Khan Academy vs Typing.com

Khan Academy is a free learning platform for independent learners, teachers and parents, available on Android, iOS and the web. It offers more than 840 free courses in core academic subjects for K–12 and early college, with personalized learning intended to help students master concepts and address learning gaps. The mobile app includes interactive exercises, mastery levels, synced progress, offline video downloads and a scratchpad. Khan Academy Kids is a free, ad-free app for children ages 2–8 with interactive books, games and creative lessons. Khanmigo tutoring guides learners toward answers across academic subjects from elementary school through college. Teacher tools can assist with lesson planning, feedback, student work summaries, rubrics and exit tickets; Khan Academy for Teachers also includes standards-aligned practice, progress tracking and AI support. Teachers can import Google Classroom rosters, while district plans list Clever or ClassLink rostering and single sign-on. Paid Khanmigo subscriptions require users to be at least 18, live in the United States and have a U.S. billing address. Parent and learner subscriptions each cost $4 a month.

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.