Comparison

Typing Trainer vs KeyRush

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

Head to head
About

Typing Trainer

Master touch typing with lessons that gradually increase in difficulty. Improve your speed and accuracy with finger placement hints and detailed statistics. Practice for short, regular sessions to see noticeable improvements in your typing skills.

Highlights
  • Touch typing lessons
  • Gradual difficulty progression
  • Speed and accuracy training
  • Finger and key placement hints
  • Typing statistics (WPM, accuracy)
  • Short, regular practice sessions
Features
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Typing without looking at the keyboard is a skill that saves time every day. This app helps you build proper finger placement, improve accuracy, and steadily increase your typing speed. What’s inside: Touch typing lessons with gradual difficulty progression Speed and accuracy training Finger and key placement hints Stats for WPM, accuracy, mistakes, and daily progress Short sessions for easy regular practice Suitable for beginners and for those who want to type faster How it works: Choose a lesson or training session Type the text, and the app tracks your speed and mistakes See your results and understand what to improve next Practice for 5–10 minutes a day, and your typing speed will start improving noticeably faster.

About

KeyRush

Features
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Welcome to KeyRush — the typing trainer that doesn't feel like one. Whether you're chasing a 100 WPM personal best, learning touch typing from scratch, or racing your phone for a quick win, KeyRush is built around one idea: typing practice should feel like a game you actually want to come back to. WHY KEYRUSH • Two vibes, one app. Flip between Pro mode (clean, distraction-free) and Arcade mode (effects, sounds, confetti) — match the experience to your mood. • Made for iOS. Spring animations, haptics, symbol effects, Swift Charts — it feels native because it is. • On-device by design. No account to sign up for. Your stats, sessions, and custom texts stay on this device. SPEED TEST • Pick 15-, 30-, 60-, or 120-second runs. • Live WPM, accuracy, and consistency tracked in real time. • Color-coded per-character feedback as you type. • Beautiful results sheet: WPM ring, error breakdown, trouble-bigram chart. • A live WPM sparkline shows your rhythm mid-run. • 12 text packs — random words, famous quotes, fun facts, tongue twisters, pangrams, poetry, code wisdom, science, nature, philosophy, proverbs, and Surprise Me. LESSONS • 10 stages, color-coded by finger family — pink for pinkies, mint for middles, purple for indexes. • Pinkies-first pedagogy — break the hunt-and-peck habit before it locks in. • Five sub-lessons per stage with 1- to 3-star ratings. • Hit 90% accuracy and 20 WPM to unlock the next stage. • Optional finger-guide overlay highlights the right finger as you go. RACE VS CPU • Line up against 1–3 simulated opponents. • Difficulty from 30 WPM all the way to Extreme. • Smart mode auto-tunes opponents to your recent sessions. • 60-second sprints or first-to-finish on a 250-character track. • Animated runners, finish-line celebration, instant replay. STATS & CHARTS • Best WPM, current streak, total tests, level — at a glance. • WPM trend and accuracy trend over 7 / 30 / 90 days or all-time. • Per-key error heatmap on a real keyboard grid. • Top mistyped bigrams and trigrams so you know what to drill next. • Calendar heatmap of your practice days. • 50 XP-driven levels. 40+ ACHIEVEMENTS • Speed milestones from 20 WPM all the way to 160. • Accuracy badges: 90%, 95%, 98%, perfect 100%. • Endurance: 3-, 7-, 14-, 30-, and 100-day streaks. • Win races, complete every lesson stage, take a test at 3 AM — Night Owl awaits. DAILY CHALLENGE • A fresh seeded text every day — the same prompt for every player worldwide. • Bonus XP if you finish today's run. 6 THEMES, 4 KEY SOUNDS • Themes: System, Light, Dark, Ink, Paper, and Midnight (pure black for OLED). • Sounds: Silent, Mechanical, Typewriter, Soft. BUILT FOR YOUR KEYBOARD • A themed touch keyboard with finger-colored keys, or pair your hardware keyboard. • Hand-guide overlay highlights which finger should press next. • Adjustable prompt font size. ACCESSIBILITY • Full VoiceOver labels, Dynamic Type up to AX5, Reduce Motion respected. • Bold and underline cues for correct and incorrect characters, so color is never the only signal. 40 LANGUAGES, 9 KEYBOARD LAYOUTS • Train in Latin QWERTY, Cyrillic ЙЦУКЕН, Greek, Hebrew, Arabic, Devanagari, Thai, Korean Hangul, or Zhuyin. WIDGETS & SHORTCUTS • Home Screen widgets: best WPM today, streak, level. • Siri Shortcuts: "Start a typing test" and "What's my typing speed?" PRIVACY • Your typing sessions, stats, and custom texts live on this device. No sign-in required. REQUIREMENTS • iPhone or iPad running iOS 17.0 or later. Train, race, level up. Top your last best. — Privacy Policy: https://zydeno.com/keyrush/privacy.html Terms of Use: https://zydeno.com/keyrush/terms.html

Screenshots

Typing Trainer4 screens
KeyRush4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Typing Trainer at 13.0 against KeyRush's 17.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Typing Trainer ships an update every 10 days, KeyRush every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Typing Trainer versus KeyRush: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTyping TrainerKeyRush
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperInterhive OÜAndrii Matiushev

In-app purchases

None

Typing Trainer

No in-app purchases

None

KeyRush

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Typing Trainer free?
Typing Trainer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is KeyRush free?
KeyRush is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Typing Trainer or KeyRush have ads?
Neither Typing Trainer nor KeyRush shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Typing Trainer or KeyRush?
Typing Trainer ships an update every 10 days, and KeyRush every 9 days. Most recently, Typing Trainer was updated on October 28, 2026 and KeyRush on October 25, 2026.

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