Comparison

Writing Wizard vs Tiko Type

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

Tiko Type

Features
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Type a thought. Hear it spoken. Tiko Type is a calm, distraction-free way to communicate in writing — and to have those words spoken aloud the moment they're ready. Built for children who find some thoughts easier to type than to say, Type keeps writing and speaking together in one quiet place. One field. One button. No menus competing with the sentence. Whether a child prefers typing over speaking, is building language, or simply wants their words to have a voice in the room, Type makes the path from thought to voice as short as possible. Type and speak — instantly Compose a message and tap once to hear it spoken aloud. No setup, no clutter, no distractions. The sentence stays front and center. A keyboard that fits Choose from QWERTY, AZERTY, QWERTZ, ABC, or Dvorak layouts, and pick from six gentle themes — Classic, Warm, Cool, Colorful, Contrast, and Ghost. Works beautifully with on-screen keyboards and external hardware alike. Saved phrases, always one tap away Keep the words that come up often close by, so they're ready the moment they're needed. Made for every child Speak each letter as it's typed, toggle capitals, turn animations on or off, and choose a voice that feels right. Available in 13 languages, including English, German, Spanish, French, Dutch, Portuguese, Italian, Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Arabic, and more. Works offline, opens instantly Type works fully offline with no login walls. Drafts and settings are saved on the device, so it's always ready — anywhere. Type is part of the Tiko family of calm, immediate, and accessible communication tools for children. Each Tiko app does one thing well, without friction or clutter.

Screenshots

Writing Wizard4 screens
Tiko Type4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Tiko Type at Free against Writing Wizard's $13.99. Writing Wizard's advantage is iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). On 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

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

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Writing Wizard versus Tiko Type: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWriting WizardTiko Type
Price$13.99Free — better
Rating4.3 (3.3K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews89.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings3.3K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size69 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPierre AbelSil van Diepen

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

Tiko Type

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Writing Wizard

No in-app purchases

None

Tiko Type

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Writing Wizard free?
Writing Wizard costs $13.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tiko Type free?
Tiko Type is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Writing Wizard or Tiko Type have ads?
Neither Writing Wizard nor Tiko Type shows ads.

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