Hanx Writer: A realistic typewriter app created by Tom Hanks

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A screenshot of the Hanx typewriting app from Tom Hanks

With realistic sounds and beautiful looks, Hanx Writer does a great job of bringing to life the humble typewriter. Sure it has a modern delete and a flickering cursor, but these can be turned off for a truly accurate typewriting experience. Tapping backspace now strikes through a letter, showing children just how writing was printed, just a few decades ago. You have one font, one ink colour and not a single emoji in sight.

However, the app does offer a few modern features through in-app purchases such as background colours, alignment options and photos โ€” but most of these are unnecessary tweaks that you donโ€™t really need.

Hanx Writer isnโ€™t going to be your word processor of choice but it could be used in conjunction with a World War 1 or World War 2 topic. Many great speeches and books have been written on typewriters and itโ€™s a great way of opening the minds of children. A bit like this video of kids reacting to typewritersโ€ฆ

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Hanx Writer: A realistic typewriter app created by Tom Hanks

,
A screenshot of the Hanx typewriting app from Tom Hanks

With realistic sounds and beautiful looks, Hanx Writer does a great job of bringing to life the humble typewriter. Sure it has a modern delete and a flickering cursor, but these can be turned off for a truly accurate typewriting experience. Tapping backspace now strikes through a letter, showing children just how writing was printed, just a few decades ago. You have one font, one ink colour and not a single emoji in sight.

However, the app does offer a few modern features through in-app purchases such as background colours, alignment options and photos โ€” but most of these are unnecessary tweaks that you donโ€™t really need.

Hanx Writer isnโ€™t going to be your word processor of choice but it could be used in conjunction with a World War 1 or World War 2 topic. Many great speeches and books have been written on typewriters and itโ€™s a great way of opening the minds of children. A bit like this video of kids reacting to typewritersโ€ฆ

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