Cerulean vs Handwriting Simulator
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cerulean
A collection of minimalist utility tools designed for simplicity and ease of use. Provides various small functions to help with everyday tasks. Feedback is welcomed for improvements and new ideas.
- Multiple utility tools
- Minimalist design
- Simple to use
- User feedback welcome
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多种小功能整理，极致简约。 如在使用中遇见任何问题或有新的创意，欢迎发送邮件反馈至我的邮箱cerulean_log@163.com，我会尽快处理哒。~~~
Handwriting Simulator
Effortlessly create realistic handwritten drafts from typed text. Choose from numerous fonts and backgrounds, customize writing styles with advanced adjustments, and even simulate human writing imperfections. Includes additional tools like a text generator and image converter.
- Generate realistic handwritten drafts
- 20+ handwriting fonts and 80+ backgrounds
- Customizable size, spacing, color, and thickness
- Simulate human writing variations
- Typo smudging and light/shadow effects
- Multi-font mode for single documents
- Includes text rewriting and image-to-text tools
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The Ultimate Handwritten Font Simulation Tool helps you bid farewell to manual copying! In just a few steps—copy text → select background paper → choose font → adjust size and spacing—you can effortlessly generate ultra-realistic handwritten drafts! Whether it's tedious transcriptions, formal apology letters, love notes, or self-criticism essays, Handwriting Simulator has you covered! 【Fonts & Paper】 Built-in with 20+ handwriting fonts and 80+ paper backgrounds. Upload custom options if none fit your needs! 【Parameter Adjustments】 Beyond basic size, spacing, color, and thickness adjustments, the simulator supports randomized fluctuations in parameters to mimic human writing variations. 【Multi-font Mode】 Allows multi-font settings for differentiated effects within a single document. 【Typo Smudging】 Realistically simulates human writing habits with typo smudge effects. 【Light, Shadow & Wrinkles】 Provides realistic light/shadow effects, paper wrinkles, image noise simulation, and hyperrealistic photo-quality rendering. 【Feature Lab】 Free access to practical tools like intelligent article rewriting (plagiarism reduction), article/selfcriticism letter generator, image-to-text conversion, equation solver calculator, and more!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Cerulean at none against Handwriting Simulator's 3. Cerulean also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.3) and ratings volume (392 vs 22). Handwriting Simulator's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, update cadence, ads 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. Handwriting Simulator sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Cerulean asks for nothing beyond the download.
Cerulean holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cerulean has 392 ratings behind it against 22, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Cerulean | Handwriting Simulator |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (392 ratings) — better | 4.3 (22 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 85.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 392 — better | 22 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 48 MB | 176 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 丹 张 | 炜博 金 |
Customer experience
Cerulean
Handwriting Simulator
Bugs and requests
Cerulean
Reported bugs
9 issues- Ruler function has issues on iOS 17
- Volume is too low for sound-related features (metronome, call simulation)
- Search functionality is poor
- Calculator button missing on iPad Pro
- Ruler is inaccurate on 12 mini
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- Widget background is white, hard to see text
- Text to speech and keyboard issues on iPhone X
- Image stitching (chat history) missing on iPhone 12
- Widget support removed for iOS 13
Requested features
4 requests- Add more small features
- Add currency conversion function
- Add data and Chinese uppercase number conversion
- Consider adding various unit conversion functions
Handwriting Simulator
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Cerulean
No in-app purchases
Handwriting Simulator
- 手写模拟器-1天体验会员$0.99
- 手写模拟器-包年VIP$1.99
- 手写模拟器-终身VIP$3.99
