Comparison

iWriteWords vs Writey Cursive Handwriting

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

Head to head
About

iWriteWords

This app combines drawing letters with a fun game where players guide a character to collect numbered balls. Successfully drawing all letters reveals a cute illustration and allows progression to new levels.

Highlights
  • Draw letters to collect numbered balls
  • Guide character with finger
  • Reveal cute drawings upon word completion
  • Slide letters into a spinning hole
  • Advance through levels
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How to play: Help Mr. Crab collect the numbered balls by dragging him with your finger - and drawing the letter at the same time. Once all the letters in the word are drawn properly, a cute drawing appears. Slide the letters into the spinning hole and advance to the next level. --------------------------------------- Featured by Apple in "Back to School Apps" Featured by Apple in "Apps for Learning to Write" Featured by Apple in "Words for the Wise" Featured by Apple in "Summer Learning Fun for Kids" Featured by Apple in "Apps for Learning to Read" Featured by Apple in "Special Education" Featured by Apple in "Games for Kids" Featured by Apple in "Apps for Kids" Featured by Apple in "Staff Favorites".

About

Writey Cursive Handwriting

Learn and improve handwriting skills with interactive courses for calligraphy, cursive, and print writing. Supports multiple languages and is designed for styluses like Apple Pencil. Suitable for children and adults looking to master beautiful handwriting.

Highlights
  • Interactive handwriting courses
  • Calligraphy and cursive practice
  • Multi-language support
  • Designed for styluses (e.g., Apple Pencil)
  • Smart worksheets with learning roadmap
  • Zoom in/out for comfortable writing
  • Dark Mode
Features
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Join over a million users to practice and learn handwriting in many languages! Writey is a fun way of learning and improving your handwriting skills. Courses with interactive and smart worksheets to learn calligraphy, cursive writing, print writing or even simple alphabet. Children can learn how to write correctly and adults can master handwriting in different languages. Calligraphy lessons provide many styles, letters, words and trainings. Cursive lessons are here to train your hand to freely write clean and beautiful notes. Your note-taking ability will transform! Hundreds of thousands of Writey users say in their reviews. Here is words from our users: "I can highly recommend this app. It’s really helpful and easy to use. I do use my ipad to take notes and it really helps me to write better. Plus I am learning how to write cursive and each letter has arrows so you know how to write a letter correctly. So don’t hesitate to download this app and enjoy writing.” - Rubi1998 "Thank you. I can finally work on my handwriting. Thank you for the dark screen. Excellent practice pages with good breakdown - wonderful app.” - Lost in Tactics "It is suitable and helps me write better not only print letter and number writing but also cursive letters and numbers this app has been very helpful for me for this past year use. I recommend other parents use this for their children to help them get a little bit more of higher education than in school. This app is very useful you should download immediately, thank you!” - Mama Queen 43 “The best out there for Apple Pencil. This is one of the only few apps that support practicing with Apple Pencil and this is the best. Huuuuge collection of practice sets for various styles. Crispy interface.” - iPulkit Writey Key Features: + Designed for Apple Pencil and other styluses + Smart worksheets with learning roadmap + Zoom-in and zoom-out to maintain the size you are comfortable to write + 15 English handwriting courses. + 8 Spanish handwriting courses + 8 German handwriting courses + 8 French handwriting courses + Chinese HSK1 handwriting + Dutch handwriting + Japanese guided handwriting, Hiragana and Katakana + Guides for writing each letter type + Roman, print writing, cursive writing, and calligraphy in different languages + Many word lessons for each language + Dark Mode + Ad free This app aims to improve the handwriting of all age groups. Writey is also very helpful for language learning and starting to write beautifully in other languages. So, using that way will help you in your language learning process. --------- Subscriptions will be charged to your credit card through your iTunes account. Your subscription will automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You will not be able to cancel the subscription once activated. After purchase, manage your subscriptions in App Store Account Settings. Any unused portion of a free trial period will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription. - Terms of use: https://writey.app/terms-of-use/ - Privacy policy: https://writey.app/privacy-policy/

Screenshots

iWriteWords4 screens
Writey Cursive Handwriting4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Writey Cursive Handwriting at Free against iWriteWords's $2.99. Writey Cursive Handwriting also leads on ratings volume (12K vs 12) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 weeks). iWriteWords's advantage is review sentiment (94% vs 50%) and in-app purchases (none vs 17). On ads 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

