Mashq Free
Start today
AED 0free, always
- Practice pages in all five scripts
- Printable A4 practice sheets
- A stroke like a reed pen’s, with a score for every try
- Level 1 of every course
Mashq Learn
Learn Arabic calligraphy, one letter at a time
You write on your screen with a stroke like a reed pen’s. We check each letter the way a teacher would: how tall it is, where it sits on the line, how it leans. The first level of every script is free. After that, AED 15 a month.
Score 98% ✓Height 7 / 7 dots ✓What you get
Everything below already works in the Studio. Level 1 of every script is free.
A stroke like a reed pen’s
Pull along the line and the stroke is broad; bring it down and it narrows, as a reed pen’s stroke does. Use a mouse, your finger or an Apple Pencil.
Letters measured in dots
A calligrapher measures every letter in dots of the pen that writes it. The alif stands three dots tall in Ruq’ah and seven in Thuluth. We measure yours after every try.
Forty-three lessons for each script
You start with the pen and a single dot. Then letters, joined letters, words, and finally whole lines copied from a master calligrapher.
From the model to memory
Every letter goes through four steps: over the faint letter, inside the hollow letter, beside the model, then from memory. The model stays in sight until the last step.
A word after every try
When a try misses, the lesson tells you the first thing to mend, in dots: your alif is short by one dot, or it stands above the line. After three tries you may go back a step or go on.
A film for every lesson
Every lesson of the Naskh, Ruq’ah and Diwani paths has its own narrated film, in English and in Arabic: the letters of the lesson, the measure, and each of the four steps as it looks. The films of level 1 are free; the other scripts follow.
Your sheet, read by the camera
Write the alif on paper, set its dots beside it and show the sheet to the camera. It counts the dots and tells you the first thing a teacher would say. It runs on your own device. Nothing is recorded or sent.
It remembers your weak letters
Open your course and it shows the next lesson and the three letters you scored lowest on, so you practise what needs it.
A real calligrapher, when you want one
The Calligrapher plan adds two written corrections of your paper pages a month. Level exams marked by a calligrapher are planned, not yet open: no plan includes one today; when the level exams open, Smart Coach and above get one a year at no extra cost.
Have a look first
Real screens from the Studio, and the design of the certificate given when the level exams open (planned, not yet).
Pick a plan
Prices are in dirhams, and nothing is added at checkout. Pay for the year and you save about a third.
Most selected: Smart Coach, AED 25 a month or AED 199 a year. It opens every lesson after level 1, in all five scripts. See Smart Coach
Mashq Smart
One script
AED 120a yearyou save AED 60or AED 15 a month
AED 15a month
- The whole 43-lesson course in one script
- Every letter checked for height, line and lean
- Guides that fade as you improve, until you write from memory
- Your scores and practice records
Most selected
Smart Coach
All five scripts
AED 199a yearyou save AED 101or AED 25 a month
AED 25a month
- Everything in Smart, in all five scripts
- Your weakest letters, brought back each time
- A level exam a year at no extra cost when the level exams open (planned, not yet)
- Includes Mashq Studio: unlimited clean exports while your plan is active
Mashq Family
Four people, one plan
AED 349a year
AED 349a year · yearly only
- Smart Coach for up to four people
- See how everyone is doing
- A weekly summary you can share on WhatsApp
- A family league, scored on letters learned, not time spent
- Includes Mashq Studio: unlimited clean exports while your plan is active
Which plan is for me?
I want one script, from the first letter to whole lines.Mashq Smart · AED 15 a monthI want to try all five scripts, and have my weak letters brought back.Smart Coach · AED 199 a year · the most selected · Mashq Studio includedWe are a family: up to four of us at home.Mashq Family · AED 349 a year · with a family page and Mashq Studio
Level 1 of every script is free. Nothing is added at checkout, and you can cancel any time. Already subscribed? Open your plan on this device
With a Calligrapher
Everything in Smart Coach, plus a calligrapher who reads your paper pages: send photos of them and get two written corrections a month. When the level exams open, yours are marked first.
AED 249a month · or AED 1,990 a year
For schools
One licence per student, levels that follow the Hurufi workbooks, and a class view for the teacher (coming). From 30 seats.
AED 100 per seat a year · for teachers
Compare the plans
| Mashq Free | Mashq Smart | Smart Coach | Mashq Family | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Practice pages and A4 sheets | ||||
| A stroke like a reed pen’s | ||||
| Full course | level 1 | 1 script | 5 scripts | 5 scripts |
| Lesson films, English and Arabic (Naskh, Ruq’ah and Diwani) | level 1 | |||
| Letter checks (height, line, lean) | — | |||
| Weak letters brought back | — | — | ||
| Mashq Studio: unlimited clean exports while the plan is active | — | — | ||
| Your sheet read by the camera (on your device) | ||||
| Level exam marked by a calligrapher — in no plan today; counted again when the level exams open | — | — | — | — |
| People | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Questions
Why is yearly the default?
Calligraphy takes months of steady practice, not a weekend. Smart costs AED 120 for the year instead of AED 180 paid monthly, and a year is about how long it takes to see your hand really change.
Does AI write the calligraphy?
No. Every model letter comes from real typefaces and from a calligrapher’s own work. The software only measures what you write, on the screen and on your own sheet.
How do I get my plan after paying?
Stripe brings you back to a welcome page that shows your code. Keep it. With the code and the email you paid with, you can open your plan on another phone or computer from the same page.
What do I pay at checkout?
Exactly the price shown, in UAE dirhams. Nothing is added at checkout. MASHQ is a brand of 1click2open LLC, registered in Sharjah.
Can I cancel?
Yes, whenever you like. Send us a message on WhatsApp and we cancel it; your plan keeps running until the end of the period you paid for.
Your first letter is free
Open the course, pick up the pen and write an alif.