Comparison

Drive About Numbers vs Writing Wizard

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

Head to head
About

Drive About Numbers

Explore early math concepts through interactive games and self-directed play in a vibrant world. Children can drive, fly, or sail while practicing counting, number recognition, and simple arithmetic at their own pace.

Highlights
  • Interactive early math games
  • Self-directed play
  • Number recognition practice
  • Counting and arithmetic games
  • Multi-language support
  • No in-app purchases or ads
Features
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Drive, fly, or sail around Number Neighborhood, day or night, in a delightful world filled with early math. * Top 10 Apps - Best Apps For Kids * Children's Technology Review Editor's Choice Award * Parents' Choice Award Winner ________________________________ 9 MINI GAMES FOR EARLY MATH PRACTICE Drive About Numbers offers a wide variety of activities to suit a range of ages from Preschool to Kindergarten. Designed for self-directed play, Drive About Numbers gives your child a license to drive, fly and sail in a world that encourages free play and allows kids to practice early numeracy at their own pace and with minimal instruction. Discover math as you drive through the city and countryside; sail to a submarine and dive to the bottom of the sea; guide a hot air balloon to the clouds and blast off into space with a rocket. Game Descriptions: • Catch-a-Sea Pickle - tap the sea pickles displaying the target number • Whale Feeding - use a slingshot to feed the whale the correct number of cabbages • Cloud Writing - trace the numbers in the sky • Construction Blocks - stack the blocks in order, to turn on the lights • See-Saw - balance the animals on the see-saw with equal sums • Space Vacuum - clean up and count shoes, donuts, marbles and more • Number Painting - color by numbers to paint a masterpiece • Cookie Bakery - play chef and decorate your cookies with matching toppings • Snowboard Slalom - guide a snowboarding yak to touch the flags in order Drive About: Number Neighborhood is a universal app that is available in the following languages: • English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Russian Thanks for playing Drive About Numbers! ________________________________ MADE BY EDUCATIONAL GAME DESIGNERS We're a small team of educational game designers who care deeply about crafting fun learning experiences for kids. We include kids, parents and teachers in our game development and testing to make sure our apps are exceptional tools that kids want to use again and again. ________________________________ Website: www.artgigapps.com Follow us: twitter.com/artgigapps Like us: Facebook.com/artgigapps Please reach out: hello@artgigapps.com _______________________________ PRIVACY We hold your privacy and the privacy of your child in the highest regard and we do not collect or share any personal information. Read our complete privacy policy at artgigapps.com. Drive About Numbers has no in-app purchases or third party advertising.

About

Writing Wizard

This app helps children learn to trace letters, numbers, and words with a fun, motivating system. It offers customizable tracing practice, interactive games, and progress reports for parents and educators.

Highlights
  • Trace letters, numbers, and words
  • Customizable tracing practice
  • Interactive games and animated stickers
  • Create custom word lists with audio
  • Progress reports for tracking
  • Printable PDF worksheets
Features
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"Fantastic, customizable tracing practice with fun rewards." 5 Stars - Common Sense Media 500,000+ units sold (including 300,000+ 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 • Letter names and phonics (customizable) • 16 Fonts available (including 3 most popular in the US) • Fun tracing using 50+ animated stickers, sound effects and interactive games that animate letters at the end of tracing • 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 a very small size All the shapes, the first 7 letters, numbers, and words are free. The remaining letters and the ability to add your own words can be unlocked with a one-time purchase or a monthly subscription. _______ 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 and France) • Upper and lower case letters, numbers (and 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,...) • In the A-Z section, special graphics available to match letters (e.g. ant graphic for A/a) _______ 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) • External Links : Before accessing a parent section, an operation must be solved so that young kids cannot access it. Terms of use : https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Drive About Numbers4 screens
Writing Wizard4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Writing Wizard at Free against Drive About Numbers's $2.99. Writing Wizard also leads on ratings volume (5.2K vs 670). Drive About Numbers's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and review sentiment (87% vs 74%). On rating, update cadence, ads and device support 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 is free to download; Drive About Numbers costs $2.99 up front. Writing Wizard sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.49 per month. Drive About Numbers asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.3 for Drive About Numbers against 4.4 for Writing Wizard. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Writing Wizard has 5.2K ratings behind it against 670, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 87% of Drive About Numbers's written reviews are positive against 74% of Writing Wizard's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Drive About Numbers ships an update every 3 months, Writing Wizard every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Drive About Numbers versus Writing Wizard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDrive About NumbersWriting Wizard
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating4.3 (670 ratings)4.4 (5.2K ratings) — better
Positive reviews86.7% of reviews — better73.6% of reviews
Number of ratings6705.2K — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size243 MB68 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperArtgig StudioPierre Abel

Customer experience

Drive About Numbers

All ratings670 ratings
Positive84.5%
Neutral9.3%
Negative6.3%
Written reviews30 reviews
Positive86.7%
Neutral3.3%
Negative10.0%

Writing Wizard

All ratings5,152 ratings
Positive84.3%
Neutral6.1%
Negative9.6%
Written reviews208 reviews
Positive73.6%
Neutral6.7%
Negative19.7%

Bugs and requests

Drive About Numbers

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Writing Wizard

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App crashes when trying to access locked features
  • Purchased content not unlocking properly
  • Inconsistent letter formation guidance

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add more letters, numbers, and shapes
  • Allow recording of custom voice instructions
  • Improve compatibility with stylus/digital pens
  • Provide more customization options

In-app purchases

None

Drive About Numbers

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Writing Wizard

Subscriptions1
  • Full Access - Monthly$2.491 Month
One-time3
  • All Letters and Numbers$5.99
  • Add Your Words and Word Lists$5.99
  • Lifetime Full Access$9.99

Questions

Is Drive About Numbers free?
Drive About Numbers costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Writing Wizard free?
Writing Wizard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Drive About Numbers or Writing Wizard?
Writing Wizard is rated higher. Drive About Numbers averages 4.3 out of 5 from 670 ratings, while Writing Wizard averages 4.4 from 5.2K ratings.
Do Drive About Numbers or Writing Wizard have ads?
Neither Drive About Numbers nor Writing Wizard shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Drive About Numbers or Writing Wizard?
Drive About Numbers ships an update every 3 months, and Writing Wizard every 4 months. Most recently, Drive About Numbers was updated on October 20, 2026 and Writing Wizard on October 21, 2026.

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