Animal Typing vs Type Flash
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Animal Typing
Learn touch typing with a fun, game-like approach. Your typing speed and accuracy determine your animal's speed, encouraging faster and more precise key presses. Features lessons for all ages, including specialized content for children.
- Typing speed and accuracy game
- 28 general typing lessons
- 32 kid-specific typing lessons
- Virtual and Bluetooth keyboard support
- Animated finger guides
- Multiple keyboard layouts
- Customizable finger zones
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• Animal Typing is a simple and funny way to learn touch typing for all ages. In Animal Typing, the animal you get depends on your typing skills. The faster you type, the faster is your animal (snail, rabbit, horse, etc.). However, be careful, Animal Typing also greatly rewards your accuracy. So, avoid the typos and get the cheetah! • Use the virtual keyboard or a Bluetooth keyboard. ** A hardware Bluetooth keyboard is recommended. ** • 28 lessons to gradually learn the keyboard keys. • Also include two sets of 32 lessons designed for kids under 12 years old. • You could also import your own lessons (add them using iCloud Drive). • Animated fingers showing the proper typing technique. • Multiple Keyboard layouts: Qwerty (US/UK), Dvorak, Colemak, Workman, Qwertz (German/Swiss), Azerty (France). (Kids Lessons are designed for the Qwerty and Dvorak layout.) • Possibility to customize the finger typing zones. • Local user login system to switch between multiple users. • Dictation mode that spells out the words to be typed. • Include advanced lessons for specials characters (1234... #$%[]...). Credits: I want to thank the translators Mr Oscar Céspedes, Mr Amos Del Fabbro, Ms Lingnan Wang, Ms Kwon Nam Soo, Ms Masako Nagano and Ms Hanah Nguyen for the realization of the Spanish, Italian, Chinese, Korean, Japanese and Vietnamese lessons respectively. I want to thank Ms Gaylene Sutton for her suggestion and advices in the preparation of the "Kids Lessons" set. I want to thank the freesound.org community for the sound effects. Full audio credits: https://sites.google.com/view/animaltyping/.
Type Flash
A fast-paced word racing game where you compete globally for the highest Words Per Minute (WPM). Train your typing skills, challenge friends, and practice with touch or a connected keyboard. Enjoy a colorful experience with customizable backgrounds.
- Global WPM competition
- Friend challenges
- Touch and keyboard support
- Customizable colorful backgrounds
- Global leaderboards
- Smart auto-generated tests
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Race to compete against the world for the highest Words Per Minute (WPM) you can type! Train yourself, challenge your friends, and see how you rank up against the rest of the world. Practice with touch or connect a keyboard to practice traditional typing. With 5 colorful backgrounds to choose from improving your typing skills has never been so simple and colorful! Can you achieve a WPM of 100? Features: - smart auto generated typing speed tests - keyboard support - landscape support on iPad - 5 warm background colors to enhance experience - global leaderboards for skill rating and best streak Type, Learn, Improve, Repeat.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Type Flash at Free against Animal Typing's $19.99. Type Flash also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). Animal Typing's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On rating, review sentiment, ratings volume 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
Type Flash is free to download; Animal Typing costs $19.99 up front. Type Flash sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Animal Typing asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.3 for Animal Typing against 4.5 for Type Flash. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 591 and 1.2K respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 73% and 74% positive.
Animal Typing ships an update every 2 months, Type Flash every 12 months. Both last shipped on October 26, 2026.
| Parameter | Animal Typing | Type Flash |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $19.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.3 (591 ratings) | 4.5 (1.2K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 73.3% of reviews | 73.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 591 | 1.2K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 12 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 61 MB | 106 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Corentin Faucher | Corey Smith |
Customer experience
Animal Typing
Type Flash
User reviews
Animal Typing
From 591 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Fun and engaging for kids
- 🚀 Improves typing speed and accuracy
- 💡 Teaches correct finger placement
- 🌟 Entertaining and enjoyable
- 🎯 Effective for learning to type
Room to improve
- 💸 Expensive for some users
- 🤔 Unnatural text movement
- 🤷♀️ Words are not always real
- ❌ Some users can't advance levels
- 👎 Sound issues for some
Type Flash
From 1.2K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Fast typing practice
- 👍 Improves typing accuracy
- 🎮 Fun and engaging gameplay
- 📊 Helpful leaderboard feature
Room to improve
- 🐛 Glitches and bugs
- 💰 Too many ads
- 🕰️ Timed aspect can be frustrating
Bugs and requests
Animal Typing
Reported bugs
11 issues- No sound on iPad
- DELETE key stops working
- App crashes when screen is tapped
- App gets stuck
- Payment cancellation issues
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- Custom lesson text shows 'undefined'
- Logs out during gameplay
- Space key not working on iPad Magic Keyboard
- Cannot advance past level 24
- Typing experience unnatural
- No sound on iPad Pro
Requested features
8 requests- Add uppercase letters and numbers
- Allow custom text input
- Add voice dictation
- Modify finger colors
- Improve graphics and interface
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- Allow family sharing
- Option to change default username
- More intros/animations
Type Flash
Reported bugs
2 issues- Ads blocking view of typing area
- Inability to progress to next level
Requested features
3 requests- Customizable word lists and difficulty levels
- Flashcard mode for targeted practice
- Voice feedback for letter inputs
In-app purchases
Animal Typing
No in-app purchases
Type Flash
- Remove Ads$1.99
Questions
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