Letterpaths vs Turtle Practice

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.

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.