Comparison

Writing Wizard vs Interactive Handwriting

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

Head to head
About

Writing Wizard

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

Highlights
  • Customizable tracing practice
  • Interactive games and rewards
  • Letter names and phonics
  • Create custom word lists
  • Progress reports
  • Printable worksheets
Features
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"Fantastic, customizable tracing practice with fun rewards." 5 Stars - Common Sense Media 470,000+ units sold (including 260,000 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 • 16 Fonts available (including 3 most popular USA fonts) • Fun tracing using 50+ animated stickers, sound effects and interactive games that animate letters at the end of tracing • Letter names and phonics • 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 very small size _______ 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, France) • Upper and lower case letters, numbers (and word lists) • Letter names and phonics (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) _______ Note that a free to try version is available (search for "Writing Wizard -Starter" on the App Store) _______ 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) • Does not contain in-app purchases • External Links: Protected parent sections are available where you can send us a mail and check out our others apps. Before accessing a parent section, an addition must be solved so that young kids cannot access it. *

About

Interactive Handwriting

This app helps children develop good handwriting habits through interactive lessons and visual clues for letter formation. It offers animations and games for each letter of the alphabet, making learning engaging on mobile devices.

Highlights
  • Interactive letter formation lessons
  • In-built clues for remembering shapes
  • Movement pathway guidance
  • 52 handwriting animations
  • Alphabet letter games
Features
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Good handwriting habits come from a good foundation. With Letterland there are in-built clues to help your child remember how to form letter shapes; where each letter starts and the ‘movement pathway’. Use this free app on your mobile or tablet for an interactive experience. Unlock 52 handwriting animations and a game for each letter of the alphabet.

Screenshots

Writing Wizard4 screens
Interactive Handwriting4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Writing Wizard at 90% against Interactive Handwriting's 14%. Writing Wizard also leads on rating (4.3 vs 2.6) and ratings volume (3.3K vs 8). Interactive Handwriting's advantage is price (Free vs $13.99) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.6). 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

Interactive Handwriting is free to download; Writing Wizard costs $13.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Writing Wizard holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 2.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Writing Wizard has 3.3K ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 90% of Writing Wizard's written reviews are positive against 14% of Interactive Handwriting's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Writing Wizard ships an update every 4 months, Interactive Handwriting every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and September 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Writing Wizard versus Interactive Handwriting: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWriting WizardInteractive Handwriting
Price$13.99Free — better
Rating4.3 (3.3K ratings) — better2.6 (8 ratings)
Positive reviews90.3% of reviews — better14.3% of reviews
Number of ratings3.3K — better8
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 3 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
Best chart rank#81 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.69.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size69 MB254 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPierre AbelLetterland

Customer experience

Writing Wizard

All ratings3,324 ratings
Positive81.8%
Neutral9.5%
Negative8.6%
Written reviews154 reviews
Positive90.3%
Neutral2.6%
Negative7.1%

Interactive Handwriting

All ratings8 ratings
Positive25.0%
Neutral12.5%
Negative62.5%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive14.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative85.7%

Bugs and requests

Writing Wizard

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Incorrect letter formation for some characters
  • Inconsistent performance on older devices

Requested features

6 requests
  • Add more font options, including cursive and UK-specific styles
  • Improve parental control accessibility
  • Integrate Apple Pencil support
  • Allow easier clearing of tracing history
  • Expand character support (e.g., Latin Extended, Cyrillic, Arabic)
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  • Add a free-form writing mode or blank canvas

Interactive Handwriting

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Writing Wizard

No in-app purchases

None

Interactive Handwriting

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Writing Wizard free?
Writing Wizard costs $13.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Interactive Handwriting free?
Interactive Handwriting is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Writing Wizard or Interactive Handwriting?
Writing Wizard is rated higher. Writing Wizard averages 4.3 out of 5 from 3.3K ratings, while Interactive Handwriting averages 2.6 from 8 ratings.
Do Writing Wizard or Interactive Handwriting have ads?
Neither Writing Wizard nor Interactive Handwriting shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Writing Wizard or Interactive Handwriting?
Writing Wizard ships an update every 4 months, and Interactive Handwriting every 3 months. Most recently, Writing Wizard was updated on September 28, 2026 and Interactive Handwriting on September 12, 2026.

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