Comparison

Bear Markdown Notes & Journal vs Fonts

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

Head to head
About

Bear Markdown Notes & Journal

A beautiful and simple Markdown app for capturing, writing, and organizing your thoughts and ideas. It offers a distraction-free writing environment, flexible formatting, and powerful organizational tools like tags and tasks. Ideal for anyone looking to streamline their note-taking and creative processes.

Highlights
  • Distraction-free writing environment
  • Flexible Markdown formatting
  • Tag-based organization
  • Task management
  • Note linking (WikiLinks)
  • Web clipping extension
  • Apple Pencil sketching
Features
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Bear is a beautiful, powerfully simple Markdown app to capture, write, and organize your life. ​ Take notes, plan your day, journal thoughts, organize tables, create lists and tasks, sketch ideas, link notes together, write a book, and much more. Bear is used by writers, lawyers, chefs, CEOs, teachers, doctors, engineers, students, parents.. you get the picture. Getting started couldn’t be faster—no signup and no account. Just open a note and write naturally. ​ "My journaling app of choice is Bear" - Kit Eaton, New York Times ​ * 2017 Apple Design Award * 2016 App Store App of the Year * Editors' choice for 7 consecutive years * Most of our parents love it ​ ## BEAUTIFUL. SIMPLE. POWERFUL. PRIVATE - Tools stay out of your way so you can just write - Sketch ideas on iPad with an extendable canvas and Apple Pencil (and other styli) - Clip web pages and other content with Bear’s app extension - The redesigned Info Panel now with Table of Contents and Backlinks - Use Apple Watch to dictate and append to recent notes - Support for all the scripts including RTL languages like Arabic, Hebrew, and Persian - Easily create notes with Siri and Shortcuts - Your notes, not ours - Bear is private at its core: We cannot see your notes, tags, or anything else ​ ## FLEXIBLE MARKDOWN ​ - Work in plain text - easy to move between apps - Still use formatting like bold, italics, strikethrough, links, tables, and more with Markdown - Combine text styles like bold and underline, even in headings - Markdown hides for a clean reading experience - Use WikiLinks to connect notes and build a personal wiki or knowledge management tool ​ ## GET ORGANIZED with #tags, tasks, and more ​ - Add #tags, #multi-word tags# and even #multiple/nested/tags anywhere in a note for quick organization - Pin important tags to the top of the Sidebar - Make important tags stand out in the Sidebar with TagCons - Add tasks to notes and easily view all notes that include tasks - Fold sections to get them out of the way ​ ## SHARING MADE EASY ​ - Export notes to plain text, Markdown, TextBundle, Bear note, and rich text - Export notes to HTML, DocX, PDF, JPG, and ePub (Bear Pro required) - Easily share your notes to any third-party app with the Share Sheet ​ ## SEARCH FAR AND WIDE ​ - Use Spotlight to search your notes from anywhere - Search for text inside photos and PDFs (Bear Pro required) - Focus on specific types of notes with powerful Special Searches like @todo, @images, and @yesterday ​ ## CREATE YOUR COZY SPACE ​ * Pick from nearly 30 themes for the perfect writing space in both Light and Dark Mode (Bear Pro required) * Choose an app icon that speaks to your personality (Bear Pro required) * Set your own fonts for plain text, headings, and code * Set line height and width, paragraph spacing, and more ​ ## GET MORE WITH BEAR PRO ​ One subscription enables a variety of features on all your devices and keeps the Bear hugs coming. ​ - Sync notes between your iPhone, iPad, and Mac via iCloud - Encrypt individual notes with a password that is entirely private to you - Lock Bear with Face/Touch ID - Export to more formats including HTML, DocX, PDF, JPG, and ePub - Search for text inside images and PDFs in Bear notes - Over 30 beautiful app themes & app icons ​ $2.99 monthly $29.99 yearly 14-day free trial ​ ----- Price may vary by location. Subscriptions will be charged to your credit card through your App Store account. Your subscription will automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You will not be able to cancel the subscription once activated. After purchase, manage your subscriptions in App Store Account Settings. Any unused portion of a free trial period will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription. ----- ​ bear@shinyfrog.net Twitter: BearNotesApp Reddit: reddit.com/r/BearApp Facebook: BearNotes Instagram: BearNotesApp Privacy Policy: http://www.bear.app/privacy/ Terms of Service: http://www.bear.app/terms/

About

Fonts

Easily manage and preview all fonts installed on your iPhone. Generate shareable image previews of any font and explore over 100 additional fonts to enhance your device's typography.

