Comparison

Trace Letters Wizard, Capital vs Writing Wizard

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

Head to head
About

Trace Letters Wizard, Capital

This app guides young children in practicing printed letter formation with interactive tracing. It offers visual cues, letter sounds, and various writing tools to make handwriting practice engaging and effective for early learners.

Highlights
  • Guided tracing for printed letters
  • Arrow and dot cues
  • Letter sound pronunciation
  • Multiple pen styles
  • Save writing pages
  • Easy reset and erase
Features
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Trace Letters helps children practice printed letter formation through a simple, kid-friendly tracing experience. Designed for parents and teachers, the app gives children a clear writing surface, guided letter shapes, arrow and dot cues, and playful writing tools that make handwriting practice easier to follow and more enjoyable. Children can trace letters, listen to letter sounds, choose different writing tools, erase and restart their work, and save their writing pages to Photos for sharing or progress review. Features: • Guided tracing for printed letters • Arrow and dot cues to help children follow the correct writing path • Letter sounds to support recognition and learning • Multiple pen styles for a more engaging writing experience • Finger writing and pen-style writing modes • Full-screen tracing and drawing • Save writing pages to Photos • Easy reset and erase tools • Designed for both iPhone and iPad Trace Letters is suitable for early learners who are beginning to build handwriting confidence, letter formation skills, and fine motor practice.

About

Writing Wizard

This app helps children learn to trace letters, numbers, and words with a fun, motivating system. It offers customizable tracing practice, interactive games, and progress reports for parents and educators.

Highlights
  • Trace letters, numbers, and words
  • Customizable tracing practice
  • Interactive games and animated stickers
  • Create custom word lists with audio
  • Progress reports for tracking
  • Printable PDF worksheets
Features
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"Fantastic, customizable tracing practice with fun rewards." 5 Stars - Common Sense Media 500,000+ units sold (including 300,000+ to schools) ! Writing Wizard is designed to help every child learn how to trace letters, numbers, and words through a fun system carefully designed to maintain motivation. • Show and enforce how to trace letters correctly • Letter names and phonics (customizable) • 16 Fonts available (including 3 most popular in the US) • Fun tracing using 50+ animated stickers, sound effects and interactive games that animate letters at the end of tracing • Uppercase & lowercase letters, numbers, and words • Ability to create your own word lists (and record audio for each word) • Fully customizable to suit every child’s needs (letter size, difficulty,...) • Check progress thanks to reports that display what the child has traced • Shapes tracing activity for toddlers • Create PDF Worksheets and print them to help your child to write on paper • Use Apple pencil to write at a very small size All the shapes, the first 7 letters, numbers, and words are free. The remaining letters and the ability to add your own words can be unlocked with a one-time purchase or a monthly subscription. _______ ACCOLADES • "Writing Wizard is the most complete and intelligent letter tracing app we’ve seen"" AppoLearning.com • "This brand-new app should be the go-to for every parent, teacher and therapist to work on handwriting" - TOP PICKS - 5 stars - SmartAppsForKids.com • "Writing Wizard by L’Escapadou is everything a parent wants in a handwriting app, and more." 5/5 - kids-app-reviews.com • "L’Escapadou has made handwriting fun." AppyMall.com 5/5 • Listed in "20 best educational iPhone and iPad apps for kids of 2013" - appsplayground.com • Editor's Choice Award for Excellence in Design - Children's Technology Review _______ PERFECT FOR KIDS Kids want to have fun, and Writing Wizard offers a lot of fun to keep them motivated in the learning process! • They can trace using 50+ animated stickers and sound effects • Once tracing is complete, they can interact with them on 4 games that animate letters • They can trace any word - like their name - and record their voice for each word • They can collect stars in 5-Stars play mode _______ PERFECT FOR PARENTS & TEACHERS • Ability to create your own word lists (and record audio for each word) • Detailed reports provide information on what kids have done, including the ability to replay and export the tracings to view kids' progress • Share word lists via iCloud Drive or other cloud providers, adhoc network, or email • Multiple parameters to customize the app according to the child’s current education level (e.g. letter size, difficulty, show/hide model, allow to stop between key points, etc.) • 3 most popular fonts in the US (ZB, DN & HWT) and 13 international fonts (UK, Scandinavia, Australia, Germany and France) • Upper and lower case letters, numbers (and word lists) • Letter names and letter sounds (which can be customized) • A customizable 5-Stars play mode prompting the child to trace a letter or a word 5 times using different parameters (each step is more challenging) • Create an unlimited number of users • Many settings to customize the app (sound, game time limit, black background,...) • In the A-Z section, special graphics available to match letters (e.g. ant graphic for A/a) _______ Privacy Policy KNOW WHAT'S INSIDE As a Moms with Apps member, we follow the "Know what's inside" best practices for kids’ apps L’Escapadou takes children’s privacy seriously. We believe you should not have to worry about your kids being tracked by apps or websites. This app: • Does not collect any user information (we do not use data collection tools) • External Links : Before accessing a parent section, an operation must be solved so that young kids cannot access it. Terms of use : https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Trace Letters Wizard, Capital4 screens
Writing Wizard4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Writing Wizard at 74% against Trace Letters Wizard, Capital's 0%. Writing Wizard also leads on rating (4.4 vs 1.0) and update cadence (every 4 months vs every 61 months). Trace Letters Wizard, Capital's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Trace Letters Wizard, Capital sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Writing Wizard sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.49 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Writing Wizard holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Writing Wizard has 5.2K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Trace Letters Wizard, Capital's written reviews are positive against 74% of Writing Wizard's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Trace Letters Wizard, Capital ships an update every 61 months, Writing Wizard every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Trace Letters Wizard, Capital versus Writing Wizard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTrace Letters Wizard, CapitalWriting Wizard
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (2 ratings)4.4 (5.2K ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews73.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings25.2K — better
Update frequencyEvery 61 monthsEvery 4 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB68 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer宁 王Pierre Abel

