Type Run vs Text & Fly
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Type Run
Race your frog across a river by typing lyrics as fast as you can. Compete against over 500 players worldwide, completing rounds to advance. Enjoy a unique typing challenge with musical elements.
- Typing lyrics to advance
- Frog racing mechanic
- Multiplayer competition
- Multiple rounds
- Musical elements
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Explore the music lyrics behind each sentence you typing and the rhyme of frogs. Help your frog across the river in the first place to go to the next round! You will play with over 500 other players around the world! Complete 10 rounds continuously to win in final! Type as fast as you can following the characters on the river.
Text & Fly
Engage in a fast-paced typing game where speed and accuracy are crucial. Find the longest answers to power your catapult and outrace opponents. Master your vocabulary to achieve victory.
- Quick fire guesses
- Longest answers win
- Fling the furthest
- Win the race
- Typing trivia
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Become the wisest wizard with words! You’ll need to think fast and type even faster if you want to rocket ahead of the competition and soar to new heights. Armed with an epic catapult, it’s up to you to find the longest answer in rapid time for the ultimate boost. Speed is key if you’re going to toss yourself ahead of your rivals and avoid being left behind. Beware! Try not to mistype in your haste for victory or you’ll be watching your flight come to a crashing halt and falling short of that winning distance. Have you got what it takes to be a vocabulary mastermind? Text & Fly Features: - Quick fire guesses - Longest answers win - Fling the furthest! - Win the race
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Text & Fly at 4.7 against Type Run's 1.5. Text & Fly also leads on ratings volume (18K vs 2). Type Run's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.0). On price, update cadence, 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 Run sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Text & Fly sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Text & Fly holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 1.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Text & Fly has 18K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Type Run ships an update monthly, Text & Fly every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Type Run | Text & Fly |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.5 (2 ratings) | 4.7 (18K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 49.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 18K — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 90 MB | 340 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Ngan Do | Kwalee Ltd |
Customer experience
Type Run
Text & Fly
Bugs and requests
Type Run
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Text & Fly
Reported bugs
4 issues- Freezing at Whiplash City level
- Inability to progress past certain stages
- Incorrect answer recognition
- Logging out issues
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to disable autocorrect
- More varied question types
- Improved matchmaking against real players
- Option to remove ads
In-app purchases
Type Run
- Remove Ads$2.99
Text & Fly
- Remove Ads2 variants$3.99
