Comparison

Writing Wizard vs Chipmunk Word

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

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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

Chipmunk Word

This game challenges your typing speed and brain skills by popping word bubbles. It offers classic and infinite modes with special bubbles that provide advantages. It's a fun way to train memory, concentration, and vocabulary.

Highlights
  • Typing speed and brain skill challenge
  • Classic and Infinite game modes
  • Special bubbles (Heart, Rainbow, Parachute)
  • Vocabulary and concentration training
  • 30 exciting levels in Classic mode
Features
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Do you like word & letters brain games? Train your memory and brain then settle in and relax with Chipmunk Word Popper! The most challenging typing word puzzle game! Test your typing and brain skills by tapping words on keypad in this addictive word & letter puzzle game. Chipmunk Word Popper is fun typing speed game.It allows you to test your typing speed and skills in a funny way. HOW TO PLAY? All you need to do is to pop all the bubbles by typing the relative letters on the keyboard. Two engaging game modes to choose from: 1.Classic mode: -Levels that start easy to get harder. Pop the words without losing all of your lives. -30 exciting levels to play. 2.Infinite mode: -Endless words that fall in a continuous increasing speed. Pop as much as you can before loosing all lives the time spent is your score. FEATURES: HEART BUBBLE: -Pop the heart bubble to get extra life. RAINBOW BUBBLE: -Pop the rainbow bubble and all on-screen words will be popped. PARACHUTE BUBBLE: -Pop the parachute bubble and the relative number of on-screen words will be popped. Cool brainstorming word typing game are routine typing training, where your vocabulary , concentration , thinking and word game meet fun , pleasures and enjoyment. Enjoy Free new addictive word popping game.Have a nice day! Do you have any issues, questions or suggestions for improvement? Please send us your ideas and feedback!

Screenshots

Writing Wizard4 screens
Chipmunk Word4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Writing Wizard at 4.4 against Chipmunk Word's 2.8. Writing Wizard also leads on review sentiment (74% vs 33%) and ratings volume (5.2K vs 12). Chipmunk Word's advantage is iOS requirement (6.0 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. Writing Wizard sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.49 per month and Chipmunk Word sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. 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 2.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Writing Wizard has 5.2K ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 74% of Writing Wizard's written reviews are positive against 33% of Chipmunk Word's.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Writing Wizard versus Chipmunk Word: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWriting WizardChipmunk Word
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (5.2K ratings) — better2.8 (12 ratings)
Positive reviews73.6% of reviews — better33.3% of reviews
Number of ratings5.2K — better12
Update frequencyEvery 4 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.66.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size68 MB26 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPierre AbelHirakumar Patel

Customer experience

Writing Wizard

All ratings5,152 ratings
Positive84.3%
Neutral6.1%
Negative9.6%
Written reviews208 reviews
Positive73.6%
Neutral6.7%
Negative19.7%

Chipmunk Word

All ratings12 ratings
Positive41.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative58.3%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%

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

Chipmunk Word

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
1 purchases

Chipmunk Word

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$0.99

Questions

Is Writing Wizard free?
Writing Wizard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Chipmunk Word free?
Chipmunk Word is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Writing Wizard or Chipmunk Word?
Writing Wizard is rated higher. Writing Wizard averages 4.4 out of 5 from 5.2K ratings, while Chipmunk Word averages 2.8 from 12 ratings.
Do Writing Wizard or Chipmunk Word have ads?
Neither Writing Wizard nor Chipmunk Word shows ads.

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