Handwritten email vs Code Drawer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Handwritten email
Transform your digital messages into personal handwritten notes. This app converts typed text into various calligraphy and script styles, allowing you to add a unique, personal touch to emails and MMS messages. Customize fonts, colors, and backgrounds for a truly distinctive communication.
- Convert typed text to handwritten styles
- Multiple calligraphy and script fonts
- Customize text color and size
- Choose background patterns and colors
- Copy and paste handwritten text
- Preview and editing modes
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Send your email and MMS texting with handwritten text. This will give your emails a nice personal touch. Type on a conventional onscreen keyboard and the app will convert the text into handwritten text. What users say: - This is a lovely little app that is a pleasure to use and receive according to my fellow iPhone friends. 5 stars from me. - It is a must have. All my friends are like "How did you do that?" - Such a wonderful compliment to an email. The reviews I've received back are tremendous. - Love fancy fonts and pretty colors! - So cool, fun and neat Features: - Choose between several handwritten and calligraphy styles and other cool styles, like gothic, medieval, celtic, ... - Change the color and size of the text. - Choose between 20 background patterns and pictures. - Change background color. - Copy the handwritten text and paste it into an MMS or into other apps. (available through the action button) - Switch between preview mode and editing mode (offers cursor positioning for easier text editing, select, copy, cut and paste). - Change text alignment. - Copy and paste (activate editing mode in the settings screen). - Get additional style packs containing additional text fonts and background images (accessible in the settings screen) Follow us on twitter @PlanetBlueArt
Code Drawer
Organize, generate, and display your QR codes efficiently. Save links and QR codes in one place, import them from various sources, and generate new codes to save as images. Supports iCloud syncing and multiple Apple devices.
- Save links and QR codes
- Import QR codes (link, image, camera)
- Generate QR codes
- iCloud Syncing
- Home Screen and Control Widgets
- Apple Watch App
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Code Drawer is an all-in-one QR code toolkit. It helps you organize and show your QR codes with ease. With one purchase, you can use it with iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and Mac. With Code Drawer, you can: - Scan QR codes from the camera or images. - Generate QR codes from pasteboard, links, and texts. - Save QR codes to images. - Manage all the links and QR codes you need in a single place. Code Drawer also supports: - iCloud Syncing. - Home Screen and Control Widgets. - Live Activity. - Apple Watch App. - Shortcuts. - Extract link from text. URL Scheme supported: - Scan from camera: codedrawer://scan - Scan from image: codedrawer://scanImage - Paste text: codedrawer://paste - Show Favorite: codedrawer://showItemWith?title=[Title]
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Code Drawer at none against Handwritten email's 2. Code Drawer also leads on review sentiment (83% vs 68%) and update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months). Handwritten email's advantage is price ($0.99 vs $1.99) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 18.0). On rating, ratings volume, ads and chart position 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
Handwritten email costs $0.99 and Code Drawer $1.99 up front. Handwritten email sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Code Drawer asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.3 for Handwritten email against 4.2 for Code Drawer. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 58 and 24 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 68% of Handwritten email's written reviews are positive against 83% of Code Drawer's.
Handwritten email ships an update every 3 months, Code Drawer monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Handwritten email | Code Drawer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 4.3 (58 ratings) — better | 4.2 (24 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 68.3% of reviews | 83.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 58 — better | 24 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #67 — better | #147 |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Fapps World et Cie S.E.C.S. | Jinyu Meng |
Customer experience
Handwritten email
Code Drawer
Bugs and requests
Handwritten email
Reported bugs
3 issues- Crashes and text loss
- Formatting issues with sent messages
- Compatibility problems with newer devices
Requested features
5 requests- Cursor/editing functionality
- Spell check and auto-correct
- More font and background options
- Ability to mix fonts/styles within a message
- Integration with messaging apps
Code Drawer
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Handwritten email
- Style package 1$0.99
- Style package 2$0.99
Code Drawer
No in-app purchases
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