Comparison

CYD vs Keypad Typing Practice

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

Head to head
About

CYD

Personalize your mobile typing experience with a variety of custom keyboard styles and unique fonts. Create message templates for frequently used phrases to communicate more efficiently. Enhance your social media presence with eye-catching text.

Highlights
  • Custom keyboard styles
  • Unique font selection
  • Message templates
  • Social media text enhancement
  • Personalized typing experience
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Chose which style of keyboard more suitable for you, change it any time. Find you best custom fonts and make your social network pages more interesting. Are you annoying typing repeating phrases? Just make up your message template and send it to your friends and relatives. Your subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current subscription period. Your iTunes will automatically be charged at the same price for renewal, as stated above, within 24 hours prior to the end of the current subscription period. You can manage your subscription and/or turn off auto-renewal by visiting your iTunes Account Settings after purchase. Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/chizhov-privacy-policy/privacy-policy Terms of use: https://sites.google.com/view/chizhov-terms-of-use/terms-of-use

About

Keypad Typing Practice

Features
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Make time for a little typing practice. Keyboard Typing Practice combines guided lessons, personal practice passages, and timed tests so you can work on accurate input and see how each attempt went. Begin with the fundamentals or go straight to text you want to rehearse. A clear starting point The Learn section offers Mobile basics, Capitalization, Punctuation, Everyday messages, and Corrections. Its 18 basics exercises move from repeated letters to word groups, phrases, and mixed reviews. A 95% accuracy goal helps keep that first course focused on careful typing rather than rushing through it. Each course shows completed exercises and the next available lesson. Revisit an earlier lesson whenever you need another pass. Continue learning on the home screen opens your saved exercise position, while the basics counter shows how much of the introductory course you have completed. Room for different keyboards Mobile typing guidance illustrates a two-thumb approach and explains alternatives such as using one thumb or an index finger. Optional number and symbol exercises help you find characters on different keyboard layers. For a physical keyboard, the 240-exercise Touch typing course and dedicated row drills offer another way to practise. Your text, your pace Choose letters, words, or sentences in Practice for sessions without a countdown. Where repetition options are available, select a short, standard, or extended drill. You can also enter or paste your own text, choose 1 to 10 repetitions, and start a custom exercise. The text field accepts up to 2,000 characters, with a 10,000-character limit for the full repeated passage. As you type, a highlighted position guides you through the target. Green and red feedback distinguish correct characters from errors. You can correct a mistake with Backspace, but that error remains part of your accuracy calculation. Pause when you need to stop, resume the same attempt, or reset it for a fresh start. A measured speed check Speed Test offers 30, 60, and 120 second durations. Read the passage before starting: the clock begins with your first character. Follow live WPM, accuracy, and remaining time. Test input is intended for manual typing, with pasting disabled. The results display elapsed time, correct characters, errors, accuracy, and words per minute. WPM is calculated using five correct characters per word. Finish the full timed test to make it available for completed-test comparisons in Progress. Useful feedback after each attempt Up to 100 recent attempts are saved locally on this device. Open Progress to see the passage, date, elapsed time, WPM, accuracy, and errors for saved sessions. Retry a passage directly from its result card. Completed tests of the same duration can be compared to show the change between your latest comparable attempts. Repeatedly missed characters appear in the focus section, where you can start a drill using those characters. The home summary also shows your saved attempt count, best completed-test WPM, and average accuracy from recent attempts. Set the appearance to light, dark, or follow the system. Lessons and results are stored locally; advertising and external services may need an internet connection. The app includes advertising, with optional subscriptions for removing ads. Terms of Use https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

CYD4 screens
Keypad Typing Practice4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: CYD at every 6 weeks against Keypad Typing Practice's every 18 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. CYD sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days and Keypad Typing Practice sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CYD ships an update every 6 weeks, Keypad Typing Practice every 18 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
CYD versus Keypad Typing Practice: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCYDKeypad Typing Practice
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (76 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings76 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 18 months
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size126 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNikita ChizhovMerbin Joe

In-app purchases

3 purchases

CYD

Subscriptions2
  • Custom Keyboard & Cool Fonts3 Days trial$1.997 Days
  • Premium CYD3 Days trial$2.991 Month
One-time1
  • Cool Keyboards & Fonts$9.99
3 purchases

Keypad Typing Practice

Subscriptions3
  • 1 Month Ad-Free$0.991 Month
  • Six Month Ad-Free$2.996 Months
  • 1 Year No Ads Access$4.991 Year

Questions

Is CYD free?
CYD is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Keypad Typing Practice free?
Keypad Typing Practice is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do CYD or Keypad Typing Practice have ads?
Both CYD and Keypad Typing Practice show ads.
Which is updated more often, CYD or Keypad Typing Practice?
CYD ships an update every 6 weeks, and Keypad Typing Practice every 18 months. Most recently, CYD was updated on November 3, 2026 and Keypad Typing Practice on November 7, 2026.

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