Comparison

Tayasui Calligraphy vs Chesspie

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

Head to head
About

Tayasui Calligraphy

Create beautiful calligraphy with realistic ink pens and brushes on your device. This app offers precise customization of drawing tools and an intuitive interface for elegant line work. Optimized for stylus input, it provides a smooth and detailed artistic experience.

Highlights
  • Realistic ink pens and brushes
  • Customizable tool settings
  • Intuitive and minimal interface
  • Optimized for stylus input
  • Elegant line and curve drawing
Features
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The most beautiful calligraphy ink pen and brush is available on any devices. Drawing harmonious curves and elegant lines has never been easier. With all our knowledge developed over the past 8 years on Tayasui Sketches, we crafted the most delicate and realistic pens and ink brushes. Featuring a very intuitive, slick and minimal interface. Pens, brushes and erasers can be customised very precisely in inclination, texture and size for a remarkable result. Tayasui Calligraphy is fully optimised for Apple Pencil, for even more accurate and detailed results. Subscribe to access to premium app features; subscription details are the following: - Length: monthly, yearly - Your payment will be charged to your iTunes Account as soon as you confirm your purchase - You can manage your subscriptions and turn off auto-renewal from your Account Settings after the purchase - Your subscription will renew automatically, unless you turn off auto-renew at least 24 hours before the end of the current period - The cost of renewal will be charged to your account in the 24 hours prior to the end of the current period - When canceling a subscription, your subscription will stay active until the end of the period. Auto-renewal will be disabled, but the current subscription will not be refunded - Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when purchasing a subscription Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Chesspie

Easily create and customize chess diagrams on your mobile device. Add figures, colors, symbols, text, and images to design professional-looking boards. Save, print, or share your creations instantly.

Highlights
  • Create chess diagrams
  • Customize figure forms and field colors
  • Add symbols, text, and images
  • Save diagrams in PNG or PDF
  • Print diagrams directly
  • Share diagrams via social networks
Features
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App for creation of chess diagrams of all kind. Create chess diagrams easily with your smartphone or tablet from everywhere. Using the menue you can insert the kind of figures, the field colours, symbols (arrows, geometrical forms), markings, texts and even pictures. All created chess diagrams will be safed in the APP. Anytime you will be able to work on safed files and add or delete data. Designing within the Chesspie App is unbelievable simple! The user interface is self-explaining and designed intuitively. It will allow you to create your first diagram very simple. All chess diagrams can be safed, printed or sent immediately in PNG or PDF format. Chesspie App applications: - create chess diagrams - safe your diagrams in PNG or PDF within the application - print your diagrams using your smartphone or tablet - send your data or public them in social networks Chesspie App selection options: - figure forms (e. g. Staunton, Berlin) - field colours (e. g. 256 colours, for every field separately or completely) - symbols ( arrows, geometrical forms) - comments within diagrams - texts within diagrams - upload of pictures and usage within field Let's start! Create very beautiful chess diagrams by using this App. Force your creativity in any direction. Safe your diagrams. Send your chess tasks to your friends! https://www.gunter-aunkofer.de/meine-projekte/schach-app---chesspie

Screenshots

Tayasui Calligraphy4 screens
Chesspie4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Tayasui Calligraphy at 57% against Chesspie's 0%. Chesspie's advantage is monetization model (freemium vs subscription) and ads (none vs shown). On price, 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

Both are free to download. Tayasui Calligraphy sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days and Chesspie sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Tayasui Calligraphy versus Chesspie: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTayasui CalligraphyChesspie
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (251 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews56.8% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings251 — better—
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionFreemium — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.010.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size131 MB64 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSKETCHES SRLBastian Aunkofer

Customer experience

Tayasui Calligraphy

All ratings251 ratings
Positive80.9%
Neutral6.0%
Negative13.1%
Written reviews148 reviews
Positive56.8%
Neutral11.5%
Negative31.8%

Chesspie

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Bugs and requests

Tayasui Calligraphy

Reported bugs

22 issues
  • Accidentally undoing when moving canvas
  • App freezes with an error
  • Default pen size is impractically large
  • Difficulty panning without accidentally undoing
  • No way to configure pen to only write
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  • Accidentally delete all layers and app gets stuck
  • App freezes when selecting new paper
  • Lost all calligraphy drawings after reinstall
  • Lost custom colors
  • iCloud backup not working
  • End swish/mark never thins out
  • Auto orientation issues
  • Saves portrait work as landscape
  • Crashes every now and then
  • Lag on iPad 7th Gen
  • No option to add layers
  • Loses work if left app for a few minutes
  • App restarts when returning
  • Bad lag
  • Hand triggers brush unintentionally
  • Zooming is buggy
  • App crashes when editing pen settings

Requested features

22 requests
  • Add photos/files for tracing
  • Turn off gestures
  • Resize canvas
  • Import image as a layer or background
  • Select, move, copy & paste letterforms
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  • Drop shadows
  • Two or three color gradient brushes
  • Metallic looking inks
  • Apply and change colors/effects after drawing
  • Animation layers/timeline
  • More lessons on calligraphy
  • Duplication of drawings
  • More options to adjust brushes
  • Move canvas like Procreate
  • More papers, guides, and snapping
  • Stamping and rake of brush
  • Cut and paste functionality
  • Selection tool
  • More Apple Pencil compatibility (double-tap)
  • Pressure sensitivity on black letter brush
  • Save to camera roll
  • Clean white background option

Chesspie

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Tayasui Calligraphy

Subscriptions10
  • Weekly premium7 Days trial$2.997 Days
  • Weekly premium$2.997 Days
  • Monthly premium$2.991 Month
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  • Monthly premium7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Weekly premium7 Days trial$3.997 Days
  • Weekly premium$3.997 Days
  • Yearly premium$9.991 Year
  • Yearly premium7 Days trial$9.991 Year
  • Yearly premium$69.991 Year
  • Yearly premium7 Days trial$69.991 Year
2 purchases

Chesspie

Subscriptions2
  • Basic7 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • Pro$4.991 Year

Questions

Is Tayasui Calligraphy free?
Tayasui Calligraphy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Chesspie free?
Chesspie is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Tayasui Calligraphy or Chesspie have ads?
Tayasui Calligraphy shows ads; Chesspie does not.

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