Shape Match & Learn vs Meshk

Shape Match & Learn turns first words into a game a small child can play alone. Every round is three simple steps: 1. Match the shape — drag the emoji onto its turned-around shadow. 2. Learn the word — tap the right word out of a few choices, said out loud. 3. Keep it — the emoji comes to life and moves into your child's own world. 27 WORLDS, 540 WORDS Farm, Ocean, Sky, Picnic, Feelings, Safari, Space, Weather, Sports, Fantasy, Kitchen and more. Each world adds twenty new emoji friends to a scene your child fills up over time. The first seven worlds are free, in every language. THREE LANGUAGES TO LEARN IN English, Spanish and French — each with its own complete 540-word catalogue, said aloud in that language's voice. You choose the learning language in Settings, and the menus follow whichever language you prefer, chosen separately. An English-speaking parent can set their child to learn Spanish without a single menu changing. MADE FOR SMALL HANDS • No timers, no scores, no way to lose. Nothing to fail. • Big drag targets and forgiving hit areas. • Silhouettes, colouring-book outlines and peekaboo reveals keep shape-reading fresh across the worlds. • Sound and voice can each be switched off. • Works completely offline. No account, no sign-up. SAFE BY DESIGN No ads. No tracking. No analytics. Nothing leaves the device — progress lives on your iPad or iPhone and nowhere else. Purchases and outside links sit behind a parental gate. ONE-TIME PURCHASES, NO SUBSCRIPTION Play the first seven worlds free for as long as you like. Unlock all 27 worlds in one language, or unlock every language at once for less than two on their own. Family Sharing included. For iPad and iPhone, including iPhone Duo.

Learn to write by hand — really write. Meshk is a handwriting and calligraphy trainer that guides your pen stroke by stroke, scores every stroke in real time, and covers 140 writing systems in one app. From Latin cursive and Arabic calligraphy to Chinese hanzi, Japanese kana, Korean Hangul, Devanagari, Tamil, Thai, Cherokee, Ge'ez and N'Ko — 73 scripts in living use today, 66 historic ones, 163 practice packs and 12,818 characters, every one with authentic stroke order. WHAT YOU PRACTICE 140 writing systems Latin (print, cursive, formal script, school manuscript) and Cyrillic · Arabic, Hebrew, Syriac and Thaana · Chinese Simplified and Traditional, Japanese kanji and kana, Korean Hangul and hanja, Bopomofo · 39 Brahmic scripts including Devanagari, Bengali, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Gujarati, Gurmukhi, Odia, Sinhala and Tibetan · 17 Southeast Asian scripts including Thai, Lao, Khmer, Burmese, Javanese, Balinese and Baybayin · African scripts including Ge'ez, N'Ko, Tifinagh, Vai, Adlam and Bamum · Armenian, Georgian and Greek · and 66 historic scripts from Egyptian-era alphabets to Runic, Gothic, Glagolitic, Old Turkic, Brahmi, Linear B and Cuneiform-era writing. Hat — classical Arabic calligraphy Five historical styles taught the traditional way: Naskh, Thuluth, Diwani, Ruq'ah and Kufi, with right-to-left guides and reed-pen (qalam) simulation that reproduces the angled nib of a real calligrapher. Hat Studio Meşk the way calligraphers learn it: 896 Arabic compositions, from single words and joined words to full lines, stacked compositions, panels, the tughra and mirrored writing, each written stroke by stroke with a reed pen. Eight more pen hands (Foundational, Uncial, Cyrillic and Greek broad pen, Hebrew Ashuri, Hangul Panbonche, Chinese Kaishu, Japanese Kaisho) and a drawing shelf of 84 exercises in line, ellipse, form, perspective, value, contour and construction. Real stroke scoring Not tracing theatre. Every stroke is compared with the master stroke for direction, order, shape and placement, then scored. Hints show exactly where your stroke went off. Animated stroke guides Watch each character written stroke by stroke, replay at your own speed, then write it yourself over a dotted outline, on lines, or on a blank page. Courses, lessons and exams Every script has a structured course: single letters, lowercase and uppercase, connecting letters, words, then an exam that scores you and awards stars. Kids Zone Playful, age-appropriate letter tracing for children — shapes, letters, words, badges and streaks, with a progress map they want to finish. Your own practice material Add your own words, your own texts and blank practice papers. Meshk builds lessons from whatever you want to write — a name, a poem, a vocabulary list. Import your own fonts Bring any writing style in as SVG and Meshk turns it into a guided, scored course. MADE FOR APPLE PENCIL Low-latency ink, pressure and tilt response, paper-texture haptics and hover support. It feels like a pen on paper, not a finger on glass. Works on iPhone too. PERFECT FOR • Adults fixing their handwriting • Language learners who want to write, not just type • Calligraphy beginners and enthusiasts • Children learning their first letters • Teachers and tutors running handwriting classes • Anyone learning a new alphabet before a trip, a course or an exam MESHK PRO Meshk Pro opens connecting letters, word lessons, unlimited exams and your own words, texts and practice papers in every course. Download Meshk and write your first letter today.