Comparison

LetterRoute 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

LetterRoute

Children can practice tracing letters and numbers by following routes on vehicles like trains and cars. The app offers a gradual learning curve, rewards progress with badges, and allows parents to monitor practice sessions. In-app purchases require parental confirmation.

Highlights
  • Trace letters and numbers with vehicles
  • Gradual difficulty progression
  • Collect badges for practice
  • Parental monitoring of progress
  • Cute and simple game design
  • In-app purchases require parental confirmation
Features
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A chance for children who love vehicles to practice letters. 'LetterRoute' is a tracing app where a child places their finger on a train, car or cycle and follow a route that corresponds to either a letter or number. Feature : - Simple and cute game design. - Start by tracing typical shapes, and step up little by little. - Kids can collect badges by practicing. - You can check when and what letters the kids practiced, how they wrote them. - In-app purchases and changes to settings must be confirmed by parents. - There are no in-app advertisements. We would appreciate your feedback and requests for additional features. Please support us by rating and reviewing our products in the store.

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

LetterRoute4 screens
Handwriting Tracing Practice4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Handwriting Tracing Practice at free against LetterRoute's free with in-app purchases. Handwriting Tracing Practice also leads on rating (4.0 vs 3.8) and ratings volume (50 vs 4). LetterRoute's advantage is iOS requirement (12.4 vs 16.6). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. LetterRoute sells 6 one-off in-app purchases 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

Handwriting Tracing Practice holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Handwriting Tracing Practice has 50 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

LetterRoute ships an update every 6 days, Handwriting Tracing Practice every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
LetterRoute versus Handwriting Tracing Practice: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLetterRouteHandwriting Tracing Practice
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (4 ratings)4.0 (50 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings450 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.4 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size89 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTakayuki MoriVladimir Zavada

Customer experience

LetterRoute

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Handwriting Tracing Practice

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

In-app purchases

6 purchases

LetterRoute

One-time6
  • Road of Hiragana$0.99
  • Road of Katakana$0.99
  • Road of uppercase alphabet$0.99
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  • Road of lowercase alphabet$0.99
  • Vehicle expansion pack1$0.99
  • All-in-one pack$1.99
3 purchases

Handwriting Tracing Practice

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

Questions

Is LetterRoute free?
LetterRoute 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, LetterRoute or Handwriting Tracing Practice?
Handwriting Tracing Practice is rated higher. LetterRoute averages 3.8 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Handwriting Tracing Practice averages 4.0 from 50 ratings.
Do LetterRoute or Handwriting Tracing Practice have ads?
Neither LetterRoute nor Handwriting Tracing Practice shows ads.
Which is updated more often, LetterRoute or Handwriting Tracing Practice?
LetterRoute ships an update every 6 days, and Handwriting Tracing Practice every 2 weeks. Most recently, LetterRoute was updated on November 3, 2026 and Handwriting Tracing Practice on November 7, 2026.

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