4 Best Typing.com Alternatives (2026)
- Price
- Free
- Grades
- K–12 · Adult
- Type
- App
Updated · By Edulist · 7 sources
Why families look for Typing.com alternatives
- Free plan shows ads
- Free accounts keep student data for only 70 days
- PLUS has no published price
- No offline mode
- Families who can't tolerate ads and don't want to request a quote
- Parents who need long-term progress records without extra steps
Typing.com alternatives compared
| Product | Grades | Type | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Typing.com | K–12 · Adult | App | Free |
| TypingClub | Pre-K–12 · Adult | App | From $2.92/mo |
| Typesy | K–12 · Adult | App, Course | From $6/mo |
| Dance Mat Typing | 2–5 | App, Activity | See site |
| Learning Without Tears | Pre-K–6 | Curriculum, Books, App | From $0.92/mo |
The best Typing.com alternatives
A free touch-typing program from EdClub with game-like lessons, stars and badges.
A subscription keyboarding program from eReflect with video lessons, games and grade-aligned typing courses, plus extras like sight words, coding and digital citizenship.
A free BBC Bitesize typing game that teaches the whole keyboard in 4 levels and 12 stages, led by singing animal characters.
The company behind Handwriting Without Tears, renamed in 2018.
Can a scholarship pay for any of these?
Because the core course is free, most families won't need funding. If you buy PLUS, online curriculum subscriptions are commonly an allowable expense in ESA programs such as Arizona ESA and Florida FES-UA; each program decides.
No program on Edulist lists Typing.com yet. Save it to your wishlist and we’ll tell you when one does. Many state ESAs let families buy products like this directly; each program decides.
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Is Typing.com better than TypingClub?
Both teach touch typing free with ads. Typing.com is stronger on teacher tools and extra digital literacy units; TypingClub has a playful early course called Jungle Junior and many keyboard layouts. Many families try both and keep the one their child prefers.
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