TapTyping vs Typing King (Typing practice)
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
Typing King (Typing practice)
Practice typing in English and Korean simultaneously with this fun game. Compete with players worldwide and discover your typing speed potential.
- English and Korean keyboard practice
- Global player competition
- Typing speed discovery
- Fun and engaging gameplay
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Start typing practice with fun. You can practice English and Korean keyboards at the same time. And compete with other people around the world. When you compete with other people, you will be amazed at how fast you can type. Have fun!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Typing King (Typing practice) at none against TapTyping's 10. Typing King (Typing practice) also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 months). TapTyping's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (601 vs 24). On price, rating 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. TapTyping sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Typing King (Typing practice) asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.3 for TapTyping against 4.4 for Typing King (Typing practice). That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TapTyping has 601 ratings behind it against 24, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 77% of TapTyping's written reviews are positive against 66% of Typing King (Typing practice)'s.
TapTyping ships an update every 2 months, Typing King (Typing practice) every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TapTyping | Typing King (Typing practice) |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (601 ratings) | 4.4 (24 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 77.3% of reviews — better | 66.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 601 — better | 24 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Flairify LLC | AppMadang |
Customer experience
TapTyping
Typing King (Typing practice)
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
Typing King (Typing practice)
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
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
Typing King (Typing practice)
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is TapTyping free?
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