Cursive: Learn Cursive vs Turtle Practice

Cursive: Learn Cursive is an app for practicing handwriting by tracing cursive letters and words, or entering custom words to practice. It offers uppercase and lowercase letter exercises with animated stroke order. Practice covers English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, and Portuguese, with more than 100 included words per language, including words with accent marks. Users can display typed text in cursive and add, sort, or delete custom words; those words are shared across the cursive languages. Writing controls include example text size and style, pen or eraser, pen thickness and color, and zoom settings. Dark mode and theme colors are also available. Word search opens in an external browser, and users can change the search button to a share button. The app is listed for Android, iOS, and macOS. Android and iOS downloads are listed as free; Google Play identifies ads and in-app purchases, and Apple lists in-app purchases. Google Play says the app may collect location, app activity, and two other data types; its safety information says data is encrypted in transit and cannot be deleted.

Turtle Practice is an AI-powered Chinese stroke-order practice app for elementary-age children. Its library contains over 3,000 words from the Hong Kong Primary Learning Word List. During handwriting practice, AI analyzes strokes in real time and responds when the order is incorrect. Hint Mode gives beginners step-by-step guidance, while Dictation Mode supports entered-text practice and dictation tests. Learners can create and share custom word lists with children or friends, and the listed capabilities include pen-control exercises and custom word practice. The app supports Traditional and Simplified Chinese, with Cantonese and Mandarin audio. Turtle Practice runs on iOS and Android. Its Free plan is a free download, and no free trial is listed. Turtle Learn identifies the maker as Kazoo Technology (Hong Kong) Limited, headquartered in Hong Kong; the project began as a 2022 pilot and was established in 2024. Kazoo says it does not use targeted-advertising cookies for children or sell personal data, and its policy says student data is not used or shared for advertising.