Qalam vs Windowpane
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Qalam
Create, save, and share messages in Urdu using a beautiful Noori Nastaleeq font. This app is ideal for languages with connected letters, allowing you to easily edit and share your written content globally.
- Urdu message creation
- Noori Nastaleeq font support
- Message saving and sharing
- Global message sharing
- Easy editing tools
- Scrolling message viewer
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Qalam is designed to facilitate writing, saving and sharing messages in Urdu spoken on a smart phone. The writings will be in noori nastaleeq font. Qalam is particularly useful for languages where letters of any given word are joined to one another in a continuous flowing line like in Arabic, Farsi and Urdu. Messages can be spoken in any language in the world and shared using the common message sharing tools. Once written, the messages can be viewed by scrolling by up and down arrow. Written messages can be edited using Noori nastaleeq font key board i.e. by selecting all or part of message; the writer can select all or part of the message and erase the selected part of the message.
Windowpane
This app allows users to share their lives in real-time through spontaneous photos and live streams. Connect with others by sharing unfiltered moments, thoughts, and experiences as they happen.
- Live-streaming
- Spontaneous photos and videos
- Unfiltered sharing
- Connect with others
- Share thoughts and experiences
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WINDOWPANE is the live-streaming app for sharing your life as it happens, without filters, editing, or anything fake. Because you're already amazing. Connect with others, with spontaneous photos and videos, and random live-streaming. Post thoughts, events, experiences, and milestones, as you travel along the path that is uniquely yours. Share your world.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Windowpane at 4.9 against Qalam's 3.0. Windowpane also leads on ratings volume (7 vs 2) and iOS requirement (10.3 vs 12.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Qalam sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Windowpane sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Windowpane holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 7 respectively.
Qalam ships an update every 4 weeks, Windowpane fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Qalam | Windowpane |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) | 4.9 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 7 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 10.3 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 35 MB | 71 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | CLCI | Purple Inc |
Customer experience
Qalam
Windowpane
In-app purchases
Qalam
- Thousand (1000) credit points$0.99
- Advertisement removal option in all screens$0.99
Windowpane
- 10 Hearts$0.99
- 100 Hearts$8.99
- 300 Hearts$24.99
