活字帖 | Live Calligraphy vs Calliplus
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。
Calliplus
Explore Chinese calligraphy with a dictionary of styles from renowned masters. Practice your own strokes with interactive guides and scoring, and save your favorite pieces.
- Search calligraphy by character
- View styles from famous calligraphers
- Learn about calligraphers and masterpieces
- Bookmark favorite copybooks
- Interactive writing practice
- Handwriting scoring
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Chinese Calligraphy Dictionary. Search calligraphy written by famous calligraphers. == Look up == 1. Look up single character: list how the Chinese character is written in different styles by different calligraphy masters. 2. Look up multiple characters: you can swipe left/right to see different character lists. 3. Show information about the calligrapher and it's written in which masterpiece. 4. You can bookmark favorite calligraphy copybooks. == Writing Practice == 1. Click on characters to see large one. 2. Grid lines can be displayed in background. 3. Characters can be shown in contour. 4. Use your finger to write on the screen. 5. You can score your handwriting. Calligraphy images are provided by 行政院國家發展委員會,CNS11643中文標準交換碼全字庫網站
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Calliplus at none against 活字帖 | Live Calligraphy's 9. Calliplus also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 6 months) and rating (5.0 vs 4.6). 活字帖 | Live Calligraphy's advantage is ratings volume (45 vs 2). On price, ads, device support 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
Both are free to download. 活字帖 | Live Calligraphy sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. Calliplus asks for nothing beyond the download.
Calliplus holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: 活字帖 | Live Calligraphy has 45 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
活字帖 | Live Calligraphy ships an update every 6 months, Calliplus weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | 活字帖 | Live Calligraphy | Calliplus |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (45 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 84.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 45 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 60 MB | 44 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 哲 盛 | MAO YUAN KAO |
Customer experience
活字帖 | Live Calligraphy
Calliplus
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
Calliplus
No in-app purchases
Questions
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