Comparison

Lumo vs Handwriting Practice App

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

Head to head
About

Lumo

This app lets you trace glowing lines on real paper attached to your iPad to create drawings. Bring stories to life by using a regular pencil or pen to follow the guided path. It's a unique way to combine digital guidance with traditional art.

Highlights
  • Trace glowing lines
  • Use real paper and pen
  • Audio story integration
  • Guided drawing experience
  • Supports standard pencils/pens
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To use Lumo, Simply attach paper to your iPad, trace the glowing line, and bring the audio story to life! Lumo uses a REAL pencil/pen/marker to create your drawing, not one of those fancy Apple Pencils. We recommend using a pencil or a felt tip pens. More info: madewithlumo.com Comments/questions/concerns? Reach us at feedback@madewithlumo.com

About

Handwriting Practice App

Master cursive and improve your handwriting with this fun and interactive app. Practice various lettering styles and fonts with step-by-step tutorials and augmented reality projection. Perfect for beginners and experienced artists looking to enhance their penmanship and create beautiful designs.

Highlights
  • Cursive font practice
  • Hand lettering styles
  • Step-by-step tracing tutorials
  • Augmented reality tracing projector
  • Inspirational quotes and designs
  • Offline font access
  • Custom text input (Pro)
Features
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Want to improve your handwriting and master cursive? Our handwriting and letter tracing app makes it easy and fun! Practice with a variety of cursive fonts, hand lettering styles, and tracing guides to build confidence and improve your penmanship. Whether you're working on elegant script, bold block letters, or creative calligraphy, you'll find plenty of letter designs, inspirational quotes, and fun decorations to explore. With step-by-step tracing tutorials, a high-tech tracing projector, and an interactive AR environment, you'll get hands-on practice that makes learning feel natural. Just grab a pen or stylus and start tracing! Hand writing & lettering is a fun and creative way to personalize notes, journals, and artwork. Experiment with different letter shapes, sizes, and styles to turn simple words into beautiful designs. All you need is a little practice—and this app is here to help! Turn on AR drawing mode to see your hand lettering designs projected on the surface in front of you for effective handwriting practice. Look through the camera of your device, take a pencil and easily sketch and trace the letters onto paper. This is how the app makes drawing letters and hand writing easy with augmented reality and let you learn how to create lovely brush-lettered art designs in no-time. Coming up with creative hand lettering ideas can be a real challenge. Use the hand lettering and tattoo design generator app if you need instant inspiration for fonts art. The app supports: - Thousands of inspirational and fun quotes - A huge collection of pretty aesthetic letter fonts, from romantic cursive brushstroke scripts and calligraphy to classic traditional serif font families or fun outlined fonts - AR letter tracing projector: elevate your letter tracing skills with our advanced tracing projector. Easily follow and trace your favourite fonts, cursive writing, or even tattoo lettering designs in an intuitive, immersive AR environment - Alphabet letter tracing tutorials guiding you through the abc - Save your favourite hand lettering or tattoo designs in your own gallery - Edit mode to change handwriting fonts and styles - Learn to draw decorative elements, borders and background styles - All letter fonts, AR drawing mode and the tracing projector are available offline - Worksheets and handwriting practice alphabets/abcd's to practice writing - Letter design edit mode: unleash your creativity and craft stunning letter designs with an extensive library of aesthetic fonts, styles, and brushstroke options. Drag & drop to reposition elements, rotate texts, change letter spacing, add or copy text and images The pro-version of the app unlocks: - All brush, cursive, outlined, hand writing and other artistic fun letter fonts - The possibility to enter your own text or name - Removal of ads This hand lettering app provides inspiration for both beginners, and hand lettering masters, practicing the art for years. The examples can be drawn as a hobby or give inspiration for graphic design work, involving logos or advertisements. Come up with new lettering ideas and get creative with our cutting-edge Hand Lettering AR Drawing app. Perfect for enthusiasts of letter fonts, handwriting practice, tattoo lettering, and letter design, this powerful tool will revolutionize the way you create and practice your lettering skills. Embrace the future of AR drawing and experience the future of AR writing with our app, which enables you to immerse yourself in the world of tracing projector, art projector, and letter tracing. Practice your hand writing skills with out abc letter tracing tutorials. If you have any questions, comments or suggestions, please contact support @ wienelware.nl

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Lumo at 100% against Handwriting Practice App's 31%. Lumo also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.4) and in-app purchases (none vs 9). Handwriting Practice App's advantage is ratings volume (745 vs 7) and device support (3 vs 1). On price and update cadence 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. Handwriting Practice App sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Lumo asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Lumo holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Handwriting Practice App has 745 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Lumo's written reviews are positive against 31% of Handwriting Practice App's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lumo ships an update every 2 weeks, Handwriting Practice App monthly. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Lumo versus Handwriting Practice App: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLumoHandwriting Practice App
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (7 ratings) — better4.4 (745 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better31.0% of reviews
Number of ratings7745 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB98 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJWeg Ventures LLCLidwien Veugen

Customer experience

Lumo

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Handwriting Practice App

All ratings738 ratings
Positive83.7%
Neutral4.7%
Negative11.5%
Written reviews29 reviews
Positive31.0%
Neutral10.3%
Negative58.6%

Bugs and requests

Lumo

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Handwriting Practice App

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Cannot open after purchase
  • Fonts do not appear
  • Inspiration page has swear word
  • App crashes or doesn't open

Requested features

6 requests
  • More font choices
  • Add own text block
  • Practice letters multiple times
  • Save favorite fonts
  • Make more letters free
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  • Allow tracing of paragraphs

In-app purchases

None

Lumo

No in-app purchases

8 purchases

Handwriting Practice App

Subscriptions5
  • Hand Lettering & Tracing PRO$3.991 Month
  • Cursive Handwriting Practice PRO2 variants$4.997 Days
  • Calligraphy & Handwriting PRO$4.991 Month
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  • Cursive Handwriting Practice PRO$19.991 Year
  • Calligraphy & Handwriting PRO$19.991 Year
One-time3
  • Calligraphy & Handwriting PRO$34.99
  • Cursive Handwriting Practice$39.99
  • Calligraphy & Handwriting PRO$39.99

Questions

Is Lumo free?
Lumo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Handwriting Practice App free?
Handwriting Practice App is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Lumo or Handwriting Practice App?
Lumo is rated higher. Lumo averages 5.0 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while Handwriting Practice App averages 4.4 from 745 ratings.
Do Lumo or Handwriting Practice App have ads?
Handwriting Practice App shows ads; Lumo does not.
Which is updated more often, Lumo or Handwriting Practice App?
Lumo ships an update every 2 weeks, and Handwriting Practice App monthly. Most recently, Lumo was updated on November 3, 2026 and Handwriting Practice App on November 3, 2026.

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