i临帖 vs JClass
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
i临帖
Practice traditional Chinese calligraphy on your iPhone. Mimic real writing techniques with finger movements, pressure, and speed to control stroke width and create beautiful characters. Features automatic scoring and demonstrations of classic碑帖.
- Finger speed, acceleration, and pressure control stroke width
- Automatic scoring and writing demonstrations
- Display of classic碑帖
- Grid options (米字格, 九宫格, no grid)
- Save and arrange written characters into artwork
- Submit artwork for display
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古有颜真卿以黃土掃墻,歐陽修蘆荻代筆畫地學書;而今我們用iPhone練習書法! 如同真實的書寫,控制筆畫需要借鑑演示,耐心練習。慢速入筆,可以寫出較粗的筆道。加速移動并適時脫離,可寫出漂亮筆鋒。 - 以手指移動速度、加速度及壓力改變筆道寬度。 -自動評分。 -《金剛經》、《迴元觀鐘樓銘》、《符璘碑》、《玄秘塔碑》和《神策軍碑》和《魏公先廟碑》原碑欣賞。 - 每個字都有書寫演示,顯示軌跡。 - 可在米字格,九宮格和無格中切換。 - 可存儲所寫,并且可以改變大小和排列成為作品。 - 可提交展示作品。 另,此作亦有iPad版本。 其他系列作品還包括《臨帖之顏勤禮碑》《集王羲之書聖教序》《標準草書》《草書連連看》《甲骨文對對碰》等。
JClass
Master Japanese easily with a virtual tutor. Progress through hiragana, katakana, kanji, and vocabulary with interactive quizzes and progress tracking. Earn achievements and compete on leaderboards.
- Learn hiragana, katakana, and kanji
- Vocabulary building
- Interactive quiz mode
- Progress tracking
- Achievements and leaderboards
- Content review by level
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JClass helps you learn Japanese: hiragana, katakana, and the kanji and vocabulary of every JLPT level, from N5 to N1. STUDY WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW YET Quick quizzes sort every character and word by how well you know it. The ones you miss come back more often, and new ones appear only when you're ready. Wrong answer options are look-alike kanji and similar words, so guessing won't help. WHAT'S INSIDE • Hiragana and katakana • 2,000+ kanji with on and kun readings, radical, stroke order and example words • 4,100+ vocabulary words • Searchable dictionaries for kana, kanji and words • Audio pronunciation • Meanings in English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese or Russian ALSO • iCloud sync across your devices • Game Center achievements • Dark mode • No ads, no in-app purchases
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: JClass at 4.7 against i临帖's 3.0. JClass also leads on ratings volume (376 vs 1). i临帖's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6) and price ($0.99 vs $4.99). On review sentiment, 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
i临帖 costs $0.99 and JClass $4.99 up front. JClass sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. i临帖 asks for nothing beyond the download.
JClass holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: JClass has 376 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 69% of i临帖's written reviews are positive against 75% of JClass's.
i临帖 ships an update every 4 months, JClass every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | i临帖 | JClass |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | 3.0 (1 ratings) | 4.7 (376 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 68.8% of reviews | 75.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 376 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 74 MB | 53 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 小龙 高 | Jorge Cozain |
Customer experience
i临帖
JClass
Bugs and requests
i临帖
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
JClass
Reported bugs
20 issues- Crashing on iPhone
- App crashes with iOS 13.4
- App crashes every time
- App don't working on iPhone 5C
- Purchased but it didn’t work
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- App crashes everytime that use it
- App crashes
- After update, app doesn't work
- App not working on iPad
- App crashes on iPhone X
- App crashes on iPhone 6
- App hangs/stuck
- Payment does not work correctly
- Purchased N5, requires re-payment
- Purchased N2, wish I didn't
- Purchased full access, not opened
- Error in word transcrib
- App is closing alone
- App is not reacting to touches
- Purchased full set, doesn't react to touches
Requested features
14 requests- Add Russian language
- Add more language options
- Ability to reset progress
- Landscape mode for iPad
- Transfer progress to other devices
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- Faster speed between questions
- Dark mode option
- Add Hiragana as an alphabet
- Feature to select specific words for testing
- Allow restarting exercises
- Fix TTS pronunciation
- Add 'kun' readings in Hiragana and 'on' readings in Katakana
- Improve JLPT word training
- Add Russian translation for Kanji
In-app purchases
i临帖
No in-app purchases
JClass
- JLPT N5Free
- JLPT N4Free
- JLPT N2Free
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- JLPT N3Free
- JLPT N1Free
- Full JLPT AccessFree
