Short answer: The best alternatives to 10FastFingers are Monkeytype for customizable speed tests, Keybr for adaptive practice, TypingClub for structured lessons, TypeRacer for competitive racing, Nitro Type for gamified practice, Typing.com for beginners, ZType for arcade-style drills, and Voice Keyboard Pro if you would rather skip typing entirely.
10FastFingers has been around since 2008 and is still one of the most familiar names in online typing tests. It is fast, supports dozens of languages, and gives you a WPM score in under sixty seconds. But the interface is heavy with ads, the test format never really changes, and there is no real path from "I took a test" to "I am actually typing faster." If 10FastFingers stopped working for you — or you simply want to try something cleaner, smarter, or more fun — here are eight alternatives worth trying in 2026.
1. Monkeytype
Best for: Anyone who wants the cleanest, most customizable typing test on the web
Monkeytype is the most popular replacement for 10FastFingers among adult typists and speed enthusiasts. The default test gives you a stream of common English words and a 30-second timer, but almost everything is configurable: test length, word list, theme, language, and dozens of small behavioural options. The site is open source and the design feels deliberate rather than cluttered.
Where 10FastFingers gives you one test format and asks you to come back for more, Monkeytype invites you to live in the tool. You get a result graph showing speed over time within each test, an account system that tracks long-term progress, and a community that takes typing seriously.
Ideal user: Intermediate to advanced typists who want to measure progress and push their speed ceiling.
2. Keybr
Best for: Building real touch-typing habits rather than just measuring them
Keybr is the analytical opposite of 10FastFingers. Instead of a generic speed test, it generates pronounceable text that targets the specific keys you are weakest on. The algorithm watches your accuracy and speed on every key and gradually introduces new ones once you have mastered the current set.
The text Keybr generates is not real English — it is more like phonetic gibberish — and that bothers some people at first. But it is the right design choice. You are training muscle memory, not reading comprehension. The per-key statistics are the most useful diagnostic tool in any typing site.
Ideal user: Beginners and intermediate typists who want a structured way to actually improve, not just compete.
3. TypingClub
Best for: Complete beginners learning touch typing from scratch
TypingClub is the most comprehensive structured curriculum available for free. It starts you on the home row and walks through hundreds of lessons, each one adding a new key or skill. The interface shows hand and finger positioning, so you actually learn proper technique instead of just hunt-and-peck at higher speed.
If you have never formally learned to touch type, 10FastFingers and Monkeytype will measure your current speed but will not teach you anything. TypingClub will. It is also widely used in schools, which is a fair signal that the pedagogy works.
Ideal user: Total beginners, parents teaching kids, or adults retraining from hunt-and-peck to ten-finger typing.
4. Typing.com
Best for: Beginners who want a modern interface with minimal ads
Typing.com sits in the same category as TypingClub but with a more contemporary design and a smaller ad footprint on the free tier. Lessons progress from basics through advanced, and the platform includes typing tests and a few simple games to break up the monotony. It also includes practice with numbers and punctuation, which 10FastFingers' standard test does not.
Ideal user: Beginners who want lessons plus tests, or anyone preparing for data-entry work where numbers and symbols matter.
5. TypeRacer
Best for: Competitive personalities who type faster under pressure
TypeRacer replaces the bare typing test with a multiplayer race. You and a handful of strangers see the same passage of text — a quote from a book, song, or movie — and your cars move forward as you type. First to finish wins. The text is real prose rather than a list of common words, which makes the practice feel less artificial than 10FastFingers.
The interface is older and the visual style is dated, but the core loop is excellent. Racing against a real opponent triggers a different kind of focus than solo testing. You also cannot advance past a typo without correcting it, which forces better accuracy habits than 10FastFingers does.
Ideal user: Typists who get bored with solo drills and need head-to-head pressure to stay engaged.
