Patterns Colors and Shapes vs Writing Wizard
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Patterns Colors and Shapes
This app helps children practice completing repeating patterns using colors or shapes. Users can select from pre-made patterns or create their own, with options to hear the names of colors and shapes spoken aloud. It provides visual feedback for correct and incorrect placements.
- Complete repeating color patterns
- Complete repeating shape patterns
- Create custom patterns
- Hear color and shape names spoken
- Visual feedback for placements
- Adjust pattern length
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Part of the Math Practice Tools CFS Bundle Practice completing repeating patterns made with colors or shapes. Patterns are initially shown with five to eight elements completed. Complete the pattern by dragging the color or shape tiles from the bottom of the screen to the appropriate point on the pattern. You may complete the pattern in any order you want to. Select from eight patterns or create your own pattern to complete with two to five elements. As you tap a color or shape, the name is shown on the screen. Turn on the sound option to hear the name spoken. Feedback provided while dragging (with a white highlight) and for correct (green highlight), and incorrect (red highlight) placements. Use the Options menu to: 1) select to use colors or shapes, 2) select from eight pre-made patterns or create your own, 3) select the number of elements in the pattern: 10, 13, or 17, and 4) whether to start the pattern at the far left or at random point.
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 rating: Writing Wizard at 4.4 against Patterns Colors and Shapes's 1.0. Writing Wizard also leads on review sentiment (74% vs 33%) and ratings volume (5.2K vs 1). Patterns Colors and Shapes's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.6). On price and ads 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. Writing Wizard sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.49 per month. Patterns Colors and Shapes asks for nothing beyond the download.
Writing Wizard holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Writing Wizard has 5.2K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of Patterns Colors and Shapes's written reviews are positive against 74% of Writing Wizard's.
Patterns Colors and Shapes ships an update every 12 months, Writing Wizard every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Patterns Colors and Shapes | Writing Wizard |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 4.4 (5.2K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | 73.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 5.2K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 12 months | Every 4 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 68 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Classroom Focused Software | Pierre Abel |
Customer experience
Patterns Colors and Shapes
Writing Wizard
Bugs and requests
Patterns Colors and Shapes
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
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
Patterns Colors and Shapes
No in-app purchases
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
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