Comparison

Typing Tutor vs ThumbType

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

Head to head
About

Typing Tutor

Features
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Learn to type without looking at the keys. A structured touch-typing course takes you from the home row to full sentences, numbers, symbols and code — one lesson at a time, right on your iPhone. Most typing apps throw a paragraph at you and show a score. This one teaches. A display-only keyboard sits under the text and lights up the exact key you should press next, colored by the finger that owns it, so your hands learn the layout instead of hunting for it. Every character is marked correct or wrong the instant you type it, and a live WPM and accuracy readout runs the whole time. Lessons unlock in order and are graded with up to three stars, so you always know what to work on next. WHAT YOU GET - Real muscle memory: 9 stages and 26 lessons that add one keyboard region at a time — home row, top row, bottom row, words and sentences, capitals and punctuation, the number row, symbols, speed and precision. - Eyes off the keys: an on-screen coach highlights the next key and shows the correct finger by color, both toggleable in Settings. - An honest number: type a short, medium or long passage in the Speed Test tab and get graded WPM and accuracy, with your personal bests kept on record. - Proof you are improving: a Progress tab with a WPM trend chart, average accuracy, total runs, day streak and a course-completion ring. - Drills that match your work: Swift code snippets, brackets and operators, the number row, and precision passages full of quotes, prices, emails and mixed case. - A reason to come back: 11 badges tied to real milestones, from your first lesson to 60 WPM, 98% accuracy, a 7-day streak and finishing the entire course. PERFECT FOR - Students and self-taught typists who want to stop hunting and pecking. - Office workers who type all day and want fewer backspaces. - Developers who need brackets, symbols and operators to feel automatic. - Anyone rebuilding speed and accuracy in a few focused minutes a day. WHY NOT JUST USE A FREE TYPING TEST WEBSITE? A test tells you your score. It does not tell you which finger you are using wrong, which key you keep missing, or what to practice tomorrow. This is an ordered course with a next-key coach, star grading and a saved progress history — a typing test is one screen of it. PRIVACY Everything stays on your device. Progress, personal bests and streaks are stored locally on your iPhone. There is no account to create and no analytics or tracking. You can erase all progress from Settings at any time, and the optional daily reminder is a local notification only. FULL ACCESS Full access unlocks the complete lesson course, the Speed Test tab, the Progress dashboard and every badge. Choose the plan that fits: weekly, yearly, or a one-time lifetime purchase. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation. Subscriptions renew automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; manage or cancel in your Apple Account settings. Lifetime is a one-time purchase with nothing to renew. Start with the home row today — three short lessons and you will already be typing four keys by touch. Terms of Use (EULA): https://web-levi.web.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://web-levi.web.app/privacy-policy Questions? tphuc.work@gmail.com

About

ThumbType

Enhance your touchscreen typing speed and accuracy with focused practice. This app offers offline, privacy-first training for various real-world typing scenarios, from quick messages to email and addresses. Track your progress and customize your learning experience.

Highlights
  • Offline typing practice
  • WPM and accuracy tracking
  • Real-world typing scenarios
  • Progress monitoring
  • Customizable practice modes
  • Privacy-focused design
Features
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ThumbType is a focused phone typing trainer for anyone who wants faster, cleaner, more confident typing on a touchscreen keyboard. It is built for the moments that actually matter on a phone: short messages, quick replies, school notes, work emails, addresses, codes, numbers, symbols and everyday phrases. Open the app, choose a practice language, type the prompt, and see how your speed, accuracy and spelling improve over time. Privacy is part of the product, not an extra setting: Offline / No Login / Privacy First / On Device / No Cloud Upload. ThumbType works fully offline after installation. There is no account to create, no social feed, no cloud workspace and no sync process. Your typed practice text, WPM results, accuracy, streaks, settings and progress history stay on this device. The app is made for people who want to train without sending their habits, mistakes or learning history to a server. Practice is organized around real phone use. Start with common words to build basic speed, move into sentences for smoother rhythm, then train daily chat phrases that feel like real messages. Email practice helps with school and work replies. Numbers & Symbols builds comfort with things that slow people down on a phone keyboard: email addresses, dates, prices, order numbers, passwords, punctuation and short codes. Address Practice is for streets, cities and zip codes. Pinyin Practice helps you type initials, finals and pinyin phrases with better flow. ThumbType currently includes practice content for English, Portuguese, Spanish and Pinyin Chinese. You can switch the practice language from the Home or Practice screen, and the app UI can follow the iOS per-app language setting. The lessons are stored inside the app, so you can keep practicing on a commute, in a classroom, on a flight, in a library, or anywhere with weak signal. For quick training, use Continue Practice or the Daily Challenge. The daily challenge picks a fresh mixed exercise so a short session still feels varied. For measurement, the Test tab offers 30-Second Sprint, 60-Second Standard and 3-Minute Challenge modes. Type as much as you can before the timer ends, then ThumbType measures WPM and accuracy so you can compare sessions without guessing. Progress is simple and readable. The Home screen shows today’s sessions, best WPM, accuracy and streak. The Progress tab tracks practice time, lessons done, best WPM, average accuracy, day streak, total sessions, recent results and language progress. Instead of a noisy dashboard, ThumbType gives you the numbers that help you decide what to practice next. The app also includes settings that make practice easier to stick with: text size controls, sound effects, haptics, Senior Mode for larger text and gentler pacing, and Kids Mode for shorter lessons with simpler words. Reset progress whenever you want; all saved results are local to the device. ThumbType is intentionally calm. No login wall. No cloud upload. No internet requirement. No complicated course map. Just short, repeatable typing practice for speed, accuracy and spelling, with private on-device progress you can trust. Use ThumbType as a daily warm-up before writing a long message, preparing for class, replying to work, learning a new language, or helping a family member get more comfortable with the phone keyboard. The best sessions are short and regular: a few minutes of focused practice, a quick speed test, then a look at the results. Because everything is offline and on device, you can build the habit anywhere. ThumbType Pro unlocks unlimited practice, all lessons and tests, detailed speed and accuracy trends, every practice language, and Senior and Kids modes. Privacy Policy https://woodcuttool.com/legal/ThumbType/privacy/ Terms of Use https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Typing Tutor4 screens
ThumbType4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Typing Tutor at none against ThumbType's 2. ThumbType's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs monthly). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. ThumbType sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Typing Tutor asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Typing Tutor ships an update monthly, ThumbType every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and July 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Typing Tutor versus ThumbType: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTyping TutorThumbType
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS18.017.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPhuc Pham家宝 戴

In-app purchases

None

Typing Tutor

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

ThumbType

Subscriptions2
  • ThumbType Pro Monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • ThumbType Pro Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year

Questions

Is Typing Tutor free?
Typing Tutor is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ThumbType free?
ThumbType is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Typing Tutor or ThumbType have ads?
Neither Typing Tutor nor ThumbType shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Typing Tutor or ThumbType?
Typing Tutor ships an update monthly, and ThumbType every 5 days. Most recently, Typing Tutor was updated on September 28, 2026 and ThumbType on July 17, 2026.

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