Comparison

Community Signs vs Writing Wizard

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

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About

Community Signs

This app offers a fun and engaging way for children to learn about community signs through a variety of interactive games and flashcards. It's designed to be simple, customizable, and effective for special education needs, helping kids make rapid progress.

Highlights
  • Flashcards with signs and descriptions
  • Multiple interactive games (Bingo, Match Up, Photo Touch)
  • Customizable learning experience
  • User progress tracking
  • Special education friendly
  • Variety of community signs included
Features
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"Another wonderful app form one of my favourite developers! Thank you for all that you do!" - Courtney E. Special ed teacher and mom. WHY TEACHERS LOVE COMMUNITY SIGNS - The app includes a ton of resources to learn about community signs - Flashcards with community signs - Flashcards with descriptions - Bingo game - Match up game - Photo touch game - Bingo game - Which sign means x? game - I see x, what should I do? game - Variety of games to keep kids interested and engaged - The app makes learning fun - The app is simple and easy to use - The app is fully customizable - The app tracks user progress - Easy to differentiate - Works great for kids with special needs - Most importantly kids love using it and make rapid progress WHY DO KIDS LOVE IT - Kids love playing games - Fun, simple, interactive - Cute graphics and engaging questions - Huge variety keeps kids engaged and asking for more Included signs - crosswalk sign - winding road sign - bike crossing sign - caution sign - construction sign - danger do not enter sign - dead end sign - do not enter sign - hospital sign - interstate sign - no parking sign - no u-turn sign - railroad crossing sign - school zone sign - speed limit sign - stop sign - street sign - wrong way sign - yield sign - school zone speed limit sign - handicap sign HEROIC SUPPORT Heroic Support is not just what we do.  It's really what makes us, well, us.  It's that drive to make a difference in your life - no matter how big or small.  Really, it's our way of life because we want you to be our customer for a lifetime of fun and learning. Have questions?  We are here to help.  Email us at support@grasshopperapps.com

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

Community Signs4 screens
Writing Wizard4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Writing Wizard at Free against Community Signs's $1.99. Writing Wizard also leads on ratings volume (5.2K vs 26). Community Signs's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and review sentiment (100% vs 74%). On ads and device support 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

Writing Wizard is free to download; Community Signs costs $1.99 up front. Writing Wizard sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.49 per month. Community Signs asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Community Signs holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Writing Wizard has 5.2K ratings behind it against 26, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Community Signs's written reviews are positive against 74% of Writing Wizard's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Community Signs ships an update every 2 months, Writing Wizard every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Community Signs versus Writing Wizard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCommunity SignsWriting Wizard
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating4.7 (26 ratings) — better4.4 (5.2K ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better73.7% of reviews
Number of ratings265.2K — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size156 MB68 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperInnovative Investments LimitedPierre Abel

Customer experience

Community Signs

All ratings26 ratings
Positive96.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative3.8%
Written reviews24 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Writing Wizard

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

Bugs and requests

Community Signs

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

None

Community Signs

No in-app purchases

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 Community Signs free?
Community Signs costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Writing Wizard free?
Writing Wizard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Community Signs or Writing Wizard?
Community Signs is rated higher. Community Signs averages 4.7 out of 5 from 26 ratings, while Writing Wizard averages 4.4 from 5.2K ratings.
Do Community Signs or Writing Wizard have ads?
Neither Community Signs nor Writing Wizard shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Community Signs or Writing Wizard?
Community Signs ships an update every 2 months, and Writing Wizard every 4 months. Most recently, Community Signs was updated on October 24, 2026 and Writing Wizard on October 29, 2026.

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