Writey Cursive Handwriting is free to download; iWriteWords costs $2.99 up front. Writey Cursive Handwriting sells 14 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. iWriteWords asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

iWriteWords holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Writey Cursive Handwriting has 12K ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 94% of iWriteWords's written reviews are positive against 50% of Writey Cursive Handwriting's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iWriteWords ships an update every 6 weeks, Writey Cursive Handwriting fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
iWriteWords versus Writey Cursive Handwriting: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriWriteWordsWritey Cursive Handwriting
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating4.8 (12 ratings) — better4.5 (12K ratings)
Positive reviews93.8% of reviews — better50.1% of reviews
Number of ratings1212K — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS9.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size156 MB661 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRoy WinataWritey B.V.

Customer experience

iWriteWords

All ratings12 ratings
Positive91.7%
Neutral8.3%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews162 reviews
Positive93.8%
Neutral3.1%
Negative3.1%

Writey Cursive Handwriting

All ratings12,053 ratings
Positive87.9%
Neutral5.2%
Negative6.9%
Written reviews403 reviews
Positive50.1%
Neutral11.2%
Negative38.7%

User reviews

iWriteWords

From 12 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy for a preschooler to use
  • 👍 Awesome app - best of class
  • 👍 Helping my toddler write and spell words
  • 👍 Very good
  • 👍 Really cool

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Glad to see the update
  • 🐛 Good, but more realistic and fun pictures please!
  • 🐛 Good BUT ....
  • 🐛 Needs a little more.
  • 🐛 Some things arnt great.

Writey Cursive Handwriting

From 12K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Good app for handwriting practice
  • 💡 Helpful for improving handwriting
  • 🚀 Efficient writing experience with Apple Pencil
  • 🎨 Variety of writing styles and languages

Room to improve

  • 💰 Subscription model is too expensive
  • 🔒 Limited free content, most features require payment
  • 🐛 Issues with screen scrolling and writing detection
  • 🙅‍♀️ Not suitable for left-handed users

Bugs and requests

iWriteWords

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Occasional crashes
  • Incompatible with iOS 6
  • Letters not dropping in correct orientation
  • Freezes almost every time used

Requested features

17 requests
  • Add your own word option
  • additional practice
  • option to pick letters
  • phonics option
  • ability to input words and names
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  • option to hear letter sounds instead of names
  • ability to choose which letters to practice
  • speak the word after it's written
  • speak the letters and word in a clear voice
  • option for uppercase and lowercase letters
  • ability to write numbers
  • different skill levels with narrower thresholds
  • ability to play alphabet song without shaking
  • add more words and game center integration
  • add more letters like J, Q, V
  • add profiles for different users
  • reset game option

Writey Cursive Handwriting

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Screen scrolling issues when writing
  • Inconsistent writing detection and feedback
  • Subscription/purchase issues

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add more practice words and sentences
  • Implement custom word/text input
  • Support for additional writing styles (e.g., UK cursive)
  • Improve overall user experience and accessibility

In-app purchases

None

iWriteWords

No in-app purchases

14 purchases

Writey Cursive Handwriting

Subscriptions11
  • Premium Access3 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Monthly Subscription3 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Premium Access3 Days trial$3.991 Month
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  • Premium Access3 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Premium Access$14.996 Months
  • Premium Access3 Days trial$19.991 Year
  • Yearly Subscription$19.991 Year
  • Premium Access3 Days trial3 variants$24.991 Year
  • Yearly Subscription3 Days trial$24.991 Year
  • Premium Access3 Days trial2 variants$29.991 Year
  • Premium Access$29.991 Year
One-time3
  • Lifetime Access$29.99
  • Lifetime Access$39.99
  • Lifetime Access$49.99

Questions

Is iWriteWords free?
iWriteWords costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Writey Cursive Handwriting free?
Writey Cursive Handwriting is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, iWriteWords or Writey Cursive Handwriting?
iWriteWords is rated higher. iWriteWords averages 4.8 out of 5 from 12 ratings, while Writey Cursive Handwriting averages 4.5 from 12K ratings.
Do iWriteWords or Writey Cursive Handwriting have ads?
Neither iWriteWords nor Writey Cursive Handwriting shows ads.
Which is updated more often, iWriteWords or Writey Cursive Handwriting?
iWriteWords ships an update every 6 weeks, and Writey Cursive Handwriting fortnightly. Most recently, iWriteWords was updated on September 26, 2026 and Writey Cursive Handwriting on September 29, 2026.

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