Comparison

Calligraphy Art vs Smart Clarinet

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Calligraphy Art

Learn and practice the art of calligraphy on your iPad. This app replicates real pen strokes with adjustable angle, thickness, and color. Create beautiful letters and designs with guided exercises for Western and Chinese alphabets.

Highlights
  • Realistic pen stroke simulation
  • Western and Chinese alphabet exercises
  • Adjustable pen angle, thickness, and color
  • Zoom and undo/redo functionality
  • Save and share creations
  • Import photos as textures
Features
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Calligraphy is an ancient art that just anyone can do. Now comes on the iPad. CALLIGRAPHY ART replicates the strokes of the pen in real life: angle, thickness and colors. You can really enjoy calligraphy with this app for its learning ability, then draw beautiful letters on papers with the same easiness. ********** REVIEWS ********** 1/ PRODUCT-REVIEWS: "Every writing page has help and guidelines that coincide with the font. Calligraphy Art uses the same functions that you would find using a pen including different colors, width and the angles. Practice to get beautiful letters in this easy to use application and adapt your own authentic style." "With Calligraphy Art, you will find a beautiful ancient technique to drawing letters that are currently used for all types of great looking documents." --------------------------- 2/ APPADVICE: "Calligraphy Art is a beautiful and functional app that will teach you how to create graceful lettering in traditional calligraphy style or help you perfect your letter art. This app stands out from others because of the way that the virtual pens perfectly mimic their real counterparts." --------------------------- This application is not for language learning. It is divided is 3 parts: - A main page for freehand calligraphy and creation. This is the most complete featured page with ALL TOOLS available. - Western alphabets exercises - Chinese words exercises All writing surfaces are pre-filled with guidelines according to the hand (font) presented. Today calligraphy is used in many documents and papers, giving to them an elegant and unique touch: graphic design, logo design, type design, paintings, scholarship, maps, menus, greeting cards, invitations, legal documents, diplomas, cut stone inscriptions, memorial documents, props and moving images for film and television, business cards, lettering envelopes, place cards, poems and much more. MAIN FEATURES: - Specific long paper size: 1536X458 - 21 Western hands - 3 Chinese writing styles - 16 inkpens, 4 brushes - 24 preselected pen angles - 9 pen sizes - Zoom rate 2000%, undo redo, clear, eraser. - Save to photos gallery with or without background. - Share by email - 12 old style backgrounds - Color palette - Stylish letter textures. Import photo as texture. - 1 flourish tutorial

About

Smart Clarinet

This app introduces younger generations to the rich world of the clarinet, a foundational musical instrument. It helps users explore contemporary arts and apply traditional musical concepts in new ways.

Highlights
  • Introduction to the clarinet
  • Exploration of contemporary arts
  • Application of traditional musical concepts
  • Understanding musical instruments
  • Interactive learning experience
Features
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- Clarinet Is the richest musical instrument in tone and voice, for this reason, Clarinet is considered the law or the constitution for all musical instruments - Free Clarinet is the leading musical app that allows younger generations to understand contemporary arts and employ traditional musical instruments to achieve new musical concepts.

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Calligraphy Art at 89% against Smart Clarinet's 0%. Calligraphy Art also leads on rating (4.8 vs 2.5) and ratings volume (172 vs 20). Smart Clarinet's advantage is price (Free vs $3.99) and in-app purchases (none vs 2). On ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Smart Clarinet is free to download; Calligraphy Art costs $3.99 up front. Calligraphy Art sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Smart Clarinet asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Calligraphy Art holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Calligraphy Art has 172 ratings behind it against 20, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 89% of Calligraphy Art's written reviews are positive against 0% of Smart Clarinet's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Calligraphy Art ships an update every 3 months, Smart Clarinet daily. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard9 real differences · 1 level
Calligraphy Art versus Smart Clarinet: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCalligraphy ArtSmart Clarinet
Price$3.99Free — better
Rating4.8 (172 ratings) — better2.5 (20 ratings)
Positive reviews89.4% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings172 — better20
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS9.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size271 MB22 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEtienne Nguyen Tan HonHossam Afify

Customer experience

Calligraphy Art

All ratings160 ratings
Positive93.8%
Neutral3.8%
Negative2.5%
Written reviews407 reviews
Positive89.4%
Neutral5.7%
Negative4.9%

Smart Clarinet

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Bugs and requests

Calligraphy Art

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Crashes when using undo function
  • Difficulty exporting work without artifacts
  • Inconsistent behavior when rotating device

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to print or export calligraphy creations
  • More calligraphy font styles and scripts
  • Option to import images and write on them
  • Improved palm rejection and stroke precision
  • Larger practice canvas and ability to save work in-app

Smart Clarinet

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Calligraphy Art

One-time2
  • Tracing letters pack 1$0.99
  • Tracing letters pack 2$0.99
None

Smart Clarinet

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Calligraphy Art free?
Calligraphy Art costs $3.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Smart Clarinet free?
Smart Clarinet is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Calligraphy Art or Smart Clarinet?
Calligraphy Art is rated higher. Calligraphy Art averages 4.8 out of 5 from 172 ratings, while Smart Clarinet averages 2.5 from 20 ratings.
Do Calligraphy Art or Smart Clarinet have ads?
Neither Calligraphy Art nor Smart Clarinet shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Calligraphy Art or Smart Clarinet?
Calligraphy Art ships an update every 3 months, and Smart Clarinet daily. Most recently, Calligraphy Art was updated on October 26, 2026 and Smart Clarinet on October 24, 2026.

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