My iPad has become extremely touchy in typing, particularly in Mail. Is there a clean-out for this?

Question

iPad 6.1.3
For about the past week, my iPad has become extremely touchy to type on, especially in Mail.  It inserts periods (the short-cut of hitting the space bar twice to put in a period), capitalizes letters, and inserts extra spaces.  I type fast, but even when I type slowly, this happens.  It's at the point now, where I prefer to use my iPod Touch or my iPhone for anything other than just looking something up.  And sometimes, it back spaces and erases everything I've typed before I can stop it!  If I quickly tap the screen it usually stops, but not before it has "automatically"  erased some of my typing.  Is there an app for mobile devices that can clean them out and find glitches, and maybe solve a problem like this?
I've been wondering if there is a clean-up app for mobile devices.  I use a anti-virus program on my iMac, as well as an anti-spyware program.  The anti-virus runs constantly; the anti-spyware program I run once a week.  But there doesn't appear to be anything like this, or Clean My Mac (2) for mobile devices.  I don't think Clean My Drive was intended for mobile devices.  I don't know if it would solve this problem anyway. 
Is there a solution for this, other than trotting my iPad down the road to my local Apple store 22 miles south?  Thanks for any advice.  alice d gray 

Answer 1

First thing to try is to reset your device. Press and hold the Home and Sleep buttons simultaneously ignoring the red slider should one appear until the Apple logo appears. Let go of the buttons and let the device restart. See if that fixes your problem.