Comparison

Write About This vs Word Wizard

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

Head to head
About

Write About This

This app encourages elementary students to write with a vast library of images and prompts. It supports various writing genres and allows for customization with personal pictures. Students can record their work, fostering engagement and improving writing skills.

Highlights
  • 175+ included images
  • 375+ text and voice prompts
  • Customizable with own pictures
  • Supports multiple writing genres
  • Voice recording for writing
  • Digital publishing and sharing
Features
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#1 daily writing app in the elementary grades! Endless student engagement with 175 included images, 375 text+voice prompts, OR customize with your own pictures. Kick-start all writing genres and watch reluctant writers soar! Write About This is a creation platform trusted on millions of classroom devices to gets kids writing! “Top Pick” for Elementary School Writing from Common Sense Education! REVIEWS: “Editor’s Choice!” “Outstanding” “Great for a very wide range of ages and abilities..a highly useful and flexible tool for home or classroom to encourage children to write.” -BestAppsforKids.com “The beauty of this app is its ease of use and endless opportunities for creative writing.” -BridgingApps “Making writing fun again... an ‘A’! For any parent who may have a child who is needing extra practice in writing, I highly suggest this app.” -TeachersAppReview.com “Versatile and easy to use for kids of many ages. The pictures are engaging and show diversity; the prompts get kids thinking critically and creatively.” -Common Sense Education WHAT EDUCATORS SAY: “I couldn’t get students to stop writing at the end of the day!” - Rebecca Wildman, 4th Grade Teacher, Apple Distinguished Educator “Very intuitive...an embodiment of the Universal Design for Learning principles” -Kit Hard, Instructional Tech Supervisor “Write About This is always my Writing Center activity. A great feature is the ability for students to record themselves reading their writing.” -Pam Craig, Second Grade Teacher “An excellent app to use for developing writing and fluency skills with students.” -Karen Bosch, K-8 Educator, Apple Distinguished Educator “With an intuitive layout, this app provides a variety of tools for customizing pictures, recording prompts, recording ideas, writing and publishing ideas.” Carol Leynse Harpold, Assistive Technology Expert See how hundreds of classrooms use Write About This: storify.com/WriteAboutThis/in-the-classroom Full version includes: **ALL CORE GENRES An easy way for students to compose and publish writing across the curriculum, including Opinion, Narrative, Expository and Literature Response! **AMAZING COMBINATION OF IMAGES AND PROMPTS Carefully selected and written by teachers, all 175 images and 375 prompts are interesting and appropriate! **FAST PHOTO+WRITING NEW in 2017: Quick Write Gallery saves time by providing 50 safe and popular image catalysts to accompany stories, poems, journals or reflections! **SIMPLE DIGITAL PUBLISHING AND APP SMASHING Download work to the Camera Roll, share by email or use the Open-In feature to send to other apps (.JPG, .PDF or .MOV)! **VOICE RECORDING FOR IMPROVING AND CELEBRATING WRITING Authors can add a voice recording with their work to publish a personalized writing video! Also great during editing and revising to listen to how the writing sounds! **OPEN-ENDED CREATIVITY Quick Write button gets kids publishing immediately– perfect for when they have an idea and a photo to use (no prompt needed)! **CREATE STUDENT PORTFOLIOS Author Profiles include a custom avatar and unique default email for individualized sharing with parents and saved work can be filtered by author (great for shared devices)! **CUSTOM PROMPTS Use your photos, ideas and voice to spark student writing responses about a classroom or school event, a book from class, a science experiment… anything! **FLEXIBILITY TO FIT EVERY LEARNER Voice & Level options (3 per image) based on learning theory and real classroom experience! English Language Learners greatly benefit from voice recording and playback! **WORKS WITH ANY NUMBER OF DEVICES From single teacher iPads, to carts, to 1:1...educators are using the app to meet their unique needs to engage students and improve writing! **EASY AND ACCESSIBLE Search visual content based on interest, curriculum, season or theme. Kids as young as 5 use the app independently. What will your students write about? Visit our Learning Hub at WriteAboutApp.com/blog

About

Word Wizard

This app helps children aged 4-10 learn to read and spell through interactive word-building and spelling activities. It features a talking movable alphabet, customizable word lists, and progress reports for parents and educators.

