Calligraphy Guidelines vs Inkalot
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/
Inkalot
A minimalist drawing application designed for intuitive use with a stylus. It allows users to create, record drawing sessions, and export high-resolution artwork to various apps. Enjoy a simple, organic drawing experience.
- Minimalist drawing interface
- Optimized for stylus input
- Export to Files and Photos apps
- High-resolution PNG export (300/600 dpi)
- Record drawing sessions for videos
- Print directly via AirPrint
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Inkalot (formally Doodle-A-Lot) is a minimalistic, just enough, drawing app, made with an Apple Pencil in mind. It's easy to use and a lot of fun. You can export to the Files App, Photos App or Air Print. Exports are 8.5 x 11 @ 300 dpi (600 dpi option for newer iPads) in PNG format with transparency and 1-bit options. The ink is smooth, but like the real thing, it picks up that organic irregularity that exists with pen and paper. Record your drawing sessions for quick videos. Get out of your left brain and enjoy the simplicity!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Calligraphy Guidelines at Free against Inkalot's $7.99. Calligraphy Guidelines also leads on ratings volume (15 vs 3) and device support (3 vs 1). Inkalot's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 57%) and rating (5.0 vs 3.7). On ads 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
Calligraphy Guidelines is free to download; Inkalot costs $7.99 up front. Calligraphy Guidelines sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Inkalot asks for nothing beyond the download.
Inkalot holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Calligraphy Guidelines has 15 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 57% of Calligraphy Guidelines's written reviews are positive against 100% of Inkalot's.
Calligraphy Guidelines ships an update every 3 months, Inkalot every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on June 19, 2026 and June 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Calligraphy Guidelines | Inkalot |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $7.99 |
| Rating | 3.7 (15 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 57.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 15 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 88 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Vladislava Rudetskaia | Binary Square, Inc. |
Customer experience
Calligraphy Guidelines
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In-app purchases
Calligraphy Guidelines
- Guidelines Weekly$1.997 Days
- Guidelines Monthly$2.991 Month
Inkalot
No in-app purchases
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