Comparison

Writing Wizard vs Panda Preschool Learning App

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

Panda Preschool Learning App

This educational game helps preschoolers learn fundamental concepts like shapes, colors, numbers, and the alphabet through interactive matching and quizzes. It features engaging voiceovers and rewards children with stickers to collect in a scrapbook.

Highlights
  • Learn ABCs and alphabet matching
  • Recognize numbers 1-20
  • Identify various shapes
  • Learn and match colors
  • Recognize animal names
  • Collect stickers for a scrapbook
Features
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Give your little one an early start with learning with "Panda Preschool." Your child can learn shapes, colors, numbers, ABCs, and animals with this fun and educational game. With English voiceovers, your child will be guided to learn all the basics typically found in a preschool curriculum. The game is beautifully designed for preschoolers ages 2 and up. Every category has options to test your child's ability to recognize and remember what is learned through matching. The game includes voiceovers to instruct, encourage and praise your little ones. Stickers are rewarded for your child to collect to build a scrapbook. * ABCs: Learn the all the alphabet letters through a simple matching game, and reinforce learning through fun quizzes. For more advanced learning, match letters to the animals. * Numbers: Learn to recognize numbers from 1-20. For more advanced learners, sort number in order. * Shapes: Recognize all sorts of shapes from circle, to square, and more! * Colors: Colors is a fun game that your kids will love. Match crayons to the picture to learn the colors, and test your child's ability to recognize colors through a fun game. * Animals: All kids love animals, and your child can easily learn to recognize and identify them in no time. * Scrapbook: For the creative minds, your child can collect stickers throughout the game, and put them together on a scrapbook!

Screenshots

Writing Wizard4 screens
Panda Preschool Learning App4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Panda Preschool Learning App at every 9 days against Writing Wizard's every 4 months. Panda Preschool Learning App also leads on iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.6). Writing Wizard's advantage is ratings volume (5.3K vs 51). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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 Panda Preschool Learning App sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. 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 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Writing Wizard has 5.3K ratings behind it against 51, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Writing Wizard ships an update every 4 months, Panda Preschool Learning App every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 13, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Writing Wizard versus Panda Preschool Learning App: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWriting WizardPanda Preschool Learning App
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (5.3K ratings) — better4.2 (51 ratings)
Positive reviews73.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings5.3K — better51
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.610.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size68 MB113 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPierre AbelScholarific, LLC

Customer experience

Writing Wizard

All ratings5,251 ratings
Positive84.2%
Neutral6.2%
Negative9.6%
Written reviews209 reviews
Positive73.7%
Neutral6.7%
Negative19.6%

Panda Preschool Learning App

All ratings49 ratings
Positive81.6%
Neutral12.2%
Negative6.1%

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

Panda Preschool Learning App

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
6 purchases

Panda Preschool Learning App

One-time6
  • Shapes$0.99
  • Colors$0.99
  • ABCs$0.99
Show 3 more
  • Numbers$0.99
  • Animals$0.99
  • Combo Package 1$1.99

Questions

Is Writing Wizard free?
Writing Wizard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Panda Preschool Learning App free?
Panda Preschool Learning App is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Writing Wizard or Panda Preschool Learning App?
Writing Wizard is rated higher. Writing Wizard averages 4.4 out of 5 from 5.3K ratings, while Panda Preschool Learning App averages 4.2 from 51 ratings.
Do Writing Wizard or Panda Preschool Learning App have ads?
Neither Writing Wizard nor Panda Preschool Learning App shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Writing Wizard or Panda Preschool Learning App?
Writing Wizard ships an update every 4 months, and Panda Preschool Learning App every 9 days. Most recently, Writing Wizard was updated on November 13, 2026 and Panda Preschool Learning App on November 2, 2026.

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