Type vs ty
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Type
Challenge your typing speed by racing against the clock to type the alphabet. Compete with friends and family to see who is the fastest.
- Alphabet typing test
- Speed competition
- Friend and family challenges
- Simple gameplay
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How fast can you type the alphabet? Test your typing skills and compete with your friends and family with Alphabet Typer.
ty
Explore the fascinating world of pi through a unique typing game. Test your speed and accuracy as you journey with the app's character. Discover an unusual phenomenon related to the digits of pi.
- Typing game mechanics
- Pi exploration
- Speed and accuracy test
- Unique character journey
- Fascinating digit phenomenon
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"The Feynman point is derived from the fact that the American physicist Richard Feynman enjoyed memorising pi up to this point. This pattern refers to the sequence of repeating digits '999999' after the decimal point in pi, which is 3.1415926535897932384626433832795028841.... However, this repetition is not related to the theoretical properties of pi and is considered to be an unusual phenomenon due to pure randomness. It is recognised as one of the fascinating properties of pi. Join 'ty-pi' on his journey! How far and how fast can you type with him? Give it a try and explore the fascinating world of pi through 'ty-pi'!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: ty at 5.0 against Type's 3.0. ty also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 5 weeks). Type's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On price and ratings volume 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. ty sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Type asks for nothing beyond the download.
ty holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively.
Type ships an update every 5 weeks, ty weekly. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Type | ty |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 49 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Julian Lau | Perspective, Inc. |
Customer experience
Type
ty
In-app purchases
Type
No in-app purchases
ty
- Remove Ads$1.99
