PPSSPP vs FMC TYPER
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PPSSPP
Experience your favorite PSP titles on your iOS device with high-definition graphics and enhanced features. This emulator allows you to play a vast library of PSP games with excellent performance. Access your own game files or explore free homebrew titles.
- Play PSP games on iOS
- High-definition graphics
- Extra features
- High performance
- Supports ISO/CSO files
- Built-in Homebrew Store
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Play PSP games on your iOS device, in high definition with extra features! PPSSPP is the original and only PSP emulator for mobile devices. It can run nearly all PSP games with great performance on iOS. No games are included with this download. Use your own real PSP games and turn them into .ISO or .CSO files (see the homepage for instructions), or simply play free homemade games, which are available in the built-in "Homebrew Store". PSP is a trademark of Sony. The PPSSPP project is in no way affiliated with Sony.
FMC TYPER
Practice touch-typing with a retro flight computer interface. Engage in various typing games, including air traffic control simulations and rhythm-based challenges, all within an aviation-themed environment. Improve your typing speed and accuracy with realistic panel layouts.
- Retro flight computer interface
- Air traffic control simulation
- Rhythm typing game
- Word falling typing game
- Whack-a-mole typing game
- Route navigation typing game
- Realistic panel layouts
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FMC TYPER is a retro typing game styled after an airliner's flight management computer. Every key of the panel sits exactly where your fingers expect it — practice touch-typing the aviation way, on a green CRT that feels like the real instrument. NEW: ATC RUSH Hear the call. Type it. Fire. Listen to air traffic control, pick out your callsign, and type the readback on the keypad — heading, altitude, speed, frequency, even taxi routes. Get it right and your readback launches itself at the target. • A campaign across Mars and Titan — six packages and a TOWER boss every stage, planet bosses at stages 10 and 20 • Read back the taxi clearance to break the shield, then the takeoff clearance to finish the boss • TERRAIN, TCAS and WINDSHEAR alerts that you answer like a pilot • An upgrade tree with skills and fusions that visibly change your jet • SAY AGAIN, a stage map with story radio, and a shareable result card FIVE GAMES • ATC RUSH — the new radio-readback shooter above. • TYPE TEMPO — rhythm typing on a flight-display note field. Notes drop down the lanes to original retro tracks: hit the keys on the beat, hold the long notes, chase PERFECT on the magenta capture line. Timing adjusts itself for Bluetooth headphones. • WORD RAIN — aviation words fall down the CRT. Type them and press EXEC to shoot them down before they pile up. Reach a 10 combo to enter FEVER: words auto-fire the instant you finish typing them. • WHACK-A-MOLE — tokens pop up beside the line-select keys. Type the token, smash its key, beat the clock. Three difficulty levels. • ROUTE RUN — fly routes fix by fix on a navigation display over a night-lights map, typing each waypoint to advance. Domestic and international routes. BUILT LIKE THE REAL THING • Faithful 1:1 panel scale on iPad Air 11" — real key pitch and layout for blind-typing practice • Three panel skins: the classic green-screen B737 CDU, a blue-grey A320 MCDU, and the E-JET MCDU — each with its own muscle-memory quirks • CRT glow, scanlines, phosphor trails and original retro soundtrack and sound effects • On iPhone, a keypad zoom brings the keys up to finger size TRAIN YOUR FINGERS Blind-type ICAO airport codes, waypoints, the phonetic alphabet, procedure names and ATC readbacks. Every result screen shows your previous best, and high scores are tracked per panel skin. FAIR AND SIMPLE The first rounds are ad-free, then a short ad appears every few completed rounds — never during play. One optional purchase removes all ads forever. FMC TYPER is a game for entertainment and typing practice. It is not for real-world navigation or flight training. Radio calls, callsigns and values are fictional.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: PPSSPP at none against FMC TYPER's shown. PPSSPP also leads on ratings volume (2.8K vs 4) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). FMC TYPER's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 4 weeks). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. PPSSPP sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and FMC TYPER sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
FMC TYPER holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PPSSPP has 2.8K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 72% of PPSSPP's written reviews are positive against 100% of FMC TYPER's.
PPSSPP ships an update every 4 weeks, FMC TYPER every 2 days. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.
| Parameter | PPSSPP | FMC TYPER |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (2.8K ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 72.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2.8K — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | Every 2 days — 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 | 13.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 44 MB | 150 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Henrik Rydgård | SEUNGHA MOON |
Customer experience
PPSSPP
FMC TYPER
Bugs and requests
PPSSPP
Reported bugs
3 issues- Crashes when trying to load save files
- Controller mapping not working properly
- Certain games not launching or freezing
Requested features
5 requests- Add support for PS2 and PS3 emulation
- Improve save state functionality
- Implement haptic feedback for on-screen controls
- Allow customization of button mapping
- Add portrait mode support
FMC TYPER
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
PPSSPP
- PPSSPP Gold$3.99
FMC TYPER
- REMOVE ADS$3.99









