Practice wherever there is a browser
Online practice means you can fit a run in wherever you are: at your desk, on a lunch break laptop or on your phone on the bus. Open the page, press Start test and type a passage of about 55 words. Nothing to install, nothing to sign in to. The result shows your score, raw WPM and accuracy, and every finished run is saved to the Your scores panel in that browser.
Keyboard or phone: what changes
The test is the same on every device, but what you are practicing is not.
| Practice point | Physical keyboard | Phone |
|---|---|---|
| How to start | Press Start test and type | Tap the text to open the keyboard |
| Fingers | All ten, from the home row | Usually two thumbs |
| What to train | Not looking down, finger reaches | Accuracy and steady thumbs |
| Main trap | Glancing at the keys | Keyboard apps that change words |
On a keyboard, online practice is a chance to build touch typing: fingers on A S D F and J K L ;, eyes on the screen. On a phone, the goal is cleaner thumb typing, since you cannot type a phone by feel.
Notes for phone practice
The typing box asks your phone not to autocorrect or capitalize, but some keyboard apps ignore that. If words change by themselves, turn off autocorrect and suggestions in your keyboard settings before you practice. Hold the phone in portrait with both hands for a steadier grip. If the keyboard does not appear, tap the passage again.
Tablets sit in between. With a keyboard attached, treat them like a laptop. Without one, practice as you would on a large phone.
Keep each device separate
Your history is stored in the browser you use, so each device builds its own record. That is useful. A desktop history shows your keyboard progress, and a phone history shows your thumb progress, without one blurring the other. Compare runs only within the same device.
If you want a routine to follow on any device, typing practice sets one out in three runs. The free typing practice page explains how your browser history works day to day.