cursive vs Manuals
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.
Manuals
Easily find and access a vast library of user manuals directly from your browser. This app integrates with your browser to help you search for and retrieve manuals for a wide range of products.
- Browser extension integration
- Search for web manuals
- Access free manuals
- Newtab manual search
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Manuals app enable browser extension to search for web and manuals on your browser newtab
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Manuals at Free against cursive's $0.99. Manuals also leads on update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 21 months) and ratings volume (31 vs 3). cursive's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 1.5) and review sentiment (29% vs 0%). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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
Manuals 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 1.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Manuals has 31 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 29% of cursive's written reviews are positive against 0% of Manuals's.
cursive ships an update every 21 months, Manuals every 5 weeks. Both last shipped on October 23, 2026.
| Parameter | cursive | Manuals |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | 1.5 (31 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 28.6% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 31 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 21 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.3 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 84 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Sigma Sky, LLC | Tightrope Interactive, Inc. |
Customer experience
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In-app purchases
cursive
No in-app purchases
Manuals
No in-app purchases
