Comparison

Calligraphy Handbook vs Pattern Art

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

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About

Calligraphy Handbook

This app is a digital tool for learning and practicing calligraphy. It offers various pens, colors, and effects for both beginners and experienced artists. Users can also challenge friends or test their skills with a calligraphy game.

Highlights
  • Digital pens and papers for learning
  • Unique pen and color effects
  • Calligraphy game for skill evaluation
  • 11 calligraphic pens and 1 pointed pen
  • 19 calligraphic hands in various styles
  • Layer management for artistic creation
  • Export creations to camera roll or email
Features
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It's proven that practicing calligraphy can quickly improve bad handwriting by a better understanding of letters' structure and proportion. Writing bigger letters helps to make curves and lines correctly. The beauty of the letters will make the task of writing more pleasant. Calligraphy is also a very constructive leisure. It develops virtues such as patience, attention to detail, perfection, willingness to learn, and the sense of beauty. Calligraphy is a full art form using letters, words and illuminations. It’s also a meditation process when your mind focuses on the strokes, beautifully draw lines and curves, following your intuition and inspiration. The only pre-requirement to this art is the knowledge of writing, which everyone is proficient. Calligraphy has a high potential of discoveries, it’s one of the rare art form that you can start from a basis you already know: writing letters and words. 1/ CALLIGRAPHY HANDBOOK is a perfect tool for learning and improving your calligraphy skill. As a beginner, the app will provide the best digital pens and papers for your learning. Don’t waste paper and ink now, digital tools are endlessly renewable. As a confirmed calligrapher, you will find pen and color effects that are impossible to create in real life: 6 small parallel lines, 4 size-lines, light effect pen, shaded line, rainbow effect, mixed colors in one stroke, alternated colors in one letter… 2/ CHALLENGE your friends in different writing styles, or simply evaluate your skill with the incredible calligraphy game. Reproduce a model inside a limited space, with a limited number of strokes, and see how many stars you can gain. Avoid actions as: undo, exceeding strokes or using tracing image. Otherwise your score will be heavily cut down. 3/ WRITING TOOLS: - 11 calligraphic pens - 1 pointed pen - 12 mixed colors effects - 12 alternated colors effects - 1 eraser - Smoothed strokes for all pens, let you draw perfect curves and lines. NOTE: we have intentionally made the strokes slower and smoother, because drawing beautiful letters has to be done in a slower speed compared to handwriting or painting. Calligraphy is a highly relaxing activity, a slow motion is the best for it. Writing features and supplies: - 19 calligraphic hands in a large choice of styles (more hands are coming with future updates) - Old papers - Guiding lines - Shadowed letters for tracing - 24 preset pen angles - 63 premixed colors - Export your writing to the camera roll or by email. - Palm rejection - Pen offset 4 / ARTISTIC CREATION. Calligraphy Handbook is a truly comprehensive tool for creating calligraphic works (greeting card, invitation, letterhead, logo, brochure, magazine cover, etc ... - Users can create true works of art with all the calligraphic tools. - An entire page is provided with layers management. - A gallery to save works in progress. - The gallery is organized by blocks, each block contains an unlimited number of pages. - The works and the blocks can be exported and shared in png or pdf formats. - Shadows and texture can be added to your lettering. 5/ TIPS: - Draw your letters very very SLOWLY. - Take a long breathe before a long stroke, then expire slowly and regularly while drawing. - Take a comfortable sitting position. - Clean up your screen frequently. - When following the lessons in this app, don’t pressure yourself to immediately draw perfect letters, but simply follow your intuition and focus on the movement of the strokes. It’s not so important to get completely correct letters, don’t forget, it’s not typography. - Relax yourself before starting a calligraphy session, you will have better strokes. Stretch and simply shake your hands and shoulders. Take a comfortable sitting position.

About

Pattern Art

Create stunning patterns, wallpapers, and prints with a professional editor. Utilize AI tools for photo integration and access a vast library of motifs. Share your creations and explore designs from a global community.

Highlights
  • Make beautiful patterns, wallpapers, backgrounds & prints
  • Professional editor for seamless patterns
  • AI Eraser to add photos
  • 1000+ motifs/stickers
  • Browse and share patterns
  • Community pattern gallery
Features
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- Make Beautiful Patterns, Wallpapers, Backgrounds & Prints. - Professional Editor for Seamless Patterns - AI Eraser to add Photos - 1000+ Motifs / Stickers in Various Styles - Browse Patterns Made by others - & Share Your Own! Important: - The app allows users to publish their own patterns. We strive to keep the community safe, but if you do see inappropriate content, please report it via the in-app features and we will take action within 24h. Publication of inappropriate content or abusive behavior is not tolerated and will result in ejection from the platform. - The app is free to download and offers the ability to make a limited number of patterns and limited features for free and with ads. You can subscribe for unlimited features and to remove ads. - Prices vary by country and subscription; please check the terms that apply to you at the time of purchase. For the USA, subscriptions are $6.99/week, $18.99/month or $39.99/year and may include a 3 day free trial. - Payment will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned-off at least 24h before he end of the current period. Account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period at the cost of the chosen package. Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned-off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase. No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during active subscription period. Any unused portion of a free trial, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription. - Subscriptions are linked to your account rather than to a given installation of an app on a device. Therefore cancelling a free trial or subscription must be done via your account Settings. Just deleting the app does not automatically cancel a subscription. If you need assistance, please contact us at suppport [at] dailyltd.com and we'll be keen to help. But please note that for privacy and security reasons, we as developers are unable to directly access your account and alter your subscription on your behalf. - Privacy policy: http://dailyltd.com/privacy - Terms of use: http://dailyltd.com/terms

