Calligraphy Master vs MindView Assist
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Calligraphy Master
Generate custom calligraphy templates with hundreds of font styles. Practice cursive writing with Apple Pencil support and export your designs for printing. Personalize your practice with various colors, grids, and text options.
- Generate custom font templates
- Hundreds of font styles
- Export and print templates
- Apple Pencil support
- Customizable grids and colors
- Practice with classic texts
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Calligraphy Master is a professional application for calligraphy lovers. Calligraphy Master can generate any font style templates on iPhone or iPad. Users can export and print their custom font practice templates as many as they want. Calligraphy Master supports hundreds font templates, such as Copperplate, Italic, Uncial, Spencerian, Gothic, Business, Penmanship, Cadels and so on. Calligraphy Master perfectly supports Apple Pencil for iPad users for calligraphy. Calligraphy Master App is the perfect tool to emphasize the beauty and history of the written word. --------- Main Features --------- 1、 Free export and print any font templates for calligraphy practice 2、 Provide all kinds of grid calligraphy paper 3、Provide custome content for calligraphy practice, such as Old Testament, New Testament and classic poems 4、Provide more than 100 different font color metrix 5、Provide more than 100 different grid color metrix 6、Provide more than 100 different background color metrix 7、Custom and set the number of practice grid as you like 8、Allocate text position on your fingertip 9、Adjust text size on your fingertip 10、Adjust text thickness on your fingertip 11、Delete or add punctuation marks on the templates --------- Include Font Templates --------- 1、HengShui Handwrite 2、Italian Italic 3、Segoe Italic 3、Cursive Handwriting 4、Gessele 5、Rain 6、Copperplate 7、Uncial 8、Spencerian 9、Gothic 10、Penmanship 11、Alako 12、AlexBrush Regular 13、Allura Regular 14、Arenski 15、Beautiful ES 16、BlackJack 17、BrockScript 18、CAC Champagne 19、CAC Pinafore 20、Champignon 21、ChopinScript 22、Cotillion Regular 23、Cursive standard bold 24、Cursive standard 25、CygnetRound 26、Damion 27、Dancing Script 28、Dynalight Regular 29、Easy Street Alt EPS 30、England Hand DB 31、English 32、Grand Hotel 33、Grandam 34、Great VibesRegular 34、Honey Script Light 35、ItaliannoRegular 36、La Jolla ES 37、Lobster Two Regular 38、Lovers Quarrel Regular 39、Marketing Script 40、Mural Script 41、Odstemplik 42、Pacifico 43、Parisienne Regular 44、PreludeFLF 45、Rochester Regular 46、Sacramento Regular 47、Sail Regular 48、Scriptina 49、Sevillana Regular 50、Sofia Regular 51、Splendid ES 52、Yellowtail 53、Learning Curve Regular --------- Premium Function --------- 1, all types of paper 2, custom import post function 3, custom import text function 4, use all colors, type, punctuation and other functions to customize the post 5, can use all the characters in all applications 6, can be exported in the form of pdf or pictures 7, can be directly connected to the printer for font printing Payment will be charged to subscriber’s iTunes account at the confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Subscriber’s account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. Subscribers can manage their subscriptions by going to their account settings on the App Store. Privacy policy:https://www.calligraphymaster.cn/en_privacy.html Term of service:https://www.calligraphymaster.cn/en_terms.html Please feel free to contact us for any suggestions or feedback
MindView Assist
Capture photos, text, audio, and video on your mobile device to accelerate research for assignments and reports. Automatically cite sources and organize your findings into folders, with information seamlessly integrated into a desktop mind mapping platform.
- Multimedia capture (text, images, video, audio, files)
- Source citation and organization
- Audio transcription
- Image to text conversion (OCR)
- Organize research in folders
- Dictate thoughts to mind map
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MindView Assist is an extension of MindView taking your research to the next level. MindView Assist accelerates information gathering when researching for assignments, essays and reports. Use your mobile device to capture photos, text, audio and more on the go. The built-in source feature will help you cite your sources and organize your research. Users can sort the information into different folders and access the research on any MindView platform. Once collected by the app, the information is automatically displayed in MindView’s Research panel, ready to drag and drop onto your mind map. - Accelerate your information gathering - Populate sources and citations on the fly - Dictate your thoughts and send them to your mind map - Capture multimedia elements: Text, Images, Video, Audio and Files - Convert images to text using the built-in OCR - Transcribe your audio to text (up to 60 seconds) A MindView Suite Account is required to access MindView Assist. Feature Highlights / Key Features • Multimedia Capture • Dictate audio notes • Accessible friendly interface • Built-in Read Aloud • Audio transcription • Capture text from websites, books, etc. • Automatically cite sources • Organize in folders, search and filter • Apply color-coded tags
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: MindView Assist at 100% against Calligraphy Master's 34%. MindView Assist also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3). Calligraphy Master's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.5). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Calligraphy Master sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. MindView Assist asks for nothing beyond the download.
Calligraphy Master ships an update every 3 months, MindView Assist every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Calligraphy Master | MindView Assist |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (2.5K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 33.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2.5K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 213 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Calligraphy Master LTD | MatchWare |
Customer experience
Calligraphy Master
MindView Assist
Bugs and requests
Calligraphy Master
Reported bugs
4 issues- Keyboard issues and compatibility problems
- Tracing feature not working as expected
- Inconsistent behavior when changing font size
- Inability to save or export practice work
Requested features
5 requests- Add more font options, including Chancery
- Allow importing and editing of custom texts
- Provide better guidance and tutorials
- Offer a selection of free fonts to try
- Improve overall user experience and navigation
MindView Assist
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Calligraphy Master
- Calligraphy Master Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
- Calligraphy Master Pro Yearly$14.991 Year
- Calligraphy Master Lifetime$9.99
MindView Assist
No in-app purchases
Questions
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