Comparison

Light Creations vs 字习 Pro

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

Head to head
About

Light Creations

Create dynamic 3D light sculptures from simple line drawings. Accelerate animations with music and explore five unique visual themes. Save and share your mesmerizing creations.

Highlights
  • Create 3D light sculptures
  • Dynamic animation from drawn lines
  • Music-reactive visuals
  • Five unique visual themes
  • Screenshot capture
  • Universal app support
Features
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Light Creations allows you to create amazing light sculptures and structures. You provide the seed for the creation by drawing an arbitrary line, e.g., straight, curved, or long and winded, and enjoy how Light Creations transforms this seed into a dynamic piece of 3D art. Accelerate the animation by humming, singing or playing music and dive deep into a relaxing journey through a world of light. Observe the mesmerizing dynamics of the evolving art and create screenshots with ease just by tapping an icon. The screenshots are conveniently saved into your photo album for further processing and sharing. Light Creations provides five themes, each transforming the initial seed in a different way: Galaxy - Creates light sculptures built out of many light particles. Light Ocean - Creates light sculptures above an ocean of light. Centered Lines - Creates symmetrical light structures. Warped Lines - Creates a work of art where the initial seed is warped in space resulting in fractal like creations. MultiDraw - The initial line is mirrored several times and warped in space already while drawing. Tip: use the pinch gesture to emphasize the amazing micro and macro structures. - Universal App for iPad, iPhone, iPod. - Retina Display support. - There are no ads or in-app purchases in Light Creations. Customer Comments: ***** Wow!!!! "This is the most beautiful and trippy app I have on my iPad (and I have about 20). Listen to some ambient electronica or psychedelia and ascend to a higher plain without chemical assistance." ***** AWESOME! "Love it, mesmerizing & beautiful ! Save your creations & share. Recommend," ***** Great app for creative control "I typically don't write reviews, but these visuals need a voice! They are simply in a league of their own. The future of intuitive easy to use visuals has arrived! [...] Congratulations to the developer for this marvelous work of art! " ***** Totally brilliant "This is like having your own personal firework display. Congrats to the app maker." ***** Grandiose

About

字习 Pro

Experience the art of Chinese calligraphy digitally with realistic brush and rice paper simulation. This tool brings traditional writing to the modern age, allowing you to create and save your own brush calligraphy works anytime, anywhere.

Highlights
  • Realistic brush and rice paper simulation
  • Adjustable brush size
  • Undo/redo functionality
  • Brush flying-white simulation
  • Save works to photo library
  • Replay writing process
Features
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ZiXi Pro realistically simulated the writing effect of Chinese brush + rice paper, the focus is on bringing the traditional Chinese calligraphy art to the digital age. Chinese calligraphy is an ancient character writing art, which from oracle bone inscriptions to cursive, calligraphy has always exuded artistic charm. Chinese calligraphy is a very unique visual art, and the unique cultural beauty can be experienced and felt by more people with the help of digital technology! The WebGPU-based (wgpu-rs) brush engine uses fluid simulation to achieve the unique expression of the brush. You can use it to experience the splash of Chinese calligraphy anytime, anywhere, and create brush calligraphy works. Features: * A Chinese traditional calligraphy writing tool; * Adjustable brush size; * Undo / redo; * Brush flying-white simulate; * Write Chinese new year "福"; * Appreciation (replaying the writing process); * Save works to Save your work to the photo library; * Support for iPad Pro; For a more enjoyable calligraphy effect, it is recommended to use on iPhone6s & iPad Air2 and above.

Screenshots

Light Creations4 screens
字习 Pro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: 字习 Pro at weekly against Light Creations's every 8 months. 字习 Pro also leads on price ($1.99 vs $2.99) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.6). Light Creations's advantage is review sentiment (76% vs 60%). On rating, ratings volume, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Light Creations costs $2.99 and 字习 Pro $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.1 for Light Creations against 4.1 for 字习 Pro. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 14 and 7 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 76% of Light Creations's written reviews are positive against 60% of 字习 Pro's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Light Creations ships an update every 8 months, 字习 Pro weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Light Creations versus 字习 Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLight Creations字习 Pro
Price$2.99$1.99 — better
Rating4.1 (14 ratings)4.1 (7 ratings)
Positive reviews76.5% of reviews — better60.0% of reviews
Number of ratings14 — better7
Update frequencyEvery 8 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.612.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB42 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJoachim Wolffram金磊 李

Customer experience

Light Creations

All ratings14 ratings
Positive78.6%
Neutral7.1%
Negative14.3%
Written reviews17 reviews
Positive76.5%
Neutral5.9%
Negative17.6%

字习 Pro

All ratings6 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral16.7%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative20.0%

In-app purchases

None

Light Creations

No in-app purchases

None

字习 Pro

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Light Creations free?
Light Creations costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is 字习 Pro free?
字习 Pro costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Light Creations or 字习 Pro?
Light Creations and 字习 Pro are both rated 4.1 out of 5 on the App Store, from 14 and 7 ratings respectively.
Do Light Creations or 字习 Pro have ads?
Neither Light Creations nor 字习 Pro shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Light Creations or 字习 Pro?
Light Creations ships an update every 8 months, and 字习 Pro weekly. Most recently, Light Creations was updated on November 1, 2026 and 字习 Pro on November 7, 2026.

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