Comparison

Ghost Type vs Spellphabet

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Ghost Type

This educational tool helps users master iPad typing skills. It offers pre-built lessons and allows for custom lesson creation using personal content. Features include a unique ghosting keyboard, multiple student profiles, and teacher/parent lockable modes for controlled access.

Highlights
  • Custom lesson creation
  • Ghosting keyboard for memory typing
  • Multiple student profiles
  • Teacher/parent lockable mode
  • Export and share lessons
  • Supports QWERTZ, AZERTY, Dvorak keyboards
Features
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Learning to master the keyboard of an iPad is made easier, with Ghost Type from demografix. An iPad typing tutor created with education in mind. • The only typing tutor that allows you to create your own lessons with your content to suit your child or students • Inbuilt lessons from beginner to advanced, including Dolch words, that can be fully edited • Flexible export and sharing of your lessons via email, Dropbox, iTunes or Airdrop. • Uses the correct school fonts and multiple student profiles • Teacher or parent lockable to restrict student access and functions • Innovative Ghosting keyboard to improve memory typing skills • The best iPad keyboarding skills and development tool available • Selected by many schools under volume education purchases • QWERTZ, AZERTY and Dvorak Keyboards • The correct schoolfonts Accessing the correct school fonts while using Ghost Type is simple and a wide range of fonts including Australian state education fonts, UK, NZ and USA styles are available currently. Ghost Type contains a series of typing lessons that are aimed at improving both typing speed and accuracy on an iPad and features a unique ghosting keyboard option, aiding the user in memorizing the layout of the iPad keyboard. Create, save and share your own lessons to suit your own curriculum and year levels, with complete control over the management of the lessons. Use your spelling lists or any other content for your students or child to learn, all while learning iPad typing at the same time. The Ghost Type keyboard displays the letters until you start typing. Type the correct letter and the keys on the keyboard remain faded out. Pause your typing, and the letters will fade back in. The fade-in speed can be set as very slow, slow, normal, fast and very fast via the settings. You can also turn the Ghost Type keyboard off via the settings and use a ‘partial’ setting. The app is also fully compatible with external keyboards. The app is in landscape mode only and does not support the Apple portrait dock. • A lockable app As a parent or teacher you can lock the app into a restricted student mode. When in student mode, lessons cannot be created or deleted and profiles cannot be changed. Other options are available depending on your teacher/parent choices. These include access to the Ghost Write function, home screen options and access to any external links. Fully COPPA compliant. • Take a Lesson or a Speed Test The lessons work much like traditional typing programs on computers you may have used when you first learned to type. As you type in the characters, they’ll be lightened out. Your current character will be highlighted in green, while mistyped characters will be highlighted in red. As you type you’ll see the time elapsed, your average words per minute (wpm), and your accuracy percentage. The aim is to try to type in the words as fast as you can without looking at the virtual keys. Once you finish, your various statistics will be recorded. You will discover that it’s not that hard to gain speed and accuracy on the iPad keyboard. “I think the ghost keyboard is a great idea. The look and feel is great and it's pretty intuitive to us. Multiple profiles, locking aspects of app are excellent ideas - teachers will really love that, especially teachers who don't have 1 to 1 iPads.” Richard, Australian Teacher. "Congratulations on a great app.. As a touch typist on a standard keyboard it is sometimes a struggle to translate that skill to the iPad, but just a short time on Ghost Type has already retuned my brain to be faster and more accurate than I would have imagined... Anyone using an iPad, adult or child will benefit greatly from this app." Fun AND educational ***** by Critical analyst Also a big thanks to the US District that purchased 1800 copies recently. Thanks from us! Facebook : http://www.facebook.com/demografix.pty.ltd Twitter : http://twitter.com/demografix_au

About

Spellphabet

This educational game uses words as magic spells to build fantasy worlds, teaching kids spelling, phonics, and sight reading. Designed by experts for ages 4+, it features beautiful illustrations and smart audio guidance.

Highlights
  • Interactive word-based world building
  • Spelling, phonics, and sight reading skills
  • Beautiful hand-drawn watercolor illustrations
  • Smart audio guidance with phonemes
  • 550+ interactable words
  • Offline mode
  • 4 difficulty modes
Features
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In Spellphabet, kids use words like magic spells to create and interact with fantasy worlds. Build your kid’s skills in spelling, phonics, and sight reading with this delightful and educational game. ​This app was designed by experts for kids from preschool to second grade. Your kids will love Spellphabet: • Beautiful hand-drawn watercolor illustrations • Endless fun with over 550+ interactable words • Smart audio guidance that breaks words into phonemes • 4 difficulty modes for all skill levels Additional features • Star-rating system to encourage kids to practice • Learn on the go with offline mode • Multi-touch support • Ad free, forever Free Trial • When you first start the game, you have a free 24 hour trial where all of the levels are unlocked. • After the trial period, you can continue to play the first level for free. • You can permanently receive access to all of the levels with a one-time purchase of the full version of the game on the "Parents" screen. Spellphabet was made with love by Mark and Xin for their 2 kids. We hope you enjoy the game!

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Spellphabet at Free against Ghost Type's $2.99. Spellphabet also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.0) and review sentiment (100% vs 62%). Ghost Type's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 13.0). On ratings volume and ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Spellphabet is free to download; Ghost Type costs $2.99 up front. Spellphabet sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Ghost Type asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Spellphabet holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 7 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 62% of Ghost Type's written reviews are positive against 100% of Spellphabet's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ghost Type ships an update every 3 months, Spellphabet every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Ghost Type versus Spellphabet: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGhost TypeSpellphabet
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating4.0 (4 ratings)5.0 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews61.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings47 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 4 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS9.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB123 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerdemografix pty ltdFinal Final Studios LLC

Customer experience

Ghost Type

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive61.5%
Neutral7.7%
Negative30.8%

Spellphabet

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Ghost Type

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Spellphabet

One-time1
  • Spellphabet Full Version$1.99

Questions

Is Ghost Type free?
Ghost Type costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Spellphabet free?
Spellphabet is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Ghost Type or Spellphabet?
Spellphabet is rated higher. Ghost Type averages 4.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Spellphabet averages 5.0 from 7 ratings.
Do Ghost Type or Spellphabet have ads?
Neither Ghost Type nor Spellphabet shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Ghost Type or Spellphabet?
Ghost Type ships an update every 3 months, and Spellphabet every 4 weeks. Most recently, Ghost Type was updated on October 23, 2026 and Spellphabet on October 24, 2026.

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