Comparison

Curvly vs Khatt Designer

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

Head to head
About

Curvly

Create unique designs by flowing text along custom paths on your photos. Draw any shape, style your text with various fonts and effects, and export high-quality creations. AI can generate backdrops based on your descriptions.

Highlights
  • Freehand path drawing
  • AI-generated image backdrops
  • Multiple text layers
  • Rich text styling and effects
  • Canvas ratio cropping
  • High-resolution export
Features
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Turn your photos into eye-catching designs with curved, flowing text. Curvly lets you draw any freehand path on your photo and instantly places your text along it — creating unique, professional-looking results in seconds. HOW IT WORKS • Choose a photo from your gallery, camera, or search millions of free photos from Unsplash — or describe one and let Curvly AI create it • Pick your canvas: keep the original, or crop to story, post or square before you start • Draw a path with your finger — any shape, any curve, or take a Smart Placement suggestion • Type your text and watch it flow along the path • Style it: one-tap effects, fonts, colors, letter shape and spacing • Export and share your creation FEATURES • Freehand path drawing — complete creative freedom • Smart Placement: on-device suggestions for where your text fits best — arches, waves, lines and badges that steer clear of faces • Canvas ratios: original, 4:5, 9:16, 1:1, 3:4 and 1.91:1 — crop first so your design fits where you'll post it • True typography: real kerning, ligatures, and OpenType shaping • Full Arabic & Urdu support with connected letterforms • Multiple text layers on a single photo • Rotate and resize a layer with two fingers — the path turns with the text • Duplicate a layer with its style: same font, color and effects • Set where the text starts along the path • Rich text styling: fonts, colors, stroke outlines, shadows • Text effects: neon glow, 3D depth, long shadow and outline • Stretch letters taller or wider, open letter spacing, lift text off the path • Drag or pinch right on the preview to fine-tune • Auto-fit text to path length • Wide color (P3) exports that keep your photo's original quality • Pinch-to-zoom export preview • Save and reopen your projects anytime • Built-in Unsplash photo search CURVLY AI • Describe the backdrop you have in mind and get an image in seconds • Add the words you want on it — Curvly AI sets them on curved paths as editable layers, never baked into the image • Choose where the text goes and its style, or start from a ready-made template • Story, post and square sizes, ready to keep designing • Optional weekly or monthly subscription; AI credits renew every period and every Pro feature is included • Only your description and text are sent to create the image — your photos never leave your device CURVLY PRO • Export without watermark • High-resolution export, up to 4K • Premium font collection • 10 Curvly AI credits included • One-time purchase Perfect for social media posts, stories, greeting cards, invitations, quotes, and any creative project where flat text just isn't enough. Terms of Use: https://definetelyhuman.com/apps/curvly/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://definetelyhuman.com/apps/curvly/privacy.html

About

Khatt Designer

Features
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Khatt Designer turns your words into elegant Arabic calligraphic art in seconds. Type your text, pick an authentic Arabic typeface, add a gradient background and an Islamic geometric pattern, then export a high-quality image ready to share. Features: - 10+ authentic Arabic fonts (Naskh, Kufi, Ruqaa, Diwani, and modern), bundled and fully offline. - 38 gradient backgrounds, including a full desert collection. - 11 Islamic geometric patterns: 8-point star, zellij, arabesque, chevron, and more, all adjustable. - 36 ready-made templates: quotes, occasions, business, social, and poetry. - Headline, body, and signature with full control of size, spacing, opacity, and alignment. - Pro color picker, custom gradients, shadows, and decorative frames. - A dedicated Fonts gallery to preview and start from any typeface. - Canvas sizes for square, portrait, story, and wide. - “Shuffle style” for instant design ideas. - Undo/redo, saved projects, and instant image export. - Fully offline. No account, no ads, no tracking. Design greeting cards, occasion posts, quotes, business promos, and poetry, all in beautiful Arabic. Download Khatt Designer and start creating.

Screenshots

Curvly4 screens
Khatt Designer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Khatt Designer at none against Curvly's 1. 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Curvly sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Khatt Designer asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Curvly versus Khatt Designer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCurvlyKhatt Designer
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB28 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlper AlbayrakTREVOR THOMAS

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Curvly

One-time1
  • PRO$9.99
None

Khatt Designer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Curvly free?
Curvly is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Khatt Designer free?
Khatt Designer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Curvly or Khatt Designer have ads?
Neither Curvly nor Khatt Designer shows ads.

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