iTrace for Schools User Reviews

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Great customer service

My daughter struggles with handwriting and sitting to use a pen and paper. We were so happy to find this app, as she took to it right away! They did an update and it changed the letters to become too small for her fine motor skills. She no longer wanted to use it and no other apps seemed too overstimulating and distracting. I reached out through email, not expecting a response or resolution. I was emailed soon after and they did another update to make the letters larger again! I was blown away with the customer service. They are a small team who actually care! So grateful and happy :)
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It’s ok

It’s sooooo. Boring and expisive and the same then the other free version

This is wonderful!

Thank you so much for making this app. This app functions perfectly for practicing handwriting. I love that it requires your child to write the letter properly & keeps a record of mistakes. We really appreciate that the app doesn’t collect any data & that there are no ads. Being able to add your own words & pictures to practice was totally unexpected but is fantastic. The only thing that would be nice would be if we could save the completed words if desired.
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Responsive

Needed help reinstalling this on my device and the developer was super responsive and helpful

Fabulous

We got this to help our 7 year old who is struggling with distinguishing between lowercase and uppercase, and who struggles with correct letter formation. We think it is fabulous and engaging and SO good at helping without being frustrating.
It’s also not overly game-y and it forces the kids to repeat the letters, which I love. I also love that it keeps a record that I can go to see where they were messing up.

Also, our 2 year old became obsessed and now she writes and identifies several letters correctly, because of this app. Helping the whole family!
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Tracing

The best way to get my kids trace!

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Annoying little issues

This game is a great concept and my little ones enjoy it, but there are small design details that make it frustrating at times

(1) There is a giant back button in the top left corner, which when accidentally touched which takes you back to the menu and all progress on a word is lost. This frustrates the kids a lot. A simple pop up that says ‘Are you sure you want to quit?’ when a word is half completed would solve this problem

(2) The game can be quite strict. My 3 year old is just learning letters and it fails the letter when he goes outside the lines or takes his finger off the screen for just a second. Seems a little harsh. Perhaps some settings that allow the game to be a bit more forgiving for early learners would be good.
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Response from developer

Hello, and thank you for your suggestions! The game becomes more strict as you play, so at some point it may be tough for a 3 years old. To prevent that, go to Parents Zone -> Options, and turn "Disable letter shrinking" on. This will keep all letters on level 1, which is the easiest. If it's still too hard, may be it's good to give it a few months and try again. As for the back button — I've never seen kids experiencing this issue, but we will sure consider adding a confirmation screen, thank you for your suggestion!

Derogatory word for kids to trace?!

I was surprised and disappointed to see that one of the tracing words for the Arctic theme is “eskimo” which is a derogatory term for the Inuit. The creators should change this immediately.

Good little app but....

It’s got a lot going for it this app but it could just do with a few revisions. Great that you can write your own word and use your own pictures, but frustratingly you can’t have your child practice just your words, instead you just get a random mix.

Having said that our little one loves it, and the progress he’s made has been fantastic to watch
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The best

The game has so many words it’s just all
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Where are the worksheets?

I have this app on my son's iPad and when I put it on my phone to use the worksheet options disappeared.

Response from developer

Hello! Worksheets are only available in iPad app, sorry for the inconvinience.

Good app

Really love the options, gentle music, history and extras.
Please connect cursive letters at least in the premodern words. The letter name and sound after each writing would be a good bonus option.

Переключение языка

Приложение отличное. Работать с Apple Pencil очень удобно. Добавьте возможность переключения языка внутри самой программы. В настоящий момент приходится меть язык iPadOS. И добавьте другие языки: Немецкий к примеру практически не отличается от английского.

Fun in a creative way

Easy to use for pre schooler

No sound

Downloaded onto my iPad with no sound. It looks good but without the sound it’s not that good

How do I access Parent Zone?

Type in the number but there is no way to submit answer??? I'm assuming the pop up keyboard is obscuring the enter button.

Other than that this is great. I'll revise to 5 stars once this bug is resolved.

Response from developer

Hello! If you are using iPhone, there is no button to submit — correct answer will be submitted automatically, as soon as you enter it. On iPad there is a "return" button on keyboard. Kindly email us at iTrace@devpocket.com if you have any further questions, we will be happy to assist!

Excellent

My daughter has learnt to write very well at 3yrs old thanks to this app! Highly recommended!

Good for English! Need French version.

Can’t wait for French