Comparison

Learn Handwriting 1st Grade vs Handwriting Tracing Practice

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

Head to head
About

Learn Handwriting 1st Grade

This app provides interactive lessons to help children master fundamental handwriting skills, including letters, numbers, and words. It uses adaptive practice and gamification to make learning engaging and effective, even for children with learning difficulties.

Highlights
  • 30+ read-along lessons
  • Adaptive practice
  • Text-to-speech functionality
  • Auto-play lessons
  • Student and teacher profiles
  • Gamification elements
  • Progress tracking
Features
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Does your child's handwriting look like chicken scratch? Give them this app. It has everything kids need to master fundamental handwriting skills on their own. Learn Handwriting 1st Grade features 30+ simple lessons that teach writing uppercase and lowercase letters, numbers, and even whole words with correct spacing and shape, all without pencil and paper. It's been designed by an ex-Google product manager to maximize learning and minimize frustration. A stylus is recommended as it develops pencil holding skills, but also works with a finger. Watch your child's handwriting abilities improve with just a few minutes of regular practice. The content is so simple and the technology is so effective that even kids with learning disabilities and difficulties decoding text can learn on their own. Features: • 30+ simple ‘read-along’ lessons. Students can learn by themselves, at their own pace. • Effective, adaptive practice. Each student sees a different set of questions that get harder over time. When they make mistakes, the questions change in real-time to maximize learning and minimize frustration, following the ‘spaced repetition’ learning theory. • Text to speech. Tap on any word to have it read out loud. • Auto-play. Sit back and enjoy the whole lesson read to you. Even kids with difficulties decoding text or paying attention can learn spelling skills on their own. • Switch between up to separate student and teacher profiles. • Teacher View: Keep kids accountable for regular practice with minimal effort. Look at charts of useful metrics. See where students are struggling, and jump in to help. • Gamification. Medals, progress bars, and uplifting interfaces motivate students to do their best. Handwriting 1st Grade is a collective effort of veteran teachers, technologists, and student testers. ======= Handwriting 1st Grade is a member of the Class Ace family of apps. One subscription unlocks full access to all 2,500+ world-class Class Ace lessons across 15+ apps covering K-6 subjects. Subscription Info: • Unlimited access to all Class Ace lessons and apps (including this one) covering K-6 Common Core standards is $39.99 / year after a 1 week free trail and includes three student profiles and one teacher profile. • Cancel Anytime: You won't be charged if you cancel before the end of the trial period. • Renewal: Auto-renewal may be turned off anytime from Apple Subscription Manager. If your child needs to learn 1st grade handwriting skills but you simply can’t afford a Class Ace membership, please email support@classace.io. Subscriptions automatically renew unless they are turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period in account settings. Renewals are charged within 24-hours preceding the end of the current period. Payment is charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions are managed by the user. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to Learn Handwriting by Class Ace, where applicable. You can access Learn Handwriting without a subscription, but will be limited to 5 free lessons. ======= Help & Support Problems, questions, or want to get in touch? Contact us at support@classace.io Links: Terms of Service: https://classace.io/terms Privacy: https://classace.io/privacy

About

Handwriting Tracing Practice

This app helps children learn and practice writing cursive and block letters. It offers interactive tracing, letter animations, and voice input/output for a fun, educational experience. Includes a memory game and customizable fonts.

