Alphabet tracing app to help kids write ABC, letters and words with phonics.
Writing Wizard - Alphabet ABC: letter tracing for kids
By Irfan Rosli
News editor
- Tracing games for writing ABC letters and words
- Letter animations paired with sounds
- Star rewards for progress in tracing games
- Shapes, numbers and alphabet tracing in one app
- Phonics practice for letters and words
- Developer says it is used in over 110,000 schools
What the app is for and who it suits
Writing Wizard - Alphabet ABC is an alphabet and handwriting app for young children, rated PEGI 3. The developer presents it as a way to learn the alphabet, write letters and practice tracing, and says it is used in over 110,000 schools.
Most of the activity is tracing letters and words, with the alphabet, phonics and simple number and shape work built around it. Parents and teachers working with early readers and writers are the people it is described for.
Tracing letters and words
The core activity is tracing. A child follows the outline of each ABC letter and then builds up to writing words, which is the handwriting practice the app is organised around.
The developer says the tracing games are meant to help children develop motor skills as well as recognise letters.
Letter animations and phonics sounds
Each letter is shown with an animation and a sound, so a child hears the letter as well as seeing its shape. The listing ties this to phonics, linking letters to the sounds they make in words.
The animations are described as colourful, and they run alongside the tracing so the letter is introduced before the child writes it.
Star rewards and staying motivated
Progress in the tracing games is rewarded with stars. The developer presents this as a way to keep children practicing their ABC writing over repeated sessions.
The rewards are the only feedback mechanism the listing describes, so they are the main way the app marks how far a child has got.
Shapes and numbers alongside the alphabet
Besides letters, the app includes tracing for shapes and numbers, so the same tracing activity covers several early-learning topics. The listing presents these together as one app rather than separate modes.
This means a child can move from ABC letters to shapes and numbers without switching apps.
What's new
• New feature to define a custom size for letters and words
• New behaviors when the app detects that the child's finger, or the stylus, is out the correct path
• 3 new fonts: Grundschrift - Queensland - ABC Boum (Quebec)
• New tiny font size is now available in the settings for the 5-star mode
• New Settings to customize the guiding lines displayed when writing
• Printable Worksheets: New Settings
About this APK
The build we hold is Writing Wizard - Alphabet ABC 4.1.5 (APKS split bundle) for Android 10 and up.
- Version
- 4.1.5
- 1544000415
- Requires Android
- 10+
- Target Android
- 16
- Package ID
- com.lescapadou.tracingfree
- Format
- APKS split bundle
- Malware scan
- Google Play Protect
- Permissions
- 7 declared · 1 sensitive
- Microphone
- Signed by
- CN=Pierre Abel, O=L'Escapadou
- Certificate SHA-256
- 8e6c9365f76321a518021495134e92b636bc298a1a032150614b7855332b3599
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