3D Ink Brush vs Calliplus
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
3D Ink Brush
Experience the art of Chinese calligraphy with this digital ink brush tool. Write directly on your screen, adjusting stroke width and color with finger pressure or movement speed. Learn traditional calligraphy with built-in copybook functions featuring regular script.
- Digital ink brush simulation
- Adjust stroke width and color
- 3D Touch pressure sensitivity
- Speed-based stroke control
- Calligraphy copybook for learning
- Regular script (Kai Shu) style
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3D Ink Brush - A Chinese ink brush simulation tool. Instead of real ink brushes, use fingers to directly write on the screen. Features: *On the 3D-Touch supported devices, user can adjust the finger pressure on the screen to control width and color of the strokes. *On the devices without 3D-Touch, width and color of the strokes are changed with regard to the speed finger moves. *Copybook functions help users to learn Chinese calligraphy by reading and tracing pre-written famous calligraphic characters. *The style of calligraphy available in the copybook is regular script (楷书). Users can choose their favorite character or randomly select from "Thousand-character classic" (千字文).
Calliplus
Explore Chinese calligraphy with a dictionary of styles from renowned masters. Practice your own strokes with interactive guides and scoring, and save your favorite pieces.
- Search calligraphy by character
- View styles from famous calligraphers
- Learn about calligraphers and masterpieces
- Bookmark favorite copybooks
- Interactive writing practice
- Handwriting scoring
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Chinese Calligraphy Dictionary. Search calligraphy written by famous calligraphers. == Look up == 1. Look up single character: list how the Chinese character is written in different styles by different calligraphy masters. 2. Look up multiple characters: you can swipe left/right to see different character lists. 3. Show information about the calligrapher and it's written in which masterpiece. 4. You can bookmark favorite calligraphy copybooks. == Writing Practice == 1. Click on characters to see large one. 2. Grid lines can be displayed in background. 3. Characters can be shown in contour. 4. Use your finger to write on the screen. 5. You can score your handwriting. Calligraphy images are provided by 行政院國家發展委員會,CNS11643中文標準交換碼全字庫網站
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: 3D Ink Brush at none against Calliplus's shown. 3D Ink Brush also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 13.0). Calliplus's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 33 months). On price, in-app purchases and device support 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
3D Ink Brush ships an update every 33 months, Calliplus weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | 3D Ink Brush | Calliplus |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | — | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 33 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 44 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 维鸥 周 | MAO YUAN KAO |
Customer experience
3D Ink Brush
Calliplus
In-app purchases
3D Ink Brush
No in-app purchases
Calliplus
No in-app purchases







