Writing Wizard: Learn to Write

Name: Writing Wizard: Learn to Write
Rating: 4.4 (5102 reviews)
Author: Pierre Abel

ABC & Letter Tracing for Kids

Free · In‑App Purchases

5.1K Ratings
Age Rating

4+
In-App Controls
Category

Education
Developer

Pierre Abel
Language

EN
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Size

71.7
MB

"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/

Ratings & Reviews

4.4

out of 5

5.1K Ratings

Applause (and suggestion)
01/24/2024
Aberberian
This app exceeded my expectations. After using this only one time with a child who has multiple disabilities, I saw great improvement in his ability to form letters without segmenting them. Not only that, but he smiled, had fun, and experienced success. It was nice to see him so proud of himself. And can I also brag about the fact that you provide a left hand mode?! That’s actually how I found you; I was looking for ways to support my left-handed learner.My favorite (and unexpected) feature is the ability to record the sounds myself. I was very excited to be able to record the path of movement for the letters. For capital A, I prompt with, “slant down, slant down, across.” I was delighted that I could record this. But the same recording attached to the lowercase a. I wanted to record, “over, around, up, down” for lower case. Is there any way upper and lowercase letters could have separate recordings? Or if you could provide the path of movement, even better!Thank you!

Developer Response
Thank you for your kind words! You can indeed record different sounds for uppercase and lowercase a. To do that, go to the “My Words” section and make a new word list with the letters. Then, record a sound for each one. If you need any help, you can email us at support@lescapadou.com anytime.
Applause (and suggestion)
01/24/2024
Aberberian

This app exceeded my expectations. After using this only one time with a child who has multiple disabilities, I saw great improvement in his ability to form letters without segmenting them. Not only that, but he smiled, had fun, and experienced success. It was nice to see him so proud of himself. And can I also brag about the fact that you provide a left hand mode?! That’s actually how I found you; I was looking for ways to support my left-handed learner.My favorite (and unexpected) feature is the ability to record the sounds myself. I was very excited to be able to record the path of movement for the letters. For capital A, I prompt with, “slant down, slant down, across.” I was delighted that I could record this. But the same recording attached to the lowercase a. I wanted to record, “over, around, up, down” for lower case. Is there any way upper and lowercase letters could have separate recordings? Or if you could provide the path of movement, even better!Thank you!
Developer Response 02/07/2024
Thank you for your kind words! You can indeed record different sounds for uppercase and lowercase a. To do that, go to the “My Words” section and make a new word list with the letters. Then, record a sound for each one. If you need any help, you can email us at support@lescapadou.com anytime.
Amazing
10/29/2019
Kiwi1323
I wasn’t sure what to expect. This app is fantastic for my kindergartener to learn his letters. And also to allow me to add his vocabulary and sight word list! It even has a layer built in the background that parents can access to allow parents to check what they worked on and also how their words looked when they were tracing! The only thing that would be better if there was a way to allow a quiz for the words without the tracing or even how to say them by recording them and having some form of voice recognition. Overall for only 4.99 it was completely worth it and just what I needed!
Amazing
10/29/2019
Kiwi1323

I wasn’t sure what to expect. This app is fantastic for my kindergartener to learn his letters. And also to allow me to add his vocabulary and sight word list! It even has a layer built in the background that parents can access to allow parents to check what they worked on and also how their words looked when they were tracing! The only thing that would be better if there was a way to allow a quiz for the words without the tracing or even how to say them by recording them and having some form of voice recognition. Overall for only 4.99 it was completely worth it and just what I needed!
Less a review and more a suggestion
08/05/2022
a father 04931605395973279
I love your product. I bought the full version and used it to teach our child how to write abefore 4 years old. I was hoping to see a way of supporting the apple pen or active stylus in general. Like, I would love to see the ability to disable touch in favor of the pen only. At the moment, my son would just drop the apple pen or stylus in favor of his finger. I currently use other drawing apps that can disable finger touchs but these free-drawing apps are no where near as engaging as your app.Thank you.

Developer Response
Hi, Thanks for your feedback, that's a great suggestion. We will add it in the next release. Don't hesitate to contact us at support@lescapadou.com if you have more feedback
Less a review and more a suggestion
08/05/2022
a father 04931605395973279

I love your product. I bought the full version and used it to teach our child how to write abefore 4 years old. I was hoping to see a way of supporting the apple pen or active stylus in general. Like, I would love to see the ability to disable touch in favor of the pen only. At the moment, my son would just drop the apple pen or stylus in favor of his finger. I currently use other drawing apps that can disable finger touchs but these free-drawing apps are no where near as engaging as your app.Thank you.
Developer Response 08/12/2022
Hi, Thanks for your feedback, that's a great suggestion. We will add it in the next release. Don't hesitate to contact us at support@lescapadou.com if you have more feedback
One of the few apps that teach it correctly and is fun.
Jun 9
old but hanging in there
I am a teacher of young children (4-9) and I use this app to reinforce correct letter and number formation. I can print names and other words from this app and using paper and pencil is still very important too so I am thrilled to find this. This app helps me make handwriting a little more intriguing.
One of the few apps that teach it correctly and is fun.
Jun 9
old but hanging in there

I am a teacher of young children (4-9) and I use this app to reinforce correct letter and number formation. I can print names and other words from this app and using paper and pencil is still very important too so I am thrilled to find this. This app helps me make handwriting a little more intriguing.

• New sight-word lists: We've added the popular Dolch and Fry sight-word lists, the most common words children meet in early reading and writing. • Smoother tracing: We've improved how tracing is detected and drawn, so letters and words feel more responsive as your child writes. • Worksheet fix: A new worksheet layout for iPhone makes the font size control much easier to use on smaller screens. • Bug fixes and stability: We fixed several crashes and a number of smaller issues to make practice time more reliable. Thank you for using Writing Wizard! If you have ideas or run into a problem, we'd love to hear from you at support@lescapadou.com

Version 3.5.2 Aug 30

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Seller: Pierre Abel
Size: 71.7 MB
Category: Education
Compatibility: Requires iOS 15.6 or later.

iPhone
Requires iOS 15.6 or later.

iPad
Requires iPadOS 15.6 or later.

iPod touch
Requires iOS 15.6 or later.
Languages: English and 7 more

English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish
Age Rating: 4+

4+

Made for Ages 0–5
This app is rated 4+ with content restrictions.

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In-App Controls
Parental Controls
In-App Purchases: Yes

Lifetime Full Access $9.99

All Letters and Numbers $5.99

Add Your Words and Word Lists $5.99

Full Access - Monthly $2.49

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