Comparison

Writing Wizard vs Lecture

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

Lecture

Features
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DESCRIPTION À travers 40 fiches d’activités, le classeur Ateliers de lecture fluence permet aux élèves de CP, d’apprendre à travailler la lecture précise et rapide. Chaque fiche est centrée plus particulièrement sur un ou plusieurs graphème(s) et déclinée en deux niveaux : - Niveau 1 : alternance de couleur (lettres ou syllabes selon les activités de lecture) ; lettres muettes grisées ; mots-outils soulignés jusqu’à ce que l’élève sache les décoder. - Niveau 2 : lettres muettes grisées ; mots-outils soulignés jusqu’à ce que l’élève sache les décoder.   Plusieurs types d’activités sont proposés : 1- Fiches d’exercices (fiches A et B) Ces 40 fiches sont construites autour de 8 exercices, pour automatiser et consolider la lecture de graphèmes : - 4 exercices de fluence progressifs : lecture de graphèmes, lecture de syllabes, lecture de mots, lecture de phrases entièrement déchiffrables. Le nombre de graphèmes, de syllabes ou de mots est indiqué au début de chaque ligne. Un espace à droite de chaque exercice permet à l’enseignant(e) de noter le nombre de mots correctement lus par l’élève. - 4 jeux de lecture : association d’un son à son écriture, reconnaissance visuelle de syllabes, reconnaissance et écriture de syllabes, lecture et illustration d’une phrase entièrement déchiffrable pour travailler la compréhension et apprendre à se construire une image mentale. 2- Fiches bonus Ces fiches proposent de réinvestir ses connaissances autrement avec : - 8 fiches bilans : des phrases expansives en début d’année pour travailler la lecture par groupes de mots, puis un petit texte à lire sur le modèle des évaluations nationales. Chaque fiche est déclinée en deux niveaux. - 8 fiches jeux, à réaliser en autonomie, seul ou en groupe : dominos, coloriages magiques, associations de syllabes, jeux de plateau. Les fiches bilans sont pensées pour permettre à l’enseignant(e) d’évaluer chacun de ses élèves à différents stades de l’année. Chaque évaluation est l’occasion de faire un point sur les acquis et les besoins des élèves afin de leur proposer ensuite le niveau le plus adapté. Durant ces moments d’évaluations, les autres élèves peuvent être en autonomie sur les fiches jeux qui leur permettent la consolidation de leurs acquis. Objectifs : - Amélioration de l’identification de graphèmes - Reconnaissance automatisée de syllabes et de mots - Amélioration et la vitesse et de la fluidité de la lecture - Évaluation de la compréhension dans les meilleures conditions

Screenshots

Writing Wizard4 screens
Lecture2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Lecture at none against Writing Wizard's 4. Lecture also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.6). Writing Wizard's advantage is update cadence (every 4 months vs every 17 months). 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. Lecture asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Writing Wizard ships an update every 4 months, Lecture every 17 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Writing Wizard versus Lecture: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWriting WizardLecture
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (5.2K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews73.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings5.2K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 months — betterEvery 17 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.611.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size68 MB212 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPierre AbelÉditions JOCATOP

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

Lecture

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

Lecture

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Writing Wizard free?
Writing Wizard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Lecture free?
Lecture is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Writing Wizard or Lecture have ads?
Neither Writing Wizard nor Lecture shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Writing Wizard or Lecture?
Writing Wizard ships an update every 4 months, and Lecture every 17 months. Most recently, Writing Wizard was updated on October 26, 2026 and Lecture on October 7, 2026.

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