Comparison

Writing Wizard vs CIEM Private School

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

Head to head
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/

About

CIEM Private School

This educational institution aims to shape well-rounded citizens from an early age. Its philosophy emphasizes human value, moral, cultural, and physical development, fostering respect and civic responsibility.

Highlights
  • Holistic citizen development
  • Moral, cultural, and physical growth
  • Fosters respect and civic responsibility
  • Early age education
  • Focus on human value
Features
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El Centro de Instrucción y Educación Moderna (C.I.E.M.) es una entidad privada establecida en el Municipio de Carolina desde el año de 1978, con el propósito de formar ciudadanos(as), desde la más temprana edad. Nuestra filosofía educativa se centra en el ser humano; en su valor como ente sociológico y su desarrollo moral, cultural y físico. Nos proponemos desarrollar un educando con el más alto espíritu de convivencia humana; para el cual el respeto por el derecho ajeno y la responsabilidad ciudadana estén unidas al amor por el trabajo, como elemento dignificante y al aprecio por la estética en todos las formas de expresión humana.

Screenshots

Writing Wizard4 screens
CIEM Private School3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: CIEM Private School at none against Writing Wizard's 4. Writing Wizard's advantage is ratings volume (5.2K vs 14). On price, rating, update cadence 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. Writing Wizard sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.49 per month. CIEM Private School asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for Writing Wizard against 4.3 for CIEM Private School. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Writing Wizard has 5.2K ratings behind it against 14, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Writing Wizard ships an update every 4 months, CIEM Private School every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Writing Wizard versus CIEM Private School: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWriting WizardCIEM Private School
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (5.2K ratings) — better4.3 (14 ratings)
Positive reviews73.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings5.2K — better14
Update frequencyEvery 4 months — betterEvery 6 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.6
Further details — not scored
Size68 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPierre AbelCentro de instruccion y educacion moderna, inc

Customer experience

Writing Wizard

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

CIEM Private School

All ratings12 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%

Bugs and 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

CIEM Private School

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

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
None

CIEM Private School

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Writing Wizard free?
Writing Wizard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is CIEM Private School free?
CIEM Private School is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Writing Wizard or CIEM Private School?
Writing Wizard is rated higher. Writing Wizard averages 4.4 out of 5 from 5.2K ratings, while CIEM Private School averages 4.3 from 14 ratings.
Do Writing Wizard or CIEM Private School have ads?
Neither Writing Wizard nor CIEM Private School shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Writing Wizard or CIEM Private School?
Writing Wizard ships an update every 4 months, and CIEM Private School every 6 months. Most recently, Writing Wizard was updated on November 4, 2026 and CIEM Private School on November 2, 2026.

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