Comparison

Animal Typing vs MLC

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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/.

About

MLC

Features
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MLC is a languages center that give courses to students, the purpose of this mobile application is to make it easier for the center to manage all the daily and monthly operations between them, teachers and students such as the attendance and home-works from one place and being connected anytime from anywhere. the MlC Center managers can publish and manage many courses and its details from a dashboard and assign them to a specific teachers with a clear schedule, and the students can access all these informations from the mobile application version and make a contact whether with a teacher or the center's managers via chat and they can receive notifications about the latest updates. By releasing this application we make the communications easier for all users to focus more in their study.

Screenshots

Animal Typing3 screens
MLC4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: MLC at Free against Animal Typing's $19.99. MLC also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). Animal Typing's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 4 months). On ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

MLC is free to download; Animal Typing costs $19.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Animal Typing ships an update every 2 months, MLC every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Animal Typing versus MLC: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAnimal TypingMLC
Price$19.99Free — better
Rating4.3 (595 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews73.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings595 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.613.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size61 MB37 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperCorentin FaucherDigiX Co

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

MLC

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Animal Typing

No in-app purchases

None

MLC

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Animal Typing free?
Animal Typing costs $19.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is MLC free?
MLC is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Animal Typing or MLC have ads?
Neither Animal Typing nor MLC shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Animal Typing or MLC?
Animal Typing ships an update every 2 months, and MLC every 4 months. Most recently, Animal Typing was updated on November 6, 2026 and MLC on November 7, 2026.

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