Comparison

Cursive Writing vs Writing Wizard

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

Head to head
About

Cursive Writing

Practice cursive handwriting with this educational app. It offers a game-like experience to help users master cursive writing through interactive practice. Customize settings to tailor the learning process.

Highlights
  • Cursive writing practice
  • Game-like learning experience
  • Customizable settings
  • Mastery-focused gameplay
  • Family-friendly education
Features
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Cursive Writing- is a great way for the family to practice cursive writing. Select the options in the "Settings" screen. Play until you master the game. If you like this app, please consider giving it a rating. Your support will help keep the updates coming! Thank you for your support!

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/

Screenshots

Cursive Writing4 screens
Writing Wizard4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Writing Wizard at none against Cursive Writing's shown. Writing Wizard also leads on rating (4.4 vs 4.1) and update cadence (every 4 months vs every 11 months). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and in-app purchases 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

Both are free to download. Cursive Writing sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Writing Wizard sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.49 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Writing Wizard holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2.2K and 5K respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 69% of Cursive Writing's written reviews are positive against 74% of Writing Wizard's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cursive Writing ships an update every 11 months, Writing Wizard every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Cursive Writing versus Writing Wizard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCursive WritingWriting Wizard
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (2.2K ratings)4.4 (5K ratings) — better
Positive reviews68.8% of reviews73.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2.2K5K — better
Update frequencyEvery 11 monthsEvery 4 months — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB68 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHorizon Business, Inc.Pierre Abel

Customer experience

Cursive Writing

All ratings2,183 ratings
Positive76.2%
Neutral7.7%
Negative16.1%
Written reviews138 reviews
Positive68.8%
Neutral13.0%
Negative18.1%

Writing Wizard

All ratings5,039 ratings
Positive84.2%
Neutral6.2%
Negative9.6%
Written reviews206 reviews
Positive73.8%
Neutral6.3%
Negative19.9%

User reviews

Cursive Writing

From 2.2K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use for beginners
  • 🚀 Helps improve cursive writing skills
  • 💰 Free with no ads
  • 🎨 Customizable pen color and line settings

Room to improve

  • 🔁 Repetitive and boring after a while
  • 🤔 Lacks feedback on performance
  • 🔠 Only teaches individual letters, not words or sentences
  • 🎨 Some letter styles don't match traditional cursive

Writing Wizard

From 5K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 User-friendly interface
  • 🚀 Engaging animations
  • 💡 Customizable word lists
  • 👍 Helpful for children with special needs
  • 👍 Effective for improving handwriting

Room to improve

  • 🔒 Locked features behind paywall
  • 🐛 Bugs and glitches
  • 🔒 Paid version not working as expected
  • 💰 Expensive for the limited features

Bugs and requests

Cursive Writing

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Occasional glitches and freezes
  • Compatibility issues on larger tablet screens

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add practice for cursive words and sentences
  • Implement performance tracking and feedback
  • Offer different cursive writing style options
  • Introduce mini-games or challenges to make it more engaging

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

1 purchases

Cursive Writing

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$4.99
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 Cursive Writing free?
Cursive Writing is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Writing Wizard free?
Writing Wizard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Cursive Writing or Writing Wizard?
Writing Wizard is rated higher. Cursive Writing averages 4.1 out of 5 from 2.2K ratings, while Writing Wizard averages 4.4 from 5K ratings.
Do Cursive Writing or Writing Wizard have ads?
Cursive Writing shows ads; Writing Wizard does not.
Which is updated more often, Cursive Writing or Writing Wizard?
Cursive Writing ships an update every 11 months, and Writing Wizard every 4 months. Most recently, Cursive Writing was updated on September 24, 2026 and Writing Wizard on September 22, 2026.

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