Comparison

Writing Wizard vs Bugs and Buttons 2

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

Bugs and Buttons 2

Engaging educational games designed for preschoolers aged 3-5. Activities focus on developing motor skills, cognitive abilities, and learning core concepts through creative play and interactive challenges.

Highlights
  • Creative play activities
  • Motor skill development (tap, drag, pinch, tilt)
  • Visual instructions
  • Self-leveling activities
  • Original graphics and music
  • Humorous interactions and sound effects
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CREATIVE PLAY Repair the buttons, by matching the broken pieces. Follow directions by finding the correct body part, using a puppet! Find the button that does not belong. Navigate a bee through a lush flower garden, following the correct sequence of numbers. INCLUDES: Colors, Letter Identification, Find the Difference, Matching, Memory, Parts of the body, Shapes, Sorting, and more! FEATURES: • Designed for ages 3-5, but every child is different. • Motor skills: tap, drag, pinch and tilt • Visual instructions for each activity • Most activities are self leveling. • Over 54 achievements • Original, detailed, and visually intriguing graphics. • Each of the 18 activities has its own beautiful, and engaging music. • Humorous interactions and sound effects. • NO In-Apps / NO third party advertising • Parental Gate Thank you for supporting an independent software studio! We want and appreciate your feedback! Email: support@littlebitstudio.com Instagram: @littlebitstudio Facebook: @littlebitstudio Twitter: @lilbitstudio

Screenshots

Writing Wizard4 screens
Bugs and Buttons 24 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Bugs and Buttons 2 at $0.99 against Writing Wizard's $13.99. Writing Wizard's advantage is review sentiment (90% vs 56%) and ratings volume (3.3K vs 45). On rating, update cadence, ads 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

Writing Wizard costs $13.99 and Bugs and Buttons 2 $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.3 for Writing Wizard against 4.3 for Bugs and Buttons 2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Writing Wizard has 3.3K ratings behind it against 45, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 90% of Writing Wizard's written reviews are positive against 56% of Bugs and Buttons 2's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Writing Wizard ships an update every 4 months, Bugs and Buttons 2 every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Writing Wizard versus Bugs and Buttons 2: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWriting WizardBugs and Buttons 2
Price$13.99$0.99 — better
Rating4.3 (3.3K ratings) — better4.3 (45 ratings)
Positive reviews89.7% of reviews — better56.0% of reviews
Number of ratings3.3K — better45
Update frequencyEvery 4 months — betterEvery 6 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size69 MB182 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPierre AbelLittle Bit Studio, LLC

Customer experience

Writing Wizard

All ratings3,340 ratings
Positive81.8%
Neutral9.5%
Negative8.7%
Written reviews155 reviews
Positive89.7%
Neutral2.6%
Negative7.7%

Bugs and Buttons 2

All ratings45 ratings
Positive82.2%
Neutral2.2%
Negative15.6%
Written reviews218 reviews
Positive56.0%
Neutral5.5%
Negative38.5%

User reviews

Writing Wizard

From 3.3K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Customizable word lists and recording
  • 🎨 Engaging graphics and animations
  • 🏫 Great for teaching handwriting and spelling
  • 🔒 No ads or in-app purchases
  • 🎓 Helpful for children with special needs

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional crashes or freezing
  • 🔤 Limited font options, especially for UK users
  • 🔒 Difficulty accessing parental controls
  • 🖋️ Apple Pencil not supported
  • 🔄 Difficulty clearing tracing history

Bugs and Buttons 2

From 45 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🌟 Nostalgic and fun
  • 💎 Great variety of mini-games
  • 🎨 Vibrant and colorful graphics
  • 🧠 Educational and engaging for young kids
  • 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Enjoyed by kids and parents alike

Room to improve

  • ⚠️ Doesn't work with latest iOS updates
  • 🕰️ Games go on indefinitely without end
  • 🤔 Not suitable for older children

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

Bugs and Buttons 2

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Sound doesn't work after recent update
  • App crashes on startup for some users

Requested features

3 requests
  • Update app for compatibility with latest iOS
  • Add ability to save progress and high scores
  • Introduce more challenging levels for older kids

In-app purchases

None

Writing Wizard

No in-app purchases

None

Bugs and Buttons 2

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Writing Wizard free?
Writing Wizard costs $13.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Bugs and Buttons 2 free?
Bugs and Buttons 2 costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Writing Wizard or Bugs and Buttons 2?
Writing Wizard is rated higher. Writing Wizard averages 4.3 out of 5 from 3.3K ratings, while Bugs and Buttons 2 averages 4.3 from 45 ratings.
Do Writing Wizard or Bugs and Buttons 2 have ads?
Neither Writing Wizard nor Bugs and Buttons 2 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Writing Wizard or Bugs and Buttons 2?
Writing Wizard ships an update every 4 months, and Bugs and Buttons 2 every 6 months. Most recently, Writing Wizard was updated on November 6, 2026 and Bugs and Buttons 2 on November 1, 2026.

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