textRace is a fun, competitive way to become a better iPhone touch typist

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Typing on the iPhone is one of those things that even the most die-hard of Apple fans will often admit to hating. It may be the most accurate out there in terms of touchscreen performance, but it's still a tiny touchscreen.

That's where textRace comes in. As the newest app from textPlus, it might actually help some iPhone owners -- new and experienced alike -- to build their touch-typing proficiency through competitive repetition.

Basically, they've taken the age-old keyboarding tutor (remember that thing you learned your home row on between games of Oregon Trail?) and spiced it up with arcade-style beats and some healthy competition. It's available for iPod Touch, iPhone and iPad -- and after fooling around with it myself I can safely say that it could actually improve my iTyping abilities if I keep playing it.

Aside from having a regular training mode and a "challenge" game, you can actually compete with other players to set world records. It should be pretty fun to see some truly ridiculous numbers come out of that in the near future.

Best of all, it's a free app, so there's really no harm in trying it either way. See it on iTunes.

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