Comparison

Read&Write vs Drawing Kit

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

Head to head
About

Read&Write

This app offers advanced text-to-speech capabilities, allowing users to have text read aloud with synchronized highlighting. It also includes writing assistance features like word prediction and spell check, along with extensive formatting options for improved readability and document creation.

Highlights
  • Text-to-Speech with synchronized highlighting
  • Word prediction for faster writing
  • Customizable font and layout settings
  • Save text as audio files
  • Import and open various document formats
  • Read webpages via toolbar extension
  • Spellcheck and grammar check with word descriptions
Features
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Read&Write for iPad is a reading and writing app with high-quality text-to-speech, formatting controls, a wide range of fonts and styles and cloud storage integration. Read&Write provides visual highlighting in-sync with spoken words, a great range of colour and font settings to allow for optimum reading, and word prediction to help with writing. Read&Write is a quality app for proofreading text through listening, helping with reading and literacy development, and creating audio files from any text. PRODUCT FEATURES • Text-to-Speech - Type into Read&Write and have the text read back to you. You can check text and proofread it quickly and easily. - You can import documents into Read&Write from apps such as Mail, or import directly from Dropbox, Google Drive and OneDrive.. Read&Write can open a range of document formats including Word doc, PDF and epub. - Text from any app can be copied and pasted into Read&Write ready to be read back. - Apple's speech recognition can be used to dictate text directly into Read&Write, and can be listened back to ensure it is right. - The Apple spell check works in Read&Write too, further helping accuracy. - You can save the text as an audio file using the same high-quality voice. • Word Prediction Word prediction helps with writing more quickly and accurately. • Visual Highlighting Text is highlighted as the text is read back. Highlighting allows you to coordinate reading and listening. Read&Write lets you pick the colour and style of highlighting required. There are four highlighting modes to choose from: none, word by word, word trail, or sentence by sentence highlighting. • Font & Layout Change the font type, size or colour to suit your needs. Layout the text for easier reading by adjusting the character, line and paragraph spacing and adjusting the page margins. Text can be formatted bold, italic and underlined to emphasise. Images can be inserted into the text from the camera or your library. • Save to Audio Convert any text into an audio file using any of the high-quality voices. This is quick and easy, allowing text to be listened to on the move. Great for proofreading on the go. • Share your text Text created within Read&Write can be emailed, messaged, printed, opened in another app, or copied and pasted into another app, like Safari. • Read webpages You can now read webpages in Safari and other browsers, using the "Read&Write Toolbar" extension from the share menu. * Spellcheck & Grammar check Use the Read&Write spellcheck feature that can provide you with additional word descriptions and pictures to help you find the correct word. Also included in this app is the Read&Write Keyboard app, which is a powerful keyboard replacement that works in every app. Supporting reading, writing, comprehension and vocabulary development, Read&Write provides a rich set of features which extend accessibility and provide a range of tools to help with literacy including: • Text to speech • Prediction • Dictionary / Talking dictionary • Picture Dictionary • Check It • Talk&Type (available for iOS 10 and above) • Speak as I type • OpenDyslexic font support • Language translation in Safari (French or Spanish, Locale dependent) • French language localisation The Read&Write keyboard app provides help everywhere it’s needed whether it’s working on documents, presentations, being creative or just using mail. It’s great for those with individual needs such as Dyslexia and those where English is not their first language, but it’s designed for everyone.

About

Drawing Kit

This app provides a digital canvas for children to explore their creativity with various drawing tools like pencils, crayons, and paintbrushes. It also includes features to help kids practice handwriting and cursive letters, with optional drawing suggestions.

Highlights
  • Variety of drawing tools (pencil, crayon, paint)
  • Finger, stylus, and Apple Pencil support
  • Drawing suggestion feature
  • Handwriting and cursive practice exercises
  • Grid mode for precise drawing
  • Save artwork to Photos
Features
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Drawing Kit offers a variety of tools for kids to express themselves creatively. Using either a pencil, crayon or paint brush, your budding artist can create drawings with their finger, a stylus or better yet, Apple Pencil. Need an idea of what to draw? Tap the light bulb icon and a suggestion will be presented. Kids can read and hear the suggestions.. Use Drawing Kit to help students improve their handwriting skills. By tapping icons at the bottom of the screen exercises for practicing handwriting and cursive letters. So help your kids get creative with the Drawing Kit Board. Sound like fun? Children will enjoy the ease with which they can create images with the Drawing Kit. Drawing Kit even has a grid mode where the lines and shapes being drawn snap to the grid. Art work can be saved by storing them in Photos. Give your child the opportunity to use your iOS device for creative play.

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Read&Write at Free against Drawing Kit's $1.99. Read&Write also leads on rating (3.1 vs 1.0) and update cadence (monthly vs every 20 months). Drawing Kit's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.6). On 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

Read&Write is free to download; Drawing Kit costs $1.99 up front. Read&Write sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Drawing Kit asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Read&Write holds the better App Store score, 3.1 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Read&Write has 29 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Read&Write ships an update monthly, Drawing Kit every 20 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Read&Write versus Drawing Kit: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRead&WriteDrawing Kit
PriceFree — better$1.99
Rating3.1 (29 ratings) — better1.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews24.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings29 — better1
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 20 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPad
Requires iOS16.613.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size225 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEverway Opco Ltd.Ventura Educational Systems

Customer experience

Read&Write

All ratings29 ratings
Positive48.3%
Neutral10.3%
Negative41.4%
Written reviews33 reviews
Positive24.2%
Neutral3.0%
Negative72.7%

Drawing Kit

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Read&Write

One-time1
  • Unlock Premium Feature$19.99
None

Drawing Kit

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Read&Write free?
Read&Write is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Drawing Kit free?
Drawing Kit costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Read&Write or Drawing Kit?
Read&Write is rated higher. Read&Write averages 3.1 out of 5 from 29 ratings, while Drawing Kit averages 1.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Read&Write or Drawing Kit have ads?
Neither Read&Write nor Drawing Kit shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Read&Write or Drawing Kit?
Read&Write ships an update monthly, and Drawing Kit every 20 months. Most recently, Read&Write was updated on October 24, 2026 and Drawing Kit on October 4, 2026.

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