Type Speed for Windows 10.8.1

Made for Windows 8, 8.1 and 10, Type Speed is a simple app that enables you to practice your typing speed and accuracy by entering words displayed on the monitor as fast as you want while trying to avoid mistakes and until the clock runs out. It creates a report with elementary stats and doesn't have special options or customization preferences.

It can be seamlessly downloaded from Microsoft Store and integrated into the Start Screen of Windows 8 or 8.1, together with the Start Menu of Windows 10.

Adopting a Metro look and tidy layout, the tool loads a long list of words of minimum complexity at startup and starts counting down from 60 seconds as soon as it's fired up.

The current word is highlighted in gray. Text color changes to green whenever you enter the word correctly, or to red if you make typos. It's possible to hit the backspace key to correct mistakes, but this only applied to the word you're currently working on, since the statistics count correct and incorrect words as soon as you hit the Enter key.

Once the 60 seconds are up, the app reveals your score when it comes to the words per minute, accuracy and keystrokes. In the following step, you can either exit or restart it.

Unfortunately, this is where Type Speed's functionality ends. We can think of a number of ways to make it more practical, such as changing the default timer, customizing the list of words or at least increasing their complexity, recording completed typing sessions to history to be able to track progress, or saving the stats to file.

Taking everything into account, Type Speed offers a simple solution for testing your typing dexterity against the clock. On the other hand, its shortcomings make it less than appealing for experienced users looking for more control.