Highlights
  • Talking movable alphabet for phonics and word building
  • Customizable word lists with own words and images
  • Multiple spelling activities with increasing difficulty
  • Progress reports for tracking child's development
  • Adaptable settings for letter size, voices, and contrast modes
  • Supports multiple keyboard layouts and letter sizes
Features
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• "Speak ‘N Spell for the iPad Generation" - The New York Times • Word Wizard is an award-winning app used in schools which offers several unique reading and spelling activities for children ages four to 10. -- Learn to Read by Building Words -- • The Talking Movable Alphabet activity allows kids to experiment with word building and phonics thanks to the advanced text to speech engine (first step in learning to read) • Any text can be written and spoken • 2 child voices + 4 adult voices (US, UK & Australian voices) • Uppercase & lowercase letters, numbers, digraphs, ABC or QWERTY keyboard • Many, many settings to adapt the activities to the child’s needs (letter size, assign images to words, high contrast modes for kids with visual impairment,...) -- Learn to Spell using the Talking Movable Alphabet and your word lists -- • 3 spelling activities that increase in difficulty • 200 built-in word lists (about 2000 words) • Add your own words to create unique spelling quizzes! • Add your own images to illustrate your word lists • Keep tabs on your children’s progress with detailed reports ______ • Used in Schools (140K units sold to schools) • "This is an important breakthrough in reading instruction" - The New York Times • "This is a fantastic app for young children, right through to children in later elementary school " - Wired's GeekDad • Editor's Choice Award for Excellence in Design - Children's Technology Review • Winner of a Parents’ Choice Award • More than 290K units sold! _______ Talking Movable Alphabet Activity _______ • Pronounce and spell-check any word, number or sentence • Natural Sounding Voice - 2 child and 2 adult American voices + 1 British voice + 1 Australian voice • Letter sound (phonic) or name when a letter is touched in the alphabet • 4 keyboards available: letters (ABC or QWERTY, uppercase or lowercase), numbers, consonant digraphs (like “th”) and vowels digraphs (like “oo”) • Keyboard emulation option • 4 letter sizes available (allowing for more or fewer letters on the board) • Customized word pronunciation, if necessary • 4 high contrast modes for kids with vision impairments _______ Fun Spelling Activities _______ 3 spelling activities of increasing difficulty are provided to adapt the activity to the child’s spelling level. You can use the built-in word lists or create your own. 1 - "Word Practice" says and displays the word to spell, and asks the child to spell it 2 - "Scrambled Letters" says the word and displays the letters needed to build the word or sentence, and asks the child to reorder the letters. 3 - “Spelling Quizzes” is a standard spelling test, but the app won’t move onto the next word until the child has correctly spelled the word, helping them to remember its correct spelling. • 200 built-in word lists: Words for beginners (CVC, CCVC, CVCC), Dolch Words, 1,000 most frequently used words, body parts and more • Create custom word lists by entering your own words and sentences • Import and export word lists • Hints are available should kids not know how to spell a word • Once a quiz is completed, interactive animations are available as a reward -- Users & Reports -- • Unlimited number of users • Detailed Spelling Test Reports per user _______ Try it for free, and if you like it, buy the app forever or subscribe monthly for a low fee. Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at the confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless it is canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel your subscriptions by going to your account settings on the App Store after purchase. Privacy Policy: https://lescapadou.com/en/privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://lescapadou.com/tos/tos-en.html Please send any suggestions to support@lescapadou.com. We listen to our users to improve our products!

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Word Wizard4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Word Wizard at Free against Write About This's $3.99. Word Wizard also leads on device support (3 vs 1). Write About This's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 8 months). On review sentiment 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Word Wizard is free to download; Write About This costs $3.99 up front. Word Wizard sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Write About This asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Write About This ships an update every 2 months, Word Wizard every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Write About This versus Word Wizard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWrite About ThisWord Wizard
Price$3.99Free — better
Rating—4.2 (101 ratings) — better
Positive reviews83.3% of reviews87.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings—101 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 8 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS8.1 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size97 MB113 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRSA Group, LLCPierre Abel

Customer experience

Write About This

All ratings5 ratings
Positive60.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews18 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral5.6%
Negative11.1%

Word Wizard

All ratings101 ratings
Positive82.2%
Neutral1.0%
Negative16.8%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive87.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative12.5%

In-app purchases

None

Write About This

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Word Wizard

Subscriptions1
  • Monthly Subscription$0.991 Month
One-time1
  • Unlock Forever$7.99

Questions

Is Write About This free?
Write About This costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Word Wizard free?
Word Wizard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Write About This or Word Wizard have ads?
Neither Write About This nor Word Wizard shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Write About This or Word Wizard?
Write About This ships an update every 2 months, and Word Wizard every 8 months. Most recently, Write About This was updated on November 1, 2026 and Word Wizard on November 3, 2026.

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