Cursive Practice vs Scriptogram
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cursive Practice
Practice your English cursive handwriting with this app. It offers exercises for uppercase letters, lowercase letters, words, sentences, and numbers. Customize your practice with adjustable pen width and blank mode.
- Practice uppercase and lowercase letters
- Practice words and sentences
- Practice numbers
- Adjustable pen border width
- Blank mode for freehand practice
- Shuffle and case switching functions
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This application is for practicing English Cursive Handwriting. You can practice to write word as well as upper Case and lower Case. - In the same section, the font size has same, but each sections has different size. The font size has adjusted by the length of contents. Context using a smaller font means more higher level of difficulty. 1. Contents - Upper Case - Lower Case - Word(26, 52, 78 Words Set) - Sentence(Famous Persons' Quotes, Basic Sentences) - Number 2. Functions - Shuffle - Switching between upper case and lower case - Pen border width selections - Blank Mode - Cursive Practice Fullscreen is no ad version, including same contents. - Cursive Practice reached 1.29M (1,291,012) downloads(July 22, 2017) - The number of downloads of Cursive Practice exceeded 1 million (1,000,364) (Sep. 6, 2016) - Cursive Practice reached 770 K (775,345) downloads(May 5, 2016) - Cursive Practice reached 500 K (523,290) downloads(Sep. 23, 2015)
Scriptogram
Learn to write cursive letters and then use your own handwriting to create and send personalized notes. Improve penmanship and memory retention through interactive tracing and decorative options.
- Learn uppercase and lowercase cursive
- Trace dotted letters
- Decorate notes
- Choose colorful stationery
- Send notes via email/message/Facebook
- Improve penmanship
- Enhance memory retention
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Learn upper and lower case cursive letters. Then send a Scriptogram — a note in your own handwriting! Type a note and trace the dotted letters. Decorate the note. Pick colorful stationery. Send it to a friend, parent or teacher by email, message or Facebook. Improve your penmanship. Improve your memory — taking notes in cursive improves retention. Scriptogram is the only app where you can learn and practice cursive writing and then use it to create and send your own message.
Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Scriptogram at 100% against Cursive Practice's 57%. Scriptogram also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.9) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). Cursive Practice's advantage is update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 7 months) and ratings volume (114 vs 3). On price, device support 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
Both are free to download. Cursive Practice sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Scriptogram asks for nothing beyond the download.
Scriptogram holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cursive Practice has 114 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 57% of Cursive Practice's written reviews are positive against 100% of Scriptogram's.
Cursive Practice ships an update every 5 weeks, Scriptogram every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cursive Practice | Scriptogram |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (114 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 57.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 114 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPad | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 12.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Brainstop | Alphabet Galleries, LLC |
Customer experience
Cursive Practice
Scriptogram
Bugs and requests
Cursive Practice
Reported bugs
17 issues- App asks for address/personal info
- Font size too large on iPad and not adjustable
- App crashes frequently
- Locked on uppercase, switches to uppercase A
- Inconsistent letter formations between individual letters and sentences
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- Difficulty switching between letters
- Landscape mode stuck on iPad
- App shuts down or exits constantly
- Doesn't correct handwriting
- Ads are inappropriate for children
- Q uppercase letter formed incorrectly
- App dies after download (virus concern)
- Cannot install app
- Cuts off chalkboard when rotating iPad
- Grammar and spelling mistakes
- Different font used in sentences
- Scribble and move on without proper practice
Requested features
22 requests- Add more sentences
- Add more colors (rainbow)
- Add more quotes from famous people
- Add font size feature
- Add ability to create/save own words/sentences
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- Add ability to go up/down alphabet sequence
- Add more letters/words
- No ads
- Add more content/exercises
- Mark handwriting
- General sentences instead of quotes
- Easily access letters
- Other writing styles
- iPad retina display graphics
- Space for writing by self
- Correct handwriting
- Check letters for accuracy
- Typed word to write without tracing
- Print or d'nealian handwriting option
- Larger word bank
- Test or flash cards
- Make own words to be shown in cursive
Scriptogram
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Cursive Practice
- Remove Ads$0.99
Scriptogram
No in-app purchases
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