Comparison

CalliPro محترف الخط vs Highlights

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

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About

CalliPro محترف الخط

Easily create beautiful Arabic calligraphy with customizable styles, colors, and curves. No experience is needed to design stunning artistic scripts. Save and share your elegant creations in seconds.

Highlights
  • Powerful calligraphy tools
  • Customizable styles and colors
  • Precise editing features
  • Save, export, and share designs
  • Variety of Arabic fonts
  • Vector shape integration
Features
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Callipro lets you create beautiful Arabic-style calligraphy with ease! Customize styles, colors, and curves to design stunning calligraphic art—no experience needed. Whether you're a pro or just playing around, express yourself in elegant, flowing script. Save and share your creations in seconds! The main features include Powerful Calligraphy Tools, Quran Integration, Fonts & Typography, Layout & Design Control, Precise Editing Features, Multilingual Interface, Save, Export & Share, and Flexible Canvas Options. - Add Text, Shapes, or both to a Favorites list. - Edit the Text, Tashkeel, Shapes, and Glyphs as a path (full Edit Path features available as In-App Purchase). - Show or hide touch gesture. - Insert Quranic text using Mishafi Gold or Silver with search capability (full Quran available as In-App Purchase). - Inspect the glyphs and ligatures for any font and add them to the design. - Choose a specific color using the Eyedropper tool. - Align text or shapes using the Alignment tools. - Bring design elements Forward or send them Backward. - Choose from a variety of vector shapes. - Change the color and the width of the text outline. - Choose either Arabic, English or Indonesian UI [user interface] and menus. - Edit and then re-send a design received through iMessage (requires iOS 10 or later). - Choose from a collection of 21 fonts including Diwan's most advanced Arabic fonts like Diwan Naskh Mishafi, Diwan Thuluth, Diwan Farsi, Waseem (Ruqa’a like font), Kufi, and more. - Import external fonts - Note: Import external fonts and import design are not supported by Google Drive. - Select from a number of shaping options for each word segment including alternative shapes, wide forms, and removed dots. - Freely position word segments to create complex compositions. - Add a range of decorative shapes that can be positioned freely to decorate the overall design. - Change the font size. - Use multi-level undo and redo. - Select from a wide range of colors for text and background. - Make the background transparent. - Save the design as an image that can be used with other applications. - Save the design as a high-resolution PDF. - Export the design to SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics). - Create designs with different sizes. - Save designs and open them at any time. - Export or Import designs. - Merge two designs to create one design. - Zoom in or out. - Add a background image. - Use a grid for easier positioning of text. - Rotate the text. - Flip the text horizontally and vertically. - Insert multi-line text. - Select font size, alignment, and line spacing before inserting the text. - Lock or Unlock the design. - Group words or letters. - Share and send the design through iMessage (requires iOS 10 or later). - Share the design on Facebook no longer available.

About

Highlights

This app is a fast and lightweight PDF reader designed for research. It allows users to read, highlight, and annotate documents, and then extract this information into organized notes. Advanced features include table data extraction, text recognition, and smart copying of annotations into various formats.

