TypeDefense vs Type
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TypeDefense
Test your typing speed in this engaging game where you defend a city from incoming missiles by rapidly typing words. Compete with friends and players worldwide on a global leaderboard to prove your typing prowess.
- Typing speed game
- City defense gameplay
- Endless game mode
- Global leaderboard
- Compare scores with friends
- Pause and save game
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How fast can you type on the iPhone keyboard? TypeDefense is a fun and addicting game where you defend your city from missiles by typing in words as fast as possible! You can even compare your typing speed against your friends and other on our global leaderboard! Think you're an iPhone typing master? Get TypeDefense and see how good you really are! Features Include: - Endless game play. - Global leaderboard. Compare your speed score against your friends and others. - Pause or save your current game. Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/greenrobotllc Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/greenrobotllc Visit the Type Defense Forums for discussion about the game: https://forums.greenrobot.com/c/type-defense By using or accessing GreenRobot Services, you agree that you have reviewed our Terms of Service at https://greenrobot.com/terms and Privacy Policy at https://greenrobot.com/privacy and consent to be bound by them.
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.
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Verdict
TypeDefense and Type both sit at 2.9 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Type's written reviews are positive against 65% of TypeDefense's. Type also leads on update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 59 months). TypeDefense's advantage is ratings volume (760 vs 2) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 13.0). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 2.9 for TypeDefense against 3.0 for Type. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TypeDefense has 760 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 65% of TypeDefense's written reviews are positive against 100% of Type's.
TypeDefense ships an update every 59 months, Type every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TypeDefense | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.9 (760 ratings) | 3.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 64.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 760 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 59 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | GreenRobot LLC | Julian Lau |
Customer experience
TypeDefense
Type
Bugs and requests
TypeDefense
Reported bugs
1 issue- Word validation accepts overlapping/duplicate entries (e.g., 'heeyhey' for 'hey')
Requested features
4 requests- Landscape mode support
- Custom music playback
- Less destructive game imagery
- Horizontal keyboard orientation option
Type
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
TypeDefense
No in-app purchases
Type
No in-app purchases
