Comparison

Trace Letters, Numbers&Junior vs Cursive Letters Writing Wizard

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

Head to head
About

Trace Letters, Numbers&Junior

This app helps children learn to trace and write letters and numbers using a fun, guided system. It offers customizable features for parents and teachers to track progress and develop motor skills. Kids can save and share their work, making learning engaging.

Highlights
  • Guided tracing for letters and numbers
  • Progress tracking and reports
  • Customizable writing styles
  • Sound feedback for numbers
  • Multiple pen and writing modes
  • Save and share creations
Features
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If you're looking for Apps which mimic lettering used to teach printed letters and handwriting skills, you have come to the right place. The so-called "Handwriting Wizard" is a complete set of Apps for teachers and parents which make it fun and easy to teach writing skills to kids, they are School Fonts Handwriting Styles "Handwriting Wizard" is designed to help every child learn how to trace through a fun system carefully designed to maintain motivation. This series of apps is fully customizable to suit every child's needs, and lets you check their progress through a system of reports and profiles. _______________________________________________________ FOR KIDS Kids can write letters and numbers, and they can share their works with others. FEATURES: • Guid to copy write the numbers, tell them how to write, the first…, next…., and so on. • Play the sounds of the numbers, let them know what they are writing. • Select different pen to write, let them fell happy and interesting in write! • Select the write mode, they can write by finger, or write by hand(Pen). • Capture the writes paper, they can save it in the iOS Photos, and share it to anybody, of course, you also can check their progress through it. • Refresh the writes paper, you can erase the writes, or reset the writes paper. • Full screen drawing and tracing • Support all iPad and iPhone _______________________________________________________ FOR PARENTS & TEACHERS These Apps have been developed to assits teachers and parents teaching handwriting. • Pattern movements and other basic motor skills. • Proficiency in letter formation and shaping. • Appropriate letter size and spacing. • Most popular US font ZB, Zaner-Bloser style of handwriting.

About

Cursive Letters Writing Wizard

This app helps children learn cursive handwriting through interactive tracing, engaging games, and customizable features. It supports various fonts, phonics, and progress monitoring for parents and educators.

Highlights
  • Interactive cursive letter tracing
  • Customizable word lists with audio recording
  • Engaging games and animated stickers
  • Progress monitoring and tracing replays
  • Support for multiple fonts and 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 • 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, French and Swiss 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) • 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. Terms of use : https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Trace Letters, Numbers&Junior4 screens
Cursive Letters Writing Wizard4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Cursive Letters Writing Wizard at 63% against Trace Letters, Numbers&Junior's 0%. Cursive Letters Writing Wizard also leads on rating (4.4 vs 1.0) and ratings volume (2K vs 3). Trace Letters, Numbers&Junior's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

Both are free to download. Trace Letters, Numbers&Junior sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Cursive Letters Writing Wizard sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.49 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Cursive Letters Writing Wizard holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cursive Letters Writing Wizard has 2K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Trace Letters, Numbers&Junior's written reviews are positive against 63% of Cursive Letters Writing Wizard's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Trace Letters, Numbers&Junior ships an update every 21 months, Cursive Letters Writing Wizard every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Trace Letters, Numbers&Junior versus Cursive Letters Writing Wizard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTrace Letters, Numbers&JuniorCursive Letters Writing Wizard
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (3 ratings)4.4 (2K ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews62.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings32K — better
Update frequencyEvery 21 monthsEvery 5 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size21 MB64 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer宁 王Pierre Abel

Customer experience

Trace Letters, Numbers&Junior

All ratings3 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Cursive Letters Writing Wizard

All ratings1,981 ratings
Positive82.6%
Neutral5.3%
Negative12.1%
Written reviews150 reviews
Positive62.7%
Neutral3.3%
Negative34.0%

Bugs and requests

Trace Letters, Numbers&Junior

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Cursive Letters Writing Wizard

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Purchased content not unlocking
  • Frequent crashes and freezes
  • Incompatibility with certain devices

Requested features

3 requests
  • More free content and letters
  • Improved navigation and usability
  • Support for multiple fonts and languages

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Trace Letters, Numbers&Junior

One-time2
  • Remove ADs$0.99
  • Unlock All Letters$0.99
4 purchases

Cursive Letters Writing Wizard

Subscriptions1
  • Full Access - Monthly$2.491 Month
One-time3
  • Add Your Own Words$5.99
  • All Letters and Numbers$5.99
  • Unlock Everything$9.99

Questions

Is Trace Letters, Numbers&Junior free?
Trace Letters, Numbers&Junior is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Cursive Letters Writing Wizard free?
Cursive Letters Writing Wizard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Trace Letters, Numbers&Junior or Cursive Letters Writing Wizard?
Cursive Letters Writing Wizard is rated higher. Trace Letters, Numbers&Junior averages 1.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Cursive Letters Writing Wizard averages 4.4 from 2K ratings.
Do Trace Letters, Numbers&Junior or Cursive Letters Writing Wizard have ads?
Neither Trace Letters, Numbers&Junior nor Cursive Letters Writing Wizard shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Trace Letters, Numbers&Junior or Cursive Letters Writing Wizard?
Trace Letters, Numbers&Junior ships an update every 21 months, and Cursive Letters Writing Wizard every 5 months. Most recently, Trace Letters, Numbers&Junior was updated on October 24, 2026 and Cursive Letters Writing Wizard on October 29, 2026.

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