TypeDefense vs TextFast
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.
TextFast
Engage in thrilling head-to-head typing races against other players. Test your speed and accuracy in this competitive multiplayer game.
- Multiplayer typing races
- Head-to-head competition
- Speed and accuracy testing
- Competitive gameplay
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TextFast is a multiplayer typing game that lets users to have head to head races to see who can type the fastest.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: TextFast at 5.0 against TypeDefense's 2.9. TextFast also leads on update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 59 months). TypeDefense's advantage is ratings volume (767 vs 2) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 13.0). 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.
TextFast holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TypeDefense has 767 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
TypeDefense ships an update every 59 months, TextFast every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TypeDefense | TextFast |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.9 (767 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 64.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 767 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 59 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 129 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | GreenRobot LLC | Nakia Styron |
Customer experience
TypeDefense
TextFast
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
TextFast
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
TypeDefense
No in-app purchases
TextFast
No in-app purchases
