Comparison

Cursive 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

Cursive Writing Wizard

This app teaches children cursive handwriting through interactive tracing, games, and customizable word lists. It supports various fonts, phonics, and progress tracking, with features for left-handed users and accessibility.

Highlights
  • Cursive letter and word tracing
  • Customizable word lists with audio recording
  • Interactive games and animated stickers
  • Progress tracking and replayable tracings
  • Multiple font options (US, UK, French, Swiss)
  • Left-handed mode
  • Printable worksheets
Features
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• Editor's Choice Award (96/100) - Children's Technology Review • "Simply an amazing app for kids to learn cursive writing." - 5/5 - Top Pick - smartAppsForKids.com 142,000 units sold (including 62,000 to schools)! • Teach and reinforce the accurate tracing of cursive letters, as well as the proper way to join letters within words, utilizing our proprietary technology • 3 most popular US fonts (ZB, DN & HWT) + UK , French and Swiss fonts • Customise by adding your word lists (and record audio for each word) • Enjoy engaging tracing with 50+ animated stickers, sound effects, and interactive games that bring letters to life at the end of each tracing • Uppercase & lowercase letters, numbers, and words • Fully customizable to suit every child’s needs (letter size, difficulty,...) • Phonics and letter names for each letter • Monitor progress through reports that allow the replay of the child's tracing • Introduce toddlers to shapes tracing activities, fostering early developmental skills • Left-Handed Mode • Create printable Worksheets to assist your child with handwriting practice on paper • Apple Pencil support • Accessibility settings for children with visual impairments _______ PERFECT FOR KIDS Kids want to have fun, and Cursive 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 5 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 US fonts (ZB, DN & HWT) + UK and U French fonts • Upper and lower case letters, numbers + word lists • Letter names and letter sounds (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,...) • Left-Handed Mode • In the A-Z section, special graphics available to match letters (e.g. ant graphic for A/a) • Accessibility settings for children with visual impairments _______ "Cursive Writing Wizard is just as wonderful and well-designed as the original Writing Wizard" 5/5 - AppyMall.com _______ 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

Cursive Writing Wizard4 screens
Wonster Words (Pro Edition)4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Cursive Writing Wizard at $12.99 against Wonster Words (Pro Edition)'s $99.99. Cursive Writing Wizard also leads on ratings volume (793 vs 239). Wonster Words (Pro Edition)'s advantage is rating (4.7 vs 4.4) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 5 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

Cursive Writing Wizard costs $12.99 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 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 793 and 239 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 89% of Cursive 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

Cursive Writing Wizard ships an update every 5 months, Wonster Words (Pro Edition) every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Cursive Writing Wizard versus Wonster Words (Pro Edition): the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCursive Writing WizardWonster Words (Pro Edition)
Price$12.99 — better$99.99
Rating4.4 (793 ratings)4.7 (239 ratings) — better
Positive reviews88.8% of reviews — better85.7% of reviews
Number of ratings793 — better239
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.68.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size65 MB86 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPierre Abel77Sparx Studio, Inc.

Customer experience

Cursive Writing Wizard

All ratings793 ratings
Positive84.9%
Neutral6.1%
Negative9.1%
Written reviews107 reviews
Positive88.8%
Neutral2.8%
Negative8.4%

Wonster Words (Pro Edition)

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

User reviews

Cursive Writing Wizard

From 793 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Fun and engaging way to learn cursive
  • 💡 Ability to add custom words and audio
  • 👍 Helpful for students with fine motor difficulties
  • 👍 Supports left-handed writing
  • 👍 Comprehensive coverage of cursive letters and numbers

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional glitches and bugs
  • 🔍 Lack of uppercase cursive letters
  • 🔍 Limited content and gets boring quickly
  • 🔍 Doesn't include IPA letters and pronunciations

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

Cursive Writing Wizard

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Tracing not recognized properly at times
  • App crashes or freezes unexpectedly
  • Certain words not working as expected

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add uppercase cursive letters
  • Implement a coin/reward system for practicing
  • Include International Phonetic Alphabet support
  • Expand content and add more variety

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

Cursive Writing Wizard

No in-app purchases

None

Wonster Words (Pro Edition)

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Cursive Writing Wizard free?
Cursive Writing Wizard costs $12.99, 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, Cursive Writing Wizard or Wonster Words (Pro Edition)?
Wonster Words (Pro Edition) is rated higher. Cursive Writing Wizard averages 4.4 out of 5 from 793 ratings, while Wonster Words (Pro Edition) averages 4.7 from 239 ratings.
Do Cursive Writing Wizard or Wonster Words (Pro Edition) have ads?
Neither Cursive Writing Wizard nor Wonster Words (Pro Edition) shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Cursive Writing Wizard or Wonster Words (Pro Edition)?
Cursive Writing Wizard ships an update every 5 months, and Wonster Words (Pro Edition) every 2 months. Most recently, Cursive Writing Wizard was updated on October 16, 2026 and Wonster Words (Pro Edition) on October 5, 2026.

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