Comparison

Calliplus 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

Calliplus

Explore Chinese calligraphy with a dictionary of styles from renowned masters. Practice your own strokes with interactive guides and scoring, and save your favorite pieces.

Highlights
  • Search calligraphy by character
  • View styles from famous calligraphers
  • Learn about calligraphers and masterpieces
  • Bookmark favorite copybooks
  • Interactive writing practice
  • Handwriting scoring
Features
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Chinese Calligraphy Dictionary. Search calligraphy written by famous calligraphers. == Look up == 1. Look up single character: list how the Chinese character is written in different styles by different calligraphy masters. 2. Look up multiple characters: you can swipe left/right to see different character lists. 3. Show information about the calligrapher and it's written in which masterpiece. 4. You can bookmark favorite calligraphy copybooks. == Writing Practice == 1. Click on characters to see large one. 2. Grid lines can be displayed in background. 3. Characters can be shown in contour. 4. Use your finger to write on the screen. 5. You can score your handwriting. Calligraphy images are provided by 行政院國家發展委員會,CNS11643中文標準交換碼全字庫網站

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

Calliplus4 screens
Calligraphy Finger Art4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Calliplus at Free against Calligraphy Finger Art's $1.99. Calliplus also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.1) and update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). Calligraphy Finger Art's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (17 vs 2). On in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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

Calliplus is free to download; Calligraphy Finger Art costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Calliplus holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Calligraphy Finger Art has 17 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Calliplus ships an update weekly, Calligraphy Finger Art every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Calliplus versus Calligraphy Finger Art: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCalliplusCalligraphy Finger Art
PriceFree — better$1.99
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better4.1 (17 ratings)
Positive reviews—20.0% of reviews
Number of ratings217 — better
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size44 MB101 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMAO YUAN KAOLI ZHIHUI

Customer experience

Calliplus

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Calligraphy Finger Art

All ratings17 ratings
Positive70.6%
Neutral17.6%
Negative11.8%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive20.0%
Neutral60.0%
Negative20.0%

In-app purchases

None

Calliplus

No in-app purchases

None

Calligraphy Finger Art

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Calliplus free?
Calliplus is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Calligraphy Finger Art free?
Calligraphy Finger Art costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Calliplus or Calligraphy Finger Art?
Calliplus is rated higher. Calliplus averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Calligraphy Finger Art averages 4.1 from 17 ratings.
Do Calliplus or Calligraphy Finger Art have ads?
Calliplus shows ads; Calligraphy Finger Art does not.
Which is updated more often, Calliplus or Calligraphy Finger Art?
Calliplus ships an update weekly, and Calligraphy Finger Art every 3 weeks. Most recently, Calliplus was updated on October 20, 2026 and Calligraphy Finger Art on October 25, 2026.

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