Comparison

LingoWonders vs LetterSprig

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

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About

LingoWonders

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Learn Chinese, Japanese, Korean or English words, write them stroke by stroke, and print real practice sheets. LingoWonders is for learners, parents and teachers. Stroke order, voice and writing practice are free. There is no subscription, no ads and no account. READ β€” LESSONS FROM YOUR OWN MATERIAL Photograph a page, paste text, open a web page and LingoWonders makes a lesson. Listen sentence by sentence, tap a word to look it up, record yourself beside the app voice, save words. Stories in Chinese, English, Japanese and Korean are included; they and a daily allowance of your own articles are free. FOR LEARNERS β€” FREE β€’ Stroke-order animation, and a free stroke-by-stroke writing check on screen with a finger or Apple Pencil (Chinese, kana and hangul) β€’ HSK 3.0 levels 1–3: about 2,200 words in free decks, Simplified and Traditional. Levels 4–6 are in Pro β€’ Every word shows its reading (pinyin, kana, romanization, US IPA for English), its meaning and a speaker button β€’ Flashcards, and dictation that reads each word aloud; words you miss come back for review β€’ Choose the stroke-order standard for each list: China, Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan or Japanese kanji β€’ Search by word, reading or meaning β€” "shui" finds ζ°΄ FOR PARENTS β€” THE WEEKLY SPELLING LOOP 1. Photograph the school word list. Photo lists are free and unlimited, the photo stays with the list, and long sentences and stories stay whole. 2. Your child runs the dictation alone, with your own voice recordings or the app voice. English has US, UK, Australian and Singapore voices and "Spell it aloud". 3. Print a test sheet. Every page is free. 4. Paper Check (beta): photograph the finished test. LingoWonders shows what it read, and you mark each answer. It does not mark for you. 3 checks are free, then Pro. The This week tab keeps one card per list and shows the next step as one button. Share a list by link, QR code or file, free. LIBRARY Tao Nan School P1 spelling and 听写 lists, and thousands more words from preschool to A level. The Chinese library has about 7,200 words, including HSK 1–6. PRINT PRACTICE SHEETS β€” FREE, AS MANY AS YOU LIKE β€’ η”°ε­—ζ Ό tian-grid sheets with 描纒 tracing, and pinyin over the characters β€’ Print with AirPrint, share a PDF or save an image. Free exports contain page 1 of each sheet and a small App Store QR code LINGOWONDERS PRO β€” ONE-TIME PURCHASE, NO SUBSCRIPTION β€’ Every page of every sheet (free prints page 1) β€’ Stroke-order sheets (笔鑺) and stroke-order strips β€’ Combined PDF: several sheet types in one file β€’ More fonts: 标准ζ₯·δΉ¦ textbook kai, School print and Sloped print β€’ Blue, red, green and purple trace ink, and trace fade β€’ Paper Check beyond the 3 free ones, more profiles, and your choice to keep the small QR on your sheets or print clean pages. One Pro covers the whole family with Family Sharing β€’ Read without limits: unlimited articles, longer texts and more recordings β€’ HSK 4–6 decks Pro is a one-time purchase, not a subscription. AI features such as Paper Check run on our servers and cost us per use, so they have a fair-use limit that may change over time. Everything else works offline. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No ads, no account, no subscription. Your words, lists and practice stay on your device, and LingoWonders works offline. The exceptions are Paper Check, reading words from a photo in the cloud, and example sentences: they send the photo or the words to our server and Google's Gemini model, and nothing is stored on our server. Read fetches a web page on your device only when you ask, and nothing from Read is uploaded to our servers. iPhone and iPad, in 12 languages. Questions or ideas? Write to lei@appfactory.sg β€” a real person reads every message.

About

LetterSprig

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Beautiful handwriting takes a few minutes a day. LetterSprig is a short daily practice for writing by hand, on real paper, with your own pen. Learn to write a new script like Japanese hiragana, Arabic, Korean Hangul, Russian cursive or Hindi Devanagari, or make your everyday handwriting neater in your own language. HOW IT WORKS β€’ Pick one of 30 languages. Where it applies, choose print or cursive. β€’ Each mission takes 5, 7 or 10 minutes: study the model, see the stroke order where it exists, write on paper, then check your page. β€’ Spaced review brings back the letters you are about to forget, a few at a time. β€’ Letter check (beta): photograph your page and see which letters read clearly and which look like a different letter. It does not grade style yet, and it is not available for Chinese yet. If the photo is not clear enough, no check is used. 30 LANGUAGES, 12 SCRIPTS Portuguese, English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Polish, Czech, Romanian, Turkish, Vietnamese, Indonesian, Japanese (hiragana), Chinese (simplified and traditional), Korean, Arabic, Hebrew, Hindi, Bangla, Urdu, Tamil, Thai, Russian, Ukrainian and Greek. The app speaks 31 interface languages, and the language you practice is independent of the app's language. MADE FOR ADULTS No hearts that block you, no guilt notifications, no leaderboards. Your streak counts the weeks you met your own goal, and missing a day never erases what you learned. PRINTABLE SHEETS A4 and US Letter practice sheets with the right guides for each script: four lines for Latin letters, squares for Chinese and Japanese, a headline for Hindi and Bangla. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account needed. No ads, no tracking. Your progress stays on your device. A photo leaves your phone only when you ask for a letter check, and it is deleted from our server within 24 hours. LETTERSPRIG PLUS The first three missions of every course are free, with 3 letter checks. Plus Lifetime is a one-time purchase that unlocks all 30 missions of all 30 courses and printable sheets for every mission, forever, and includes 100 letter checks. Plus is also available as an annual plan (with a 7-day free trial) or a monthly plan, both with 150 letter checks a month. More letter checks come in packs that never expire. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. A subscription renews automatically unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel it in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://lettersprig.runu.com.br/legal/terms Privacy Policy: https://lettersprig.runu.com.br/legal/privacy

Screenshots

LingoWonders4 screens
LetterSprig4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: LingoWonders at 3 against LetterSprig's 1. LingoWonders also leads on iOS requirement (15.5 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. LingoWonders sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and LetterSprig sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences Β· 4 level
LingoWonders versus LetterSprig: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLingoWondersLetterSprig
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 daysEvery 3 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod β€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.5 β€” better17.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size109 MB52 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerlei caoRomulo Carvalho

In-app purchases

1 purchases

LingoWonders

One-time1
  • TraceSheet Pro$14.99
5 purchases

LetterSprig

Subscriptions2
  • LetterSprig Plus (Monthly)$3.991 Month
  • LetterSprig Plus (Annual)7 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time3
  • 50 Letter Checks$2.99
  • 150 Letter Checks$6.99
  • Plus Lifetime$24.99

Questions

Is LingoWonders free?
LingoWonders is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is LetterSprig free?
LetterSprig is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do LingoWonders or LetterSprig have ads?
Neither LingoWonders nor LetterSprig shows ads.
Which is updated more often, LingoWonders or LetterSprig?
LingoWonders ships an update every 3 days, and LetterSprig every 3 days. Most recently, LingoWonders was updated on October 24, 2026 and LetterSprig on October 24, 2026.

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