Visuals2Go vs Writing Wizard
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Visuals2Go
This app provides an all-in-one solution for individuals with communication and learning difficulties. It supports various communication needs, from single messages to sentence building, and allows users to print visuals for hands-on learning. Designed for educators, therapists, and parents, it aims to give a voice to those who struggle with speech.
- Create single messages or build sentences
- Searchable image library for visual prompts
- Printable visuals on various templates
- Swipe-to-scroll card feature
- Create stories for social skills and recipes
- Use as a photo album with text and voice
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CREATE - COMMUNICATE - PRINT! Visuals2Go is founded by a Special Education teacher and developed in collaboration with speech pathologists and parents. Our mission is to have an accessible tool that is user friendly, simple to use and effective in the teaching of Alternative and Augmentative Communication (AAC) Visuals2Go is an ALL-IN-ONE Educational app created to support people with communication and learning difficulties. Research shows that Augmentative and Assistive Communication systems are highly beneficial for people who are non-verbal or have difficulties with speech. Visuals2Go is designed to support you as an Educator, Therapist, Support Worker or Parent so that you can give the person in your care a voice. It is distinct from other Augmentative and Alternate Communication (AAC) in it’s versatility. It is designed to support people with a range of different communicative needs: from students with high support needs who needs a single message communication system, to choice making using two or more images, to sentence building to extend vocabulary. It also supports those who needs hands-on visuals so the app allows users to PRINT their visuals on a range of different templates. The app has a Simple-to-use interface and beautifully designed images that will encourage regular access to communication and learning. We believe that if the Educators, therapists, support workers or parents are actively using a software that is highly beneficial, then the person with a communication need will most likely be using it as well. The app is useful for verbal and non-verbal learners, it can be used for individuals in the Autism Spectrum, individuals with Down Syndrome or other diagnosis. Here are some of the ways you can use Visuals2Go: * Use it as communication device for those struggling with speech. Users can make choices directly or use the ‘Sentence Strip’ feature to communicate in sentences; * Use it for Visual Prompts, our new 'Card Search' feature allows you to easily search for thousands of images to provide a visual prompt for directions or for learning; * For students with Higher Support needs, you can use the App as a one button (or one message) communication device; * Use it as a lanyard - carrying all your symbols on your device, with an easy SWIPE-TO-SCROLL through cards feature; * Create countless number of visual cards in various sizes to print off and laminated for hands-on learning (Optional Upgrade); * Print cards on a range of customised visual boards from our templates for a variety purposes including choice boards, shopping lists, flash cards and more (Optional Upgrade); * Create stories for learning - You can use to create stories to learn social skills and step-by-step recipes or procedures. * Or simply use it as a photo album with text and voice. Store albums of family members; friends; favourite toys; characters; etc. Your child will love scrolling to see each Visual! The app is constantly updated with new images and albums. You have a choice to upgrade the app with added features with individual inApp purchases or with a subscription. Please note: If you purchase a monthly or yearly access to the online library, payment will be charged to your iTunes account. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal. Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase. Privacy Policy: https://www.visuals2go.com/app-privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://www.visuals2go.com/app-terms-of-use
Writing Wizard
This app helps children learn to trace letters, numbers, and words with a fun, motivating system. It offers customizable tracing practice, interactive games, and progress reports for parents and educators.
