# Calligraphy HD — user reviews > 108 indexed App Store user reviews of Calligraphy HD by TOUCHSCREEN LEARNING LTD, rated 1.60/5 from 64 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/calligraphy-hd/id972731593/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/calligraphy-hd/id972731593.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 6 · 4★ 0 · 3★ 6 · 2★ 5 · 1★ 47 ## Newest reviews (18 of 108) ### 3/5 — Nice App…But, *2026-05-14* It cuts off half the photo when you tap the camera. SMH…really?! ### 3/5 — I almost paid the upgrade in the first minute. But I looked harder *2025-03-11, version 2.0.1* I wanted something to try out ideas for a new script style without wasting the paper. This is simple, responsive, and appropriately priced. I expect developers to be paid, so paywalls don’t bother me even when I wouldn’t place them the same way- we can’t all agree. And I was glad to see this developer offered a reasonable one-time price. The ads interrupted my second stroke, and continued to be intrusive. But I thought the functionality was there and was willing to pay to make the ads stop. I double checked the reviews because the rating overall was low. That’s ok some of my favorite apps got some early reviews that they couldn’t shake for a while. Then I saw the developer had a lot of apps. More than others I’ve seen. And they’re similar. Ok, that’s smart- reuse your code and make more variety. But I looked at several and they all had bad reviews. That and the last update was 2 years ago. Not that you have to update something that works, but I’ve no reason to believe the developer will keep the app working. It’s the only the first handwriting I looked at though, so I may come back to it. ### 3/5 — kind of weird *2022-01-15* the brushes and whatever are alright there is very limited options to the brushes and pens though and with that the canvas size is very thin and long and hard to work with as well as anytime you try to undo something it sends you back to the home screen and gives you an ad, and dosent let you load it back or anything those are the main problems of it but other than that it’s fine??? i guess it’s alright it gets 3 stars ### 2/5 — Does not save *2021-07-17* Also one area of canvas does respond. But this app has been abandoned so my comments are moot. ### 1/5 — It’s trash *2021-02-09* Don‘t waste your time with this app it’s straight up trash ### 1/5 — 使い物にならない *2021-02-01* 無料アプリだが必要なことはほとんど課金。 起動時の全面広告もうざいのでこのアプリは即削除しました。 ### 1/5 — Don’t bother.... *2021-01-30* Absolutely awful app, can’t do anything without paying for colours or brush thicknesses/styles. Would give zero stars if I could. ### 1/5 — Schlecht *2021-01-15* Kann es kaum benutzen alles kostet Geld ist schwer zu benutzen kann den Pinsel nicht kleiner einstellen ### 1/5 — Bad ui *2020-12-29, version 1.1.8* UI doesn’t look good ### 1/5 — DON’T GET IT *2020-11-11* This app is absolutely worthless for $2.99 YES $2.99 - I thought i was getting it for less and i was immediately charged more. You will learn Nothing from this app other than is not worth your money. ### 1/5 — So far it doesn’t work *2020-10-21* Every time I try and type anything it closes. No matter what button I push. It’s happened 6 straight times. Either money back or fix the issue. ### 1/5 — Geladen und gelöscht *2020-10-12* hätte die kommentare der anderen lesen sollen - only waste ... nur Werbung ### 1/5 — HD? *2020-07-17* Ist das ein Witz? HD und die Schrift ist total verpixelt, direkt Werbung vor dem ersten Strich, nur im Hochformat benutzbar...Ich denke die App ist einfach uralt (oder sieht zumindest so aus)...sehr schlecht **Developer response:** Hello! Thank you for your input, your review is greatly appreciated. we are constantly improving Calligraphy HD, an update is due soon addressing your comments. ### 1/5 — This app is a scam *2020-07-07, version 1.1.8* This app was not helpful if I wanted a sketch pad I would have just used the other apps I have. Please refund my money. ### 1/5 — Lame. *2020-06-25, version 1.1.8* I now understand why this app is rated poorly. It’s a waste of time. ### 1/5 — Dont waste your time *2020-06-15, version 1.1.8* You have to pay to unlock anything, so the app is useless when free ### 1/5 — Don't get! *2020-05-28* Unless you do the money upgrade it only let's you stay on one color and one font which is really big. **Developer response:** Hello! Thank you for your input, your review is greatly appreciated. we are constantly improving Calligraphy HD, a new update is coming soon. ### 1/5 — Not functional *2020-05-17* I did not manage to get a feeling of how it works. Way too intensive ads, simply doesn’t work ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — 最悪 *2025-06-26* 詐欺アプリ ### 1/5 — Not my favorite *2023-10-04* I like the app but everything is money! I think it would be a good app if not everything was money. There are only 4 brushes you can use and you have to go back to the start of the game to choose a different brush every time, which is really annoying. If it didn’t cost money to use anything I would love it, but almost everything costs money on the app. ### 1/5 — No apparent way to change angle of nib. *2023-07-16, version 2.0.1* I find this app useless with no way to adjust the nib angle. ### 1/5 — My grandads Nokia has better quality 📞👴🏼😡 *2022-12-17* This is a bad app do you have to pay to get Colour and it’s glitchy and you have to pay for everything the only thing you get for free is actually downloading the app.Honestly,I would rate it 0 stars if I could , seriously it seems like it hasn’t been updated since 2014 not joking. Don’t