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Four Treasures of the Study

Brush, ink, paper, inkstone

A brush that behaves like a brush: pressure, tilt and speed drive the tip, and the paper answers — raw xuan drinks the ink and blooms, sized xuan holds a crisp edge, a brush running dry leaves flying white. Everything is computed on the device, and nothing ever leaves it.

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What it does

A character a day, to write over

Forty-two sheets, starting with yong — the one character containing all eight fundamental strokes — through single characters, couplets and lines from Wang Wei and Su Shi. The model is a red trace under your ink; it never appears in what you export.

Or type your own

Type a name or a line and the bundled kai shows a double-hook preview for free. Laying that sheet on the desk is part of the Complete Studio. The face is not a historical stele model, and a missing character is named rather than replaced.

Materials that actually differ

Wolf, goat and mixed hair; pine-soot and oil-soot ink; ten papers; the four famous inkstones. Grind the ink yourself and watch the well thicken. None of it is a filter.

Finish it properly

Sign it, date it, cut your own seal and press it. Pick a format and the proportions, the signature and the seal placement all follow. Export at full resolution with no watermark.

Questions

Do I need an Apple Pencil?
No. With a finger, a slow stroke is thicker and a fast one is thinner. An Apple Pencil uses pressure, tilt and azimuth.
Does it need the internet?
No. It makes no network requests at all, has no account and collects nothing.
What does the purchase add?
The remaining 32 copybook sheets, laying a sheet of your own text, the handscroll and album, the mounting workshop, the seal-carving workshop, and print-size export. One payment, no renewal. Writing, the ten starter sheets, the daily sheet, signing, sealing and full-resolution sharing stay free. So does a preview of your own text.

Details

PlatformiOS 17.0+
CategoryEducation
PriceFree, with in-app purchases
Languages3
Works offlineCompletely — no network needed
App Store ID6808542800

This app collects nothing. No account, no analytics, no advertising identifier.