- Trace letters, numbers, and words
- Customizable tracing practice
- Interactive games and animated stickers
- Create custom word lists with audio
- Progress reports for tracking
- Printable PDF worksheets
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"Fantastic, customizable tracing practice with fun rewards." 5 Stars - Common Sense Media 500,000+ units sold (including 300,000+ to schools) ! Writing Wizard is designed to help every child learn how to trace letters, numbers, and words through a fun system carefully designed to maintain motivation. • Show and enforce how to trace letters correctly • Letter names and phonics (customizable) • 16 Fonts available (including 3 most popular in the US) • Fun tracing using 50+ animated stickers, sound effects and interactive games that animate letters at the end of tracing • Uppercase & lowercase letters, numbers, and words • Ability to create your own word lists (and record audio for each word) • Fully customizable to suit every child’s needs (letter size, difficulty,...) • Check progress thanks to reports that display what the child has traced • Shapes tracing activity for toddlers • Create PDF Worksheets and print them to help your child to write on paper • Use Apple pencil to write at a very small size All the shapes, the first 7 letters, numbers, and words are free. The remaining letters and the ability to add your own words can be unlocked with a one-time purchase or a monthly subscription. _______ ACCOLADES • "Writing Wizard is the most complete and intelligent letter tracing app we’ve seen"" AppoLearning.com • "This brand-new app should be the go-to for every parent, teacher and therapist to work on handwriting" - TOP PICKS - 5 stars - SmartAppsForKids.com • "Writing Wizard by L’Escapadou is everything a parent wants in a handwriting app, and more." 5/5 - kids-app-reviews.com • "L’Escapadou has made handwriting fun." AppyMall.com 5/5 • Listed in "20 best educational iPhone and iPad apps for kids of 2013" - appsplayground.com • Editor's Choice Award for Excellence in Design - Children's Technology Review _______ PERFECT FOR KIDS Kids want to have fun, and 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 4 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 fonts in the US (ZB, DN & HWT) and 13 international fonts (UK, Scandinavia, Australia, Germany and France) • Upper and lower case letters, numbers (and 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,...) • In the A-Z section, special graphics available to match letters (e.g. ant graphic for A/a) _______ 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) • External Links : Before accessing a parent section, an operation must be solved so that young kids cannot access it. Terms of use : https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Visuals2Go at every 2 months against Writing Wizard's every 4 months. Visuals2Go also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). Writing Wizard's advantage is review sentiment (74% vs 64%) and ratings volume (5K vs 1.4K). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. Visuals2Go sells 28 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and Writing Wizard sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.49 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.3 for Visuals2Go against 4.4 for Writing Wizard. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1.4K and 5K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 64% of Visuals2Go's written reviews are positive against 74% of Writing Wizard's.
Visuals2Go ships an update every 2 months, Writing Wizard every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Visuals2Go | Writing Wizard |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (1.4K ratings) | 4.4 (5K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 63.5% of reviews | 73.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.4K | 5K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 63 MB | 68 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bo Innovations | Pierre Abel |
Customer experience
Visuals2Go
Writing Wizard
User reviews
Visuals2Go
From 1.4K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 User-friendly interface
- 🚀 Easy to create visuals
- 💡 Ability to add own photos
- 🚀 Quick to set up and use
- 👍 Great for non-verbal communication
Room to improve
- 🐛 Subscription issues and loss of access to purchased content
- 🔒 Lack of device support across platforms
- 👎 Limited vocabulary and picture options in free version
- 👎 Restrictive features in paid version
- 🐛 Crashing and freezing issues
Writing Wizard
From 5K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 User-friendly interface
- 🚀 Engaging animations
- 💡 Customizable word lists
- 👍 Helpful for children with special needs
- 👍 Effective for improving handwriting
Room to improve
- 🔒 Locked features behind paywall
- 🐛 Bugs and glitches
- 🔒 Paid version not working as expected
- 💰 Expensive for the limited features
Bugs and requests
Visuals2Go
Reported bugs
3 issues- Disappearing images after updates
- Inability to delete or edit saved content
- Printing and emailing functionality issues
Requested features
5 requests- Option to save and reuse custom boards and sentences
- Ability to adjust text size and formatting
- Improved voice output quality and customization
- More comprehensive library of images and vocabulary
- Cross-device syncing of user content
Writing Wizard
Reported bugs
3 issues- App crashes when trying to access locked features
- Purchased content not unlocking properly
- Inconsistent letter formation guidance
Requested features
4 requests- Add more letters, numbers, and shapes
- Allow recording of custom voice instructions
- Improve compatibility with stylus/digital pens
- Provide more customization options
In-app purchases
Visuals2Go
- Full access + Pro Version$9.991 Month
- Full access + Pro Version14 Days trial$9.991 Month
- Yearly Subscription14 Days trial$59.991 Year
- Upper Case Letters$0.99
- 'Emotions' Album$0.99
- Lower case letters$0.99
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- Home Items (photo) Album$0.99
- Pets Album$0.99
- Weather Words Album$0.99
- Premium Animals Album$1.99
- Premium Foods & Drinks Album$1.99
- Food & Drinks Album$1.99
- Core Basic Album$1.99
- 'Toileting' Album$1.99
- 'What We Wear' Album$1.99
- 'Wild Animals' Album$1.99
- Transports Album$1.99
- Animals Album$1.99
- Personal Hygiene$1.99
- Visual Timetable Album$2.99
- People & Characters Album$2.99
- 'School Lanyard' Album$2.99
- 'Early Years Songs' Album$2.99
- Body Parts Album$2.99
- Extra Small Template Bundle$4.99
- Ouch Album$4.99
- Premium Shopping List Template$4.99
- Professional Visuals2Go$31.99
Writing Wizard
- Full Access - Monthly$2.491 Month
- All Letters and Numbers$5.99
- Add Your Words and Word Lists$5.99
- Lifetime Full Access$9.99
Questions
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