cursive vs Handwriting & Calligraphy Font
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
cursive
Learn to write the alphabet in both print and cursive, with uppercase and lowercase letters. Visual aids, videos, and practice exercises help you master letter formation and connections, making learning fun and personal.
- Uppercase and lowercase letters in print and cursive
- Flashcard format for comparison
- Video demonstrations of letter strokes
- Words illustrating letter connections
- Practice mode with fun colors
- Doodle feature for personal style
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Practice to write the alphabet in print and cursive, in both upper and lower cases. This is a pocket reference for cursive writing. 1) Uppercase and lowercase letters in both print and cursive are shown in a flashcard format to illustrate the similarities between print and cursive. The visualization helps those who already know ABCs in print, to quickly grasp how cursive is similar in many ways. 2) Video is included in the app to show the strokes, formation, and the subtleties of writing each letter. 3) Words starting with each letter of the alphabet is included to illustrate how each letter is connected to each other. This is especially important for cursive. 4) Practice, practice, practice. Different colors are included to hopefully make the practice of cursive more fun. 5) Doodle. Have fun. Whether you're learning cursive for the first time or just jogging your memory, have fun with cursive. Each person has his or her unique penmanship, use this app to help you find your own style of penmanship. No internet connection required. No in-app purchase and no ads.
Handwriting & Calligraphy Font
Create stylish invitations and event cards with a selection of 26 cursive fonts. Easily install and use these fonts across various applications like Office, Keynote, and Cricut. Test and share your creations directly within the app.
- 26 stylish cursive fonts
- Create invitation cards
- Use in Office, Keynote, Cricut
- Easy font installation
- Test and share text
- Privacy-focused, no tracking
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A selection of 26 fonts to create your invitation cards, thank you, birthday, birth or other event. Use these fonts in: ● Word Excel PowerPoint Office ● Numbers Keynote Pages ● Cricut ● any application allowing the use of fonts installed by the user. Very easy to use, just click on install and restart the application where you want to use the fonts. You can now test and choose your favorite font directly in the application, and share your text by message or on social networks. I wanted an easy to use app without any tracking to maintain your privacy, that's why this app is not free and ad-free like my other apps. It is very important for me.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Handwriting & Calligraphy Font at 75% against cursive's 29%. Handwriting & Calligraphy Font also leads on update cadence (every 4 months vs every 21 months) and ratings volume (157 vs 3). cursive's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and price ($0.99 vs $4.99). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
cursive costs $0.99 and Handwriting & Calligraphy Font $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
cursive holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Handwriting & Calligraphy Font has 157 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 29% of cursive's written reviews are positive against 75% of Handwriting & Calligraphy Font's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
cursive ships an update every 21 months, Handwriting & Calligraphy Font every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | cursive | Handwriting & Calligraphy Font |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | 4.7 (157 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 28.6% of reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 157 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 21 months | Every 4 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.3 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 84 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sigma Sky, LLC | michael dardol |
Customer experience
cursive
Handwriting & Calligraphy Font
In-app purchases
cursive
No in-app purchases
Handwriting & Calligraphy Font
No in-app purchases
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