Comparison

dob 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

dob

This app offers exercises to train essential visual skills like attention, coordination, and memory. It's designed for learners of all ages, including children and individuals undergoing rehabilitation, and can be customized to individual needs.

Highlights
  • Visual Attention training
  • Ocular motility exercises
  • Hand and Eye Coordination
  • Motion Perception
  • Contrast Sensitivity
  • Face and facial expression recognition
  • Color Recognition and differentiation
  • Figure-Ground Perception
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Visual perception training Basic version for learners containing a set of 10 fixed exercises, covering the most important visual skills. Additionally there is an import area for 10 more exercises where you are able to import more exercises from dob pro - the full version for teachers and therapists. Supported languages: English, Spanish, Portuguese, German, French, Italian With the assistance of dob the learners are stimulated and supported in the following areas: Visual Attention Ocular motility Hand and Eye Coordination Motion Perception Contrast Sensitivity Face recognition and facial expression recognition Color Recognition and differentiation Figure-Ground Perception Object recognition and differentiation Visual Memory Search Strategies dob pro the full version for therapists, coaches and teachers, containing more than 2500 exercises for the training and observation of 11 basic visual skills Change size of objects or tracks with gestures, modify opacity and background. This is how to adapt the exercises to the individual needs of the learners. dob offers exercises both for adults and for children of any age. The training is suited specifically for the following area of application: Curative education - People with developmental delays, visual impairment or multiple disabilities Early childhood education - All children aged 2 to 6 years Physical rehabilitation - For example, after stroke Psychomotricity, occupational therapy and speech therapy User guide, object list, track list, video tutorials, subscription to newsletter » www.dob.li

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/

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Writing Wizard at 74% against dob's 0%. Writing Wizard also leads on price (Free vs $2.99) and rating (4.4 vs 1.0). dob's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.6). On update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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; dob costs $2.99 up front. dob sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and 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

Writing Wizard holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Writing Wizard has 5K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of dob's written reviews are positive against 74% of Writing Wizard's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

dob ships an update every 3 months, Writing Wizard every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on June 11, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
dob versus Writing Wizard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterdobWriting Wizard
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating1.0 (1 ratings)4.4 (5K ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews73.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings15K — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size78 MB68 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRene Fehr-BiscioniPierre Abel

Customer experience

dob

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Writing Wizard

All ratings5,039 ratings
Positive84.2%
Neutral6.2%
Negative9.6%
Written reviews206 reviews
Positive73.8%
Neutral6.3%
Negative19.9%

Bugs and requests

dob

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

1 purchases

dob

One-time1
  • All exercises$11.99
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 dob free?
dob costs $2.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Writing Wizard free?
Writing Wizard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, dob or Writing Wizard?
Writing Wizard is rated higher. dob averages 1.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Writing Wizard averages 4.4 from 5K ratings.
Do dob or Writing Wizard have ads?
Neither dob nor Writing Wizard shows ads.
Which is updated more often, dob or Writing Wizard?
dob ships an update every 3 months, and Writing Wizard every 4 months. Most recently, dob was updated on June 11, 2026 and Writing Wizard on September 22, 2026.

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