活字帖 | Live Calligraphy vs 隶书书法字典
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
活字帖 | Live Calligraphy
Practice Chinese brush calligraphy on your iPad or iPhone. This app uses original strokes from master calligraphers to help you feel like a true master. It focuses on character structure and offers various classic scrolls for learning.
- Practice Chinese brush calligraphy
- Uses original master strokes
- Focuses on character structure
- Offers 8 classic handscrolls
- Learn from ancient calligraphers
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***Featured*** as "Chinese Culture" in more than 120 countries during Chinese Spring Festival, 2015. ***Over 5,000*** 5-star ratings in App Store China. Learn and practice Chinese brush calligraphy with your finger in iPad and iPhone. Live Calligraphy uses the original strokes extracted from the master piece of ancient calligrapher in your practice, so that you can feel yourself like a real master of Chinese calligraphy, and fully enjoy the artistic charm of the art of calligraphy. LanTing calligraphy scroll is generally considered as the best running script in ancient China, and Live Calligraphy provides over 100 characters of LanTing in current release, wish you like them. Enjoy Chinese calligraphy~ Now, the app contains 8 handscrolls: - LanTing (兰亭集序--王羲之) - Basic Strokes (基本笔画--楷书四大家) - Timely Clearing After Snowfall (快雪时晴帖--王羲之) - Namo Amitābha by HongYi (南无阿弥陀佛--弘一法师) - Poem of Fragrance (秾芳诗帖--宋徽宗) - Confucius Passed Away (仲尼梦奠帖--欧阳询) - Ode to Qin (琴赋--文征明) - Heart Sutra (心经--赵孟頫) *Keyword*: Chinese calligraphy, Chinese culture/art, practice Chinese characters --------------------------------- 你是否曾想像自己如书法大师一样挥毫呢?来试试吧,用你的手指在iPad和iPhone上练习毛笔书法。 “活字帖”利用中国古代名家书法作品中的原笔迹,在你描摹或者临帖时绘制出来,使得你的书法效果能媲美真迹,让你体验如书法家一样的练字感受,更真切的感受书法的魅力。 本作与现有大多数作品的最大区别在于,大多数现有的作品只是根据手指运行轨迹,用计算机计算模拟出类似于毛笔笔迹的效果。但是,因为触摸屏的限制,计算机再如何聪明,又如何能知道用户运笔时的轻重缓急,浓淡干湿呢?故本作规避了用笔技巧,着重于练习每个字的字体结构。因此,本作并不能代替笔墨纸砚的常规练字方法,但是却可以从一定程度上提高用户的书法水平。 《兰亭集序》被誉为中国古代书法的第一行书,本版本免费提供前100个字,后续字体需要IAP解锁或者由完整版获得。 本App现有8个字帖: - 兰亭集序(王羲之) - 基本笔画(楷书四大家) - 快雪时晴帖(王羲之) - 南无阿弥陀佛(弘一法师) - 秾芳诗帖(宋徽宗) - 仲尼梦奠帖(欧阳询) - 琴赋(文徵明) - 般若波罗蜜多心经 (赵孟頫) 希望大家喜欢。
隶书书法字典
This app serves as a comprehensive dictionary for Lishu (clerical script) calligraphy. It features a vast collection of works from renowned calligraphers and historical steles, offering convenient search functionality, practice tools like grids, and the ability to export and share creations.
- Extensive Lishu calligraphy dictionary
- Works from thousands of masters
- Searchable database
- Practice grids (Mi Zi Ge, Tian Zi Ge, Jiu Gong Ge)
- Tracing function
- Export and share creations
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隶书书法字典:上千书法名家和碑帖 检索方便。 1.增加题字功能 2.增加米字格,田字格,九宫格。 新版新功能: 1.增加临摹功能 1.增加分享功能,可以导出图片。 2.性能提升 3.bug修复 隶书,亦称汉隶[1] ,是汉字中常见的一种庄重的字体,书写效果略微宽扁,横画长而直画短,呈长方形状,讲究“蚕头雁尾”、“一波三折”。隶书起源于秦朝,由程邈整理而成,在东汉时期达到顶峰,对后世书法有不可小觑的影响,书法界有“汉隶唐楷”之称。、 关于隶书的定义,近人吴伯陶先生一篇:《从出土秦简帛书看秦汉早期隶书》的文章中说道:“可以用这个字的本义来作解释。〈说文解字〉中解释‘隶’的意义是‘附着’,〈后汉书·冯异传〉则训为‘属’,这一意义到今天还在使用,现代汉语中就有‘隶属’一词。〈晋书·卫恒传〉、〈说文解字序〉及段注,也都认为隶书是‘佐助篆所不逮’的,所以隶书是小篆的一种辅助字体。” 其次究竟什么样子才叫隶,隶与篆又有什么样的严格区别,吴伯陶先生在上述的文章中又有所分析订定,这里再节录吴文中值得考虑的几小段。吴云∶“小篆还保存了象形字的遗意,画其成物随体诘屈;隶书就更进了一步,用笔画符号破坏了象形字的结腹,成为不象形的象形字”(他有字形举例,可参阅原文)。 