HieroglyphSketch

HieroglyphSketch

A fun way to learn Hieroglyphs

2 ratings
3 reviews
#176 in paid Education
📚 Education
🔍 Reference
$2.99

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  • Released
  • Updated
  • March 26, 2021
  • September 20, 2022
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Learn and translate ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs using your device's camera and a drawing interface. The app uses deep learning to identify glyphs from your sketches, offering pronunciation and code information, and can translate sequences into English. It includes an extensive internal dictionary and works offline.

Camera-based glyph identification
Sketching interface for glyph tracing
Deep learning for accurate identification
Glyph pronunciation and code information
Hieroglyph sequence translation
Offline functionality
Internal dictionary of 55,000 words
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What's New in HieroglyphSketch

1.1

September 20, 2022

Internal cleanup! Ready for iOS 16!

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📉 176-9

Education

This app dropped -9 positions in Education chart.

Last updated on June 15, 2026.

User reviews

Don’t waste your money

Doesn’t work. Wrote to the developers, and all they said was that it’s hard to trace properly on a a screen with your finger. Absolute BS.

Response from developer

As we told this customer, this App uses AI image recognition and it is about 80% accurate in recognition when tracing accurately.

Sounds good.

Sounds like a great app. I’ll be using it to study bilateral and trilateral sound glyphs.

Sincerely, D.

Response from developer

Enjoy this App! For looking at glyphs with transliterated phonetics, you might check out either Hieroglyph Pro, or Universal Hieroglyph Translator apps. They both have extensive lists (read all known!) of the glyphs with phonetic values.

Brilliant idea

Utterly unrealised. Cannot even recognise a basic star shape. Really ought not to release until the features work in a basic fashion. No doubt the necessary machine intelligence is difficult but a small fee for a dud app feels expensive.

Response from developer

Drawing with a finger on a small screen is difficult but practice achieves good results as demonstrated by more than a dozen beta testers, both Egyptologists and non-professionals. The AI development work is continuing, but even as released, it works extremely well on some glyphs, and admittedly not so well on others. By that I mean some glyphs need a much more accurate tracing to be recognized than most others. The A1 glyph for example is very difficult to trace for recognition but others in the A,B, and C categories are easily recognized at better than 90% accuracy. Patience and practice (in practice mode) is rewarded in this app, not just in more efficient tracing, but in memorizing glyphs by repeated exposure akin to flash cards. Watch the sample videos. If you have trouble with a particular glyph in practice mode, move on to another until you get the knack of tracing. If you can not spare the time to learn the hieroglyphic script with this tracing idiom, please request a refund. Aviametrix is committed to keeping its customers satisfied, and in the case of this App, all proceeds have been, and will continue to be donated to the Carlos Museum in support of its Ancient Egypt collection.

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FAQ

How does HieroglyphSketch help me learn hieroglyphs?

HieroglyphSketch allows you to sketch hieroglyphs, and its deep learning algorithms identify them with high accuracy. You can then access pronunciation, codes, and add them to a sequence for translation into English.

What is the accuracy of HieroglyphSketch's glyph identification?

The app is over 80% accurate for its top pick and about 95% accurate in identifying the top 5 most likely glyphs from the 500 most commonly used hieroglyphs.

Does HieroglyphSketch require an internet connection to work?

No, HieroglyphSketch is designed to work in the field and does not require an internet connection for its core functionality.

What information is provided for each identified glyph?

When a glyph is identified, HieroglyphSketch provides extra information such as its pronunciation, Gardiner code, and MdC code.

What is the price of HieroglyphSketch?

HieroglyphSketch is a paid application, priced at $2.99.

What devices is HieroglyphSketch compatible with?

HieroglyphSketch is available for iPhone, iPad, and iPod devices.

How often is HieroglyphSketch updated?

The app was last updated on September 20, 2022, with version 1.1.

Does HieroglyphSketch have ads?

No, HieroglyphSketch does not contain advertisements.