Comparison

ePen vs Rainy AI

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

Head to head
About

ePen

This app offers a digital canvas for calligraphy, ink painting, and various artistic functions. It includes customizable brushes, stroke pressure sensitivity, and options for personal stamps. The app also provides insights into Chinese character evolution and a gallery of calligraphy works.

Highlights
  • Calligraphic writing
  • Ink painting functions
  • Customizable brush sizes
  • Stroke pressure sensitivity
  • Personal stamp creation
  • Chinese character evolution insights
  • Calligraphy gallery
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ePen provides calligraphic writing, ink painting and various painting functions, which contains brush sizes, stroke pressures, borders and background color options. Even more, ePen gives you the option to create personal stamps. In addition, the app accommodates knowledge of Chinese characters that allow you to have the insights into the evolution of Chinese characters, provide handwriting samples and scholar work gallery to learn well-known calligraphy, and also enable you to store all your work.

About

Rainy AI

Features
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Rainy is your immersive AI tutor — not just for solving problems, but for chatting, practicing, and growing with you every day. AI COMPANION CHAT Choose a gentle or feisty personality and chat with Rainy anytime — ask questions, get encouragement, and just talk about your day. PHOTO HOMEWORK HELP Stuck on a problem? Snap a photo and get an instant, step-by-step explanation. Still confused? Just ask a follow-up question and Rainy will walk you through it. SPEAKING PRACTICE Practice real conversations — ordering at a restaurant, shopping, asking for directions, introducing yourself. Rainy speaks, then it's your turn automatically. Get instant pronunciation feedback and track your progress over time. DAILY QUESTS Review vocabulary, practice one conversation, solve a few problems — complete your daily quest to build a study streak and a real learning habit. STATS & SHARING See your study time, problems solved, and vocabulary learned at a glance, and turn your progress into a shareable card. Supports learning in Chinese, English, Japanese, and Korean — whether you're prepping for an exam, building conversation skills, or just trying to study a little every day, Rainy is right there with you.

Screenshots

Rainy AI4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Rainy AI at Free against ePen's $2.99. Rainy AI also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs fortnightly). ePen's advantage is iOS requirement (10.0 vs 17.6). On ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Rainy AI is free to download; ePen costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ePen ships an update fortnightly, Rainy AI every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
ePen versus Rainy AI: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterePenRainy AI
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating4.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews90.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS10.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size726 MB846 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSTUDIO AChao Yi Chen

In-app purchases

None

ePen

No in-app purchases

None

Rainy AI

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ePen free?
ePen costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Rainy AI free?
Rainy AI is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do ePen or Rainy AI have ads?
Neither ePen nor Rainy AI shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ePen or Rainy AI?
ePen ships an update fortnightly, and Rainy AI every 5 days. Most recently, ePen was updated on October 23, 2026 and Rainy AI on October 30, 2026.

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