Comparison

Twinkl Formation & Handwriting vs Fabily

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

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About

Twinkl Formation & Handwriting

This app helps young learners develop essential handwriting skills by practicing letter and number formation, and shapes. It offers a fun, engaging, and prep-free experience for children, with customizable word lists and offline functionality.

Highlights
  • Letter and number formation practice
  • Shape tracing
  • Fine motor skill development
  • Customizable word lists
  • Offline functionality
  • Multi-language support
Features
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Take the hassle out of handwriting lessons with the Twinkl Formation & Handwriting app! It’s a fun-filled, prep-free way to help your little learners form letters, numbers and shapes, and build those all-important fine motor skills. So, why will you love the Twinkl Formation & Handwriting app? Your weekend is safe. Just set them up and watch them practice. You get back the time you’d spend prepping tracing sheets for lowercase and uppercase letters, numbers 1-100, and simple shapes. No more begging to practice! The kids are actually asking to use it. That's a win-win. From the classroom to the car. It works on any device and keeps the learning consistent, no matter where they are. It's built by people who get it. The app has been developed by expert lead teachers and senior practitioners , so you can have total confidence in its standards. Phonics panic, solved. Phase 2/3 sounds and over 100 CVC words are ready-to-go, so you have exactly what you need for your next lesson. Cater to all your learners, wherever you are in the world. The app has specific fonts and professional audio in English for the US, UK, Australia and New Zealand, along with Welsh, Spanish, Arabic and Afrikaans. Stress-free screen time. The app works completely offline, so you can breathe easy knowing the kids are safe and the content is secure. Adaptable to your needs. Create your own custom word lists to personalize the experience for your learners. Full support for your teaching. The app is compatible with a great range of supporting printable resources from the Twinkl website. How to access the Twinkl Formation & Handwriting app: Twinkl Ultimate members get full access to the app and all of Twinkl’s other mobile and web apps as part of your membership. If you just want app access without the wider benefits of Twinkl, you can take out an in-app subscription. Or, if you want to see how it works, you can try some of the features of the app for free in Try! Mode. Got questions? You can contact our lovely Twinkl Cares team 24/7, and you can always speak to a real human - that’s the Twinkl difference. Our Privacy Policy: https://www.twinkl.com/legal#privacy-policy Our Terms and Conditions: https://www.twinkl.com/legal#terms-and-conditions Apple Standard Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Rated 3+ by the Indonesia Game Rating System (IGRS)

About

Fabily

Features
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There is a look a child gets when they are lost inside a Story. Fabily is about the moment just after, when they realise the Story is about them. Personalised Stories where your child is the hero, written to build their confidence and their love of reading. WHY WE MADE IT Fabily started with a boy who did not like reading. He was dyslexic, and books felt like they had been made for other people. Then a teacher wrote him a story where he was the hero, and reading stopped being something he was asked to do. Traditional stories are wonderful and always will be. They are simply not about your child. NO PHOTOS, EVER Your child's Hero is built from choices the two of you make together, never from a photograph. Choosing the hair, the eyes, the skin and the rest is half the fun, and it is the moment a child takes ownership of the Story before a single word is written. MY WORLD STORIES Some Fabily Stories are pure adventure. Others take a real situation your child is about to face, a first day, a dentist, a new sibling, and let them walk through it first, as themselves, before the day arrives. IT TAKES A FEW MINUTES Building a Hero takes about a minute, and it is usually the part children ask to do again. Then choose the kind of adventure, and a virtue at its heart if you would like the Story to carry one. Fifteen are available. Courage before a hard day. Kindness after one. A child can watch themselves being brave and recognise it as something they are capable of. Every Story joins a library that travels with you, so the one your child loved in March is still there in September, ready on the drive to the shops. WHAT IS IN A STORY You choose the reading level, so the words meet your child exactly where they are. As their reading grows, the levels grow with them. You choose the art style too, which is a good part of why a child will read four Stories in a row and find every one of them new. Audio Stories are there for the evenings when your voice has run out, and for children who read best when they can follow along. Each full Story ends with a note written for your child and a few gentle ways to keep talking once the last page is turned. FOR FAMILIES, TEACHERS AND THERAPISTS Parents use Fabily to turn reading time into something their child asks for rather than something they negotiate. Educators and therapists use it for social narratives, and to let a child rehearse being brave well before the moment arrives when they have to be. MADE IN ADELAIDE Fabily is made by a small Australian team who care a great deal about what children read and where their information goes. Your library is private to your family. We do not sell your data, we do not track your child, and we never will. Every Story is generated fresh, which is how it can belong to your child and to nobody else. Start with a free Story, and watch what happens when a child finds their own name on the page. Fabily offers optional auto-renewing subscriptions. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Your subscription renews automatically unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and you can manage or cancel it at any time in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://fabily.ai/privacy

Screenshots

Twinkl Formation & Handwriting4 screens
Fabily4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Fabily at every 3 weeks against Twinkl Formation & Handwriting's every 2 months. 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. Twinkl Formation & Handwriting sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.49 per month and Fabily sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $5.95 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Twinkl Formation & Handwriting ships an update every 2 months, Fabily every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Twinkl Formation & Handwriting versus Fabily: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTwinkl Formation & HandwritingFabily
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (63 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews41.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings63 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size228 MB45 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTwinkl LimitedTyron Wheeler

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Twinkl Formation & Handwriting

Subscriptions2
  • Twinkl Monthly Subscription$0.491 Month
  • Annual Subscription$2.991 Year
9 purchases

Fabily

Subscriptions6
  • Storybook Hero$5.951 Month
  • Epic Explorers$11.951 Month
  • Legendary Creators$17.951 Month
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  • Storybook Hero Yearly$59.001 Year
  • Epic Explorers Yearly$119.001 Year
  • Legendary Creators Yearly$179.001 Year
One-time3
  • 1x Audio Story$0.99
  • 1x Story Credit$2.95
  • Story Credit$3.95

Questions

Is Twinkl Formation & Handwriting free?
Twinkl Formation & Handwriting is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Fabily free?
Fabily is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Twinkl Formation & Handwriting or Fabily have ads?
Neither Twinkl Formation & Handwriting nor Fabily shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Twinkl Formation & Handwriting or Fabily?
Twinkl Formation & Handwriting ships an update every 2 months, and Fabily every 3 weeks. Most recently, Twinkl Formation & Handwriting was updated on October 31, 2026 and Fabily on October 24, 2026.

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