# typ.ing

20 Hacker News commenters recommended typ.ing and 6 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 1 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** A free browser-based typing practice site that people like for its forgiving corrections, daily challenge and keyboard-learning exercises, though it feels less polished than Monkeytype.

## Why people recommend it

- Forgiving corrections, can go back (2 comments): "I very much like the forgiving UI -- you can either go back and correct your mistakes or move on" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49402721)) "ctrl-backspace does what I expect, it deletes the word and I can retype it" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49412325))
- Daily challenge is fun (2 comments): "daily challenge and keyboard yoga were very cool" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49418070)) "I do the daily challenge almost every day" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49402598))

## What people warn about

- Typos and punctuation treated as errors (2 comments): "it punished me for using an emdash instead of a dash" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49402455)) "This website treats it as a mistake." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49405923))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Monkeytype](https://hackerapproved.com/p/monkeytype.md): 14 recommend
- [Keybr](https://hackerapproved.com/p/keybr.md): 7 recommend
- [TypeQuicker](https://hackerapproved.com/p/typequicker.md): 6 recommend

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://typ.ing/)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "typ.ing", https://hackerapproved.com/p/typ-ing/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).