Highlights
  • Read and browse PDF documents
  • Highlight, underline, and strikethrough text
  • Add comments and sticky notes
  • Extract annotations into organized notes
  • Convert table data and recognize text
  • Smart copy annotations to various formats (CSV, BibTex)
  • Lookup citation metadata and DOI links
Features
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"... an app that students, academics, and anyone who does substantial amounts of PDF-based research should try" - Macstories.net "It’s the novel approach to PDF annotation that makes this app a cut above the rest"- TapSmart.com *** "App of the Day" - App Store, US *** USE HIGHLIGHTS FOR FREE Highlights is a fast and lightweight PDF reader (under 10MB) packed with features to help you do your best research. Free users have access to standard PDF reader features including document browsing, reading and annotating. There are NO ADS, time limits or tracking. READ PDF DOCUMENTS • Open PDF documents from anywhere • Browse files using the familiar document browser • Open PDFs in Single Page or Two Page scroll mode • Double tap to Smart Zoom in on a paragraph or figure • Scrub smoothly to the desired page • Search the entire document in an instant • Navigate using any connected keyboard or mouse STORE YOUR FILES WHERE YOU WANT • Full support for "Open In Place" lets you make edits to the file where it is • Access your files from iCloud Drive, Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive or Box using the document browser • Or keep them privately on device only HIGHLIGHT AND ANNOTATE FASTER • Select text with your finger, Apple Pencil or mouse pointer • Highlight, underline, strikethrough text and make image selections • Add comments to annotations or as individual sticky notes • Annotate with fewer taps using context aware popovers • Default annotation colors prevents you from having to repeatedly setting the color for the same type of annotation every time TURN ANNOTATIONS INTO NOTES • As you markup text and images the contents are extracted and sorted into notes • Customize the formatting and contents of your notes • Sort the annotations chronologically or create your own color coding EXTRACT TABLE DATA AND RECOGNIZE TEXT • Convert images containing text or tables to actual text and tables using machine learning - letting you get to the underlying data with a single tap SMART COPY Copy annotations to the desired format with one tap: • Text markup as text • Image selections as images • Tables as CSV • Citations as BibTex LOOKUP CITATIONS • Highlights will fetch DOI-links and metadata • Markup any reference and tap the link icon to look it up • If you have read the work already or have it in your reference manager library, Highlights will link you to it EXPORT ANYWHERE • Save or share your notes as portable files: Markdown, TextBundle, HTML, WebArchive or PDF • Share them to your favorite notes app: Apple Notes, Bear, Craft, Evernote, DEVONThink, Keep It, MindNode, Notion, Obsidian, Roam Research or Ulysses • Or send them to a colleague via mail. It's your notes, you decide where they go MUCH MORE • Dark mode • Multi-window support on iPadOS • Keyboard shortcuts and navigation • Support for system Copy and Undo gestures • Alternative app icons • Custom accent colors • Apple Pencil double-tap gestures • Power annotation tools For a full list of features see: highlightsapp.net/features HIGHLIGHTS PRO The Highlights Pro subscription unlocks advanced features on your iPhone, iPad and Mac: • Export options for other apps and easily editable formats • Extract information using table and text recognition • Customize accent colors and alternative app icons • Power annotation tools • Citation lookups • Smart Copy Highlights Pro includes a 14-day free trial. You can cancel your subscription at any time. The subscription will automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off within 24-hour prior to the end of of the current period. Payments will be charged to your iTunes account and your account will be charged within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. Any unused portion of a free trial period will be forfeited when you purchase a subscription. For more information about Highlights Pro: highlightsapp.net/pro Privacy Policy: highlightsapp.net/privacy Terms of Use: highlightsapp.net/terms

Screenshots

CalliPro محترف الخط4 screens
Highlights4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Highlights at Free against CalliPro محترف الخط's $2.99. Highlights also leads on rating (4.5 vs 4.3) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). CalliPro محترف الخط's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On review sentiment, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Highlights is free to download; CalliPro محترف الخط costs $2.99 up front. CalliPro محترف الخط sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Highlights sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Highlights holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Highlights has 1.6K ratings behind it against 120, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 59% of CalliPro محترف الخط's written reviews are positive against 53% of Highlights's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CalliPro محترف الخط ships an update every 2 months, Highlights fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
CalliPro محترف الخط versus Highlights: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCalliPro محترف الخطHighlights
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating4.3 (120 ratings)4.5 (1.6K ratings) — better
Positive reviews58.9% of reviews — better53.3% of reviews
Number of ratings1201.6K — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size102 MB37 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDiwan Software LimitedJonas Myren Ribe

Customer experience

CalliPro محترف الخط

All ratings120 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral5.8%
Negative14.2%
Written reviews141 reviews
Positive58.9%
Neutral7.8%
Negative33.3%

Highlights

All ratings1,623 ratings
Positive88.2%
Neutral3.7%
Negative8.1%
Written reviews467 reviews
Positive53.3%
Neutral15.2%
Negative31.5%

Bugs and requests

CalliPro محترف الخط

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Highlights

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Highlights and annotations randomly disappearing
  • Text selection issues, especially with footnotes
  • Compatibility problems with certain PDF files
  • Syncing issues across devices
  • Export functionality not working as expected

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add handwriting and freeform annotation support
  • Implement a table of contents or bookmarking feature
  • Allow editing of notes directly in the app
  • Provide a one-time purchase option instead of subscription
  • Improve search capabilities with visual results and navigation

In-app purchases

2 purchases

CalliPro محترف الخط

One-time2
  • Full Quranic Text$0.99
  • Path Editor$1.99
3 purchases

Highlights

Subscriptions3
  • Highlights Pro: Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Highlights Pro14 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • Highlights Pro: Legacy Upgrade1 Year trial$29.991 Year

Questions

Is CalliPro محترف الخط free?
CalliPro محترف الخط costs $2.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Highlights free?
Highlights is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, CalliPro محترف الخط or Highlights?
Highlights is rated higher. CalliPro محترف الخط averages 4.3 out of 5 from 120 ratings, while Highlights averages 4.5 from 1.6K ratings.
Do CalliPro محترف الخط or Highlights have ads?
Neither CalliPro محترف الخط nor Highlights shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CalliPro محترف الخط or Highlights?
CalliPro محترف الخط ships an update every 2 months, and Highlights fortnightly. Most recently, CalliPro محترف الخط was updated on November 6, 2026 and Highlights on November 7, 2026.

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