LetterSchool vs Write ABC
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
LetterSchool
This app helps young children learn to write letters, numbers, and shapes through interactive tracing and engaging animations. It offers progress tracking and is designed by educational professionals to be safe and fun for toddlers and preschoolers.
- Block and cursive letter tracing
- Uppercase and lowercase letters
- Numbers 1-10 tracing
- Geometric shape tracing
- Progress tracking for multiple players
- Interactive animations and sound effects
- CVC, CVCC, and long sound word practice
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The #1 alphabet tracing and words spelling app for toddlers & pre-schoolers. Recommended and used by parents, teachers, and occupational therapists! Loved & played by more than 2 million kids and used at more than 5,000 schools! - Winner of 'National Parenting Product Awards' - NAPPA Awards - ‘Best Mobile App Platinum Award’ nominee! – BMA SPECIAL FEATURES: - Block & Cursive Letters, - Uppercase and Lowercase, - Numbers 1-10, - 24 geometric shapes for toddlers! - Keep track of your child’s progress, - Unlock Golden Levels! - 72 CVC words, 36 CVCC words, and 39 long sound words! - Progress and settings stored for up to three players on the same device, - Interactive and visually attractive fun animations, - Available for both iPads and iPhones! IMPORTANT: The first five letters of the alphabet (both uppercase and lowercase), five shapes, and the first three CVC flashcards (nine words) are completely for free. They can be played entirely (on 3 game steps). Enjoy this trial and have fun! PERFECT FOR KIDS: Kids want to have fun and LetterSchool offers an educational journey with the most engaging and entertaining educational material! - Learn while engaging with over 20+ exciting animations, graphics, and sound effects. - Associate letters with words, master and memorize tracing directions and the correct formation of each character. - Learn phonics, the formation of words, understand syllable formations, and spell entire words. - Perfect for home-schooling kids and kindergartens. A user-friendly app for children with special educational needs. PERFECT FOR PARENTS & TEACHERS: - Choice of the three most popular font families in handwriting education (Handwriting Without Tears, D’Nealian, and Zaner-Bloser). - Complete a set of letters, numbers, or shapes to unlock the Golden Levels! - Golden Level allows progress tracking and displays exactly how the letter was drawn! - A new challenge at every step: Your child traces a letter, number or shape 3 times using different parameters. SAFE: - An educational app created together with parents and educational professionals. - NO ADS! - Advanced settings or purchases only accessible by an adult! - Extremely committed Customer Support ready to answer all questions and fix any issues. LET'S PLAY & LEARN! Join LetterSchool on this exciting educational journey! Download the app and allow your toddler to discover the magical world of letters and words. Before you know it, your kid will become a pro in writing and spelling! SUBSCRIPTION DETAILS: LetterSchool offers several auto-renewing subscription options: per month. quarter, and year. - You can cancel your subscription anytime without an extra cancellation fee. - Payment will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase. - Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. - The account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours before 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. - No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during an active subscription period. - Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable. - Your iTunes account will be charged automatically after the 7-day free trial. CONTACT For more reviews and information, visit our website www.letterschool.com If you have any question or suggestions, please contact us at support@letterschool.com You can also check our FAQ page on https://www.letterschool.com/en/help. Terms of service and privacy policy: https://www.letterschool.com/legal/terms-of-use & https://www.letterschool.com/legal/privacy-policy
Write ABC
This app helps preschoolers learn to write English cursive alphabets through interactive finger tracing. It uses bright colors, animations, and a cute kitten assistant to keep children engaged and prepare them for school.
- Finger tracing practice
- Interactive animations
- Choice of colors for painting letters
- Kitten assistant for encouragement
- Full-screen sized alphabets
- Support for 7 languages
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Learn writing of English cursive alphabets and practice of finger tracing. Write ABC - Cursive Alphabets was created to be a fun alternative to conventional, uninspiring methods of learning how to write the alphabet. In the transition to preschool, it is important that your child knows how to accurately recognize and write the letters of the alphabet - our innovative and educational app will teach them how to do exactly that. We recommend to use our app for writing regular printed alphabets first, only after that use this app to teach cursive alphabets, because it is more difficult to complete. With bright colours and interactive elements, Write ABC - Cursive Alphabets helps to keep your child curious and with a hunger to learn. Our application will help to prepare your child for his or her upcoming education from ages 4-6. The app teaches your child to correctly trace letters with their finger - a skill that they can then translated to a pen or pencil when the time comes. With accompanying images and a choice of colours to paint with, Kids ABC is guaranteed to keep your child interested from day one to a time that they no longer need the application and knows to write all abcs. Tracing of abcs is separated into easy steps accompanied by bright arrows and our unique big green and red circles signing where to begin and where to stop tracing. Interactive elements are a key part of the kids abc. The application will show them short animations to encourage them to progress further. In addition to this, cute kitten will appear, also giving them encouragement. The large letters and game-like elements make Write ABC the perfect letterschool app for young children to learn the alphabet at their own pace. - Full screen sized abcs. - All Capital and lowercase cursive alphabets. - Correct tracing is guarantied. - Professional voiceover by Ines Marques. - Kitten assistant exclusively created. - The perfect starting point for any child aged 4-6. - The most interactive way to learn the alphabet with animations and the opportunity to paint letters. - Support for 7 languages: English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese and Dutch.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: LetterSchool at 54% against Write ABC's 0%. LetterSchool also leads on rating (4.5 vs 3.7) and ads (none vs shown). Write ABC's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 14) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price and device support 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. LetterSchool sells 14 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Write ABC asks for nothing beyond the download.
LetterSchool holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: LetterSchool has 17K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 54% of LetterSchool's written reviews are positive against 0% of Write ABC's.
LetterSchool ships an update every 2 months, Write ABC every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and June 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | LetterSchool | Write ABC |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (17K ratings) — better | 3.7 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 54.4% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 17K — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 9 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 156 MB | 72 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Letterschool Enabling Learning B.V. | Orit Kolev |
Customer experience
LetterSchool
Write ABC
Bugs and requests
LetterSchool
Reported bugs
4 issues- Dari letter (پ) keeps glitching
- Subscription issues (app reverts to lite version, need to restore purchases)
- Incompatibility with older devices
- Login screen freezes
Requested features
5 requests- Add more languages (Russian, Serbian, Thai, Korean, Hebrew, Hindi, etc.)
- Allow creating custom words/names to practice
- Improve letter sound pronunciations
- Add more visual options (fonts, themes, etc.)
- Integrate with International Phonetic Alphabet
Write ABC
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
LetterSchool
- Monthly Access Pass7 Days trial$4.991 Month
- LetterSchool - Monthly Pass7 Days trial$9.991 Month
- Monthly Access Pass7 Days trial$9.991 Month
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- Quarterly Access Pass7 Days trial$12.993 Months
- LetterSchool - Monthly Pass7 Days trial$14.991 Month
- Quarterly Access Pass7 Days trial$19.993 Months
- Annual Access Pass7 Days trial$44.991 Year
- LetterSchool - Annual Pass$59.991 Year
- Yearly Access Pass7 Days trial$59.991 Year
- LetterSchool - Annual Pass7 Days trial$74.991 Year
- Unlock All Shapes$2.99
- Unlock Full Block Alphabet$6.99
- Unlock Full Cursive Alphabet$6.99
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- All-in-one Package$79.99
Write ABC
No in-app purchases
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