Interactive Handwriting vs Numberblocks
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Interactive Handwriting
This app helps children develop good handwriting habits through interactive lessons and visual clues for letter formation. It offers animations and games for each letter of the alphabet, making learning engaging on mobile devices.
- Interactive letter formation lessons
- In-built clues for remembering shapes
- Movement pathway guidance
- 52 handwriting animations
- Alphabet letter games
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Good handwriting habits come from a good foundation. With Letterland there are in-built clues to help your child remember how to form letter shapes; where each letter starts and the ‘movement pathway’. Use this free app on your mobile or tablet for an interactive experience. Unlock 52 handwriting animations and a game for each letter of the alphabet.
Numberblocks
Engage young learners with interactive card games designed to build numeracy skills. Features four game modes and 60 levels of play, focusing on matching, addition, and subtraction using familiar characters and objects.
- Snap card matching game
- Match pairs of card values
- Addition equation challenges
- Subtraction equation challenges
- Progressive difficulty levels
- Unlockable card packs
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The BAFTA-winning pre-school learning show Numberblocks brings you Numberblocks - Card Fun! This app features four game modes and five packs of cards offering 60 levels of different gameplay that will help you help your child with their numeracy skills. It features Numberblocks 1 to 10. As seen on Cbeebies. ● Snap - Find a snap when you see two cards with matching values, this could be Numberblock One and one Apple or numeral six and six Numberblobs. ● Match - Turn over the cards to find matching pairs of card value. The values could be anything from a mix of things to stamps. ● Add it up - A series of addition equations that feature different card packs and card values. You will be adding Numberblocks, Stamps, Things, Numberblobs and numerals. ● Take it away - A series of subtraction equations that feature different card packs and card values. You will be adding Numberblocks, Stamps, Things, Numberblobs and numerals. When a level is completed a new one with increasing complexity will unlock. Also, your card packs will increase in size with larger values helping to offer a challenging experience that will help your child to progress with their number literacy. This app does not contain any in-app purchases or involuntary adverts.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Interactive Handwriting at Free against Numberblocks's $2.99. Interactive Handwriting also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 13.0). Numberblocks's advantage is rating (4.3 vs 2.6) and review sentiment (48% vs 14%). On update cadence, 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
Interactive Handwriting is free to download; Numberblocks costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Numberblocks holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 2.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Numberblocks has 86 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 14% of Interactive Handwriting's written reviews are positive against 48% of Numberblocks's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Interactive Handwriting | Numberblocks |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 2.6 (8 ratings) | 4.3 (86 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 14.3% of reviews | 48.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8 | 86 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 254 MB | 138 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Letterland | Blue-Zoo |
Customer experience
Interactive Handwriting
Numberblocks
In-app purchases
Interactive Handwriting
No in-app purchases
Numberblocks
No in-app purchases
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