Meet the Alphablocks! vs Writing Wizard
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Meet the Alphablocks!
Explore the alphabet and letter sounds with interactive characters. Children can tap to bring each character to life, hear their letter sounds, and sing along to catchy songs. This app uses proven phonics methods to help young learners develop reading skills.
- Interactive alphabet characters
- Learn letter sounds
- Sing along to songs
- Phonics-based learning
- Letter name mode
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Meet the Alphablocks, get to know your alphabet and letter sounds and sing along to the Alphablocks song. Alphablocks is the hit TV show that’s helping millions of children learn to read the fun way. (British English). As seen on Cbeebies. HOW TO PLAY It couldn’t be simpler: tap to bring each Alphablock to life and hear them sing their letter sound and a line from the Alphablocks song. Every Alphablock is designed to help your child remember their letters and letter sounds, so A says a! when an apple falls on her head, and so on. LETTER SOUNDS AND NAMES Listen to the Alphablocks singing their letter sounds, then change to Letter Name mode and have fun learning all the letter names too. FULL OF GOOD PHONICS Alphablocks uses best-practice phonics as taught in UK schools. It’s also part of a whole reading system that can give your child a boost in key phonics skills. Watch Alphablocks on CBeebies and find out more at www.alphablocks.tv. READY FOR MORE? If you enjoy this app, try ALPHABLOCKS LETTER FUN and really get to know the Alphablocks and the alphabet. Letter Fun has four minigames for each Alphablock (more than 100 total) to help your child master their letters and sounds, and they can sing along to the whole Alphablocks letter song.
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.
- 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
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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/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Meet the Alphablocks! at none against Writing Wizard's 4. Meet the Alphablocks! also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). Writing Wizard's advantage is ratings volume (5K vs 333) and update cadence (every 4 months vs every 11 months). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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
Both are free to download. Writing Wizard sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.49 per month. Meet the Alphablocks! asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for Meet the Alphablocks! against 4.4 for Writing Wizard. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Writing Wizard has 5K ratings behind it against 333, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 73% and 73% positive.
Meet the Alphablocks! ships an update every 11 months, Writing Wizard every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Meet the Alphablocks! | Writing Wizard |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (333 ratings) | 4.4 (5K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 72.9% of reviews | 73.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 333 | 5K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 11 months | Every 4 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 212 MB | 68 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Blue-Zoo | Pierre Abel |
Customer experience
Meet the Alphablocks!
Writing Wizard
User reviews
Meet the Alphablocks!
From 333 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Fun and engaging
- 🚀 Great for learning letters and sounds
- 💡 Helpful for speech therapy
- 🎨 Colorful and visually appealing
Room to improve
- 🐛 Crashes and glitches
- 🤔 Lack of mini-games or interactive features
- 🤷♀️ Confusing instructions for accessing content
- 😕 Disappointing for those expecting more features
Writing Wizard
From 5K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 User-friendly interface
- 🚀 Engaging animations
- 💡 Customizable word lists
- 👍 Helpful for children with special needs
- 👍 Effective for improving handwriting
Room to improve
- 🔒 Locked features behind paywall
- 🐛 Bugs and glitches
- 🔒 Paid version not working as expected
- 💰 Expensive for the limited features
Bugs and requests
Meet the Alphablocks!
Reported bugs
4 issues- App crashes when tapping on certain letters
- Some visual glitches with character animations
- Subscription/purchase issues for full app access
- Compatibility problems on older devices
Requested features
4 requests- Add more mini-games and interactive elements
- Improve stability and reduce crashes
- Provide clearer instructions on accessing all content
- Expand the app to include more advanced learning activities
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
Meet the Alphablocks!
No in-app purchases
Writing Wizard
- Full Access - Monthly$2.491 Month
- All Letters and Numbers$5.99
- Add Your Words and Word Lists$5.99
- Lifetime Full Access$9.99
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