Comparison

i临帖 vs Calligraphy Finger Art

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

Head to head
About

i临帖

Features
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古有颜真卿以黃土掃墻,歐陽修蘆荻代筆畫地學書;而今我們用iPhone練習書法! 《峄山碑》即《秦峄山碑》,始皇帝东巡,群臣颂德之辞,至二世时丞相李斯始以刻石。今峄山实无此碑,北宋徐铉,以小篆驰名。此本是徐铉所摹,郑文宝其门人也,以铉所摹刻石于长安,现存西安碑林。 - 可配置的书写参数。 - 自动评分。 - 原碑欣賞。 - 可在米字格,九宮格和無格中切換。 - 可存儲所寫,并且可以改變大小和排列成為作品。 - 印章製作和嵌入。

About

Calligraphy Finger Art

Create unique calligraphy art by adjusting writing speed, stroke order, and thickness. Explore various pen styles, backgrounds, and a vast library of Chinese and Japanese characters. Save and share your artistic creations.

Highlights
  • Adjustable writing speed and stroke order
  • Multiple pen tip designs and thicknesses
  • Extensive Chinese and Japanese character library
  • Various background and grid options
  • Save and share artwork
  • Support for Apple Pencil and 3D Touch
Features
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Calligraphy is a visual art, expressive art related to writing and Kanji. Ancient Chinese calligraphy style is the most popular. Do you want try calligraphy art? Yes, This app can bring you a wonderful experience. You can create your own calligraphy style, just to adjust the order, strength and speed of writing will get an amazing art work. App-Features: - Exclusive algorithm ensures smoothness operation - Support 3D Touch, Apple Pencil, iPhone series, iPad series hardware - APP contains: Basic Sharp pens, Round brush styles, and the creation styles of square, round, hollow, and metal artistic characters - Extremely small, tiny, small, medium, large, extra large, and extremely large: 7 pen tip designs with different thicknesses switch - Ingeniously change the writing speed, and be able to create dynamic and thorough chapters - Support square grid, field grid, vertical line copybook, rice paper background settings - Save in your gallery - Share it with your friends via Twitter, WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram or etc. - Support sliding adjustment of thickness, stroke start size and writing speed - 16 kinds of handwritten models of calligraphy - You can adjust the transparency and font color - Calligraphy characters library: ・Commonly used Chinese characters 2175 and Japanese Kanji 2135 copybook ・Copybook of epigraph: Lantingji Xu, Duo Bao Ta Bei, Jiu Cheng Gong Li Quan Ming ・Copybook of scripture: Prajna Paramita Heart Sutra, Diamond Sutra ・Copybook of ancient poems: 306 selected China Tang poems ・Japanese Waka: Manyoshu・Original text, Manyoshu・Training reading, 20 volumes each ・Characters library: Japanese educational vocabulary from 1 to 6 years of elementary school ・Characters library: Japanese Kanji Aptitude Test Level 10 to Level 1 ・Characters library: 280 popular Kanji phrases Looking forward to your comments, Thank you!

Screenshots

i临帖4 screens
Calligraphy Finger Art4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: i临帖 at $0.99 against Calligraphy Finger Art's $1.99. Calligraphy Finger Art's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 14.0). On update cadence, 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

i临帖 costs $0.99 and Calligraphy Finger Art $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

i临帖 ships an update every 6 weeks, Calligraphy Finger Art every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
i临帖 versus Calligraphy Finger Art: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameteri临帖Calligraphy Finger Art
Price$0.99 — better$1.99
Rating—4.1 (17 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—20.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—17 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Paid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size46 MB101 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer小龙 高LI ZHIHUI

In-app purchases

None

i临帖

No in-app purchases

None

Calligraphy Finger Art

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is i临帖 free?
i临帖 costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Calligraphy Finger Art free?
Calligraphy Finger Art costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do i临帖 or Calligraphy Finger Art have ads?
Neither i临帖 nor Calligraphy Finger Art shows ads.
Which is updated more often, i临帖 or Calligraphy Finger Art?
i临帖 ships an update every 6 weeks, and Calligraphy Finger Art every 3 weeks. Most recently, i临帖 was updated on October 25, 2026 and Calligraphy Finger Art on November 3, 2026.

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