Comparison

Meshk vs Kin Keepsake Vault

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

Head to head
About

Meshk

Master beautiful handwriting with real-time stroke guidance and validation across multiple writing systems. Learn Latin, Chinese, Japanese, Arabic, and Devanagari with structured courses, animated guides, and scored practice sessions. Designed for iPad and Apple Pencil.

Highlights
  • Real-time stroke guidance and validation
  • Support for 6+ writing systems
  • Animated stroke guides
  • Structured courses and exams
  • Lined notebook mode
  • Custom font import
Features
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Learn to write by hand — really write. Meshk is a handwriting and calligraphy trainer that guides your pen stroke by stroke, scores every stroke in real time, and covers 140 writing systems in one app. From Latin cursive and Arabic calligraphy to Chinese hanzi, Japanese kana, Korean Hangul, Devanagari, Tamil, Thai, Cherokee, Ge'ez and N'Ko — 73 scripts in living use today, 66 historic ones, 163 practice packs and 12,818 characters, every one with authentic stroke order. WHAT YOU PRACTICE 140 writing systems Latin (print, cursive, formal script, school manuscript) and Cyrillic · Arabic, Hebrew, Syriac and Thaana · Chinese Simplified and Traditional, Japanese kanji and kana, Korean Hangul and hanja, Bopomofo · 39 Brahmic scripts including Devanagari, Bengali, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Gujarati, Gurmukhi, Odia, Sinhala and Tibetan · 17 Southeast Asian scripts including Thai, Lao, Khmer, Burmese, Javanese, Balinese and Baybayin · African scripts including Ge'ez, N'Ko, Tifinagh, Vai, Adlam and Bamum · Armenian, Georgian and Greek · and 66 historic scripts from Egyptian-era alphabets to Runic, Gothic, Glagolitic, Old Turkic, Brahmi, Linear B and Cuneiform-era writing. Hat — classical Arabic calligraphy Five historical styles taught the traditional way: Naskh, Thuluth, Diwani, Ruq'ah and Kufi, with right-to-left guides and reed-pen (qalam) simulation that reproduces the angled nib of a real calligrapher. Hat Studio Meşk the way calligraphers learn it: 896 Arabic compositions, from single words and joined words to full lines, stacked compositions, panels, the tughra and mirrored writing, each written stroke by stroke with a reed pen. Eight more pen hands (Foundational, Uncial, Cyrillic and Greek broad pen, Hebrew Ashuri, Hangul Panbonche, Chinese Kaishu, Japanese Kaisho) and a drawing shelf of 84 exercises in line, ellipse, form, perspective, value, contour and construction. Real stroke scoring Not tracing theatre. Every stroke is compared with the master stroke for direction, order, shape and placement, then scored. Hints show exactly where your stroke went off. Animated stroke guides Watch each character written stroke by stroke, replay at your own speed, then write it yourself over a dotted outline, on lines, or on a blank page. Courses, lessons and exams Every script has a structured course: single letters, lowercase and uppercase, connecting letters, words, then an exam that scores you and awards stars. Kids Zone Playful, age-appropriate letter tracing for children — shapes, letters, words, badges and streaks, with a progress map they want to finish. Your own practice material Add your own words, your own texts and blank practice papers. Meshk builds lessons from whatever you want to write — a name, a poem, a vocabulary list. Import your own fonts Bring any writing style in as SVG and Meshk turns it into a guided, scored course. MADE FOR APPLE PENCIL Low-latency ink, pressure and tilt response, paper-texture haptics and hover support. It feels like a pen on paper, not a finger on glass. Works on iPhone too. PERFECT FOR • Adults fixing their handwriting • Language learners who want to write, not just type • Calligraphy beginners and enthusiasts • Children learning their first letters • Teachers and tutors running handwriting classes • Anyone learning a new alphabet before a trip, a course or an exam MESHK PRO Meshk Pro opens connecting letters, word lessons, unlimited exams and your own words, texts and practice papers in every course. Download Meshk and write your first letter today.

About

Kin Keepsake Vault

Features
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Kin Keepsake Vault helps families keep practical care details and meaningful memories organized in one calm place. Add child profiles, record allergies and school notes, track vaccines and medications, save doctors and emergency contacts, log growth measurements, capture milestones, write journal memories, and keep family document notes close at hand. Open any child's Timeline to see their whole story in order - milestones, journal entries, growth checks, vaccines, visits, and documents, each stamped with their age at the time. When someone else is watching the kids, the Caregiver Brief compiles allergies, medications, contacts, and what's coming up from the records you already keep, flags anything missing, and shares as text or a printable PDF after you review it. The Family Care Readiness card highlights missing essentials such as child profiles, doctors, emergency contacts, vaccine records, growth or milestone entries, and document notes. Kin Keepsake Vault is designed for parents and caregivers who want a private local organizer without accounts, ads, or tracking. Kin Keepsake Vault is local-first. It does not require an account, does not show ads, does not track users, and stores family records on the device.

Screenshots

Meshk4 screens
Kin Keepsake Vault4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Meshk at Free against Kin Keepsake Vault's $0.99. On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Meshk is free to download; Kin Keepsake Vault costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Meshk ships an update weekly, Kin Keepsake Vault every 9 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Meshk versus Kin Keepsake Vault: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMeshkKin Keepsake Vault
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating3.9 (10 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings10 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 9 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size32 MB3 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperCihat SalikRobert Corbin

In-app purchases

None

Meshk

No in-app purchases

None

Kin Keepsake Vault

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Meshk free?
Meshk is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Kin Keepsake Vault free?
Kin Keepsake Vault costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Meshk or Kin Keepsake Vault have ads?
Neither Meshk nor Kin Keepsake Vault shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Meshk or Kin Keepsake Vault?
Meshk ships an update weekly, and Kin Keepsake Vault every 9 days. Most recently, Meshk was updated on October 24, 2026 and Kin Keepsake Vault on October 24, 2026.

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