Comparison

Typing Land vs Cognora

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Typing Land

Master typing skills with over 40 engaging mini-games and 81 free lessons. This app focuses on proper finger placement and offers an ad-free, offline experience. Collect badges, challenge your speed and accuracy, and unlock an exclusive game through donations.

Highlights
  • 40+ mini-games
  • 81 free typing lessons
  • Finger placement guidance
  • Offline play
  • Badge collection system
  • Challenge mode
  • Exclusive mini-game unlock
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Learn how to type through 40 kinds of mini-games! This app requires the use of a physical keyboard. - Features 1. From finger placement Learn from basics including how to position the fingers. 2. Free lessons All 81 lessons are free to play. Donations are appreciated! 3. No advertisement Completely kids-friendly and ads-free. 4. Play offline Once installed, games can be played offline. - Collect the badges Earn badges by achieving lesson goals. Play to collect all 150 badges. Each badge can be set as your profile icon. - Challenge-mode for your next step Once you get used to the typing lessons, try the Challenge-mode. Score is determined by your typing speed and accuracy. Practice with pre-set sentences or texts of your choice. - Exclusive game If you enjoy this app, please make a donation to the developer. Donation will unlock the exclusive mini-game, "Typing Sword". - From the developer We have developed this app as a safe platform for children and adults around the world to use. It is also a great tool for use in your company or classroom.

About

Cognora

Features
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The NSW Selective High School Placement Test has three multiple-choice papers: Reading, Mathematical Reasoning and Thinking Skills. Most practice apps cover Mathematical Reasoning and stop. Cognora covers all three, plus the Opportunity Class test. START WITH A FREE DIAGNOSTIC Fifteen minutes of practice, and you get a breakdown of where your child actually sits — not a score out of ten, but the specific topics costing them marks, named. WHAT'S INSIDE • Questions across all three multiple-choice papers, plus Abstract Reasoning for HAST and scholarship entry • Full-length mock exams, timed like the real paper • Adaptive difficulty that tracks accuracy and speed, so practice stays hard enough to be useful without tipping into frustration • A mistake bank that brings back the exact questions your child got wrong, on a spaced schedule • Worked explanations on every question, not just a tick or a cross • Works offline — useful on the train, in the car, at the kitchen table FOR PARENTS The Parents' Portal sits behind a gate only an adult can pass. It shows the week in plain language: how often your child practised, how long for, their strongest topic and the one that needs work. Turn on the Sunday summary and it arrives each Sunday evening, so you know how the week went without opening the app. FREE AND UNLIMITED Free gives you the diagnostic, a curated question library across every section, worked explanations, one taster mock exam a month, and the Parents' Portal. Unlimited adds the full question bank, a new mock paper every Friday, and spaced-repetition drilling on the questions your child keeps missing. A NOTE ON WHAT WE DON'T DO The Selective test also has a Writing paper. Cognora does not mark writing — that needs a human, and we would rather say so than pretend an algorithm substitutes for a teacher. Cognora is independent. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to the NSW Department of Education. Practice does not guarantee any exam result. Cognora Unlimited is an auto-renewing subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. It renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and you can manage or cancel it in your Apple Account settings at any time. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://cognora.com.au/privacy/

Screenshots

Typing Land4 screens
Cognora4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Cognora at every 9 days against Typing Land's every 6 weeks. Typing Land's advantage is device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 18.6). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Typing Land sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Cognora sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Typing Land ships an update every 6 weeks, Cognora every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Typing Land versus Cognora: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTyping LandCognora
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.5 (143 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews62.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings143 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size115 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYoshiyuki HigoRamprasad Govindasamy

Bugs and requests

Typing Land

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Keyboard not recognized on some devices
  • Issues with certain keys (ñ, ö, ä, ü)
  • Glitches and bugs in some levels
  • Spacebar not working properly

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add support for more keyboard layouts
  • Allow custom word/sentence practice
  • Provide more flexibility in progression
  • Add multiplayer/competitive modes

Cognora

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Typing Land

One-time1
  • Typing Sword$4.99
2 purchases

Cognora

Subscriptions2
  • Unlimited Monthly$9.991 Month
  • Unlimited Annual7 Days trial$39.991 Year

Questions

Is Typing Land free?
Typing Land is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Cognora free?
Cognora is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Typing Land or Cognora have ads?
Neither Typing Land nor Cognora shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Typing Land or Cognora?
Typing Land ships an update every 6 weeks, and Cognora every 9 days. Most recently, Typing Land was updated on November 3, 2026 and Cognora on October 28, 2026.

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