the download.
Speed Writing holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Speed Writing has 39 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 0% of Speed Writing's written reviews are positive against 100% of Alpha Speed's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Speed Writing ships an update every 2 days, Alpha Speed every 10 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Speed Writing | Alpha Speed |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (39 ratings) — better | 4.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 39 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Every 10 months |
| 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 | 11.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Emil Tomaszewski | Tihomir Radev |
Customer experience
Speed Writing
Alpha Speed
In-app purchases
Speed Writing
- Remove Ads$1.99
Alpha Speed
No in-app purchases
Questions
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