Customer experience

Trace Letters Wizard, Capital

All ratings2 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Writing Wizard

All ratings5,184 ratings
Positive84.3%
Neutral6.0%
Negative9.7%
Written reviews209 reviews
Positive73.7%
Neutral6.7%
Negative19.6%

Bugs and requests

Trace Letters Wizard, Capital

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Writing Wizard

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App crashes when trying to access locked features
  • Purchased content not unlocking properly
  • Inconsistent letter formation guidance

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add more letters, numbers, and shapes
  • Allow recording of custom voice instructions
  • Improve compatibility with stylus/digital pens
  • Provide more customization options

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Trace Letters Wizard, Capital

One-time2
  • Remove Ads$0.99
  • Unlock All CapitalLetter$0.99
4 purchases

Writing Wizard

Subscriptions1
  • Full Access - Monthly$2.491 Month
One-time3
  • All Letters and Numbers$5.99
  • Add Your Words and Word Lists$5.99
  • Lifetime Full Access$9.99

Questions

Is Trace Letters Wizard, Capital free?
Trace Letters Wizard, Capital is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Writing Wizard free?
Writing Wizard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Trace Letters Wizard, Capital or Writing Wizard?
Writing Wizard is rated higher. Trace Letters Wizard, Capital averages 1.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Writing Wizard averages 4.4 from 5.2K ratings.
Do Trace Letters Wizard, Capital or Writing Wizard have ads?
Neither Trace Letters Wizard, Capital nor Writing Wizard shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Trace Letters Wizard, Capital or Writing Wizard?
Trace Letters Wizard, Capital ships an update every 61 months, and Writing Wizard every 4 months. Most recently, Trace Letters Wizard, Capital was updated on November 3, 2026 and Writing Wizard on November 4, 2026.

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