DRAWcision vs Calligraphy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
DRAWcision
Enhance your drawing skills with daily exercises focused on accuracy and speed. This app is optimized for Apple Pencil users on iPad, helping you become a more proficient artist.
- Improve drawing accuracy
- Enhance penmanship
- Daily drawing exercises
- Practice circles, ellipses, and lines
- Optimized for Apple Pencil
- iPad exclusive
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DRAWcision helps you improve your drawing accuracy and penmanship. Do daily exercises in drawing circles, ellipses, and straight lines to improve your accuracy and speed while drawing. Specifically designed for usage with the Apple Pencil. DRAWcision will help you become a better artist with your iPad.
Calligraphy
Learn the art of elegant script with a comprehensive course on calligraphy and cursive handwriting. Develop fine motor skills and master letter formation through theoretical and practical lessons. Unlock your artistic potential in writing.
- Theoretical and hands-on lessons
- Develop writing muscle control
- Master letter shapes
- Practice on a digital pad
- Printable exercises and guidelines
- Full course access with subscription
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Dive into the enchanting universe of calligraphy, a place where every mark bears witness to the sophistication of script. More than just penmanship, calligraphy is a visual concert of alphabets, assembled with delicacy and symmetry, capturing the individuality of each creator. This discipline elevates writing beyond mundane communication, turning it into a unique artistic statement. Becoming proficient in calligraphy is a path filled with ongoing education and practice. The Cursive Writing App serves as a manual for effective cursive handwriting, offering a series of successive theoretical and hands-on lessons. Upon completing this course, you will acquire the necessary writing abilities, develop mastery over the hand's writing muscles, and learn how to practically apply these skills to the shapes of letters. The free version without a subscription includes lessons on basic principles in writing, the first two lessons of more advanced stages, and limited writing on the training pad. With the subscription, you'll get access to all theoretical and practical lessons of the course plus an ability to write on the training pad. You can also print all exercises in the "Practice" section, as well as tune and print a guidelines sheet for practicing on paper. *Calligraphy Course Subscription* • Calligraphy Course requires a subscription to access all books' content. • 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. • If you chose an offered trial period and would like not to proceed with subscribing, you have to cancel your subscription at least 24 hrs before the end of the Trial, otherwise, you will be charged for the first billing period. Terms of use: https://penmanship.eu/penman-book/termsofuse/ Privacy policy: https://penmanship.eu/penman-book/privacy/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: DRAWcision at 80% against Calligraphy's 33%. DRAWcision also leads on rating (4.3 vs 2.9) and in-app purchases (none vs 4). Calligraphy's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (24 vs 4). On price 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
Both are free to download. Calligraphy sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. DRAWcision asks for nothing beyond the download.
DRAWcision holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 2.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Calligraphy has 24 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of DRAWcision's written reviews are positive against 33% of Calligraphy's.
DRAWcision ships an update every 2 days, Calligraphy every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 10, 2026 and June 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DRAWcision | Calligraphy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (4 ratings) — better | 2.9 (24 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 24 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 47 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dito Technologies LLC | Vladislava Rudetskaia |
Customer experience
DRAWcision
Calligraphy
In-app purchases
DRAWcision
No in-app purchases
Calligraphy
- Full Access Weekly Sale$0.997 Days
- Full Access Weekly$1.997 Days
- Full Access$3.991 Month
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- Full Access Monthly Family$7.991 Month
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