Product Review of Cursive Writing Wizard Handwriting Practice
Kids learn how to trace using animated emojis with enticing tones. Once the kid masters tracing, four interactive games open where they interact with letters. This app can be personalized to meet the need of every kid, and it monitors the kid’s progress.
What Users Love About the App
“This app is perfect for my 8–year–old grandson learning cursive. He hated printing and we had a hard time getting him to write at all. This app is so fun, he loves learning the letters and seeing all the great animations. Thank you for putting this together. I did not mind paying for the extras either as it is very much worth the price and not expensive compared to if we had to purchase a book. Oh, and the ability to print out worksheets with our own words is great! Just wish we could repeat the words a few times for practice on the printed copy.”
“This is perfect for teaching children cursive (I paid for the full version). I have my kids use it with the Apple Pencil so the skill will transfer over to real-life writing with pen and paper, and it does. The instructions are straightforward and simple enough that I didn’t have to explain them to my five-year-old. She didn’t need my help at all. The animations are dope. They remind me of those bubble things you buy for your desk for people to play with or old Windows screensavers. They are interactive and oddly satisfying.”
“I was looking to help my 4.5-year-old. I homeschool 6 children and needed a good app to serve as a second “teacher” while I work with his older brothers and sisters. This app is perfect! Very flexible, customizable for whatever level he is studying, and virtually hands–free for me. I love that the cursive is more traditional and has the beginning under curve strokes for the lowercase letters. Well worth the $5! Thank you!”
“My family loves this app! It’s colorful and fun and has great options. It is definitely worth the $5 to unlock it, and it’s not a subscription. So, it’s $5 one time only! My 9-year-old is enjoying learning cursive and my 6-year-old is using and enjoying it as well! That makes this mama happy! Thank you, developers!”
“This app is highly motivating! My kids enjoy practicing with this app, the graphics are nice, and the teaching is clear. If you had a US font, that would be great, but I found one that looks like it.”
What Users Dislike About the App
“I loved all the different colors and shapes you could write with, but you can only practice letters a,b,c,d, and e. So, what help is that? I would not recommend this, don’t waste your time unless you only want to learn 4 letters. Oh, and you have to buy the other letters. I give this a big thumbs down.”
“I thought I was buying the full version. Now, I have spent money and have a non–working app. I requested a refund and Apple says I don’t have a receipt even though they emailed me one. What a rip-off!”
“You have to purchase locked letters. The letters are not beautiful—once a child learns to write a letter in an ugly way, it is nearly impossible to correct it into beautiful handwriting. The concept is good but has bad “fonts.” It’s really not something to write home about.”
“You can only practice 5 letters for free, then you have to purchase more letters. There are three different packages to choose from, and I chose one for $3 (by mistake) that didn’t unlock the letters. So, I chose to unlock everything for $5 thinking I would just be charged $2 more, but I was charged for both. All of the letters were unlocked, but the next time I opened the app, they were locked again. I tried restarting the app and the iPad but nothing worked. There was no way to cancel the orders.”
“I really had hopes that this would be a fantastic app for my kiddos. You get the first 5 letters unlocked, after that, you MUST pay! They give you a multiplication problem to answer. So, I’m thinking you just have to answer a math question to unlock the letter. So we answer, then it pops up showing you have to pay. Sad. It’s not good enough for me to want to buy. Think before you download and allow access to your information only to delete soon the app soon after. As I said, it is extremely limited on what they offer. I did find another app that is better at letting you see the actual placement of your writing. It is not something you slide your finger on and it then ends up looking perfect. I downloaded a totally free, no restrictions app called “Cursive Writing.” I am much happier with that. Side note for the developer: isn’t the point of being able to review apps so that others can leave their own feelings? Rate how they feel, help others. You don’t seem very nice with your responses. Please don’t feel so attacked and feel you need to attack back. This is just how I feel. Everybody has a right to their opinion. Please accept mine.”
