Cursive Practice vs Instant Math Cards
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)
Instant Math Cards
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Instant Math Cards lets you sharpen your math skills anytime, anywhere! With a wide variety of subjects, these cards ensure you'll always be challenged and engaged. Perfect for young aspiring mathematicians, this app offers new levels every month to keep your learning experience fresh and exciting. Our new points system makes math fun and rewarding for any student. Features Include: -Instant level feedback to evaluate strengths and weaknesses -Leaderboards to compete with friends or globally -Daily challenges to give users a fresh daily competition to compete in https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Instant Math Cards at none against Cursive Practice's shown. Cursive Practice's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.5). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases 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. Cursive Practice sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Instant Math Cards sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Cursive Practice ships an update every 5 weeks, Instant Math Cards every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on August 1, 2026 and September 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cursive Practice | Instant Math Cards |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (113 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 57.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 113 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 17.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Brainstop | Jackson Dow |
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
Instant Math Cards
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Cursive Practice
- Remove Ads$0.99
Instant Math Cards
- Premium Features Access$2.99
Questions
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