Copybook Club vs Letterpaths

Copybook Club is an iOS app for making Simplified Chinese handwriting worksheets from text, imported files, Word Packs or words collected in interactive stories. It can import PDFs, photos and DOCX files, recognize Chinese text and let you edit the result before worksheet creation. Learn mode emphasizes unique characters; Practice mode retains the original text order. Worksheets can include grids, pinyin, translations, tracing or fading, stroke-order guides, and configurable fonts, cell sizes and repetitions. Practice on iPad with Apple Pencil or export A4 PDFs. The free plan allows three worksheet generations per week, up to two pages per worksheet, selected tools and fonts, free Word Packs, two daily Ink Rush rounds and PDF export. Ink Rush offers 60-second handwriting-memory rounds with stroke-order and direction checks. Bookshelf contains two free stories, and collected words can be practiced in worksheets. Core features work locally when iCloud is unavailable; selected records and progress can sync through a private iCloud database. The app is not a full Chinese course or handwriting grading tool.

Letterpaths is a free handwriting practice resource linked to the UK primary school curriculum. It provides worksheet generators for cursive, joined, print, and pre-cursive writing, with custom word practice for words, names, and spellings. Print and pre-cursive sheets can show guide lines, stroke order, arrows, and numbered starting points. Tracing activities include guided modes with plain, snake, and rollercoaster skins, plus freehand tracing using grey word shapes and checkpoints. The tools run on the web and on iOS and Android; the apps can open in a browser or be installed for a full-screen tablet or phone experience. Cursive worksheets encode their settings in the page URL, allowing links to be copied for saving or sharing. The associated cursive font works on the web and in Microsoft Word or Apple Keynote. Letterpaths also links to a public TypeScript library that generates handwriting geometry data for other applications to render.