Comparison

活字帖+ | Live Calligraphy+ vs 智永真草千字文+AR

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

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About

活字帖+ | Live Calligraphy+

Practice Chinese brush calligraphy on your iPad or iPhone using original strokes from ancient masters. Focus on character structure and artistic charm to improve your calligraphy skills.

Highlights
  • Practice Chinese calligraphy with finger
  • Uses original strokes from ancient masters
  • Focuses on character structure
  • Includes 8 handscrolls
  • Simulates artistic charm of calligraphy
Features
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*Keyword*: Chinese calligraphy, Chinese culture/art, practice Chinese characters Ever dream of writing Chinese characters like a calligrapher? Now, you can practice Chinese brush calligraphy with your finger in iPad and iPhone. Live Calligraphy use 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. 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) Enjoy Chinese calligraphy~ ---------------------------------------- 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。 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。

About

智永真草千字文+AR

Learn traditional Chinese calligraphy with interactive AR features. Practice individual characters with animated demonstrations and adjustable stroke widths based on your writing style. Export your creations and trace characters in augmented reality.

Highlights
  • Animated character writing demonstrations
  • Adjustable stroke width based on speed and pressure
  • AR mode for tracing and writing practice
  • Switch between regular and cursive script
  • Exportable writing results
  • Single character and phrase practice
Features
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智永(约510-约610),王羲之七世孙,王羲之第五子徽之之后。出家为僧,居山阴(今浙江绍兴)永欣寺。 据载他曾临写真草千字文八百本,分施浙东诸寺。有墨蹟本传世,于唐时流入日本。楷草并列的方式,无疑方便学习者识草认字。此本楷法谨严,一丝不苟,草书字字分立,运笔精熟,可谓温润秀劲兼而有之。 我们为每个字制作了演示动画,共2000个。根据“明”字,修复了“月”字的楷书。根据碑拓版修复了“家给千兵”四个字的草书。 单字临写时,线条宽度会由手指速度、加速度和压力决定。请耐心练习。同时可以切换真书、草书,更方便。 AR临帖模式:对准任意大小适中的正方框(如米字格),即可识别方框并把帖上的字显示在方框中,并在下方显示半透明的描红。可以用毛笔直接在下方书写,或把字双钩到纸上。 We have brush writing demos for each and every characters, totally 2000 in number. Fixed 5 missing characters according to its own content or other versions of the script. When you writing in in the single character scene, finger speed、acceleration and pressure can determine the stroke width of the virtual brush. Please be patient to practice. The AR mode: it can detect a shape of square, and display the character in it, together with a transparent red image below for the user to actually write upon. -Single tap 单点动作:单字临习, 词句注释和临习演示页面。 -Double tap 双点动作:单列放大页面。 -每字演示书写过程。 -可导出书写结果。

Screenshots

活字帖+ | Live Calligraphy+4 screens
智永真草千字文+AR4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: 智永真草千字文+AR at $1.99 against 活字帖+ | Live Calligraphy+'s $5.99. 智永真草千字文+AR also leads on update cadence (every 3 months vs every 7 months). 活字帖+ | Live Calligraphy+'s advantage is ratings volume (17 vs 2). On rating, review sentiment, 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

活字帖+ | Live Calligraphy+ costs $5.99 and 智永真草千字文+AR $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 — 4.9 for 活字帖+ | Live Calligraphy+ against 5.0 for 智永真草千字文+AR. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: 活字帖+ | Live Calligraphy+ has 17 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 92% of 活字帖+ | Live Calligraphy+'s written reviews are positive against 100% of 智永真草千字文+AR's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

活字帖+ | Live Calligraphy+ ships an update every 7 months, 智永真草千字文+AR every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
活字帖+ | Live Calligraphy+ versus 智永真草千字文+AR: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter活字帖+ | Live Calligraphy+智永真草千字文+AR
Price$5.99$1.99 — better
Rating4.9 (17 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews92.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings17 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 3 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size50 MB152 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer哲 盛小龙 高

Customer experience

活字帖+ | Live Calligraphy+

All ratings16 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews26 reviews
Positive92.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative7.7%

智永真草千字文+AR

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

活字帖+ | Live Calligraphy+

No in-app purchases

None

智永真草千字文+AR

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is 活字帖+ | Live Calligraphy+ free?
活字帖+ | Live Calligraphy+ costs $5.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is 智永真草千字文+AR free?
智永真草千字文+AR costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, 活字帖+ | Live Calligraphy+ or 智永真草千字文+AR?
智永真草千字文+AR is rated higher. 活字帖+ | Live Calligraphy+ averages 4.9 out of 5 from 17 ratings, while 智永真草千字文+AR averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do 活字帖+ | Live Calligraphy+ or 智永真草千字文+AR have ads?
Neither 活字帖+ | Live Calligraphy+ nor 智永真草千字文+AR shows ads.
Which is updated more often, 活字帖+ | Live Calligraphy+ or 智永真草千字文+AR?
活字帖+ | Live Calligraphy+ ships an update every 7 months, and 智永真草千字文+AR every 3 months. Most recently, 活字帖+ | Live Calligraphy+ was updated on October 7, 2026 and 智永真草千字文+AR on October 12, 2026.

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