FAQ
Questions parents ask before trusting us with their kids
Straight answers about how the typing tutor works, how children are protected, and exactly what is free. Every claim below describes the product as it is built today.
Is this a typing tutor or a Scripture-memory app?
A typing tutor, first and seriously. The curriculum is built the way good keyboarding programs are built: home row first, keys introduced one at a time as each is mastered, fluency work on common letter pairs and words, then full passages. What makes it different is the material — every drill, phrase, and passage comes from the Bible. And yes, there is a lovely side effect: children who type Scripture every day start to know Scripture. After typing a verse accurately, they can even replay it with words fading out as a memory challenge. But we will never pad a lesson for sentiment; typing mastery is the promise.
How does the adaptive engine actually work?
The app quietly keeps statistics on how quickly and accurately your child types each key and each common two-letter combination. New keys unlock only when the current ones reach real confidence, weak keys come back for short review on a widening schedule until they stabilize, and the practice words are always genuine Bible words chosen to use only the keys your child has unlocked so far. Speed targets stay closed until accuracy reaches 95%, because speed built on errors is borrowed, not earned. The result is that no two children ever get the same sequence of drills.
What speed score do you report?
Net words per minute — speed with mistakes subtracted. Many programs headline raw speed because the number is bigger. We think a typing report a parent might put in a homeschool portfolio should mean what it says, so net WPM is the only headline number anywhere in the app.
Which Bible translation does my child type?
Lessons use the World English Bible (WEB), a careful modern public-domain translation. The King James (KJV), American Standard (ASV), and Bible in Basic English (BBE) texts are also fully indexed and bundled in the app. We chose public-domain translations deliberately: there are no licensing restrictions, so we can store complete Bibles on your device for offline practice and let children type as much Scripture as they like — no per-verse limits, no excerpts.
How do you keep children safe?
Structurally, not with filters. There are no ads — your subscription is the whole business model. There are no child accounts: children never sign up, never enter an email, and never submit anything about themselves. You create each profile (a first name or nickname, an avatar from our palette, a 4-digit PIN you set), and that is the entire data trail a child has. Races and leaderboards are family-only unless you, the parent, join a network — and we never collect a child’s photo, birth date, location, or free-form writing. This is COPPA’s parental-consent requirement satisfied by construction: every piece of information about a child comes from a parent, inside an account the parent owns.
What are typing networks, and what do other families see?
A network is a private group for a co-op, church, or circle of friends. Only a parent can create one, joining happens through an invite link, and the network creator must approve each family before it appears — there is no public directory and no way for strangers to find your children. Approved families see a private leaderboard showing each learner’s display name and effort-based numbers (weekly practice points and net-WPM gains, so a 7-year-old can win the week fair and square against a 12-year-old). Nothing else about your family is shared, and children themselves can only look at the board — every social decision belongs to a parent.
Does it work without internet?
Yes — fully. Scripture Typer installs as an app on your computer or tablet, and the lessons, drill generator, and complete Scripture text are stored on the device. A child can practice an entire session offline; results wait safely and sync exactly once when the connection returns. We built this for rural homeschool families and co-op mornings in buildings with no Wi-Fi, and it is a real difference from typing websites that simply stop without a connection.
What is free, and what does the Family plan add?
The free Starter tier is genuinely useful, not a teaser: one learner, the complete first unit, and the parent dashboard, free for as long as you like — no card, no clock. Typing networks are open to every family, free included — joining or even starting a co-op network never costs anything. The Family plan adds up to 6 learner profiles, the full curriculum, the complete adaptive review system, and printable progress reports, with annual and monthly prices on the pricing page — and with every sibling on a profile, family races come alive. Every family plan starts with a free 14-day trial — full access for the whole family, no card needed.
What happens if we cancel?
Nothing sneaky. Before you cancel we will offer two gentler options — pause your subscription (billing stops, everything waits for you) or drop to the free Starter tier (billing stops, one learner keeps practicing Unit 1). If you do cancel, you keep full access through the period you already paid for, and every child’s progress stays saved either way. We never charge by surprise at the end of a trial.
Will this satisfy our homeschool record-keeping requirements?
The parent dashboard tracks net words per minute over time, accuracy, weak-key patterns, streaks, and minutes practiced for each child, and you can print a clean semester report summarizing it all — dated, per-child documentation of keyboarding instruction for your portfolio or reviewer. State requirements vary, so check yours, but the report was designed for exactly this job.
Is my child the right age for this?
The program is built for ages 7–12 — large friendly targets, short 10–20 minute missions, and lessons that flex by age band. It is patient by design: accuracy gates mean children are never rushed past what their hands are ready for, and streaks come with built-in grace days, so a sick day or a Sunday off never wipes out a week of faithfulness. Reduced motion, high contrast, adjustable text size, and sound toggles are all in settings. Older students and parents are welcome too — the adaptive engine meets any typist where they are, and a family plan covers up to 6 of you.