他又说∶“小篆和隶书实际上是两个系统,标志着汉字发展的两大阶段。小篆是象形体古文字的结束,隶书是改象形为笔画化的新文字的开始。”“我们判断某种字体是否隶书,就要首先看它是否出现有破坏篆书结构失掉象形原意之处。” 吴先生经过仔细排比研究,得出那样的科学论据来,作为学术上篆、隶的不同定名的分野,自然是很值得重视的。不过还有两个问题想要问,那就是∶一,篆书也不能够个个是象形字,一开始就有象形以外的许多字存在,因此,仅仅失掉“象形原意”似乎有些不够。我的意思是说隶的破坏古文(“象形字”是一种字体的笼统名称,事实并非个个“象形”,例子甚多,不待列举),不仅仅是破坏象形而已。二,今天看到的从湖北云梦出土的秦简和湖南长沙马王堆墓中出土的简帛书中发现其中字的结构有变篆体,也有未变。用笔有圆有带长方的,那种字当时又称之为何名?这种“半篆半隶”的字形从秦昭襄王时代开始一直到西汉初(秦云梦简到汉马王堆帛书,吴文有详述可参阅)还存在,始皇帝以前,字还未有“体”的区别,可是到汉初,肯定那种字已经归入隶体,二者合起来考虑,那么对吴先生的区别篆体之名,是否有些矛盾了呢?事实上结构之变,光讲象形不象形,定然不够全面。我估计区别问题,在当时——在字体初变时一般人肯定还不太严格的,那种“蝙蝠式”的字形,大都随着新名称而名之——也称为隶,其中稍为保留些旧结构也是可以的。因此我认为如果设身处地来推测当时的命名,和今天用学术研究来区别的命名是可以有些距离的,是无足为怪的。明确地讲,篆与隶的不同除形象变为符号以外,还有笔法变化一方面的区别,例如∶生(篆)、上(变笔法未变结构)、之(笔法结构全变)。三字的名实异同,决非单论结构,其他相似的情况也很不少,可以类推。 西汉中期以来,隶书的脱去篆体(包括结构、笔画的写法)而独立的形式,已经完全形成。所见有代表性的例如本世纪出现于西陲流沙中的西汉宣帝五凤元年(前57)、成帝河平元年(前28)、新莽始建国天凤元年(14)的书简、乐浪汉墓出土的西汉平帝元始四年(4)、东汉明帝永平十二年(69)的漆盘上的铭文等等,不但结构全变,从字形来讲也全成方形或扁方形,笔势则长波更自然横出,和接近篆体的直垂形大大不同了。 相像的字形还能在东汉的碑刻中见到很多。最著名的如桓帝延熹八年(165)的《华山庙碑》、灵帝建宁二年(169)的《史晨碑》、中平二年(185)的(曹全碑)、又三年(186)的(张迁碑)等等,其他不再一一例举了。 同时在西汉的碑刻中也还有一些面积大都方正或个别字带长形,又仅有极短的波势的字体,其有代表性的所见如∶西汉宣帝五凤二年(前56)的《鲁孝王刻石》、东汉安帝元初四年(117)的《祀三公山碑》、顺帝永和二年(137)的《敦煌太守裴岑纪功碑》、灵帝建宁三年(170)的《郙阁颂》摩崖石刻、以至明帝永平九年(66)字形不大规则的《开通褎斜道》摩崖石刻等等。以上那些基本上已消灭篆体而形式稍有小异的“正体字”,一直流行于两汉、三国间,而且几乎独占了石刻碑志中的位置。在江苏省南京市出土了东晋谢鲲的墓志,还能见到用的仍是这样的字体。这种字体应当说都是隶,因为其形式自秦到汉,虽有些变化,但并不太大。从字形的面积上讲∶先带长方,后变方扁,有些地方还交叉互用着。长波、短波,也同样是交叉互用不分前后的。因此决不能说它是一种字体彻底变为另一种字体的新旧二体,而是一种字体在前前后后中间的个别量变罢了。
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Verdict
活字帖 | Live Calligraphy and 隶书书法字典 both sit at 4.5 stars, but that hides the real split: 84% of 活字帖 | Live Calligraphy's written reviews are positive against 44% of 隶书书法字典's. 隶书书法字典's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 months vs every 6 months). On price, rating, ratings volume and in-app purchases 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. 活字帖 | Live Calligraphy sells 9 one-off in-app purchases and 隶书书法字典 sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
活字帖 | Live Calligraphy holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 47 and 16 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 84% of 活字帖 | Live Calligraphy's written reviews are positive against 44% of 隶书书法字典's.
活字帖 | Live Calligraphy ships an update every 6 months, 隶书书法字典 every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | 活字帖 | Live Calligraphy | 隶书书法字典 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (47 ratings) — better | 4.3 (16 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 84.2% of reviews — better | 43.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 47 — better | 16 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 12.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 60 MB | 95 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 哲 盛 | 慕华 齐 |
Customer experience
活字帖 | Live Calligraphy
隶书书法字典
In-app purchases
活字帖 | Live Calligraphy
- Namo Amitābha$0.99
- Confucius Passed Away$0.99
- Ode to Qin$0.99
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- Heart Sutra$0.99
- Thousand Character Classic$0.99
- Timely Clearing After Snowfall$1.99
- Poem of Fragrance$1.99
- Basic Strokes$1.99
- Lan Ting$2.99
隶书书法字典
- 田字格$0.99
- 米字格$0.99
- 九宫格$0.99
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- 题字$1.99
- 升级到专业版$2.99







