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What it is

Typing.com is a web-based typing tutor and digital literacy platform for schools, teachers, and students from kindergarten through high school. Its free edition provides grade-based typing lessons, tests, and games. PLUS adds digital citizenship, AI literacy, computer applications, coding, and test preparation, along with assignments, customizable grading thresholds, progress monitoring, benchmarks, and daily practice goals. The platform supports guided lessons, adaptive practice, skill diagnostics, personalized drills, and 30 keyboard layouts.

Teachers can use sign-in or rostering options for Google, Google Classroom, Microsoft Teams, Clever, ClassLink, and Schoology; selected Google Classroom classes and students can also be synced manually. Typing.com works in recent Chrome, Firefox, Safari, or Edge browsers on laptops, Chromebooks, and tablets. It requires an internet connection and has no offline mode or installation requirement. The free edition is ad-supported, retains data for 70 days, and lists email-only support. PLUS is ad-free with unlimited data retention and priority support. A 30-day trial is listed, but prices for PLUS plans are not.

Spec sheet

Product
Typing.com is an online typing tutor and digital literacy platform for schools, teachers, and students.Read 30 Sep 2026 · support.typing.com
Integrations
The support guide describes sign-in or rostering options for Google, Google Classroom, Microsoft Teams, Clever, ClassLink, and Schoology.Read 30 Sep 2026 · support.typing.com
Security
Typing.com says it uses AWS, a cybersecurity framework, least-privilege employee access, and private networks for databases; it does not guarantee absolute security.Read 30 Sep 2026 · typing.com
Privacy
The privacy policy says the free version is ad-supported and may share aggregated, anonymized usage information with advertisers, while paid users’ personal information is not provided to advertisers.Read 30 Sep 2026 · typing.com
Support
The free edition lists email-only support; PLUS lists priority phone and email support.Read 30 Sep 2026 · typing.com
Browser access
Typing.com is web-based, requires an internet connection, and works in recent Chrome, Firefox, Safari, or Edge browsers on laptops, Chromebooks, and tablets.Read 30 Sep 2026 · support.typing.com
Educator tools
PLUS includes assignments, customizable grading thresholds, student progress monitoring, customized benchmarks, and daily practice goals.Read 30 Sep 2026 · typing.com
Google Classroom
Teachers can manually sync selected Google Classroom classes and students into Typing.com from the Classes page.Read 30 Sep 2026 · support.typing.com
No installation
The technical requirements page says no installation or download is required to use Typing.com.Read 30 Sep 2026 · support.typing.com
Student data
The privacy policy says student personally identifiable information belongs to the customers Typing.com serves and gives parents rights to review and request deletion of a child’s information.Read 30 Sep 2026 · typing.com
Typing curriculum
The free edition includes grade-based typing lessons, tests, and games, while PLUS adds curriculum areas such as digital citizenship, AI literacy, computer applications, coding, and test prep.Read 30 Sep 2026 · typing.com
Who it serves
Typing.com describes its curriculum as intended for kindergarten through high school and provides teacher, school, district, and homeschool account options.Read 30 Sep 2026 · typing.com

Plans and prices

FREE Edition Free Ads · 70-day data retention · email-only support · grade-based typing lessons, tests, and games · classroom-level settings only Read 30 Sep 2026 · typing.com
PLUS Edition Priced on request Pricing varies by subscription type and duration; schools and districts can request a quote. Ad-free · unlimited data retention · priority phone and email support · expanded curriculum · assignments, auto grading, benchmarking, daily goals, and real-time student monitoring Read 30 Sep 2026 · typing.com
PLUS for one person Price not published Monthly; cancel anytime. Checkout shows the price in the buyer’s currency. Ad-free · unlimited data retention · PLUS lessons and units · priority support Read 30 Sep 2026 · support.typing.com

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Strong points and limits

Strong points

  • Free edition includes grade-based lessons, tests, and games.
  • PLUS adds progress monitoring and customizable grading thresholds.
  • Supports 30 keyboard layouts.
  • Works on laptops, Chromebooks, and tablets in recent browsers.

Limits

  • Requires an internet connection and has no offline mode.
  • Free edition is ad-supported with 70-day data retention.
  • Free edition support is email-only.

Who it suits

It suits K–12 teachers, schools, districts, and homeschool accounts looking for typing instruction and digital literacy lessons. The free edition offers basic typing content, while PLUS adds curriculum and educator tools.

Verdict

Typing.com pairs typing practice with digital literacy content and classroom tools, with much of the expanded curriculum in PLUS. Readers should note the web-only, connected-use requirement and the different support and retention terms by edition.

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