Highlights
  • Cursive and block letter tracing
  • Letter writing animations
  • Voice input and text-to-speech
  • Memory game (Pairs)
  • Multiple cursive and block fonts
  • Text export to PDF
Features
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Is your child starting school and learning to write? Handwriting Tracing Practice helps children aged 6–8 master cursive and printed letters step by step — with the exact fonts used in schools. Children learn independently, at their own pace, using voice controls designed for little hands that can't type yet. No ads. No data collected. Safe for children. The app has three sections: Letters Browse cursive and printed letters and find any letter by voice. See all four forms at once — uppercase cursive, lowercase cursive, uppercase print, lowercase print. Play the writing animation to learn the correct stroke order. Then trace it yourself — move the virtual pen along the letter's lines to practise proper technique. Each letter plays its sound too, so children connect the shape with the phonics. Pairs The classic card-matching game — now with letters! Find pairs of identical letter cards against the clock. Choose whether to match lowercase with uppercase, or same-case pairs. Pick cursive or printed cards and set the difficulty by the number of cards. Learning letters has never felt more like play. Texts (SK/CZ Cursive font) Type or speak any text — it appears instantly in cursive handwriting. Listen to it read aloud. Play the Telephone game together: one person speaks a sentence, the other listens back and compares. Export your text as a cursive PDF, print it out, or send it as a handwritten letter to grandma. Available fonts in Settings: Cursive: D'Nealian · Handwriting Without Tears · Zaner Bloser · UK Cursive · SK/CZ Cursive Print: Manuscript · SK/CZ Print Download free and start exploring the world of handwriting today!

Screenshots

Learn Handwriting 1st Grade4 screens
Handwriting Tracing Practice4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Handwriting Tracing Practice at free against Learn Handwriting 1st Grade's subscription. Handwriting Tracing Practice also leads on ratings volume (50 vs 16). Learn Handwriting 1st Grade's advantage is rating (4.4 vs 4.0) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 weeks). 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. Learn Handwriting 1st Grade sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Handwriting Tracing Practice sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Learn Handwriting 1st Grade holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 16 and 50 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Learn Handwriting 1st Grade ships an update every 5 days, Handwriting Tracing Practice every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Learn Handwriting 1st Grade versus Handwriting Tracing Practice: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLearn Handwriting 1st GradeHandwriting Tracing Practice
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (16 ratings) — better4.0 (50 ratings)
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings1650 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS9.0 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size85 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperClass Ace LLCVladimir Zavada

Customer experience

Learn Handwriting 1st Grade

All ratings16 ratings
Positive87.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative12.5%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%

Handwriting Tracing Practice

All ratings50 ratings
Positive70.0%
Neutral12.0%
Negative18.0%

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Learn Handwriting 1st Grade

Subscriptions10
  • Handwriting 1st - 1 Student7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Handwriting 1st - 2 Students7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Handwriting 1st - 3 Students7 Days trial$6.991 Month
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  • H1 Yearly - 1 Student$19.991 Year
  • H2 Yearly - 2 Students$29.991 Month
  • Handwriting 1 Yearly - 3 Seats7 Days trial$39.991 Year
  • Handwriting 1 Yearly - 7 Seats7 Days trial$79.991 Year
  • Handwriting 1 Yearly - 8 Seats7 Days trial$89.991 Year
  • Handwriting 1 Yearly - 9 Seats7 Days trial$99.991 Year
  • Handwriting 1 Yearly -10 Seats7 Days trial$109.991 Year
3 purchases

Handwriting Tracing Practice

One-time3
  • Entry functions$4.99
  • Advanced functions$6.99
  • Premium functions$8.99

Questions

Is Learn Handwriting 1st Grade free?
Learn Handwriting 1st Grade is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Handwriting Tracing Practice free?
Handwriting Tracing Practice is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Learn Handwriting 1st Grade or Handwriting Tracing Practice?
Learn Handwriting 1st Grade is rated higher. Learn Handwriting 1st Grade averages 4.4 out of 5 from 16 ratings, while Handwriting Tracing Practice averages 4.0 from 50 ratings.
Do Learn Handwriting 1st Grade or Handwriting Tracing Practice have ads?
Neither Learn Handwriting 1st Grade nor Handwriting Tracing Practice shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Learn Handwriting 1st Grade or Handwriting Tracing Practice?
Learn Handwriting 1st Grade ships an update every 5 days, and Handwriting Tracing Practice every 2 weeks. Most recently, Learn Handwriting 1st Grade was updated on November 3, 2026 and Handwriting Tracing Practice on November 7, 2026.

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