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Pattern Art at weekly against Calligraphy Handbook's every 4 months. Pattern Art also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and ratings volume (1.6K vs 518). Calligraphy Handbook's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 11.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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. Calligraphy Handbook sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Pattern Art sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Calligraphy Handbook against 4.4 for Pattern Art. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 518 and 1.6K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 70% of Calligraphy Handbook's written reviews are positive against 76% of Pattern Art's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Calligraphy Handbook ships an update every 4 months, Pattern Art weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Calligraphy Handbook versus Pattern Art: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCalligraphy HandbookPattern Art
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (518 ratings) — better4.4 (1.6K ratings)
Positive reviews70.0% of reviews75.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings5181.6K — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS9.0 — better11.0
Further details — not scored
Size257 MB86 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperEtienne Nguyen Tan HonDaily Apps

Customer experience

Calligraphy Handbook

All ratings518 ratings
Positive88.2%
Neutral3.9%
Negative7.9%
Written reviews150 reviews
Positive70.0%
Neutral10.7%
Negative19.3%

Pattern Art

All ratings1,633 ratings
Positive85.5%
Neutral3.9%
Negative10.6%
Written reviews641 reviews
Positive75.8%
Neutral6.1%
Negative18.1%

User reviews

Calligraphy Handbook

From 518 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Helpful for learning calligraphy
  • 💡 Variety of font styles and color options
  • 👍 Calming and meditative experience
  • 👍 Great for beginners and intermediate users
  • 👍 Useful for practicing without supplies

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent crashes and bugs
  • 💰 Misleading about free features
  • 🔒 Lack of palm rejection and input issues
  • 👎 Overly strict grading system
  • 👎 Limited free features, need to pay for full access

Pattern Art

From 1.6K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Fun and creative app
  • 💡 Ability to import own images
  • 🚀 Easy to use
  • 🚀 Great for making patterns
  • 👍 Lots of options and motifs

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Glitchy and unstable
  • 🐛 Hard to navigate and control
  • 🐛 Lack of undo/redo functionality
  • 💰 Expensive subscription model
  • 💡 Need more customization options

Bugs and requests

Calligraphy Handbook

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • App crashes when switching between uppercase and lowercase letters
  • Undo feature causes freezing and loss of progress
  • Inconsistent performance and lag when using Apple Pencil
  • Restoration of in-app purchases not working as expected

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add more font styles, especially Gothic and modern
  • Implement better palm rejection and input handling
  • Allow users to favorite/save preferred font styles
  • Add the ability to practice full words and sentences
  • Improve export and sharing options

Pattern Art

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Crashing issues
  • Motifs disappearing behind background
  • Difficulty resizing and rotating elements
  • Automatic subscription sign-ups

Requested features

5 requests
  • Search function for motifs
  • Ability to adjust background color
  • Improved layer management
  • Option to export larger images
  • Unlimited pattern creation

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Calligraphy Handbook

One-time1
  • Unlock All Features$3.99
10 purchases

Pattern Art

Subscriptions10
  • Pattern Art Premium3 Days trial$4.997 Days
  • Pattern Art Premium$4.997 Days
  • Pattern Art Weekly with Trial3 Days trial$6.997 Days
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  • Pattern Art Weekly$6.997 Days
  • Pattern Art Premium3 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Pattern Art Premium$9.991 Month
  • Pattern Art Monthly3 Days trial$18.991 Month
  • Pattern Art Yearly3 Days trial$39.991 Year
  • Pattern Art Premium$39.991 Year
  • Pattern Art Premium3 Days trial$69.991 Year

Questions

Is Calligraphy Handbook free?
Calligraphy Handbook is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pattern Art free?
Pattern Art is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Calligraphy Handbook or Pattern Art?
Calligraphy Handbook is rated higher. Calligraphy Handbook averages 4.5 out of 5 from 518 ratings, while Pattern Art averages 4.4 from 1.6K ratings.
Do Calligraphy Handbook or Pattern Art have ads?
Neither Calligraphy Handbook nor Pattern Art shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Calligraphy Handbook or Pattern Art?
Calligraphy Handbook ships an update every 4 months, and Pattern Art weekly. Most recently, Calligraphy Handbook was updated on October 14, 2026 and Pattern Art on October 17, 2026.

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