freeCodeCamp vs Typing.com

freeCodeCamp is a free community for people learning to code together. Learners build projects step by step in a browser, code editor, or mobile app, using a public curriculum of videos, articles, and interactive lessons. Topics include HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Python, Bash, SQL, and computer science. Its verified certifications are free and self-paced; each takes around 300 hours of dedicated learning, and learners may move between challenges instead of following them in order. The iOS and Android apps let users study on the go and sync progress with a freeCodeCamp account. A publication, YouTube channel, and forum extend the community’s learning resources. Users can sign in with GitHub or Google, make portfolio details private, download their data in JSON format, or delete personal data or their account. freeCodeCamp describes its project as open source under the BSD-3 license, and says educators can use its materials without a license or special permission. The resources are used by high school, college, and adult education programs.

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.