cursive vs VerseCloud
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
cursive
Learn to write the alphabet in both print and cursive, with uppercase and lowercase letters. Visual aids, videos, and practice exercises help you master letter formation and connections, making learning fun and personal.
- Uppercase and lowercase letters in print and cursive
- Flashcard format for comparison
- Video demonstrations of letter strokes
- Words illustrating letter connections
- Practice mode with fun colors
- Doodle feature for personal style
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Practice to write the alphabet in print and cursive, in both upper and lower cases. This is a pocket reference for cursive writing. 1) Uppercase and lowercase letters in both print and cursive are shown in a flashcard format to illustrate the similarities between print and cursive. The visualization helps those who already know ABCs in print, to quickly grasp how cursive is similar in many ways. 2) Video is included in the app to show the strokes, formation, and the subtleties of writing each letter. 3) Words starting with each letter of the alphabet is included to illustrate how each letter is connected to each other. This is especially important for cursive. 4) Practice, practice, practice. Different colors are included to hopefully make the practice of cursive more fun. 5) Doodle. Have fun. Whether you're learning cursive for the first time or just jogging your memory, have fun with cursive. Each person has his or her unique penmanship, use this app to help you find your own style of penmanship. No internet connection required. No in-app purchase and no ads.
VerseCloud
Organize, remember, and review Bible verses with this free study tool. Features include saving verses from various sources, memory games, flashcards, and collaborative study features. Syncs across devices and offers web access.
- Organize and save Bible verses
- Memory games and flashcards
- Verse entry from camera or documents
- Collaborative Verse Pads
- Cross-device and web sync
- Multiple Bible translations
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VerseCloud is a free Bible study companion tool that helps you organize, remember, and review what you read. Features: • Easily save and organize verses from a sermon, Bible study, or document • Read Bible verses from your camera, look up verses in books or from documents • Play built-in memory games to help you remember what you study • Flash cards available for all verses, even in the original languages • Includes NASB, ESV, BSB, LSV, KJV, WEB, BDA, and CNV Bible translations • English, Spanish, and Chinese Bible translations available • Original language bibles in Hebrew and Greek, including parsing information • Add rich notes to your verses • Search for all your bookmarks and Verse Pads • Tags to help you organize your VerseCloud • Fast and easy verse entry, including verse entry by search, external documents, or any other book* VerseCloud community features: • Comment on Verse Pads • Subscribe to Verse Pads, instant updates for them • Sync content across devices and view them on the web • Share your Verse Pads with the public • Collaborate with others to build Verse Pads for Bible studies and study groups This is *not* another Bible reader app, but it does have Bibles included to preview read verses. * Must adjust user settings Follow us on Twitter/X: @VerseCloud Soli Deo Gloria
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: VerseCloud at Free against cursive's $0.99. VerseCloud also leads on review sentiment (67% vs 29%) and update cadence (monthly vs every 21 months). cursive's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and chart position (#196 vs unranked). On 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
VerseCloud is free to download; cursive costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
cursive holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: VerseCloud has 49 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 29% of cursive's written reviews are positive against 67% of VerseCloud's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
cursive ships an update every 21 months, VerseCloud monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 9, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | cursive | VerseCloud |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | 4.7 (49 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 28.6% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 49 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 21 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #196 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.3 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 84 MB | 125 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sigma Sky, LLC | Quantum Quinn |
Customer experience
cursive
VerseCloud
In-app purchases
cursive
No in-app purchases
VerseCloud
No in-app purchases
