WPM - Measure Typing Speed and Accuracy
| Category | Price | Seller | Device |
|---|---|---|---|
| Games | Free | Eatoni Ergonomics Inc. | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
Each test invites you to type three short phrases, selected at random from a set of 500 phrases compiled by MacKenzie and Soukoreff 2003 specifically for testing text entry systems. You may test yourself as often as you like.
Your personal best scores can be posted to Twitter. This allows you to easily track your own progress and to compete with others, as the top scores get into the WPM Leaderboard.
Reviews
Keyboard isn’t the same
ktmh96
Is it just me or is the keyboard in the app different than the regular iOS keyboard?! I got almost no letters correct and the keyboard felt different. If you wanted to test your iPhone typing speed this is not the app to do so!
iPad issue
TZGMASJGod
Tried to use the test but it doesn't work with my iPad keyboard. My iPad is horizontal not vertical but it will only work from a vertical direction. Turning my head side ways is not very comfortable.
Needs Improvement...
Blackout (M4SS1V3 CH40S)
I was prepared to have nice little records of my typing speed... When Twitter appeared. Not like I hate Twitter or anything, but I just don't want to make an account... Which means I can't use this app. As well as this, the interface (upon downloading the app) asks you if you wish to Allow or Deny this application access to post the results of your WPM test on your Twitter page. If you press Allow, of course, it will allow it. If you press Deny, it says it will not post anything from this application... And then you have to restart the app. It's nothing much, but... The one customer who writes a review... Is displeased.
Lets you compare your results to other people on Twitter
pop3.1
Posting to twitter not only makes it easy to keep track of your own progress, it also lets you see how others are doing, which is motivational. (Search for the hashtag #wpmiphone.) But you're not forced to post your scores to twitter, so I'm not sure what the other people are complaining about. The app does what it says: it gives you a scientific measure of your typing speed.
Nice app! Actually utilizes auto correct, which is nice since that is what helps during regular text
Hushhush98754
And it's free
Pointless
oycomics
I was all setup with my bluetooth keyboard and my iPad set horizontally (y'know, like a desktop computer setup) . . . then I discovered this app is forced vertical only. Until they add a rotation option, this app serves no purpose; I want my all-fingers-on-the-keyboard WPM not my thumbs-only WPM.
Eh
sayah656
Doesn't really record when I am typing on the Bluetooth keyboard. There isn't a landscape mode, which would be perfect for actually testing wpm.
Misspelled words, lousy interface
Permission Magazine
If you're going to make a typing app for an English-speaking audience, you should get an English speaker to ensure the sentences are actually grammatical and the words are spelled correctly. The UI itself is clunky, and the "typing test" stops after every line, so you won't get an accurate speed when using this app. Not even worth a free download.