Highlights
  • Font Manager
  • Font Preview
  • Export as Image
  • 100+ Additional Fonts
  • Regular Font Updates
Features
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A Professional tools for your Fonts in iPhone Features - Font Manager You can manage all the fonts installed on your iPhone - Preview This app enable you preview all fonts installed - Export All Preview can be generated as image for you to share - Fonts More than 100+ fonts for you to choose, and the fonts will be upodated on a regular basis

Screenshots

Bear Markdown Notes & Journal4 screens
Fonts4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Fonts at none against Bear Markdown Notes & Journal's 2. Fonts also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16). Bear Markdown Notes & Journal's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (77% vs 61%). On price, rating, ratings volume and device support 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. Bear Markdown Notes & Journal sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Fonts asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Bear Markdown Notes & Journal against 4.6 for Fonts. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6.9K and 14K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 77% of Bear Markdown Notes & Journal's written reviews are positive against 61% of Fonts's.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Bear Markdown Notes & Journal versus Fonts: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBear Markdown Notes & JournalFonts
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (6.9K ratings) — better4.6 (14K ratings)
Positive reviews76.9% of reviews — better60.7% of reviews
Number of ratings6.9K14K — better
Update frequencyEvery 10 days—
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS1613.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size230 MB169 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShiny Frog Ltd.OCO Inc.

Customer experience

Bear Markdown Notes & Journal

All ratings6,870 ratings
Positive91.6%
Neutral2.6%
Negative5.8%
Written reviews1,754 reviews
Positive76.9%
Neutral9.5%
Negative13.7%

Fonts

All ratings13,415 ratings
Positive90.1%
Neutral4.8%
Negative5.1%
Written reviews652 reviews
Positive60.7%
Neutral7.4%
Negative31.9%

User reviews

Bear Markdown Notes & Journal

From 6.9K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Elegant and minimalist design
  • 🚀 Smooth and fast performance
  • 💡 Flexible tagging system for organization
  • 🔒 Secure and private notes
  • 🎨 Customizable themes and fonts

Room to improve

  • 🔒 Subscription required for syncing and advanced features
  • 🔍 Limited search functionality within notes on iOS
  • 🖼️ Issues with image handling and resizing
  • 🐛 Occasional bugs and crashes reported
  • 💻 Lack of web/Windows app for cross-platform access

Fonts

From 14K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 User-friendly interface
  • 🚀 Wide range of features
  • 💰 Free to use
  • 🎨 Variety of fonts
  • ✨ Elegant and stylish fonts

Room to improve

  • 🔍 Limited font selection
  • 🚫 Fonts don't work on all apps/platforms
  • 📢 Frequent ads
  • 🔒 Security concerns with website
  • 🤔 Unclear how to use/install fonts

Bugs and requests

Bear Markdown Notes & Journal

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Sync issues causing note conflicts and data loss
  • Cursor jumping and input issues on iPad
  • Inconsistent behavior when importing/exporting content

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add password protection for individual notes
  • Improve search capabilities to find text within notes
  • Implement table support for more robust note-taking
  • Develop a web-based version for broader accessibility
  • Allow manual sorting and organization of notes

Fonts

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Fonts not showing up after installation
  • Fonts not working as expected
  • App crashes or freezes

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add search functionality
  • Allow custom font uploads
  • Integrate fonts directly with messaging apps
  • Provide more guidance and instructions

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Bear Markdown Notes & Journal

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Pro subscription7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Yearly Pro subscription7 Days trial$29.991 Year
None

Fonts

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Bear Markdown Notes & Journal free?
Bear Markdown Notes & Journal is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Fonts free?
Fonts is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Bear Markdown Notes & Journal or Fonts?
Bear Markdown Notes & Journal is rated higher. Bear Markdown Notes & Journal averages 4.7 out of 5 from 6.9K ratings, while Fonts averages 4.6 from 14K ratings.
Do Bear Markdown Notes & Journal or Fonts have ads?
Fonts shows ads; Bear Markdown Notes & Journal does not.

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