Cursive Practice vs Hangman ! !
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)
Hangman ! !
Test your vocabulary and word-guessing skills with this classic game. Choose from a wide variety of categories to challenge yourself. Get hints when you're stuck to help you guess the word.
- Vocabulary testing
- Multiple word categories
- Hint button
- Classic gameplay
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Hangman ! ! is a great way to test your vocabulary skills and have fun at the same time. Select the category in the "Settings" screen. If you need help with a word, press the "Hint" button. Word categories: 1) Actors 2) Animals 3) Athletes 4) Boys' Names 5) Chemical Elements 6) Colors 7) Countries 8) Food 9) Fruits, Vegetables, Grains 10) Girls' Names 11) Human Body 12) Musical Instruments 13) U.S. Cities 14) U.S. Presidents & VPs 15) U.S. States & Capitals 16) U.K. Cities 17) Sports Teams 18) Math 19) Science 20) Misspelled Words 21) Ancient Civilizations 22) Songs 23) Movies 24) Disney Films & Characters 25) Junk Food 26) Companies 27) Lakes 28) Bridges 29) The Bible If you like this app, please consider giving it a rating. Your support will help keep the updates coming! Thank you for your support!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Hangman ! ! at none against Cursive Practice's 1. Hangman ! ! also leads on review sentiment (69% vs 57%) and device support (3 vs 1). Cursive Practice's advantage is update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 12 months) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, ratings volume 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. Cursive Practice sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Hangman ! ! asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.9 for Cursive Practice against 3.9 for Hangman ! !. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 113 and 284 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 57% of Cursive Practice's written reviews are positive against 69% of Hangman ! !'s.
Cursive Practice ships an update every 5 weeks, Hangman ! ! every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on August 1, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cursive Practice | Hangman ! ! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (113 ratings) | 3.9 (284 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 57.3% of reviews | 68.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 113 | 284 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 12 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Brainstop | Horizon Business, Inc. |
Customer experience
Cursive Practice
Hangman ! !
User reviews
Cursive Practice
From 113 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Great for learning cursive
- 👍 Makes cursive fun
- 👍 Easy to use
- 👍 Good for kids
- 👍 Helpful for practice
Room to improve
- 🤨 Asks for personal information
- 🐛 Font size too large on iPad
- 🐛 Inconsistent letter formations
- 🐛 Difficult to switch letters
- 🐛 App crashes often
Hangman ! !
From 284 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🤩 Fun and challenging game
- 💡 Variety of categories
- 👍 Good for brain exercise
- 🤓 Helps with learning and vocabulary
Room to improve
- 🙄 Hint button makes it too easy
- 😒 Limited category options
- 🤯 Some words are too difficult
- 😩 Ads can be intrusive
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
Hangman ! !
Reported bugs
3 issues- Repeated words in the same session
- Crashes or freezes on some devices
- Incorrect word definitions in certain categories
Requested features
4 requests- Difficulty settings
- More category options
- Multiplayer mode
- Ability to create custom word lists
In-app purchases
Cursive Practice
- Remove Ads$0.99
Hangman ! !
No in-app purchases
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