Comparison

Calligraphy Guidelines vs Gamut Palette

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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/

About

Gamut Palette

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Gamut is a free palette app for designers and developers. Save colors and palettes, pick colors from photos, and copy them in the formats you actually use — HEX, RGB, HSL, CSS variables, and design tokens. Features: • Create and organize palettes and collections • Pick colors from images with a precise color picker • Share Extension — grab colors from screenshots and save them straight into Gamut • Home Screen widgets for quick access to your palettes • Copy colors and whole palettes for design and code workflows • Color history and trash so nothing important is lost by accident • Works on iPhone and Mac Built for everyday color work — simple, local, and ready when you need it.

Screenshots

Calligraphy Guidelines4 screens
Gamut Palette3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Gamut Palette at none against Calligraphy Guidelines's 2. Calligraphy Guidelines's advantage is iOS requirement (15.6 vs 26.0). On price, ads 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. Calligraphy Guidelines sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Gamut Palette asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Calligraphy Guidelines versus Gamut Palette: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCalligraphy GuidelinesGamut Palette
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (15 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings15 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS15.6 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVladislava RudetskaiaKenan Musali

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Calligraphy Guidelines

Subscriptions2
  • Guidelines Weekly$1.997 Days
  • Guidelines Monthly$2.991 Month
None

Gamut Palette

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Calligraphy Guidelines free?
Calligraphy Guidelines is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Gamut Palette free?
Gamut Palette is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Calligraphy Guidelines or Gamut Palette have ads?
Neither Calligraphy Guidelines nor Gamut Palette shows ads.

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