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Cursive Practice Support
Cursive Practice is an app for learning English cursive handwriting. You pick a letter, a word or a line of a sentence, or type your own text, then trace it on guide lines with your finger, or with Apple Pencil on iPad. The app checks each stroke’s start point, direction, order and shape on your device, and collects the letters you missed into a list to practice again.
What Cursive Practice does
- Pick what to practice. The Practice tab opens on cards: lowercase letters a–z, uppercase letters A–Z, word packs, sentences and Your Own Text. Each card shows how many you have passed, and Continue reopens where you left off. Tiles show the letter or word in cursive and in print. The model strokes follow one cursive style drawn for this app.
- Word packs. Six themed packs of words, from greetings to the months of the year. Words are not translated.
- Sentences. Short sentences split into two or three lines that you trace one after another, with the punctuation marks . , ' ? ! Each line is checked and saved on its own.
- Your Own Text. Type a word or a short line of up to 24 characters (English letters, spaces and . , ' ? !) and trace it. The text you type stays on your device.
- Trace on guide lines. The trace screen shows four guide lines with the shape of each stroke, where it starts and in what order. You write over it with your finger, or with Apple Pencil on iPad.
- Make it fit you. Make the guide smaller or larger in five steps. By default a try is checked on its own after you finish and pause for a moment, and a pass moves on to the next one; you can switch this off. On an Apple Pencil (2nd generation or Pro), a double tap checks or moves on, unless you set it to Ignore or Run Shortcut in the system settings. You can also switch the stroke-order demo and the numbers and arrows on or off, in the Settings tab or the options menu on the trace screen. These choices are remembered on each device.
- Get your strokes checked. The app compares what you wrote with the model strokes and points out strokes that start in the wrong place, go the wrong way or come in the wrong order, strokes that are missing or extra, and shapes that stray far from the model. You get a score from 0 to 100 and whether the try passed.
- Write without the guide. The With Guide / Without Guide button above the writing area switches the guide off. You see only the guide lines and write from memory. After the check, your writing is laid over the guide and the app shows a match percentage and points out strokes that start in the wrong place, go the wrong way or come in the wrong order. The match percentage is not letter recognition, and tries without the guide are not saved to your records.
- Practice again. The Records tab has two lists: the letters you practiced today (with the number of tries and your best score) and To Practice Again. A letter is on that list when its last try did not pass, or when you marked it yourself. It leaves the list the next time you pass it.
- Free and paid. Lowercase letters, five uppercase letters (A, C, L, M, S) and five words (love, hello, bloom, dream, grace) to try, grading, the practice-again list and your records are free. The other uppercase letters, all word packs, sentence practice and Your Own Text come with Full Access, a one-time purchase.
- Languages. The app appears in English, Korean, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Spanish or French, following the language of your device. This support page and the privacy policy are in English and Korean.
Your data
- There is no account, no login and no server of the developer. Your practice records (which letters, words and sentence lines you practiced, and the text you typed to practice, and when, scores, whether a try passed, the kinds of mistakes found, and the letters you marked to practice again) are stored on your device only, and the developer has no copy of them. They are not synced through iCloud. Tries made without the guide are not saved.
- The strokes you write are used on your device to check them. They are not saved and never leave your device. Your records keep the score and result, not the strokes or a picture of your writing.
- Deleting the app deletes your practice records from your device. There is no way to restore them afterwards, except from a backup of your device.
Full details are in the Privacy Policy.
Anonymous usage statistics
Cursive Practice sends anonymous usage statistics so the developer can see which features are used. Which letters, words or sentences you wrote, the text you typed to practice, your strokes and drawings, and your scores are never included. To turn this off or on, open the Settings tab and use Send Anonymous Usage Statistics. In the EEA, the United Kingdom and Switzerland it is off until you turn it on. Details are in section 4 of the Privacy Policy.
Questions
How does the grading work? Does it recognize my handwriting?
No. The app does not recognize which letter you wrote. It lays the strokes you write over the model strokes of the letter or word you chose, on your device, and compares them: where each stroke starts, which way it goes, in what order, and whether its shape stays close to the model. When you write without the guide, it still only compares the shape (see below) and does not read what you wrote. It does not tell similar letters (such as a and o, or n and m) apart. No internet connection is used for grading.
What is the match percentage?
When you write Without Guide, the app lays your writing over the guide, lined up by position and size, and shows how close the shapes of your strokes are to the guide as a percentage. It also points out strokes that start in the wrong place, go the wrong way or come in the wrong order. It is not letter recognition: the app does not know which letter you wrote, and letters of the same height (such as a and o) can score high even when you wrote a different letter. The percentage is worked out on your device. A try without the guide is not saved, so it does not appear in your records, the practice-again list or your progress.
When does a try pass?
A try passes when every expected stroke was written, none of the checks was failed and the score is high enough. A try that does not pass puts the letter on the To Practice Again list.
Is grading the same for a finger and for Apple Pencil?
The same checks apply, but the app allows more room when you write with a finger than with Apple Pencil, because a fingertip is less precise. Apple Pencil works on iPad.
What is To Practice Again?
It is a list in the Records tab of the letters whose last try did not pass, plus the letters you marked yourself. Tap a letter to open its trace screen. A letter leaves the list when you pass it. A letter you marked yourself can also be removed by swiping it away.
What is free, and what is Full Access?
Lowercase letters a–z, five uppercase letters (A, C, L, M, S) and five words (love, hello, bloom, dream, grace) to try, the grading, the practice-again list and your records are free. Full Access adds the other uppercase letters, all word packs, sentence practice and your own text. It is a one-time purchase. It is not a subscription and never renews. Your records and the practice you have already done are never locked, whether or not you buy Full Access; only starting an item outside the free ones needs it. The price is shown by Apple, in your App Store currency, before you buy.
How do I restore my purchase?
Open the Settings tab, tap the Full Access row and tap Restore Purchases. Full Access is tied to your Apple Account, so it also comes back after you reinstall the app and on another device that uses the same Apple Account.
How do I get a refund?
Refunds for App Store purchases are handled by Apple. Go to reportaproblem.apple.com. The developer cannot issue refunds.
Where are my practice records stored?
On your device. There is no server of the developer and no iCloud sync. If you restore a new device from an iPhone, iPad or computer backup, the backup can bring the data with it, as with most apps.
If I delete the app or switch to a new device, are my records gone?
Deleting the app deletes the records. Because records are not synced, a new device does not receive them, except through a backup of your old device. Your purchase comes back with Restore Purchases.
How do I delete my records?
In this version the app has no button that deletes practice records, except for typed texts (next question). Deleting the app removes all of them from your device. To remove only a letter you marked to practice again, swipe it away in the To Practice Again list.
How do I delete a text I typed?
On the Your Own Text screen, swipe the text away under Practiced Before. This deletes that text and all its practice records from your device.
How do I send feedback?
Open the Settings tab and tap Send Feedback. Your mail app opens with a message to the address above that contains only the app version, your iOS version and your device model, never your practice records, scores or the letters you wrote. You can edit it, and nothing is sent unless you press Send.
How do I stop the usage statistics?
Open the Settings tab and turn off Send Anonymous Usage Statistics. Usage after that is not sent, and the app works the same.
Contact and policies
Cursive Practice is operated by Kirade, an individual developer. Email: kirade.apps+cursivepractice@gmail.com