Comparison

ABC Talking Magnetic Board vs Cursive Letters Writing Wizard

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

Head to head
About

ABC Talking Magnetic Board

This app offers a digital magnetic board experience for children, allowing them to create words, pictures, and designs with letters, numbers, shapes, and toy magnets. It reads words aloud in multiple languages and accents, fostering creativity and early learning.

Highlights
  • Voiced letters, numbers, and shapes in 9 languages
  • Interactive toy magnets with sounds and animations
  • Create words, pictures, and designs
  • Save creations to camera roll
  • Puzzle modes with animated rewards
  • Multiple alphabets and accents
Features
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My coolest feature is: make a word - I will read it aloud for you! Classic magnetic letters and numbers, symbols and shapes (voiced in 9 languages + different accents for some languages*), and many toy magnets, some of which shining gently, some making funny sounds or get animated on touch. Fun educational app, great for teaching kids and a creative play, perfect as a gift. "Magnetic Board is a great app for both fun and education with lots of features to love. It’s a nicely done digital take on an old classic." - by iHeartThisApp.com http://iheartthisapp.com/...I love the versatility of the app. Having both a creative and an educational aspect gives this app an edge on usability. Another bonus is the simple, intuitive navigation strip along the bottom that is easily used by younger children. This app is designed to inspire creativity and imagination without the pressure of points, timers or competition. In this digital version of the classic school letters on the refrigerator door, children have access to unlimited play with a wide range of pieces – letters, numbers, symbols and shapes – each available in various colours + a number of toy magnets representing objects of the real word. In addition, there are numerous backgrounds to choose from, making for endless combinations and hours of fun. Just like magnetic letters of old, children can place the magnetic pieces as they like to create words, pictures and designs. The app can also be used as an educational tool to practice spelling and maths. It definitely has some key features and benefits over its real world counterpart: - Letters are available in both upper and lower case. - Each piece can be used as many times as you wish with no limits which is great for spelling practice as there are no constraints with limited letters. - Fill in magnetic pages transform this creative app into a lovely little puzzle app as well. - Being able to save pictures to the camera roll means the best masterpieces are easily stored for posterity and future access. - The magnets are never lost or under foot! * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * More features: - 4 alphabets: Latin, Cyrillic, Korean (Hangul), Thai; - Numbers, common geometric shapes, and common signs (voiced in English (British, US, Australian), French (French, Canadian), German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Korean, Thai); - Variations of different pronunciation for English from: UK (British), US, Australia, South Africa, Ireland, for French: France, Canada; also for Spanish: Spain, Mexico; for Portuguese: Portugal, Brazil. - 3 changeable boards, each of them with 15 changeable backgrounds; - 10 sets of colourful toy magnets: Summer, Garden, Night, Autumn, Halloween, Snowy Winter, Christmas, Christmas 2013, Spring, Party; - 6 magic boards which are fun shape puzzles with a wonderful animated reward; may be used as additional boards. PARENTAL CONTROL: - Hide sets of magnets in Options; - Two-levels menu. *Letters and Numbers sound may be Off by default, please find the control in Menu, Language.

About

Cursive Letters Writing Wizard

This app helps children learn cursive handwriting through interactive tracing, engaging games, and customizable features. It supports various fonts, phonics, and progress monitoring for parents and educators.

Highlights
  • Interactive cursive letter tracing
  • Customizable word lists with audio recording
  • Engaging games and animated stickers
  • Progress monitoring and tracing replays
  • Support for multiple fonts and left-handed mode
  • Printable worksheets
Features
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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 • 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, French and Swiss 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) • 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. Terms of use : https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Cursive Letters Writing Wizard at Free against ABC Talking Magnetic Board's $4.99. Cursive Letters Writing Wizard also leads on ratings volume (2K vs 7) and device support (3 vs 1). ABC Talking Magnetic Board's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 5 months). On rating, review sentiment 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Cursive Letters Writing Wizard is free to download; ABC Talking Magnetic Board costs $4.99 up front. Cursive Letters Writing Wizard sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.49 per month. ABC Talking Magnetic Board asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for ABC Talking Magnetic Board against 4.4 for Cursive Letters Writing Wizard. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cursive Letters Writing Wizard has 2K ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 57% of ABC Talking Magnetic Board's written reviews are positive against 63% of Cursive Letters Writing Wizard's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ABC Talking Magnetic Board ships an update every 2 months, Cursive Letters Writing Wizard every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
ABC Talking Magnetic Board versus Cursive Letters Writing Wizard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterABC Talking Magnetic BoardCursive Letters Writing Wizard
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating4.4 (7 ratings) — better4.4 (2K ratings)
Positive reviews57.1% of reviews62.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings72K — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS7.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size186 MB64 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTatiana ChuranovaPierre Abel

Customer experience

ABC Talking Magnetic Board

All ratings7 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative14.3%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive57.1%
Neutral28.6%
Negative14.3%

Cursive Letters Writing Wizard

All ratings1,981 ratings
Positive82.6%
Neutral5.3%
Negative12.1%
Written reviews150 reviews
Positive62.7%
Neutral3.3%
Negative34.0%

Bugs and requests

ABC Talking Magnetic Board

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Cursive Letters Writing Wizard

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Purchased content not unlocking
  • Frequent crashes and freezes
  • Incompatibility with certain devices

Requested features

3 requests
  • More free content and letters
  • Improved navigation and usability
  • Support for multiple fonts and languages

In-app purchases

None

ABC Talking Magnetic Board

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Cursive Letters Writing Wizard

Subscriptions1
  • Full Access - Monthly$2.491 Month
One-time3
  • Add Your Own Words$5.99
  • All Letters and Numbers$5.99
  • Unlock Everything$9.99

Questions

Is ABC Talking Magnetic Board free?
ABC Talking Magnetic Board costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Cursive Letters Writing Wizard free?
Cursive Letters Writing Wizard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, ABC Talking Magnetic Board or Cursive Letters Writing Wizard?
ABC Talking Magnetic Board is rated higher. ABC Talking Magnetic Board averages 4.4 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while Cursive Letters Writing Wizard averages 4.4 from 2K ratings.
Do ABC Talking Magnetic Board or Cursive Letters Writing Wizard have ads?
Neither ABC Talking Magnetic Board nor Cursive Letters Writing Wizard shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ABC Talking Magnetic Board or Cursive Letters Writing Wizard?
ABC Talking Magnetic Board ships an update every 2 months, and Cursive Letters Writing Wizard every 5 months. Most recently, ABC Talking Magnetic Board was updated on October 1, 2026 and Cursive Letters Writing Wizard on October 29, 2026.

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