Comparison

ABC Magnetic Alphabet Full vs Writing Wizard

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

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About

ABC Magnetic Alphabet Full

This app offers a digital magnetic board experience for children to learn letters, numbers, and shapes. It encourages creativity and imagination with a vast collection of pieces and themed sets, making learning fun and engaging for kids of all ages.

Highlights
  • Digital magnetic board experience
  • Learn alphabet, numbers, and shapes
  • Creative play with themed sets
  • Resize and rotate pieces
  • Save compositions as images
  • Includes all expansions
Features
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Play with your kids and teach them to write with the Magnetic Alphabet! It's the iPad edition of the old fashioned magnetic board suitable for kids of all ages! An infinite source of fun and a great way to stimulate their imagination and creativity! It comes with a rich set of colored pieces that can be placed freely on the board: letters, numbers, symbols, funny figures and themed sets. This version includes all the available expansions and will also include future expansions without additional costs. ----- ### Featured by Apple as New and Noteworthy in September 2010! ### ----- Reviews on the web: * ipadmodo.com: "Magnetic Alphabet is a great tool for everyone. It aids in teaching preschoolers their alphabets/numbers, a learning tool in teaching one how to spell or sending messages to friends and family! The characters on the app are rendered beautifully and provided with nominal sound effects! [...] Magnetic Alphabet is recommended for kids of all ages, especially to those parents with kids who are just beginning to learn their alphabet and numbers!" * padgadget.com: "Just like the letters we all know and love, these new high tech “magnets” are colorful and fun to play with! Kids of all ages can use them to create messages, practice spelling or make funny pictures!" * product-reviews.net: "A great game that teaches children the alphabet and numbers! [...] allows children to be creative and not have to worry about rules and features found on more demanding games" ----- One of the best educational apps for kids, chosen from dozens of schools around the world to teach the alphabet and numbers in a fun new way. A simple and straightforward app, which stimulates creativity and imagination because it has no rules: your kids will freely create endless stories with the shapes of the classic set and with the themed magnets. An excellent tool for those who have problems with learning or communication: there are many cases in which children with autism have benefited from the use of the application. It will help your kids to: * learn the alphabet * learn to spell words * learn to recognize letters * learn to recognize numbers * learn to recognize shapes * learn to compose their first words and sentences Key features: * More than 1250 pieces available (including expansions)! * Alphabet, numbers, signs, shapes and themed sets * 11 different backgrounds * Themes composed by a set of magnets and a background * Resize and rotate magnets * Set the default size for magnets * Every single magnet can be used more than once * Save the composition as image locally * No need to pick up dozens of pieces all around the room when the game ends! If you have any problem write us at abc@dotnext.it! :-)

About

Writing Wizard

This app helps children learn to trace letters, numbers, and words with a fun, motivating system. It offers customizable tracing practice, interactive games, and progress reports for parents and educators.

