It’s never too late to learn a skill. If you’ve always wanted to learn calligraphy or simply improve your handwriting, now you can start with these Android apps.
The apps will guide you through the process step-by-step so that you can gradually pick up the tips and tricks to write beautifully. The target audience of some of these apps is children. However, adults can benefit from the courses just as much.
So, let’s look at seven of the best Android apps you can use to practice calligraphy and improve your handwriting.
1. LazyDog
LazyDog is a calligraphy and cursive writing app. This app provides more than five writing styles to help practice calligraphy and writing skills to improve your handwriting.
These styles include a monoline copper plate, blackletter, basic italic cursive, comic lettering, and more. The app provides different tips to the writer as to where to add pressure and when to use strokes and pen angles.
When you start practicing a particular style, you will be provided with constant feedback about your strokes and writing, and encouraged through remarks like “Not bad” or “Well done.” You can start practicing with words, capitals, or customized words, whichever you prefer.
Download: LazyDog (Free)
2. Stylograph
Stylograph is a pretty useful and simple app for learning new writing fonts and calligraphy styles. This app offers more than 20 writing scripts in 20 different colors. It also helps you choose between a round and square pen or brush to practice freely.
Stylograph gives you the options to choose from alphabets, numbers, and words to start the practice. Once you choose the category, it allows you to choose the script and even lets you pick the word of your choice.
This app gives immediate feedback about the accuracy of your writing by giving a reading on the accuracy meter from zero to 100 percent, which helps you improve with each practice session. Moreover, the app also allows you to clear, undo, swap as well as share your writing.
Download: Stylograph (Free)
3. Cursive Calligraphic ABC
If you are interested in cursive writing, Cursive Calligraphy ABC is your app. It provides a combination of cursive writing and calligraphy and allows you to choose from either type of alphabet.
You can practice all alphabets, or random lowercase or capital letters from cursive alphabets. The same is the case with calligraphy alphabets—it allows both capital and small letters on the go.
During the practice of cursive alphabets, the app first demonstrates how to write by filling up the letter with different colors and then makes you practice it. In the case of calligraphy, practice numbers with arrows are given to prompt you towards the right direction and accurate tracing. The writing is very professional and can be used by kids as well as adults.
Download: Cursive Calligraphic ABC (Free)
4. Calligrapher
If you want to create new calligraphy styles, write and practice freely, and want to choose from a variety of backgrounds and colors, Calligrapher provides you with all this. This app makes use of different kinds of pens and pencils to help you create calligraphic designs on different backgrounds.
There are four kinds of pens, with different widths and varying thicknesses depending on the speed of movement. They all create different styles, allow different colors of lines and backgrounds, and also help you save your art in the gallery for future use.
The app also has a pro version which offers some advanced features. For example, you can change the slope angles of the pencils to different degrees for creating unique calligraphic designs.
Download: Calligrapher (Free, premium version available)
5. Flourish
Flourish is a digital calligraphy app for Android which helps you practice handwriting. This app contains more than 50 tracing alphabets as well as hand-drawn calligrams to practice. You can also choose different background textures once you have completed your tracing.
The app provides you with a number of pens, paintbrushes, and markers to help you create different designs. Moreover, it also allows multiple colors to be chosen as backgrounds for your art.
You can save your art in the gallery and can use it later. This app also has a pro version which unlocks some pens and markers, background fonts, and some designs, as well as tracing words.
Download: Flourish (Free, premium version available)
6. Easy Cursive Handwriting
This app is an easy cursive writing learning app that can benefit different age groups, primarily school-going children. The app contains two modes: easy mode and self-learning mode.
Easy mode allows you to initially see the demo tracing and then trace it yourself. The self-learning mode allows you to choose your particular style and creates worksheets of your chosen alphabets and practice.
When you open the app, it gives you the slides to help you understand how the app works, and once you have read through, you can start. You can zoom in and out your self-created worksheets and can also change pen size. This app has no in-app purchases and also is lightweight.
Download: Easy Cursive Handwriting (Free)
7. Cursive Writing Wizard
This app is very useful for new learners, especially children who have started mastering the skill of writing. Cursive Writing Wizard allows you to trace alphabets, numbers, words, and simple lines and signs.
The app makes tracing fun by adding sounds and animated stickers, and animating letters and games as you complete them.
It saves your progress and generates reports, and helps make profiles. The settings allow you to change the font, game time, work in left-handed mode, as well as many other things.
Cursive Writing Wizard also allows teachers and parents to customize the tracing alphabets, numbers, and words according to the educational level of the child. This app also has a paid version which gives you access to worksheets, the addition of extra words, and some other features.
Download: Cursive Writing Wizard (Free, in-app purchases available)
Improve Your Handwriting With These Apps
Practice is the key here, as it is with learning any skill. These apps won’t magically make you a calligrapher unless you practice daily. Try out a couple of these apps to find the one suitable for you. Each app has some unique features on offer that you might find useful.