Calligraphy Guidelines vs Flowly
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Calligraphy Guidelines
Generate custom guidesheets for calligraphy practice or professional work. Tailor every aspect of your practice templates, from line styles and spacing to pen types and page layouts. Export your designs as high-resolution PNG or vector PDF files.
- Customizable guidesheet generation
- Support for various script styles
- Adjustable line styles and colors
- Multiple page layouts and orientations
- Instant preview of designs
- Export to PDF and PNG
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Calligraphy Guidelines is a comprehensive generator to design your guidesheets for daily handwriting practice or professional penman work and export them to PDF or high-res PNG formats. Productivity tool number one for every penman! No more buying expensive practice pads! Create and print worksheets on demand. A universal collection of adjustable settings in the application allows the creation of worksheets and templates for any script style Copperplate, Spencerian, Gothic, Italic, and so on. Note: Calligraphy Guidelines application is not for writing on your device. If you wish to train calligraphy using your device, then check out our application "Calligraphy: Cursive Writing". Customize every aspect of calligraphy rulers with the Calligraphy Guidelines app: * Choose Pointed pen or Broad pen guidesheets style. * Select one of 6 popular page layouts, such as A5, A4, A3, US Letter, US Legal and US Junior. * Choose Portrait or Landscape page orientation. * Define left, top, right, and bottom margins. * Select x-height size starting from 2mm. * Set Broad pen width starting from 2mm to 8mm. * Adjust spacing ratios for ascender, descender, and height of interline space. * Select your favorite style for ascenders, descenders, waistlines, and baselines from Solid, Dotted, and Dashed lines. Hide any of the lines using the Hidden style. * Choose a color for each type of line. * Define slant lines angle in diapason from 30 to 90 degrees for pointed pen; select color, and adjust repeating frequency for both pointed pen and broad pen nibs. * Watch your changes with an instant preview. * Export as a high-resolution 300 dpi PNG image. * Export, share or print as a vector PDF file. The free version without a subscription allows customizing all settings for both pointed pen and broad pen nibs and previewing the resulting guidesheet on the screen. With the subscription, you'll get access to exporting and printing vector PDF files with the designed guidesheet, and exporting high-resolution PNG files. *Calligraphy Guidelines Subscription* • Calligraphy Guidelines app requires a subscription to export and print PDF files, or export high-res PNG files. • Once your purchase is confirmed, you will be charged through your iTunes account. • The subscription will automatically renew. • You can manage your subscription and turn off auto-renewal at any time in your App Store account, but at least 24 hrs before the end of the current period. Terms of use: https://calligraphy.app/guidelines/termsofuse/ Privacy policy: https://calligraphy.app/guidelines/privacy/
Flowly
This app allows you to trace images and text onto a surface using your mobile device's camera. It offers free fonts and shapes, with a pro version unlocking custom uploads and advanced features.
- Camera-based tracing
- Free fonts and shapes
- Upload custom images
- Access exclusive designs
- Unlimited preset layers
- AR drawing capabilities
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Not ready for a projector? Flowly is a camera based tracing tool that comes with choices of free fonts and shapes for your drawing. How to draw - Put your mobile device on a tall glass with camera lens facing down. - Place your canvas underneath the camera lens. - Trace the image while looking through the camera view. - The app doesn’t physically project images onto the surface because a mobile device doesn’t have the capability to do so. Pro version (monthly or yearly subscription) - Upload your own images and fonts - Access to advanced features - Access to exclusive calligraphy designs and line arts - Unlimited preset layers Terms of Use https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Email: admin@flowlyapp.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Flowly at 4.1 against Calligraphy Guidelines's 3.7. Flowly also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (54 vs 15). Calligraphy Guidelines's advantage is review sentiment (60% vs 42%). On price, ads, 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 Guidelines sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days and Flowly sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Flowly holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 15 and 54 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 60% of Calligraphy Guidelines's written reviews are positive against 42% of Flowly's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Calligraphy Guidelines ships an update every 3 months, Flowly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and September 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Calligraphy Guidelines | Flowly |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (15 ratings) | 4.1 (54 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews — better | 41.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 15 | 54 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.5 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 39 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Vladislava Rudetskaia | Flowly LLC |
Customer experience
Calligraphy Guidelines
Flowly
In-app purchases
Calligraphy Guidelines
- Guidelines Weekly$1.997 Days
- Guidelines Monthly$2.991 Month
Flowly
- Flowly Pro Features7 Days trial$3.991 Month
- Flowly Pro Features7 Days trial$24.991 Year
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