Calligraphy Calm vs Calligraphy Practice
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Calligraphy Calm
Create realistic ink paintings and calligraphy with a fluid, tapered line effect. Explore minimalist art inspired by East Asian traditions, adding ornamental borders and red stamps. Enjoy a calming creative experience on your iPhone and iPad.
- Realistic fluid ink painting effect
- Dynamic tapered line brushes
- Merge ink colors with paper texture
- Ornamental borders
- Chinese chop-style red stamps
- Save artwork to device gallery
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Calligraphy Calm - Ink Painter is a minimalist art app in the tradition of Chinese and Japanese painting and calligraphy. Create a realistic, fluid ink painting effect on your iPhone and iPad with the swipe of your finger! Practice the art of simplicity and capture the essence of your subject. OUR BRUSHES Our brushes create a dynamic 'tapered' line effect, which produces a beautifully organic feel for handwritten typography and drawing. Try overlaying brush strokes and you will find the ink colors merge with the paper texture. Move your finger QUICKLY to increase the thickness of the line and SLOWLY to get a really thin line. This is what makes our brushes unique. Bigger brushes produce a rougher line texture. SPECIAL FEATURES To keep the app in line with Asian traditional painting you can add: • Ornamental borders to frame your art or calligraphy • Red stamps in the style of Chinese chops (choose from 22 designs) HOW TO ENJOY CALLIGRAPHY CALM 1) Use the painting tools for calligraphy writing or art. 2) Get into the flow of minimalist painting and feel calm. 3) Save your progress to the gallery * 4) Download your best designs to your device Photos for safe keeping. *Please note - Your paintings are saved to your device. Deleting the app will delete your saved artwork. FREE version: • 3 brushes • 3 ink colors + black • 4 paper textures • Eraser tool • Save 6 paintings to your Gallery screen • Download images to your Camera Roll To unlock all ink colors, all papers and tools please upgrade to the PRO version. PRO upgrade: • Save unlimited paintings to your device • 34 inks colors (with gradient depth) • 2 pens + 4 brushes • All paper textures • Eraser tool (use it in combination with the brushes) • Remove the watermark logo on image downloads • Remove Ads Paint your way to calm :)
Calligraphy Practice
Master modern brush calligraphy with step-by-step lessons, from basic strokes to full words. Practice tracing letters, receive instant scoring, and generate printable worksheets for any text. Daily practice, streaks, and badges help you improve your handwriting.
- Step-by-step calligraphy lessons
- Interactive tracing and writing practice
- Instant scoring and feedback
- Printable worksheet generator
- Daily practice streaks and reminders
- Home screen widget
- Procreate brush integration
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Learn modern brush calligraphy step by step, from your first stroke to whole words. Every lesson shows you how a letter is written, lets you trace it, then asks you to write it on your own, and scores you right away. HOW A LESSON WORKS • Watch: see each stroke drawn in order, with its start point and direction. • Trace: follow the dotted path; the guide fades as you get better. • Write freely: write the letter between the guidelines on your own. • Score: get stars and a score from 0 to 100 the moment you finish. A CLEAR PATH • Start with the basic strokes, then learn all lowercase and capital letters, numbers and symbols. • Join letters and write real words in your own language. • Thick and thin strokes the way a brush pen makes them: with pressure on Apple Pencil, from stroke direction with your finger. WORKSHEETS FOR ANY TEXT • Type a name, a quote or a whole page and get a printable worksheet in seconds. • Faint trace, dotted trace or blank rows; A4 or Letter; print, save as PDF or share. • Or practice the same text right in the app. PRACTICE EVERY DAY • A short daily lesson, a streak with one rest day each week, and a reminder at the time you choose. • Home Screen widget with your streak and the letter of the day. • Badges and letter mastery show which letters need more practice. • Share your work as a beautiful card. LIBRARY • 121 classic practice pages, from alphabets to capital letters. • 5 brushes for Procreate. • All your work, saved and synced between iPhone and iPad with iCloud. MADE FOR EVERY WAY YOU WRITE • iPad with Apple Pencil: real brush feel with pressure and tilt, palm rejection. • iPhone with your finger: big canvas, forgiving scoring, haptic feedback. • Paper and brush pen: watch the strokes on screen, write on paper, keep a photo of your page with your work. • Left-handed mode, adjustable letter size and scoring. FREE AND PRO The basic strokes, your streak and the worksheet maker are free. Pro unlocks every letter lesson, words, printing and sharing worksheets, the classic pages and the brushes. Pro is offered as a weekly, monthly or yearly subscription; eligible new subscribers can start with a free trial. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless it is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel it in your Apple Account settings. Privacy Policy: https://mobyte.com.tr/en/calligraphy-cursive/privacy/ Terms of Use: https://mobyte.com.tr/en/calligraphy-cursive/terms/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Calligraphy Practice at 4.4 against Calligraphy Calm's 3.4. Calligraphy Practice also leads on ads (none vs shown). Calligraphy Calm's advantage is review sentiment (41% vs 0%) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 14 months). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Calligraphy Calm sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Calligraphy Practice sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Calligraphy Practice holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 50 and 72 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 41% of Calligraphy Calm's written reviews are positive against 0% of Calligraphy Practice's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Calligraphy Calm ships an update every 3 weeks, Calligraphy Practice every 14 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Calligraphy Calm | Calligraphy Practice |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.4 (50 ratings) | 4.4 (72 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 40.5% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 50 | 72 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 14 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 65 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Frosby Designs Ltd. | Emre Erkis |
Customer experience
Calligraphy Calm
Calligraphy Practice
In-app purchases
Calligraphy Calm
- Calligraphy Calm PRO$2.99
Calligraphy Practice
- Premium Access3 Days trial$6.997 Days
- Premium Access3 Days trial$19.991 Month
- Premium Access3 Days trial$49.991 Year
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