6. Nitro Type
Best for: Students and younger users who need game mechanics to keep practicing
Nitro Type takes the TypeRacer concept and wraps it in a full game economy. You earn virtual money for races, unlock cars, join teams, and compete in seasonal events. It is probably the most game-like typing site on this list, and that is a feature, not a bug, for the audience it serves.
Adults sometimes find the visual chrome distracting, but if you are trying to get a teenager to practice, Nitro Type is far more likely to work than handing them a Monkeytype tab.
Ideal user: Students, classrooms, and anyone who needs gamification to stick with a daily habit.
7. ZType
Best for: Arcade-style practice for short bursts
ZType is a typing game styled after classic arcade space shooters. Words drift down from the top of the screen and you destroy them by typing them. Faster typing kills more enemies before they reach the bottom. It is not a serious training tool, but it is genuinely fun and it builds reactive typing — the ability to type any word you see, on demand.
If you want a quick five-minute break that still keeps your fingers moving, ZType is a much better palate cleanser than another 10FastFingers test.
Ideal user: Anyone who wants a short, fun typing session without the structure of a lesson or the pressure of a leaderboard.
8. Voice Keyboard Pro (the unconventional choice)
Best for: People who want to skip typing practice entirely
If you stop and ask why you want to type faster, the honest answer is usually: "Because I want to get text out of my head and onto the screen quickly." Typing is a means, not an end. And in 2026, it is no longer the fastest means available.
The average adult speaks at 130 to 150 words per minute. A trained typist tops out around 80 to 100 WPM, and most people never get past 60. Modern voice transcription closes that gap. With Voice Keyboard Pro, you hold a hotkey, speak a sentence, release, and the text appears at your cursor — in any app, on macOS or iOS. No setup beyond installing the app, no training period, no muscle memory required.
Ideal user: Knowledge workers, writers, and anyone whose bottleneck is text production rather than precision editing.
WPM benchmarks, briefly
If you are measuring yourself against any of these tools, here is roughly where most people land:
- Around 40 WPM is the average for adults who never formally learned to touch type.
- 60 to 80 WPM is solidly above average and what most office work demands.
- 80 to 100 WPM is professional typist territory.
- Above 120 WPM is rare — competitive territory you only reach with deliberate practice.
Most people stall somewhere in the 50 to 70 WPM range and stay there for years. The honest reason is that they do not practice consistently, not that they are missing the right tool.
How to actually pick one
If 10FastFingers feels stale, here is a quick decision tree:
- You want the same thing but cleaner. Use Monkeytype. It is the natural upgrade.
- You want to actually improve, not just measure. Use Keybr daily, then test on Monkeytype weekly.
- You never learned to touch type. Start with TypingClub or Typing.com.
- You need competition to stay motivated. Use TypeRacer or Nitro Type.
- You want fun, not training. Use ZType.
- You want to stop typing slowly without months of practice. Use voice instead.
10FastFingers tells you how fast you type. The better question is whether you should be typing at all.
The honest answer
Each tool above is genuinely better than 10FastFingers at some specific job — cleaner UI, smarter algorithm, better lessons, more engaging gameplay. Pick the one that matches the job you are trying to do.
But if you are looking at typing tests because you feel slow, take a step back before committing weeks to drills. After thirty days of daily practice you might go from 50 WPM to 70 WPM. That is real progress and worth doing if your work involves heavy editing or coding. But for the text you produce every day — emails, messages, documents, notes — your voice already runs at 150 WPM. No practice needed.
Voice Keyboard Pro is a small macOS menu bar app and iOS keyboard. Hold the hotkey, speak, release. Text appears at your cursor in whatever app you are using. The Whisper-based transcription supports 50+ languages, punctuation appears automatically, and a Smart Rewrite mode cleans up rambling speech into clean prose. There is a free tier with daily limits, and Pro is $4.99 a month or $34.99 a year.
Try dictating your next email instead of typing it. If voice wins, the months of practice you were considering just freed up.