iWriteWords vs Ready to Print
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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".
Ready to Print
This app helps children aged 2-7 develop essential pre-writing skills through a structured progression of activities. Designed by an occupational therapist, it focuses on building a strong foundation for handwriting and preventing bad habits.
- Structured progression of pre-writing skills
- 194 levels across 13 activities
- Adjustable size settings for skill levels
- Multiple user profiles with progress tracking
- Email progress reports
- Automatic sensitivity adjustment for iPad size
- Customizable sound effects and voice prompts
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Learn Handwriting Skills the Fun Way! Ready to Print is created and maintained by an Occupational Therapist with over 25 years of experience working with children. It is a comprehensive tool for parents, therapists and educators to help teach pre-writing skills to children in order to build a strong foundation for beginning printers. We continue working to make Ready to Print the most complete writing development iPad app available, and continue to add new features. Ready to Print progresses through the pre-writing skills in a specific order, so that children can master the visual-motor, visual-perceptual, and fine motor skills necessary for correct printing patterns. It is designed to teach children the correct patterns for printing, and to avoid bad habits that are difficult to change as the child gets older. Ready to Print features 194 separate levels in 13 activities. The latest addition is the Touch and Drag activity, which helps students work on movement in one of four specific directions. - It's designed with a progression of skills that work towards correct printing patterns. - It allows you to change size settings to match each child’s skill level. - It features a progression from larger hand movements to smaller, more refined movements. - It lets you choose which activity and level to begin on. - It allows setting up multiple user profiles, and remembers skill settings and tracks progress for each user. - It allows you to send progress reports via e-mail directly from the app. - It detects the size of your iPad and adjusts sensitivity automatically. - Choose from either sound effects or voice prompts. - Turn many features on or off, for everyone or by student. - High contrast mode available. Ready to Print works on any size iPad. Requires iOS version 12 or higher. *** TeachersWithApps.com TWA Pick FunEducationalApps.com Top Pick Children's Technology Review Editor's Choice Award Apps for Children with Special Needs (A4CWSN.com) Featured App Visit www.ReadyToPrintApp.com for more professional reviews *** Visit www.ReadyToPrintApp.com for more details!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: iWriteWords at $2.99 against Ready to Print's $19.99. iWriteWords also leads on update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 6 months) and device support (3 vs 1). On rating, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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
iWriteWords costs $2.99 and Ready to Print $19.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for iWriteWords against 4.7 for Ready to Print. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 33 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 94% of iWriteWords's written reviews are positive against 96% of Ready to Print's.
iWriteWords ships an update every 6 weeks, Ready to Print every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | iWriteWords | Ready to Print |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 — better | $19.99 |
| Rating | 4.8 (12 ratings) — better | 4.7 (33 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 93.8% of reviews | 96.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 12 | 33 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 14.0.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 156 MB | 42 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Roy Winata | Essare LLC |
Customer experience
iWriteWords
Ready to Print
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
Ready to Print
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
iWriteWords
No in-app purchases
Ready to Print
No in-app purchases
Questions
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