# Write About This

> Education

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id601375313](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id601375313)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id601375313`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** RSA Group, LLC
- **Category:** Education
- **Rating:** 3.40 / 5 (5 ratings)
- **Version:** 4.2
- **Last updated:** 2022-01-09
- **First published:** 2013-02-16
- **Size:** 97 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-05
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/write-about-this/id601375313)
- **Website:** [http://www.writeaboutapp.com](http://www.writeaboutapp.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [http://www.writeaboutapp.com/privacy](http://www.writeaboutapp.com/privacy)

## Description

#1 daily writing app in the elementary grades! Endless student engagement with 175 included images, 375 text+voice prompts, OR customize with your own pictures. Kick-start all writing genres and watch reluctant writers soar! Write About This is a creation platform trusted on millions of classroom devices to gets kids writing!

“Top Pick” for Elementary School Writing from Common Sense Education!

REVIEWS:

“Editor’s Choice!” “Outstanding” “Great for a very wide range of ages and abilities..a highly useful and flexible tool for home or classroom to encourage children to write.” -BestAppsforKids.com

“The beauty of this app is its ease of use and endless opportunities for creative writing.” -BridgingApps

“Making writing fun again... an ‘A’! For any parent who may have a child who is needing extra practice in writing, I highly suggest this app.” -TeachersAppReview.com

“Versatile and easy to use for kids of many ages. The pictures are engaging and show diversity; the prompts get kids thinking critically and creatively.” -Common Sense Education

WHAT EDUCATORS SAY:

“I couldn’t get students to stop writing at the end of the day!” - Rebecca Wildman, 4th Grade Teacher, Apple Distinguished Educator

“Very intuitive...an embodiment of the Universal Design for Learning principles” -Kit Hard, Instructional Tech Supervisor

“Write About This is always my Writing Center activity. A great feature is the ability for students to record themselves reading their writing.” -Pam Craig, Second Grade Teacher

“An excellent app to use for developing writing and fluency skills with students.” -Karen Bosch, K-8 Educator, Apple Distinguished Educator

“With an intuitive layout, this app provides a variety of  tools for customizing pictures, recording prompts, recording ideas, writing and publishing ideas.” Carol Leynse Harpold, Assistive Technology Expert

See how hundreds of classrooms use Write About This: storify.com/WriteAboutThis/in-the-classroom

Full version includes:

**ALL CORE GENRES
An easy way for students to compose and publish writing across the curriculum, including Opinion, Narrative, Expository and Literature Response!

**AMAZING COMBINATION OF IMAGES AND PROMPTS
Carefully selected and written by teachers, all 175 images and 375 prompts are interesting and appropriate!

**FAST PHOTO+WRITING
NEW in 2017: Quick Write Gallery saves time by providing 50 safe and popular image catalysts to accompany stories, poems, journals or reflections!

**SIMPLE DIGITAL PUBLISHING AND APP SMASHING
Download work to the Camera Roll, share by email or use the Open-In feature to send to other apps (.JPG, .PDF or .MOV)! 

**VOICE RECORDING FOR IMPROVING AND CELEBRATING WRITING
Authors can add a voice recording with their work to publish a personalized writing video! Also great during editing and revising to listen to how the writing sounds!

**OPEN-ENDED CREATIVITY
Quick Write button gets kids publishing immediately– perfect for when they have an idea and a photo to use (no prompt needed)!

**CREATE STUDENT PORTFOLIOS
Author Profiles include a custom avatar and unique default email for individualized sharing with parents and saved work can be filtered by author (great for shared devices)!

**CUSTOM PROMPTS
Use your photos, ideas and voice to spark student writing responses about a classroom or school event, a book from class, a science experiment… anything! 

**FLEXIBILITY TO FIT EVERY LEARNER
Voice & Level options (3 per image) based on learning theory and real classroom experience! English Language Learners greatly benefit from voice recording and playback!

**WORKS WITH ANY NUMBER OF DEVICES
From single teacher iPads, to carts, to 1:1...educators are using the app to meet their unique needs to engage students and improve writing!

**EASY AND ACCESSIBLE
Search visual content based on interest, curriculum, season or theme. Kids as young as 5 use the app independently. 

What will your students write about? Visit our Learning Hub at WriteAboutApp.com/blog

## Rankings

- #511,840 — Overall

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