Comparison

Writing Wizard vs Moka Mera Emotions

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

Moka Mera Emotions

Features
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Moka Mera Emotions is a playful, educational application for children where they can explore and learn how to identify their emotions using emotional filters and picture cards. This app can be used in early childhood education by children together with their teachers, or at home with their parents as a tool to identify and discuss different emotions. By tapping the emoticons in the app, representing 20 different emotions, the image of the child’s face will change accordingly. The face becomes e.g. sad, surprised, angry, or happy. There are different emotional filters and sound effects to support the emotion. You can choose your language in the app (English, Spanish, German, French, Portuguese, Russian, Arabic, Mandarin, Japanese, Hindi, Swedish, and Finnish). There are also 20 picture cards with Moka Mera, the little monster, representing the same 20 emotions. For some children, it can be easier to start with the picture cards. By holding your finger on the mirror you can see how you look naturally and compare it to the emotional filter picture of yourself. You can turn off the sound by tapping the microphone. You can take pictures of yourself by holding the chosen emoticon. In the gallery, there is room for 15 photos. You can either save the photos there or delete them. You can also save them on your own device, and from there print or share them. There are 7 core emotions, all with a different color around the emoticon. You can choose only to see the 7 core emotions at the start by tapping the quantity button in the app. There are 13 additional emotions, with a color code connecting them to one of the core emotions to which they are linked. By tapping the same button you can see all 20 emotions. The emotions in the app are: Happy, Surprised, Sad, Angry, Disgusted, Afraid, Love (core emotions) and Proud, Curious, Lonely, Ashamed, Disappointed, Jealous, Bored, Sleepy, Shy, Worried, Nervous, Relieved, and Me (no specific emotion). Moka Mera Emotions is safe for children to use, which means we don’t collect any data, it’s free from advertising, and it contains no in-app purchases. The application works offline and no internet connection is necessary. It is based on the Finnish curriculum for early childhood education and we have cooperated with researchers, experts, and teachers, to produce the best possible content. The child might not be familiar with all the emotions in the app. By giving examples, telling stories, reading books, and playing with the emotions in the app, you can help the child to name and identify new emotions. This will be your key to opening a meaningful discussion with the child about emotions, as well as understanding and managing them. When children become good at recognizing and describing their feelings, it’s easier to advance to the next step: showing empathy towards others—a vital life skill. This is a fun way to explore the range of emotions we have, and the app works as a basis for meaningful discussions. More information at mokamera.com , where you can also find suitable questions to use in the discussions with the children, as well as educational lesson plans, developed by experts. Happy playing!

Screenshots

Writing Wizard4 screens
Moka Mera Emotions4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Moka Mera Emotions at none against Writing Wizard's 4. Writing Wizard's advantage is update cadence (every 4 months vs every 11 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Moka Mera Emotions asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Writing Wizard ships an update every 4 months, Moka Mera Emotions every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Writing Wizard versus Moka Mera Emotions: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWriting WizardMoka Mera Emotions
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (5.2K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews73.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings5.2K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 months — betterEvery 11 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size68 MB231 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPierre AbelMoka Mera

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

Moka Mera Emotions

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

Moka Mera Emotions

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Writing Wizard free?
Writing Wizard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Moka Mera Emotions free?
Moka Mera Emotions is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Writing Wizard or Moka Mera Emotions have ads?
Neither Writing Wizard nor Moka Mera Emotions shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Writing Wizard or Moka Mera Emotions?
Writing Wizard ships an update every 4 months, and Moka Mera Emotions every 11 months. Most recently, Writing Wizard was updated on October 29, 2026 and Moka Mera Emotions on October 25, 2026.

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