Comparison

Animal Typing vs Typing Test

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

Typing Test

Practice and measure your typing skills with two distinct game modes: paragraph and word. Track your progress, including WPM, accuracy, and time spent, in the statistics menu.

Highlights
  • Paragraph typing mode
  • Word typing mode
  • WPM tracking
  • Accuracy tracking
  • Keystroke count
  • Time spent tracking
Features
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Test your typing speed. The game contains two modes: paragraph and word. In Paragraph mode, you'll type a passage from a book or a quote from a famous person. In "Word" mode, you will type random words that appear on the screen. In the Statistics menu you can track your typing speed (wpm), accuracy, number of keystrokes and words typed, and time spent in-game.

Screenshots

Animal Typing3 screens
Typing Test4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Animal Typing at 4.5 against Typing Test's 2.3. Animal Typing also leads on review sentiment (69% vs 33%) and ads (none vs shown). Typing Test's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.6). On price 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

Both are free to download. Animal Typing sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Typing Test asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Animal Typing holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Animal Typing has 5.2K ratings behind it against 6, 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 33% of Typing Test's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Animal Typing ships an update every 2 months, Typing Test every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Animal Typing versus Typing Test: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAnimal TypingTyping Test
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (5.2K ratings) — better2.3 (6 ratings)
Positive reviews68.8% of reviews — better33.3% of reviews
Number of ratings5.2K — better6
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 8 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.612.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size61 MB93 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperCorentin FaucherAleksa Racovic

Customer experience

Animal Typing

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

Typing Test

All ratings6 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral16.7%
Negative50.0%

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

Typing Test

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
None

Typing Test

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Animal Typing free?
Animal Typing is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Typing Test free?
Typing Test is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Animal Typing or Typing Test?
Animal Typing is rated higher. Animal Typing averages 4.5 out of 5 from 5.2K ratings, while Typing Test averages 2.3 from 6 ratings.
Do Animal Typing or Typing Test have ads?
Typing Test shows ads; Animal Typing does not.
Which is updated more often, Animal Typing or Typing Test?
Animal Typing ships an update every 2 months, and Typing Test every 8 months. Most recently, Animal Typing was updated on November 11, 2026 and Typing Test on November 3, 2026.

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