Comparison

Handwriting Practice ABC 123 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

Handwriting Practice ABC 123

This educational game helps users practice writing uppercase and lowercase letters of the alphabet. It offers interactive tracing activities and vocabulary building to improve handwriting and eye-hand coordination.

Highlights
  • Practice ABC letters
  • Handwriting worksheets
  • Improve vocabulary
  • Trace lines or connect dots
  • Write capital and small letters
  • Eye-hand coordination
Features
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With this alphabet learning game, practice ABC letters, practice handwriting worksheets, and improve your vocabulary. A wonderful game to practice handwriting, calligraphy and to learn alphabet letters with worksheets. If you are not fully familiar with alphabet letters, you can play alphabet game to learn letters correctly. Trace the lines or connect the dots. This is a great alphabet game for users who need still to learn ABC letters and need to practice in handwriting. A quick and easy way to learn handwriting; • Choose a letter to practice • Practice writing capital letters and small letters (uppercase and lowercase letters) • Connect the dots and improve your eye-hand coordination • Learn new vocabulary If you like our app, please rate and comment to help us improve! Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

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

Handwriting Practice ABC 1234 screens
Writing Wizard4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Handwriting Practice ABC 123 at 5.0 against Writing Wizard's 4.4. Writing Wizard's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (5K vs 1). On price, review sentiment, 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. Handwriting Practice ABC 123 sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per 7 days 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

Handwriting Practice ABC 123 holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Writing Wizard has 5K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 67% of Handwriting Practice ABC 123's written reviews are positive against 74% of Writing Wizard's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Handwriting Practice ABC 123 ships an update every 20 months, Writing Wizard every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Handwriting Practice ABC 123 versus Writing Wizard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHandwriting Practice ABC 123Writing Wizard
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.4 (5K ratings)
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews73.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings15K — better
Update frequencyEvery 20 monthsEvery 4 months — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size47 MB68 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLanday AppsPierre Abel

Customer experience

Handwriting Practice ABC 123

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

Writing Wizard

All ratings5,039 ratings
Positive84.2%
Neutral6.2%
Negative9.6%
Written reviews206 reviews
Positive73.8%
Neutral6.3%
Negative19.9%

Bugs and requests

Handwriting Practice ABC 123

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

5 purchases

Handwriting Practice ABC 123

Subscriptions1
  • Weekly plan3 Days trial$5.997 Days
One-time4
  • Remove the watermark$0.99
  • Unlock all the paintings$1.99
  • Remove Ads.$3.49
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  • Unlock all the purchases$24.99
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 Handwriting Practice ABC 123 free?
Handwriting Practice ABC 123 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, Handwriting Practice ABC 123 or Writing Wizard?
Handwriting Practice ABC 123 is rated higher. Handwriting Practice ABC 123 averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Writing Wizard averages 4.4 from 5K ratings.
Do Handwriting Practice ABC 123 or Writing Wizard have ads?
Handwriting Practice ABC 123 shows ads; Writing Wizard does not.
Which is updated more often, Handwriting Practice ABC 123 or Writing Wizard?
Handwriting Practice ABC 123 ships an update every 20 months, and Writing Wizard every 4 months. Most recently, Handwriting Practice ABC 123 was updated on September 21, 2026 and Writing Wizard on September 25, 2026.

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