waste your time with this app . My grandads Nokia has better quality 👴🏼📞 Message to creator - if you want more people to download your app,make better quality and free colour . ### 1/5 — Charged too much *2022-12-14* Update: I already paid for this app 3 years ago for the full upgrade. I was overcharged at the time. Now I open the app and it is trying to charge me again. I hit “restore purchases” and it still wants to charge me for an upgrade. I already paid for it once. This is the second time I report this app to the Apple Store. Scam. Previous Review: In app purchase says $1.99 to purchase this app. I was charged $2.99. Reporting to Apple Store. **Developer response:** Sorry to hear you are having issue with our app, we are looking into this now. Please email us directly if you have any questions about your purchase. Sincerely abecedaire Team ### 1/5 — Bad business *2022-09-04* I bought and paid for this app. Later on and just because I was using it, I was asked to pay again! Greed is wrong ! ### 1/5 — Don’t waste your time *2022-02-10* This app stinks. Everything except the worst brushes cost money. You can’t change the color without paying. Ads pop up nonstop. And two of the four “free” brush options are so thick you can’t even practice calligraphy with it! ### 1/5 — 舐めてる？ *2021-11-27* 書道を舐めてるアプリ。そんなに太くなるわけない！ってとこまで調整しないとなるし、☆0以下。戻ったり開くたんびに広告あるし、色が変えれるとかおかしいし！書道を舐めないでほしい 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　by書道家 ### 1/5 — Полное … *2021-10-11* Потраченное время ### 1/5 — Huge Let Down 👎 *2021-06-12* I don’t like judging, but for this I have to be honest: it was awful. It only had one brush with one color. The color didn’t bug me so much, but the brush was terrible. It was so inconsistent, you would TRY to make one line of a letter and it would have bumps, if you did the slightest thing wrong the ‘ink’ would fill the whole screen and you couldn’t make anything. Now the premium version might be better, but I’m not even gonna try. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Ganz nice *2021-09-16* Ganz nice ### 5/5 — Awesome *2021-04-06* This app is one of the best and easiest to use. **Developer response:** Hello! Thank you for your review, your comment is greatly appreciated. ### 5/5 — Excellent but needs more colors, perhaps a color wheel in addition *2019-12-25* Calligtaphy HD is excellent with the $ upgrade - but just needs aditional colors - an orange, pure blue, bright yellow & especially pure white to make corrections to errors that creep in one needs to clean up. An optional color wheel would even be better allowing for more sophisticated use with an infinite color range. **Developer response:** Hello! Thank you for your input, your comment is greatly appreciated. we are constantly improving Calligraphy HD, an update is due soon addressing your comments. ### 5/5 — Read this before you buy.. *2018-12-26* This is a four star only because, I have a question. How can the preview use cyan ink? We can only use withering gray.. please make more colors and you know those viral “Satisfying Calligraphy Writing” videos? Can you make it more like that app? Anywhoo, this is a good so far except add more brushes but otherwise, GOOD GAME FOR WRITING!! **Developer response:** Hello! Thank you for your input, your comment is greatly appreciated. Unfortunately the free version offer black color only. The color palette is available as an in-app paid upgrade. Also further app updates are planned in the coming months. Abecedaire Team ### 5/5 — Good but needs more *2018-09-01* This is really good but it would be better if you could change the paper and ink colour but you could do things like challenges to learn different types of writing and to earn coins or something and not have to exit to use a new pen but love it 👍 ### 5/5 — FUN AND EDUCATIONAL *2018-07-22, version 1.1.5* I got this app a little while ago, works great. I am already great at calligraphy so this app doesn’t bother me and actually works exactly like real calligraphy. I do think that the down and up strokes should make more of a difference than how fast you move. For anyone having any trouble at all, please... practice and learn calligraphy. This app is only fun if you can already do that. ### 5/5 — fun *2018-06-19, version 1.1.5* fun ### 5/5 — Cool *2018-01-30, version 1.1.5* I don’t see why so many people are upset about this app! It is awesome!(I am not payed to write this review.) the people who don’t like this app are probably just making up problems because they are jealous of the developer and those people probably wish they had made this app. There are absolutely no problems with this app! The pens work perfectly. I have never seen a inappropriate ad in this app. Why are people so upset about this app? It’s awesome! I’m 10 so sometimes apps are kinda hard to use but when I write using this app it works perfectly! But it could use some more space to write though. Please add a setting that allows you to change brush color ### 5/5 — Very Good *2016-08-17, version 1.1.4* A very good app for writing, drawing, practicing any type of new writing or signing your signature. Between the different brushes and the cool writing style this is a must get drawing and letter practicing app! I do have a suggestion. 1: Make a delete this page button. I always have to pick my brush again. That's it! A great app for drawing and for someone who wants to write on the go or doesn't have a calligraphy pen! ### 5/5 — Not that bad *2016-04-29, version 1.1.3* It's actually pretty nice. Easy to use, and fun to write. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-30.*