Comparison

Writing Wizard vs Myotapps City

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

Myotapps City

Features
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Myotapps City is an evidence-based training tool developed by a multidisciplinary team of professionals specialised in supporting children with special educational needs. It focuses on supporting the ages of 3 to 18 who face challenges in writing due to difficulties in fine motor skills, visual perceptual skills and visual motor control. The trainings are customisable, allowing professionals to create a just-right challenge for students, and keeping track of their progress instantly. Students can complete their personalised program individually on their own time and from the comfort of their own home. ACCESSIBLE The app is accessible anytime anywhere with a touchscreen device. Students can train at the convenience of their home. PROFESSIONAL Student can receive instant feedback just as they will get from face-to-face training with SEN professionals. EASY TO USE Designed to be simple and intuitive, so that it can be used without having any special knowledge in training SEN students. INTERACTIVE Monetisation with avatar provide a personal touch, resulting in better involvement with training. HIGHLY ATTRACTIVE Gamification with attractive design encourages user motivation, easing their commitment to training. PROGRESS & RESULTS REPORT The results of each training is recorded to provide reliable and instant feedback to professionals on the students' skills level. USER ADAPTATION The tool analyse user performance during each exercise to regulate the degree of difficulty and training automatically, allowing a personalised intervention. Monthly subscription is required to access all features including customisable game trainings, personalise profiles, performance progress and ....more! No commitment, cancel anytime. Terms of Use (EULA): www.sentechnology.co/zh/end-user-license-agreement

Screenshots

Writing Wizard4 screens
Myotapps City4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Myotapps City at every 8 days against Writing Wizard's every 4 months. Myotapps City also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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 and Myotapps City sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $29.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Writing Wizard ships an update every 4 months, Myotapps City every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Writing Wizard versus Myotapps City: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWriting WizardMyotapps City
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (5.2K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews73.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings5.2K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 8 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.613.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size68 MB33 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPierre AbelAngela On Kei Lai

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

Myotapps City

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
2 purchases

Myotapps City

Subscriptions2
  • Myotapps Monthly$29.991 Month
  • Myotapps Yearly$179.991 Year

Questions

Is Writing Wizard free?
Writing Wizard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Myotapps City free?
Myotapps City is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Writing Wizard or Myotapps City have ads?
Neither Writing Wizard nor Myotapps City shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Writing Wizard or Myotapps City?
Writing Wizard ships an update every 4 months, and Myotapps City every 8 days. Most recently, Writing Wizard was updated on November 6, 2026 and Myotapps City on November 3, 2026.

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