Highlights
  • Trace letters, numbers, and words
  • Customizable tracing practice
  • Interactive games and animated stickers
  • Create custom word lists with audio
  • Progress reports for tracking
  • Printable PDF worksheets
Features
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"Fantastic, customizable tracing practice with fun rewards." 5 Stars - Common Sense Media 500,000+ units sold (including 300,000+ to schools) ! Writing Wizard is designed to help every child learn how to trace letters, numbers, and words through a fun system carefully designed to maintain motivation. • Show and enforce how to trace letters correctly • Letter names and phonics (customizable) • 16 Fonts available (including 3 most popular in the US) • Fun tracing using 50+ animated stickers, sound effects and interactive games that animate letters at the end of tracing • Uppercase & lowercase letters, numbers, and words • Ability to create your own word lists (and record audio for each word) • Fully customizable to suit every child’s needs (letter size, difficulty,...) • Check progress thanks to reports that display what the child has traced • Shapes tracing activity for toddlers • Create PDF Worksheets and print them to help your child to write on paper • Use Apple pencil to write at a very small size All the shapes, the first 7 letters, numbers, and words are free. The remaining letters and the ability to add your own words can be unlocked with a one-time purchase or a monthly subscription. _______ ACCOLADES • "Writing Wizard is the most complete and intelligent letter tracing app we’ve seen"" AppoLearning.com • "This brand-new app should be the go-to for every parent, teacher and therapist to work on handwriting" - TOP PICKS - 5 stars - SmartAppsForKids.com • "Writing Wizard by L’Escapadou is everything a parent wants in a handwriting app, and more." 5/5 - kids-app-reviews.com • "L’Escapadou has made handwriting fun." AppyMall.com 5/5 • Listed in "20 best educational iPhone and iPad apps for kids of 2013" - appsplayground.com • Editor's Choice Award for Excellence in Design - Children's Technology Review _______ PERFECT FOR KIDS Kids want to have fun, and Writing Wizard offers a lot of fun to keep them motivated in the learning process! • They can trace using 50+ animated stickers and sound effects • Once tracing is complete, they can interact with them on 4 games that animate letters • They can trace any word - like their name - and record their voice for each word • They can collect stars in 5-Stars play mode _______ PERFECT FOR PARENTS & TEACHERS • Ability to create your own word lists (and record audio for each word) • Detailed reports provide information on what kids have done, including the ability to replay and export the tracings to view kids' progress • Share word lists via iCloud Drive or other cloud providers, adhoc network, or email • Multiple parameters to customize the app according to the child’s current education level (e.g. letter size, difficulty, show/hide model, allow to stop between key points, etc.) • 3 most popular fonts in the US (ZB, DN & HWT) and 13 international fonts (UK, Scandinavia, Australia, Germany and France) • Upper and lower case letters, numbers (and word lists) • Letter names and letter sounds (which can be customized) • A customizable 5-Stars play mode prompting the child to trace a letter or a word 5 times using different parameters (each step is more challenging) • Create an unlimited number of users • Many settings to customize the app (sound, game time limit, black background,...) • In the A-Z section, special graphics available to match letters (e.g. ant graphic for A/a) _______ Privacy Policy KNOW WHAT'S INSIDE As a Moms with Apps member, we follow the "Know what's inside" best practices for kids’ apps L’Escapadou takes children’s privacy seriously. We believe you should not have to worry about your kids being tracked by apps or websites. This app: • Does not collect any user information (we do not use data collection tools) • External Links : Before accessing a parent section, an operation must be solved so that young kids cannot access it. Terms of use : https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Writing Wizard at Free against ABC Magnetic Alphabet Full's $12.99. Writing Wizard also leads on ratings volume (5.2K vs 13) and review sentiment (74% vs 50%). ABC Magnetic Alphabet Full's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 4 months). On ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Writing Wizard is free to download; ABC Magnetic Alphabet Full costs $12.99 up front. Writing Wizard sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.49 per month. ABC Magnetic Alphabet Full asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ABC Magnetic Alphabet Full holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Writing Wizard has 5.2K ratings behind it against 13, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 50% of ABC Magnetic Alphabet Full's written reviews are positive against 74% of Writing Wizard's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ABC Magnetic Alphabet Full ships an update every 6 weeks, Writing Wizard every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
ABC Magnetic Alphabet Full versus Writing Wizard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterABC Magnetic Alphabet FullWriting Wizard
Price$12.99Free — better
Rating4.6 (13 ratings) — better4.4 (5.2K ratings)
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews73.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings135.2K — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.615.6
Further details — not scored
Size222 MB68 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDot Next srlPierre Abel

Customer experience

ABC Magnetic Alphabet Full

All ratings8 ratings
Positive87.5%
Neutral12.5%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Writing Wizard

All ratings5,184 ratings
Positive84.3%
Neutral6.0%
Negative9.7%
Written reviews209 reviews
Positive73.7%
Neutral6.7%
Negative19.6%

Bugs and requests

ABC Magnetic Alphabet Full

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Writing Wizard

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App crashes when trying to access locked features
  • Purchased content not unlocking properly
  • Inconsistent letter formation guidance

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add more letters, numbers, and shapes
  • Allow recording of custom voice instructions
  • Improve compatibility with stylus/digital pens
  • Provide more customization options

In-app purchases

None

ABC Magnetic Alphabet Full

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Writing Wizard

Subscriptions1
  • Full Access - Monthly$2.491 Month
One-time3
  • All Letters and Numbers$5.99
  • Add Your Words and Word Lists$5.99
  • Lifetime Full Access$9.99

Questions

Is ABC Magnetic Alphabet Full free?
ABC Magnetic Alphabet Full costs $12.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Writing Wizard free?
Writing Wizard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, ABC Magnetic Alphabet Full or Writing Wizard?
ABC Magnetic Alphabet Full is rated higher. ABC Magnetic Alphabet Full averages 4.6 out of 5 from 13 ratings, while Writing Wizard averages 4.4 from 5.2K ratings.
Do ABC Magnetic Alphabet Full or Writing Wizard have ads?
Neither ABC Magnetic Alphabet Full nor Writing Wizard shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ABC Magnetic Alphabet Full or Writing Wizard?
ABC Magnetic Alphabet Full ships an update every 6 weeks, and Writing Wizard every 4 months. Most recently, ABC Magnetic Alphabet Full was updated on November 1, 2026 and Writing Wizard on November 4, 2026.

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