Comparison

Writing Wizard vs Draw Math

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

Draw Math

This app helps children aged 3 and up learn to write numbers and perform basic arithmetic operations like addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. It adapts to the child's skill level, offering an engaging way to develop foundational math skills.

Highlights
  • Number writing practice
  • Addition exercises
  • Subtraction exercises
  • Multiplication exercises
  • Division exercises
  • Adaptive learning levels
Features
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Learn to write the numbers and do the operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division) depending on your level and knowledge. Suitable for children from 3+ years old.

Screenshots

Writing Wizard4 screens
Draw Math4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Draw Math at 5.0 against Writing Wizard's 4.4. Draw Math also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 4) and update cadence (daily vs every 4 months). Writing Wizard's advantage is ratings volume (5K vs 1). On price, 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

Both are free to download. Writing Wizard sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.49 per month. Draw Math asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Draw Math 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Writing Wizard ships an update every 4 months, Draw Math daily. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and July 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Writing Wizard versus Draw Math: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWriting WizardDraw Math
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (5K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews73.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings5K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.613.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size68 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPierre AbelHarry Patsis

Customer experience

Writing Wizard

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

Draw Math

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Draw Math

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

Draw Math

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Writing Wizard free?
Writing Wizard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Draw Math free?
Draw Math is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Writing Wizard or Draw Math?
Draw Math is rated higher. Writing Wizard averages 4.4 out of 5 from 5K ratings, while Draw Math averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Writing Wizard or Draw Math have ads?
Neither Writing Wizard nor Draw Math shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Writing Wizard or Draw Math?
Writing Wizard ships an update every 4 months, and Draw Math daily. Most recently, Writing Wizard was updated on September 22, 2026 and Draw Math on July 5, 2026.

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