Comparison

Ready to Print vs KinderTEK Pro Connected

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

Head to head
About

Ready to Print

This app helps children aged 2-7 develop essential pre-writing skills through a structured progression of activities. Designed by an occupational therapist, it focuses on building a strong foundation for handwriting and preventing bad habits.

Highlights
  • Structured progression of pre-writing skills
  • 194 levels across 13 activities
  • Adjustable size settings for skill levels
  • Multiple user profiles with progress tracking
  • Email progress reports
  • Automatic sensitivity adjustment for iPad size
  • Customizable sound effects and voice prompts
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Learn Handwriting Skills the Fun Way! Ready to Print is created and maintained by an Occupational Therapist with over 25 years of experience working with children. It is a comprehensive tool for parents, therapists and educators to help teach pre-writing skills to children in order to build a strong foundation for beginning printers. We continue working to make Ready to Print the most complete writing development iPad app available, and continue to add new features. Ready to Print progresses through the pre-writing skills in a specific order, so that children can master the visual-motor, visual-perceptual, and fine motor skills necessary for correct printing patterns. It is designed to teach children the correct patterns for printing, and to avoid bad habits that are difficult to change as the child gets older. Ready to Print features 194 separate levels in 13 activities. The latest addition is the Touch and Drag activity, which helps students work on movement in one of four specific directions. - It's designed with a progression of skills that work towards correct printing patterns. - It allows you to change size settings to match each child’s skill level. - It features a progression from larger hand movements to smaller, more refined movements. - It lets you choose which activity and level to begin on. - It allows setting up multiple user profiles, and remembers skill settings and tracks progress for each user. - It allows you to send progress reports via e-mail directly from the app. - It detects the size of your iPad and adjusts sensitivity automatically. - Choose from either sound effects or voice prompts. - Turn many features on or off, for everyone or by student. - High contrast mode available. Ready to Print works on any size iPad. Requires iOS version 12 or higher. *** TeachersWithApps.com TWA Pick FunEducationalApps.com Top Pick Children's Technology Review Editor's Choice Award Apps for Children with Special Needs (A4CWSN.com) Featured App Visit www.ReadyToPrintApp.com for more professional reviews *** Visit www.ReadyToPrintApp.com for more details!

About

KinderTEK Pro Connected

Features
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KinderTEK® teaches young elementary students and preschoolers early math concepts through animal adventures. Developed with research in classrooms and homes, KinderTEK® provides a strong start in math. KinderTEK® Pro Connected is WiFi-supported and is ideal for independent instruction and practice at school, home or both. (Contact us for a class license or to participate in research.) “KTEK is an excellent product and it is by far the best kindergarten math app I have worked with. – Classroom Teacher “It's a fun game and it's also learning.” - Kindergarten Student KinderTEK® helps students learn and practice early math skills while having fun. Students use math tools such as the number line, ten frame and 100s chart as they are guided through instruction. They earn feedback on their work as well as stickers, photos and badges for their virtual KinderTEK® scrapbook and can play puzzles and memory games each session. Progress and achievement reports aligned with Common Core State Standards give teachers insights into students’ math weaknesses and strengths. KinderTEK® features serve all students, especially struggling learners and those receiving intervention services: • Focused, systematic instruction • Modeling and scaffolding • Deliberate practice opportunities • Timely academic feedback • Embedded formative assessment • Motivation strategies • Customization options KinderTEK® Pro Connected provides a strong system of support to teachers and families: • online data dashboard for individual and class level reports and student management • in-app reports and student management • on-demand, online professional development and technical assistance • online library of resources for implementation, sustainability, and effectiveness • family connection reporting home progress to teachers Capacity: 35 learners per class Requirements: iOS 15 or later required (iPad 4 or later recommended for optimal experience) Visit www.kindertek.com for more information and to contact us. Consider KinderTEK® Offline for sites with unreliable WiFi. KinderTEK® was developed as a collaborative effort between the Center on Teaching and Learning at the University of Oregon and Concentric Sky, Inc.

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: KinderTEK Pro Connected at Free against Ready to Print's $19.99. KinderTEK Pro Connected also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 14.0.0). On update cadence, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

KinderTEK Pro Connected is free to download; Ready to Print costs $19.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ready to Print ships an update every 6 months, KinderTEK Pro Connected every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Ready to Print versus KinderTEK Pro Connected: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterReady to PrintKinderTEK Pro Connected
Price$19.99Free — better
Rating4.7 (33 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews96.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings33 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 4 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPadiPad
Requires iOS14.0.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size42 MB1000 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEssare LLCAluna Learning, LLC

In-app purchases

None

Ready to Print

No in-app purchases

None

KinderTEK Pro Connected

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Ready to Print free?
Ready to Print costs $19.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is KinderTEK Pro Connected free?
KinderTEK Pro Connected is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Ready to Print or KinderTEK Pro Connected have ads?
Neither Ready to Print nor KinderTEK Pro Connected shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Ready to Print or KinderTEK Pro Connected?
Ready to Print ships an update every 6 months, and KinderTEK Pro Connected every 4 months. Most recently, Ready to Print was updated on November 1, 2026 and KinderTEK Pro Connected on November 2, 2026.

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