Comparison

Cursive Letters Writing Wizard vs IOA Virtual Swimming Pool

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

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About

Cursive Letters Writing Wizard

This app helps children learn cursive handwriting through interactive tracing, engaging games, and customizable features. It supports various fonts, phonics, and progress monitoring for parents and educators.

Highlights
  • Interactive cursive letter tracing
  • Customizable word lists with audio recording
  • Engaging games and animated stickers
  • Progress monitoring and tracing replays
  • Support for multiple fonts and left-handed mode
  • Printable worksheets
Features
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• Editor's Choice Award (96/100) - Children's Technology Review • "Simply an amazing app for kids to learn cursive writing." - 5/5 - Top Pick - smartAppsForKids.com 142,000 units sold (including 62,000 to schools)! • Teach and reinforce the accurate tracing of cursive letters, as well as the proper way to join letters within words, utilizing our proprietary technology • 3 most popular US fonts (ZB, DN & HWT) + UK, French and Swiss fonts • Customise by adding your word lists (and record audio for each word) • Enjoy engaging tracing with 50+ animated stickers, sound effects, and interactive games that bring letters to life at the end of each tracing • Uppercase & lowercase letters, numbers, and words • Fully customizable to suit every child’s needs (letter size, difficulty,...) • Phonics and letter names • Monitor progress through reports that allow the replay of the child's tracing • Introduce toddlers to shapes tracing activities, fostering early developmental skills • Left-Handed Mode • Create printable Worksheets to assist your child with handwriting practice on paper • Apple Pencil support • Accessibility settings for children with visual impairments _______ PERFECT FOR KIDS Kids want to have fun, and Cursive 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 5 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 US fonts (ZB, DN & HWT) + UK, French and Swiss fonts • Upper and lower case letters, numbers + 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,...) • Left-Handed Mode • In the A-Z section, special graphics available to match letters (e.g. ant graphic for A/a) • Accessibility settings for children with visual impairments _______ "Cursive Writing Wizard is just as wonderful and well-designed as the original Writing Wizard" 5/5 - AppyMall.com _______ 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: Protected parent sections are available where you can send us a mail and check out our others apps. Before accessing a parent section, an addition must be solved so that young kids cannot access it. Terms of use : https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

IOA Virtual Swimming Pool

Experience a realistic virtual swimming pool environment designed to help overcome aquaphobia. Safely explore the pool, practice water entry, and get comfortable with submersion and movement underwater from home.

Highlights
  • Interactive VR swimming pool
  • Aquaphobia learning program
  • Realistic water entry and movement
  • Shallow and deep end exploration
  • Relaxation coaching and videos
  • Comfortable home-based learning
Features
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Introduction to the (fully interactive IOA pool) (subject to our standard terms and conditions of purchase). The Aquaphobia Learning Programme was written & developed by master coach Mike Burman, with support from leading figures in the UK leisure industry and the University of Chichester. Millions of people whether through fear, trauma, phobia, stress, or a lack of decent lessons will have never had the opportunity to know what it is like to be stress free and happy in a pool. Aquaphobia affects individuals from every conceivable background, regardless of age and it is one of the “great levelers”. Wherever the person is from, or whatever they may do, being scared of water can be life-changing for that person and their family and friends. Aquaphobia often is the cause of social exclusion and affects mental and physical wellbeing. If not professionally treated, there is a fair chance they will pass their phobia on to younger family members and generations. The IOA VR pool is a safe and gentle way to experience what it is like to be in the middle of a large swimming pool. To walk around on the poolside and go into the pool from the stairs, or even jump in from the side. In the ALP VR pool, you can submerge (duck under) and move about underwater or go into the deep end and even stand on the bottom. You can also float on your back and your front. Before you book your ALP lessons at your local pool this is a wonderful way to help you understand and learn about the aquatic and pool environment, from the comfort of your home. In fact, we think it is so realistic in full VR, that you can actually feel like you are in a leisure centre for real, one of the few things we could not replicate was the smell of the chlorine but we are working on that too. For further information or support, please contact info@instituteofaquaphobia.com The scene starts in the changing room, you can walk around by using your mouse, holding down the left button or by pushing it forward. Or using your finger on a tablet or mobile devices. Listen to the calming voice of your relaxation coach. You can play our great selection of relaxation videos on poolside (on demand). Enter the pool at any point (jump in) or via the pool stairs. Users have access to all areas, shallow and deep ends. (Click the instruction boxes to do that action or a combination of actions) Try lying down and floating, ducking under, swimming and standing up. Swim into the deep and go under the water. You can only exit the pool using the stairs in the shallow end. We hope you enjoy the pool and all the things you can do. Best wishes From the IOA team Industry approved product - details available on www.waterphobia.com

Screenshots

Cursive Letters Writing Wizard4 screens
IOA Virtual Swimming Pool4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Cursive Letters Writing Wizard at Free against IOA Virtual Swimming Pool's $12.99. Cursive Letters Writing Wizard also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 5 months vs every 30 months). IOA Virtual Swimming Pool's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 62%) and in-app purchases (none vs 4). On 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

Cursive Letters Writing Wizard is free to download; IOA Virtual Swimming Pool costs $12.99 up front. Cursive Letters Writing Wizard sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.49 per month. IOA Virtual Swimming Pool asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cursive Letters Writing Wizard ships an update every 5 months, IOA Virtual Swimming Pool every 30 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Cursive Letters Writing Wizard versus IOA Virtual Swimming Pool: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCursive Letters Writing WizardIOA Virtual Swimming Pool
PriceFree — better$12.99
Rating4.4 (2K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews62.4% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 months — betterEvery 30 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.612.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size64 MB1.3 GB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperPierre AbelSARA JANE BURMAN

Customer experience

Cursive Letters Writing Wizard

All ratings1,981 ratings
Positive82.6%
Neutral5.3%
Negative12.1%
Written reviews149 reviews
Positive62.4%
Neutral3.4%
Negative34.2%

IOA Virtual Swimming Pool

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Cursive Letters Writing Wizard

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Purchased content not unlocking
  • Frequent crashes and freezes
  • Incompatibility with certain devices

Requested features

3 requests
  • More free content and letters
  • Improved navigation and usability
  • Support for multiple fonts and languages

IOA Virtual Swimming Pool

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Cursive Letters Writing Wizard

Subscriptions1
  • Full Access - Monthly$2.491 Month
One-time3
  • Add Your Own Words$5.99
  • All Letters and Numbers$5.99
  • Unlock Everything$9.99
None

IOA Virtual Swimming Pool

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Cursive Letters Writing Wizard free?
Cursive Letters Writing Wizard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is IOA Virtual Swimming Pool free?
IOA Virtual Swimming Pool costs $12.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Cursive Letters Writing Wizard or IOA Virtual Swimming Pool have ads?
IOA Virtual Swimming Pool shows ads; Cursive Letters Writing Wizard does not.
Which is updated more often, Cursive Letters Writing Wizard or IOA Virtual Swimming Pool?
Cursive Letters Writing Wizard ships an update every 5 months, and IOA Virtual Swimming Pool every 30 months. Most recently, Cursive Letters Writing Wizard was updated on October 26, 2026 and IOA Virtual Swimming Pool on October 20, 2026.

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