Comparison

Animal Typing vs GreatTyping

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 through a fun, gamified experience where your typing speed and accuracy determine your animal's progress. Features lessons for all ages, including specialized content for children, and supports various keyboard layouts and external keyboards.

Highlights
  • Gamified typing lessons
  • Speed and accuracy rewards
  • Lessons for all ages
  • Specialized kids' lessons
  • Virtual and Bluetooth keyboard support
  • Multiple keyboard layouts
  • Customizable typing 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.) • Local user login system to switch between multiple users. • Possibility to customize the finger typing zones. • 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

GreatTyping

Learn touch typing with a structured course designed for all users, including those with special needs. Customize your experience with adjustable settings and add your own content. Best used with an external keyboard.

Highlights
  • Complete training course
  • Add custom content
  • Adjustable font size and color
  • Suitable for visually impaired
  • Developed for children with special needs
  • ClassKit support
Features
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GreatTyping is a plain and well structured app to learn touch typing. • complete training course • best with an external keyboard • add custom content • adjustable font size and color scheme • suitable even for the needs of visually impaired people • developed by qualified teachers for children with special needs • ClassKit support • no ads

Screenshots

Animal Typing3 screens
GreatTyping3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Animal Typing at 4.5 against GreatTyping's 3.6. Animal Typing also leads on ratings volume (5.2K vs 13) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 4 months). GreatTyping's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). On price, review sentiment, 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. Animal Typing sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and GreatTyping sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Animal Typing holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Animal Typing has 5.2K ratings behind it against 13, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 69% of Animal Typing's written reviews are positive against 63% of GreatTyping's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

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

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Animal Typing versus GreatTyping: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAnimal TypingGreatTyping
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (5.2K ratings) — better3.6 (13 ratings)
Positive reviews68.8% of reviews — better63.4% of reviews
Number of ratings5.2K — better13
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size61 MB5 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperCorentin FaucherBriegers GbR

Customer experience

Animal Typing

All ratings5,045 ratings
Positive86.2%
Neutral6.0%
Negative7.7%
Written reviews292 reviews
Positive68.8%
Neutral12.0%
Negative19.2%

GreatTyping

All ratings13 ratings
Positive46.2%
Neutral30.8%
Negative23.1%
Written reviews41 reviews
Positive63.4%
Neutral4.9%
Negative31.7%

Bugs and requests

Animal Typing

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Keyboard layout issues
  • Incorrect registering of keystrokes
  • Crashing and freezing
  • Lesson progression problems

Requested features

4 requests
  • More free content and lessons
  • Ability to adjust keyboard size
  • Support for additional languages
  • Improved scoring and feedback

GreatTyping

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Animal Typing

One-time3
  • Kids Lessons$10.99
  • Standard Lessons$12.00
  • Full Version$19.99
1 purchases

GreatTyping

One-time1
  • Donation$4.99

Questions

Is Animal Typing free?
Animal Typing is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is GreatTyping free?
GreatTyping is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Animal Typing or GreatTyping?
Animal Typing is rated higher. Animal Typing averages 4.5 out of 5 from 5.2K ratings, while GreatTyping averages 3.6 from 13 ratings.
Do Animal Typing or GreatTyping have ads?
Neither Animal Typing nor GreatTyping shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Animal Typing or GreatTyping?
Animal Typing ships an update every 2 months, and GreatTyping every 4 months. Most recently, Animal Typing was updated on November 6, 2026 and GreatTyping on November 7, 2026.

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