TypeDefense vs Letter Quest
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.
Letter Quest
This timed puzzle game merges letter tiles to spell words, offering both educational fun for children and mental agility challenges for adults. Compete with friends and global players on leaderboards.
- Merge letter tiles
- Spell words
- Timed challenges
- Zen Mode for learning
- Global leaderboards
- GameCenter integration
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Letter Quest is a timed puzzle game fun for all ages -- challenging for adults and also educational for young learners when played in Zen Mode. Young children can learn the alphabet by merging letter tiles, which are then used to spell words, and adults can sharpen their mental agility by racing against the clock to spell as many words as possible before the board fills up with tiles. Compare scores against your GameCenter friends and against the rest of the world via Apple's Leaderboards!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Letter Quest at 4.8 against TypeDefense's 2.9. Letter Quest also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 65%) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 59 months). TypeDefense's advantage is ratings volume (767 vs 11) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 11.0). On price, ads, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Letter Quest holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TypeDefense has 767 ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 65% of TypeDefense's written reviews are positive against 100% of Letter Quest's.
TypeDefense ships an update every 59 months, Letter Quest every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TypeDefense | Letter Quest |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.9 (767 ratings) | 4.8 (11 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 64.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 767 — better | 11 |
| Update frequency | Every 59 months | Every 2 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 | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 92 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | GreenRobot LLC | Floyd Ross |
Customer experience
TypeDefense
Letter Quest
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
Letter Quest
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
TypeDefense
No in-app purchases
Letter Quest
No in-app purchases
