TypeDefense vs Typing Practice
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.
Typing Practice
Enhance your typing speed and accuracy with engaging mini-games. Track your progress, compete globally on leaderboards, and unlock achievements. This app offers a fun and effective way to boost your words per minute on mobile.
- 5 unique typing mini-games
- Global leaderboards
- Achievement collection
- Progress tracking
- WPM improvement
- Mobile typing practice
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Typing Practice - Typik is the fun way to improve your typing speed on mobile. Train your fingers, beat your personal best, and compete with players from around the world. TYPING PRACTICE Practice typing on your phone and watch your WPM (words per minute) climb. 5 TYPING PRACTICE MINI GAMES Stay motivated with 5 unique typing mini games. Each game tests your speed and accuracy in a different way. Type fast, score high, and unlock achievements. LEADERBOARDS & ACHIEVEMENTS Every mini game has its own global leaderboard. Compete with typists from around the world, climb the rankings, and collect all achievements. How fast can you really type? TRACK YOUR PROGRESS Watch your typing speed improve over time. Regular practice is the fastest way to boost your WPM — and Typik makes it easy to come back every day. Whether you want to type faster for work, personal life, or you just like to challenge yourself — "Typing practice - Typik" is the best typing practice app for mobile. Download free and start training today. privacy policy: https://mrjohn10.github.io/typik/privacy-policy Terms of Use (EULA): https://mrjohn10.github.io/typik/terms-of-service
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Typing Practice at 5.0 against TypeDefense's 2.9. Typing Practice also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 59 months). TypeDefense's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and ratings volume (767 vs 5). On price, ads 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
Both are free to download. Typing Practice sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. TypeDefense asks for nothing beyond the download.
Typing Practice 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 5, so its average is the more settled of the two.
TypeDefense ships an update every 59 months, Typing Practice monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TypeDefense | Typing Practice |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.9 (767 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 64.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 767 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 59 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 61 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | GreenRobot LLC | Jan Augustyniak |
Customer experience
TypeDefense
Typing Practice
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
Typing Practice
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
TypeDefense
No in-app purchases
Typing Practice
- Full Access$3.997 Days
- Full Access3 Days trial$7.991 Month
- Full Access3 Days trial$19.991 Year
- Unlimited access$9.99
