Calligraphy HD vs Smart Note Notepad
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Calligraphy HD
Explore the art of calligraphy with a wide selection of digital nibs and brushes. Customize stroke thickness, texture, and pen angle to develop your unique lettering style. Save your creations to your device's photo gallery.
- Customizable nibs and brushes
- Adjustable stroke thickness
- Varying stroke texture
- Pen angle control
- Variety of backgrounds
- Save artwork to gallery
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Develop and create your very personal lettering style with Calligraphy HD Calligraphy HD comes with a choice of nibs and brushes, simply select your favourite tool and instantly vary nib thickness, stroke texture and pen angle. Discover a variety of backgrounds and save your artwork to your device photo gallery.
Smart Note Notepad
Create visually appealing notes and memos using professionally designed coloring paper styles. This app offers a simple gallery interface for easy management and editing of your digital creations.
- Gallery interface
- Customizable paper styles
- Pinch to zoom
- Edit cells
- Draw memos
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with simple and awesome gallery interface. make beautiful notes and memos with professionally designed coloring paper styles. thank you for your support ! relax and wonderful digital experience on iPhone and iPad ! How to use. pinch And stretch fingers to zoom, press hold or swipe to edit cells in collection, The Creativity Never Ends ! appreciate your encouragement with good comments.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Calligraphy HD at 1.6 against Smart Note Notepad's 1.0. Calligraphy HD also leads on ratings volume (64 vs 1) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 14.1). On price, review sentiment, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Calligraphy HD sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Smart Note Notepad sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Calligraphy HD holds the better App Store score, 1.6 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Calligraphy HD has 64 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 12% of Calligraphy HD's written reviews are positive against 10% of Smart Note Notepad's.
Calligraphy HD ships an update every 3 months, Smart Note Notepad every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and June 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Calligraphy HD | Smart Note Notepad |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.6 (64 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 11.5% of reviews — better | 10.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 64 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 14.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | TOUCHSCREEN LEARNING LTD | JIN HWAN KIM |
Customer experience
Calligraphy HD
Smart Note Notepad
In-app purchases
Calligraphy HD
- Calligraphy HD Full App$2.99
Smart Note Notepad
- upgrade to pro$3.99
Questions
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