First Words Christmas vs Cursive Writing Wizard
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
First Words Christmas
An educational app for toddlers featuring a Christmas theme. It helps young children learn 40 holiday-themed words and their corresponding sounds through interactive letter and word matching.
- 40 Christmas-themed words
- Matching holiday sounds
- Interactive letter and word matching
- Toddler-tested design
- Adjustable difficulty levels
- Engaging learning tool
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Push the letters into place, and Santa Claus is coming to town, bringing gifts of fun and learning! The popular educational app for toddlers is now available with a Christmas theme! First Words Christmas has 40 beautifully illustrated christmas words and matching holiday sounds, from Bell to Toys, Cookies to Star, all of your favorite Christmas words are here. First Words apps are toddler-tested and approved, designed for the littlest of fingers. More than just a game, First Words is a sophisticated learning tool that engages your child, encourages exploration and helps them understand the relationships between letters and words. A variety of options lets you adjust the difficulty level to match the abilities of your younger or older kids. Kids can play First Words by themselves, but they also love bringing their parents along, saying the names of the letters and enjoying the Christmas cheer. If your child is old enough to ask for your new phone or iPod touch, they're old enough for First Words Christmas! ================================= If you like First Words Christmas, be sure to check out the other apps in our highly rated FirstWords series! ================================= ================================= We love getting feedback and hearing stories about kids who use our software! Share your Christmas cheer with a review on iTunes or leave feedback at learningtouch.com. Tell us how your kids like First Words Christmas
Cursive Writing Wizard
This app teaches children cursive handwriting through interactive tracing, games, and customizable word lists. It supports various fonts, phonics, and progress tracking, with features for left-handed users and accessibility.
- Cursive letter and word tracing
- Customizable word lists with audio recording
- Interactive games and animated stickers
- Progress tracking and replayable tracings
- Multiple font options (US, UK, French, Swiss)
- Left-handed mode
- Printable worksheets
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• Editor's Choice Award (96/100) - Children's Technology Review • "Simply an amazing app for kids to learn cursive writing." - 5/5 - Top Pick - smartAppsForKids.com 142,000 units sold (including 62,000 to schools)! • Teach and reinforce the accurate tracing of cursive letters, as well as the proper way to join letters within words, utilizing our proprietary technology • 3 most popular US fonts (ZB, DN & HWT) + UK , French and Swiss fonts • Customise by adding your word lists (and record audio for each word) • Enjoy engaging tracing with 50+ animated stickers, sound effects, and interactive games that bring letters to life at the end of each tracing • Uppercase & lowercase letters, numbers, and words • Fully customizable to suit every child’s needs (letter size, difficulty,...) • Phonics and letter names for each letter • Monitor progress through reports that allow the replay of the child's tracing • Introduce toddlers to shapes tracing activities, fostering early developmental skills • Left-Handed Mode • Create printable Worksheets to assist your child with handwriting practice on paper • Apple Pencil support • Accessibility settings for children with visual impairments _______ PERFECT FOR KIDS Kids want to have fun, and Cursive Writing Wizard offers a lot of fun to keep them motivated in the learning process! • They can trace using 50+ animated stickers and sound effects • Once tracing is complete, they can interact with them on 5 games that animate letters • They can trace any word - like their name - and record their voice for each word • They can collect stars in 5-Stars play mode _______ PERFECT FOR PARENTS & TEACHERS • Ability to create your own word lists (and record audio for each word) • Detailed reports provide information on what kids have done, including the ability to replay and export the tracings to view kids' progress • Share word lists via iCloud drive or other cloud providers, adhoc network, or email • Multiple parameters to customize the app according to the child’s current education level (e.g. letter size, difficulty, show/hide model, allow to stop between key points, etc.) • 3 most popular US fonts (ZB, DN & HWT) + UK and U French fonts • Upper and lower case letters, numbers + word lists • Letter names and letter sounds (which can be customized) • A customizable 5-Stars play mode prompting the child to trace a letter or a word 5 times using different parameters (each step is more challenging) • Create an unlimited number of users • Many settings to customize the app (sound, game time limit, black background,...) • Left-Handed Mode • In the A-Z section, special graphics available to match letters (e.g. ant graphic for A/a) • Accessibility settings for children with visual impairments _______ "Cursive Writing Wizard is just as wonderful and well-designed as the original Writing Wizard" 5/5 - AppyMall.com _______ Privacy Policy KNOW WHAT'S INSIDE As a Moms with Apps member, we follow the "Know what's inside" best practices for kids’ apps L’Escapadou takes children’s privacy seriously. We believe you should not have to worry about your kids being tracked by apps or websites. This app: • Does not collect any user information (we do not use data collection tools) • Does not contain in-app purchases • External Links: Protected parent sections are available where you can send us a mail and check out our others apps. Before accessing a parent section, an addition must be solved so that young kids cannot access it.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: First Words Christmas at $1.99 against Cursive Writing Wizard's $12.99. First Words Christmas also leads on iOS requirement (12.2 vs 15.6). Cursive Writing Wizard's advantage is ratings volume (793 vs 12) and update cadence (every 5 months vs every 13 months). On rating, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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
First Words Christmas costs $1.99 and Cursive Writing Wizard $12.99 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 — 4.5 for First Words Christmas against 4.4 for Cursive Writing Wizard. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cursive Writing Wizard has 793 ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 92% of First Words Christmas's written reviews are positive against 89% of Cursive Writing Wizard's.
First Words Christmas ships an update every 13 months, Cursive Writing Wizard every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | First Words Christmas | Cursive Writing Wizard |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 — better | $12.99 |
| Rating | 4.5 (12 ratings) — better | 4.4 (793 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 92.3% of reviews — better | 88.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 12 | 793 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 13 months | Every 5 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.2 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 65 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Learning Touch LLC | Pierre Abel |
Customer experience
First Words Christmas
Cursive Writing Wizard
Bugs and requests
First Words Christmas
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Cursive Writing Wizard
Reported bugs
3 issues- Tracing not recognized properly at times
- App crashes or freezes unexpectedly
- Certain words not working as expected
Requested features
4 requests- Add uppercase cursive letters
- Implement a coin/reward system for practicing
- Include International Phonetic Alphabet support
- Expand content and add more variety
In-app purchases
First Words Christmas
No in-app purchases
Cursive Writing Wizard
No in-app purchases
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