Comparison

I Can Write Words vs CaliKids

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

I Can Write Words

This educational app teaches children how to write English letters correctly through fun, colorful exercises. Kids can collect stars to stay motivated and even compete with friends, making learning an engaging experience.

Highlights
  • Learn English letter writing
  • Colorful and easy interface
  • Star collection for motivation
  • Competitive element for friends
  • Focus on correct writing techniques
Features
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This educational app helps children learn English words. Easy and colourful the app will teach kids to write correctly every single letter and have fun in the process. Collecting stars will inspire the little boys and girls to exercise the right way of writing the letters and compete with their friends.

About

CaliKids

This app offers a structured method for children aged 2 and up to learn reading, writing, and counting. It progresses through 65 levels, covering everything from basic strokes and letter sounds to sentence construction and simple arithmetic.

Highlights
  • 65 structured learning levels
  • Reading, writing, and number modules
  • Age-appropriate difficulty settings
  • Progress tracking for parents
  • Print and cursive handwriting practice
  • Offline progress saving
  • Multilingual support
Features
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CaliKids is a method for learning to read, write and count, from age 2. It isn't a bundle of loose games: it's 66 levels in order, each one getting ready for the next. Pick the age (2, 3–4, 5–6 or 7+) and the app teaches what comes next, at the right difficulty. It goes from first scribbles to reading sentences, from tracing an A to writing from memory, and from counting pictures to adding and taking away. READING · 22 levels Letters and their sounds, capitals and lowercase, vowels, rhymes, syllables, words split up and put back together, word searches and sentences to put in order. A slow voice reads aloud while a box follows along. WRITING · 24 levels First strokes, loops and mazes to loosen up the hand; every letter with its stroke order animated; which letters go up and which go down on the line; copying, writing without a model, and letter and word dictation. Writing starts with capitals, which are easier, and lowercase comes next. In the word exercises, the app reads what your child has written. NUMBERS · 20 levels Counting, comparing sizes and amounts, shapes, writing each digit, ordering from smallest to largest, adding and taking away with pictures, doubles, sharing, the number line and telling the time to the hour. MADE FOR KIDS • Each exercise says in one line what it's for. • Hints and an eraser that removes just one part: mistakes are no big deal. • Every exercise picks up where you left it, even after closing the app. • Stickers to collect and an encouraging voice. • Print and cursive school handwriting, and 11 notebook rulings to choose from. • Works with Apple Pencil. • Works with VoiceOver and the system text size. FOR THE FAMILY • Admin mode for parents, protected by your account (Apple, Google or email) and a PIN: each child's progress, what they do well and what they find hard, their history, what each one sees and their own level path. • No ads. Your children's data stays only on the device, and you can delete it all at once. • Several children on the same device, each with their own name, age and progress. • In 6 languages: English, Spanish, Italian, French, German and Portuguese. It opens in the phone's language. WHAT'S FREE AND WHAT'S PAID All 66 levels of the method — reading, writing and numbers — can be tried for free: 6 rounds of each one. To keep going after that, CaliKids Premium opens every level in full, with every word topic, and brings new content as it arrives. It's a weekly or yearly subscription that renews automatically unless you cancel it, and you manage it from your account settings. Each word topic can also be bought on its own from its game. Every purchase goes behind a parental gate first, and anyone who already had the app keeps what they had: the levels that were free stay free. Terms of use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy policy: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vQ2zvoWh3YxPXD7xGIk0tE_AM1wlQdcVKgvnPvHfmw4ZHDU4qfMQZhYOP8UJ9YDVQUaSwhCHKQsDQvV/pub

Screenshots

I Can Write Words4 screens
CaliKids4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: I Can Write Words at weekly against CaliKids's every 3 weeks. I Can Write Words also leads on iOS requirement (6.0 vs 18.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. I Can Write Words sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and CaliKids sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for I Can Write Words against 5.0 for CaliKids. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

I Can Write Words ships an update weekly, CaliKids every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
I Can Write Words versus CaliKids: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterI Can Write WordsCaliKids
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS6.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size30 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCODORE OODOliver Tacoronte Mendoza

Customer experience

I Can Write Words

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

CaliKids

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

I Can Write Words

One-time1
  • My First English Words$0.99
10 purchases

CaliKids

Subscriptions1
  • CaliKids Premium weekly$3.997 Days
One-time9
  • Jobs$2.99
  • Feelings$2.99
  • The city$2.99
Show 6 more
  • The sea$2.99
  • The farm$2.99
  • The jungle$2.99
  • Fairy tales$2.99
  • Insects$2.99
  • Shapes$2.99

Questions

Is I Can Write Words free?
I Can Write Words is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is CaliKids free?
CaliKids is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, I Can Write Words or CaliKids?
I Can Write Words and CaliKids are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do I Can Write Words or CaliKids have ads?
Neither I Can Write Words nor CaliKids shows ads.
Which is updated more often, I Can Write Words or CaliKids?
I Can Write Words ships an update weekly, and CaliKids every 3 weeks. Most recently, I Can Write Words was updated on October 16, 2026 and CaliKids on October 25, 2026.

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