TapTyping vs Speed Typer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TapTyping
Improve your typing skills on iOS devices with interactive lessons and tests. Track your progress with heatmaps and replays, and compete globally. Suitable for all skill levels, from beginners to advanced typists.
- Typing speed test
- Introductory to advanced lessons
- Finger heat map
- Instant replay of typing
- Global leaderboard
- External keyboard support
- Specialized courses
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Master typing on your iPad, iPhone, or iPod Touch! ~~~ Free: the TapTyping Speed Test and samples of all of lessons. There's a one time In-App-Purchase to unlock everything. ~~~ TapTyping is made for you, no matter what your skill level! ~ Total beginner? You will become a capable typist after just a few introductory lessons. ~ Already decent? Watch your typing speed increase by around 10 words per minute in less than an hour. ~ Typing pro? Prove it with high scores on our advanced lessons. Can you top 60 WPM? 80 WPM? 100 WPM? ----- See a heat map of where you fingers hit the iPad on-screen keyboard and find where you are making your mistakes. ----- Watch an Instant Replay of each page you type to see where you're landing your hits and misses. ----- Go for high scores on TapTyping's global leaderboard against other iOS users. ----- TapTyping is fully compatible with external and bluetooth keyboards. ----- TapTyping offers following courses: ~ iPhone/iPad Crash Course: quick overview with must have information for new iOS users ~ Beginner: Learn to quickly reach the primary keys (a-z) ~ Intermediate: Capitalization, punctuation, numbers ~ Advanced: difficult tapping patterns, complicated sentences and symbols ~ Special courses: Alice's Adventures In Wonderland (chapters 1 & 2), US History, Inspirational Quotes, Romeo & Juliet ----- The speed test is free for unlimited use and each sample may be typed once. All other material is available via In-App-Purchase. ----- We love hearing from you! Get in touch with us: support@flairify.com
Speed Typer
Measure and improve your typing speed and accuracy with this free app. Challenge friends and aim for top rankings in multiple languages. See how fast you can truly type.
- Measure typing speed
- Improve accuracy
- Challenge friends
- Global rankings
- Ten language support
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Think you’re a fast typist? Test your skills with Speed Typer, a typing app designed to help you measure speed, improve accuracy, and track your progress over time. Practice across multiple modes, view detailed statistics, and unlock premium features like advanced insights, custom typing tests, and an ad-free experience. Speed Typer supports ten languages: Dutch, American English, British English, French, German, Hindi, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, and Turkish. Please see https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ for Speed Typer’s Terms of Use (EULA).
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: TapTyping at none against Speed Typer's shown. TapTyping also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 16.0). Speed Typer's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 4.3) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, review sentiment, 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. TapTyping sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Speed Typer sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Speed Typer holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Speed Typer has 6.7K ratings behind it against 602, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 77% of TapTyping's written reviews are positive against 83% of Speed Typer's.
TapTyping ships an update every 2 months, Speed Typer every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TapTyping | Speed Typer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (602 ratings) | 4.7 (6.7K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 77.4% of reviews | 83.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 602 | 6.7K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Flairify LLC | justncode LLC |
Customer experience
TapTyping
Speed Typer
User reviews
TapTyping
From 602 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Great for learning to type
- 👍 Helpful for improving typing speed and accuracy
- 💡 Innovative way to practice typing on iPad
- 🚀 Excellent training tool
Room to improve
- 🔒 Lessons locked after free trial
- 💰 Requires in-app purchases for full access
- 🐛 Occasional bugs and glitches
- 🔒 Limited free content
Speed Typer
From 6.7K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Helps improve typing speed
- 👍 Great for practice and learning
- 💡 Useful for college/work
- 👍 Engaging and fun
Room to improve
- 🔍 Too many ads
- ⏱️ Timed tests are too short
- 🐛 Inaccurate WPM calculations
- 💻 Doesn't work well with mobile keyboards
Bugs and requests
TapTyping
Reported bugs
3 issues- Typing cursor goes back to beginning of text
- Doesn't recognize certain keys properly
- App crashes when exiting lessons
Requested features
4 requests- Add more free lessons
- Allow users to redo lessons for free
- Implement a dark mode option
- Add support for Bluetooth keyboards
Speed Typer
Reported bugs
3 issues- Words disappearing after typing a space
- Inability to see typed text during tests
- Inconsistent font sizing across categories
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to adjust test duration
- More variety in word/sentence prompts
- Statistics tracking and progress monitoring
- Option to practice typing your own text
In-app purchases
TapTyping
- iPad U.S. History Lesson$0.99
- iPad Alice in Wonderland (1 & 2) Lesson$0.99
- iPad Crash Course Lesson$0.99
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- Inspirational Quotes (iPad)$0.99
- Romeo & Juliet, Act I (iPad)$0.99
- iPad Beginner Course$1.99
- iPad Intermediate Course$1.99
- Full Curriculum (iPhone)$3.99
- Full Curriculum (iPad)$3.99
- Full Curriculum$3.99
Speed Typer
- Monthly Premium Subscription$1.991 Month
- Yearly Premium Subscription$9.991 Year
- Lifetime Premium$99.99
