Comparison

Touch and Write Phonics vs Equation & Expression Solver

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

Head to head
About

Touch and Write Phonics

This app helps children learn phonics through interactive writing exercises. It offers various fun writing textures and papers, allowing kids to practice writing whole words. Parents and teachers can track progress and create custom practice lists.

Highlights
  • Interactive writing practice for phonics
  • Multiple fun writing textures and papers
  • Learn vowels, blends, and digraphs
  • Progress tracking for parents and teachers
  • Customizable practice lists
  • Reward system for completed words
Features
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**Best App Ever Award - Honorable Mention!** "Touch and Write Phonics" is a fun way for children to practice vowels, blends, digraphs and trigraphs - as they write with shaving cream, ketchup and more! "Touch and Write Phonics" allows parents and teachers to create individualized practice lists, and it allows parents and teachers to track children's progress! ▫▫ How to Play ▫▫ Children choose a phonics area to practice by tapping the "Vowels," "Blends" or "Digraphs" button. Children will have the opportunity to watch animations that teach about short vowels, long vowels, blends and digraphs or to practice writing words with short vowels, long vowels (with special attention to "silent e"), starting and ending blends, digraphs and trigraphs. Fun writing textures keep children engaged! Shaving cream is fun to write with, but children may switch between 18 different writing textures (along with sound effects!) Children may write with shaving cream, ketchup, lime gelatin, chocolate frosting, syrup, pudding, jelly, cookie dough, and much more! Children may also choose from 35 different writing papers - including zebra, tiger, giraffe, brick, chalk board, waffle, hieroglyphics, and much more! There are also lined papers that match school writing papers and dark papers for children who are visually impaired. "Touch and Write Phonics" allows children to write an entire word, rather than one letter at a time as in some writing apps. Blends, digraphs, trigraphs, short and long vowels are color-coded to help children learn them. After completing a word, children have a brief reward time in the prize room. Children may drag their monster or tilt the iPad to make it eat the cupcakes. They may tap the balloons to review their phonics words – and as soon as balloons are popped, the reward time will end. Parents and teachers may change the length of reward time in the "Settings" panel. Reward time can be adjusted from 0 up to 20 seconds. "Touch and Write Phonics" was created by elementary classroom teachers, and is based on best teaching practices. It integrates visual, kinesthetic and simulated tactile modalities to enhance learning – and fun! ▫▫ Tracking Children's Progress ▫▫ Parents and teachers may tap the player name button at any time to display a report of the child's practice sessions, or they may tap the "View practice reports" button. This displays the phonics lists practiced by a child, organized by date, and reports the number of times the child practiced each list. "Letters correct / total letters" allows parents and teachers to determine the percentage of letters formed without error. There is even an "Email" button to send an email copy of the report to yourself or to a student's parents. ▫▫ Individualizing ▫▫ Parents and teachers can create individualized lists for children to practice. Simply scroll through the phonics words list and add words to a child's list. Parent reviews of our "Touch and Write" app have included comments such as: "the easiest app for me to customize." Have fun, and please contact us with any questions, problems or suggestions: fizzbrain@gmail.com . We value our customers and want to hear how we can make our products serve your needs better! We have already made many improvements based on your feedback!

About

Equation & Expression Solver

This app assists middle and high school students in solving and simplifying algebraic equations and expressions. It provides step-by-step solutions with clear explanations, mimicking a teacher's approach. The app features a custom math keypad for easy input of variables, fractions, and exponents.

Highlights
  • Solves linear and polynomial equations
  • Simplifies algebraic expressions
  • Provides step-by-step worked solutions
  • Handles fractions with variables
  • Factors differences and sums of cubes
  • Custom math keypad for input
Features
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Equation & Expression Solver helps middle and high school students solve and simplify algebra — and actually understand it, by showing every step along the way. Type an equation or expression on the built-in math keypad — variables, fractions, exponents, and parentheses included — then tap Solve or Simplify. You get the answer AND the worked steps that lead to it, the way a teacher would write them on the board. What it does • Solves linear and simple polynomial equations • Gives square-root answers in exact, simplified form — x² = 20 is ±2√5 — with the decimal approximation on the line below, so you get the form to hand in and the number to sanity-check it against • Simplifies expressions, combines like terms, and distributes • Adds, subtracts, multiplies, and divides fractions — even with variables • Factors differences of squares, sums and differences of cubes, and trinomials • Shows the work, step by step, with a clear caption for each move Built for learning • A custom keypad made for math — no fighting the keyboard • Clean, readable notation for fractions, exponents, and roots • Honest answers: when a problem is beyond it, it says so rather than guessing No accounts, no ads, no data collection. Just you and the math.

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Equation & Expression Solver at Free against Touch and Write Phonics's $2.99. Equation & Expression Solver also leads on rating (5.0 vs 1.0). Touch and Write Phonics's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 26.0). On ratings volume, 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

Equation & Expression Solver is free to download; Touch and Write Phonics costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Equation & Expression Solver holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Touch and Write Phonics versus Equation & Expression Solver: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTouch and Write PhonicsEquation & Expression Solver
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating1.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews25.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS9.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size77 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFIZZBRAIN LLCTarek Haidar

Customer experience

Touch and Write Phonics

All ratings2 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive25.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative75.0%

Equation & Expression Solver

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Touch and Write Phonics

No in-app purchases

None

Equation & Expression Solver

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Touch and Write Phonics free?
Touch and Write Phonics costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Equation & Expression Solver free?
Equation & Expression Solver is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Touch and Write Phonics or Equation & Expression Solver?
Equation & Expression Solver is rated higher. Touch and Write Phonics averages 1.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Equation & Expression Solver averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Touch and Write Phonics or Equation & Expression Solver have ads?
Neither Touch and Write Phonics nor Equation & Expression Solver shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Touch and Write Phonics or Equation & Expression Solver?
Touch and Write Phonics ships an update every 2 months, and Equation & Expression Solver every 2 months. Most recently, Touch and Write Phonics was updated on November 1, 2026 and Equation & Expression Solver on October 31, 2026.

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