Comparison

Learn To Write vs dob

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

Head to head
About

Learn To Write

This app helps children learn to write letters and numbers through interactive tracing and animated guides. It uniquely records and plays back a child's writing strokes, allowing educators and parents to review and provide targeted instruction.

Highlights
  • Interactive letter and number tracing
  • Adjustable-speed animated stroke guides
  • Real-time playback of writing strokes
  • Audio pronunciation of letters
  • Multiple pen styles
  • Mess-free learning tool
Features
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The app educators choose for classroom use, and the only app that records a child's letter strokes for parents and educators to review. Learn to Write is a fun way for children to learn how to write their letters and numbers, and with the improved playback feature in version 4.1, it's easy for the teacher to make sure they do it correctly. This unique playback function, found in Learn to Write, saves the child's writing so you can play it back in real time to see how the child is forming letters and numbers. Children learn the proper strokes with the help of an adjustable-speed-animated ball that they can follow and write along with. With each selection of a letter or number, an audio file says the letter to aid in memorizing the alphabet. Over a dozen unique pen styles are available for tracing. Parents enjoy the educational value and entertainment this mess-free learning tool provides (after all, who needs crayon, marker, or pencil stains on the carpet, table, or wall?). Also great for long car trips, doctor's offices, and other waiting times. Write letters and numbers, or draw on the screen, and push the play-back button to see it all in real-time. Not only is this a great app for teaching children at home, educators are also choosing this app for classroom instruction. You won't find silly cartoon characters and frustrating feedback that tells children they formed letters incorrectly when they failed to trace exactly as outlined. You help children Learn to Write, and then you can review the strokes of every letter formed for further one-on-one instruction. Recommended for children 2 years and up. --------- No in-app purchases. No advertisements, popups, or storing of personal data. --------- The strokes used in Learn To Write resemble the Zaner-Bloser style, which is also used in Romalda Spalding's The Writing Road to Reading, with the exception that O’s and Q’s are started at the top 12 o’clock position instead of the suggested 2 o’clock position. Not all teachers agree on the proper strokes for some letters. For example, some teachers prefer that the pen or stylus never leave the paper except to cross a t, or dot an i. A person's handwriting often adapts with time to be as efficient as possible, while still maintaining proper form. This application is meant as a guide to children and parents, but your individual curriculum may differ slightly. Instructions for use: -Select numbers, or letters in lowercase, uppercase, or mixed case using the segmented control on the settings screen. -When a letter is selected and the child writes upon the screen, the writing is saved in memory. Pushing the triangle-shaped play button at the bottom of the writing screen plays back the last recorded strokes for each letter. A toolbar button allows the user to erase all of the saved strokes in memory. -Red number icons on the settings screen give the total number of letter or number recordings. -The brush button displays a pulldown menu full of usable brush styles. Just touch the brush-style to select it. -Letter buttons display the letter on the screen and turn orange when there are saved strokes for the letter. At any time the user can draw using one's finger, just like a real pen and erase the drawing with the erase button on the toolbar. -The toolbar button with a letter and ball activates the animated red ball, which demonstrates proper letter or number formation. - Adjust the speed of the ball and volume using the sliders on the settings screen. -Press the home and power button at the same time to take a snapshot of the screen and save it in the photo archive of the device .

About

dob

This app offers exercises to train essential visual skills like attention, coordination, and memory. It's designed for learners of all ages, including children and individuals undergoing rehabilitation, and can be customized to individual needs.

Highlights
  • Visual Attention training
  • Ocular motility exercises
  • Hand and Eye Coordination
  • Motion Perception
  • Contrast Sensitivity
  • Face and facial expression recognition
  • Color Recognition and differentiation
  • Figure-Ground Perception
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Visual perception training Basic version for learners containing a set of 10 fixed exercises, covering the most important visual skills. Additionally there is an import area for 10 more exercises where you are able to import more exercises from dob pro - the full version for teachers and therapists. Supported languages: English, Spanish, Portuguese, German, French, Italian With the assistance of dob the learners are stimulated and supported in the following areas: Visual Attention Ocular motility Hand and Eye Coordination Motion Perception Contrast Sensitivity Face recognition and facial expression recognition Color Recognition and differentiation Figure-Ground Perception Object recognition and differentiation Visual Memory Search Strategies dob pro the full version for therapists, coaches and teachers, containing more than 2500 exercises for the training and observation of 11 basic visual skills Change size of objects or tracks with gestures, modify opacity and background. This is how to adapt the exercises to the individual needs of the learners. dob offers exercises both for adults and for children of any age. The training is suited specifically for the following area of application: Curative education - People with developmental delays, visual impairment or multiple disabilities Early childhood education - All children aged 2 to 6 years Physical rehabilitation - For example, after stroke Psychomotricity, occupational therapy and speech therapy User guide, object list, track list, video tutorials, subscription to newsletter » www.dob.li

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Learn To Write at 2.9 against dob's 1.0. Learn To Write also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and review sentiment (29% vs 0%). dob's advantage is update cadence (every 3 months vs every 7 months). On ads, monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Learn To Write costs $1.99 and dob $2.99 up front. dob sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Learn To Write asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Learn To Write holds the better App Store score, 2.9 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Learn To Write has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 29% of Learn To Write's written reviews are positive against 0% of dob's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Learn To Write ships an update every 7 months, dob every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Learn To Write versus dob: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLearn To Writedob
Price$1.99 — better$2.99
Rating2.9 (7 ratings) — better1.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews29.4% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings7 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 3 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPad
Requires iOS12.012.0
Further details — not scored
Size52 MB78 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJustin Hackett ProductionsRene Fehr-Biscioni

Customer experience

Learn To Write

All ratings7 ratings
Positive28.6%
Neutral28.6%
Negative42.9%
Written reviews17 reviews
Positive29.4%
Neutral17.6%
Negative52.9%

dob

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

Learn To Write

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

dob

One-time1
  • All exercises$11.99

Questions

Is Learn To Write free?
Learn To Write costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is dob free?
dob costs $2.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Learn To Write or dob?
Learn To Write is rated higher. Learn To Write averages 2.9 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while dob averages 1.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Learn To Write or dob have ads?
Neither Learn To Write nor dob shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Learn To Write or dob?
Learn To Write ships an update every 7 months, and dob every 3 months. Most recently, Learn To Write was updated on October 23, 2026 and dob on October 17, 2026.

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