Comparison

Writing Wizard vs Wonster Words (Pro Edition)

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

Wonster Words (Pro Edition)

This app helps children learn to spell and sound out words using phonics and interactive games. It features silly letter ghosts and animations to reinforce word meanings, with over 150 words to explore.

Highlights
  • Learn spelling with phonics
  • Interactive spelling puzzles
  • Engaging mini-games
  • Reinforcing word animations
  • Over 150 words
Features
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• Multiple-awards winning app from the maker of Puzzingo Puzzles! Is your child learning to spell? Is your kid sounding out words with phonics? Does your kid like silly videos? If so, download Wonster Words today! • “My daughter absolutely loves this app. It teaches her how to spell, sound the words out, act the word out, and gives a definition.” • “Terrific Great phonics app for young children. Fun graphics too.” Help your kid learn phonics and grow his vocabulary! By playing with silly letter ghosts and hilarious wonsters, Wonster Words will help your kid learn how to spell and sound out new words by learning: alphabets, phonics, consonant blends, word families, diphthongs, digrahs, and more. Kids will have a blast putting together words through interactive spelling puzzles, letter hide-and-seek, and other engaging mini-games. Once the words are completed, your child will enjoy cute animations head-lined by the lovable wonsters. These animations will further reinforce the meaning of the words that he had just learnt. Before you know it, your child will be spelling and sounding out words like a champ! Wonster Words comes with a growing catalogue of over 150 words so your kids will not get bored! Please note that this is the “Pro” Edition of Wonster Words, which contains the same content as if you were to unlock all the content within the regular Wonster Words game. Features: • Help kids spell new words using phonics, word families, digraphs, and more. • Fun mini-games for many repeat plays. • Silly animations that reinforce the definition of words in a fun and engaging way. • Like our award winning Puzzingo Puzzles, Wonster Words encourages kids to engage and explore, with no scoring, quizzing, limits, or stress. _________________ CONTACT US: If you run into issues with the app on your device, instead of leaving a bad review, please email us at support@77sparx.com. We are not able to respond to reviews, but we are happy to help if you email us.

Screenshots

Writing Wizard4 screens
Wonster Words (Pro Edition)4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Writing Wizard at $13.99 against Wonster Words (Pro Edition)'s $99.99. Writing Wizard also leads on ratings volume (3.3K vs 239). Wonster Words (Pro Edition)'s advantage is rating (4.7 vs 4.3) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 4 months). On review sentiment, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 Wonster Words (Pro Edition) $99.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Wonster Words (Pro Edition) holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Writing Wizard has 3.3K ratings behind it against 239, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 90% of Writing Wizard's written reviews are positive against 86% of Wonster Words (Pro Edition)'s, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Writing Wizard ships an update every 4 months, Wonster Words (Pro Edition) every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Writing Wizard versus Wonster Words (Pro Edition): the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWriting WizardWonster Words (Pro Edition)
Price$13.99 — better$99.99
Rating4.3 (3.3K ratings)4.7 (239 ratings) — better
Positive reviews89.7% of reviews — better85.7% of reviews
Number of ratings3.3K — better239
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.68.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size69 MB86 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPierre Abel77Sparx Studio, Inc.

Customer experience

Writing Wizard

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

Wonster Words (Pro Edition)

All ratings239 ratings
Positive92.9%
Neutral5.4%
Negative1.7%
Written reviews28 reviews
Positive85.7%
Neutral3.6%
Negative10.7%

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

Wonster Words (Pro Edition)

From 239 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Excellent for learning letters and words
  • 👍 Cute and unique animation/design
  • 👍 Fun way to learn
  • 👍 Great for young children (ages 2-7)
  • 👍 Improves spelling and pronunciation

Room to improve

  • 🐛 App can be glitchy and freeze
  • 🐛 Black screen on iPads
  • 🐛 Some users feel it has less content than other versions/apps
  • 🐛 Accidental purchases and difficulty getting refunds

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

Wonster Words (Pro Edition)

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App freezes sometimes
  • Won't play on iPads (black screen)
  • Accidental purchases

Requested features

2 requests
  • Option to sound out letters together to make a word
  • Add more content/features to 'pro' version to differentiate from cheaper versions

In-app purchases

None

Writing Wizard

No in-app purchases

None

Wonster Words (Pro Edition)

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Writing Wizard free?
Writing Wizard costs $13.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Wonster Words (Pro Edition) free?
Wonster Words (Pro Edition) costs $99.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Writing Wizard or Wonster Words (Pro Edition)?
Wonster Words (Pro Edition) is rated higher. Writing Wizard averages 4.3 out of 5 from 3.3K ratings, while Wonster Words (Pro Edition) averages 4.7 from 239 ratings.
Do Writing Wizard or Wonster Words (Pro Edition) have ads?
Neither Writing Wizard nor Wonster Words (Pro Edition) shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Writing Wizard or Wonster Words (Pro Edition)?
Writing Wizard ships an update every 4 months, and Wonster Words (Pro Edition) every 2 months. Most recently, Writing Wizard was updated on November 1, 2026 and Wonster Words (Pro Edition) on October 20, 2026.

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