Comparison

Tinkafont vs Custom Font Maker Keyboard

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

Head to head
About

Tinkafont

Create custom fonts by drawing, digitizing handwriting, or capturing letters with your camera. Offers various drawing tools, stroke thickness options, and grids for precise design. Share your unique typefaces with others.

Highlights
  • Create custom fonts
  • Digitize handwriting
  • Camera capture for letters
  • Drawing tools
  • Adjustable stroke thickness
  • Grids and spacing options
Features
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Make your own fonts? Digitize your handwriting? Draw letters – simple or complex? Capture letters with your camera? You can do all that with Tinkafont – easily and quickly. Functions: - various drawing tools - varying strokes thickness - camera functions - grids - spacing The app is completely free and add-free – play with it as much as you like and share the results with your friends! Only if you decide to download or install the font to use it with other apps or on other devices, we ask for a moderate fee. Try Tinkafont now and see how easy it is to create your very own and very personal typeface!

About

Custom Font Maker Keyboard

Transform your messages with a vast collection of stylish fonts and custom handwriting designs. Personalize your typing experience with colorful keyboard themes and a wide array of symbols, GIFs, and kaomoji. Enhance your communication with a unique touch on all your favorite social media and texting apps.

Highlights
  • 150+ stylish fonts
  • Custom handwriting font creation
  • Colorful keyboard designs
  • Symbols, GIFs, and kaomoji
  • Typing assistance features
  • Compatibility with major social apps
Features
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Give your messages a personal touch with Font Maker Keyboard on iPhone and iPad. Explore styled text, symbols and kaomoji, copy your favorites, and use the custom keyboard in apps that support it. Draw your own characters, save your handwriting designs, and share them as images in apps that accept image pasting. FREE FEATURES • Try the included free text styles and kaomoji. • Copy styled text and symbols. • Create and save your own handwriting designs. • Use the custom keyboard on iPhone and iPad. PREMIUM Subscribe to unlock additional text styles and Premium kaomoji collections. The subscription screen shows the available plans, localized price and billing period before you purchase. Free handwriting creation and symbols remain available without a subscription. COMPATIBILITY AND KEYBOARD SETUP Text styles transform supported Latin letters and numbers into Unicode characters. Appearance and support vary by receiving app, device and language. Handwriting is shared as images, not an installable system font; text-only fields cannot accept handwriting images. Enable Font Maker in Settings > General > Keyboard > Keyboards. Free typing works without Full Access. Optional Full Access lets the keyboard read locally saved handwriting and Premium access from the containing app. The keyboard does not upload what you type. SUBSCRIPTIONS Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Manage or cancel subscriptions in your Apple Account settings. Restore Purchases is available in the app. Terms: https://pages.flycricket.io/font-maker-pro/terms Privacy: https://pages.flycricket.io/font-maker-pro/privacy

Screenshots

Tinkafont4 screens
Custom Font Maker Keyboard4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Custom Font Maker Keyboard at 4.4 against Tinkafont's 3.4. Tinkafont's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 6 weeks). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and in-app purchases 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. Tinkafont sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Custom Font Maker Keyboard sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Custom Font Maker Keyboard holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 17 and 41 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 56% of Tinkafont's written reviews are positive against 50% of Custom Font Maker Keyboard's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tinkafont ships an update every 2 weeks, Custom Font Maker Keyboard every 6 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Tinkafont versus Custom Font Maker Keyboard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTinkafontCustom Font Maker Keyboard
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.4 (17 ratings)4.4 (41 ratings) — better
Positive reviews55.6% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings1741 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.3 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size114 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTinkaTinkaAzizbek Asadov

Customer experience

Tinkafont

All ratings17 ratings
Positive52.9%
Neutral17.6%
Negative29.4%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive55.6%
Neutral11.1%
Negative33.3%

Custom Font Maker Keyboard

All ratings41 ratings
Positive82.9%
Neutral7.3%
Negative9.8%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Tinkafont

One-time3
  • Font for private use$9.99
  • Font upgrade for commercial use$14.99
  • Font for commercial use$24.99
3 purchases

Custom Font Maker Keyboard

Subscriptions3
  • Weekly$0.997 Days
  • 1 Month$4.991 Month
  • 12 Months$19.991 Year

Questions

Is Tinkafont free?
Tinkafont is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Custom Font Maker Keyboard free?
Custom Font Maker Keyboard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Tinkafont or Custom Font Maker Keyboard?
Custom Font Maker Keyboard is rated higher. Tinkafont averages 3.4 out of 5 from 17 ratings, while Custom Font Maker Keyboard averages 4.4 from 41 ratings.
Do Tinkafont or Custom Font Maker Keyboard have ads?
Custom Font Maker Keyboard shows ads; Tinkafont does not.
Which is updated more often, Tinkafont or Custom Font Maker Keyboard?
Tinkafont ships an update every 2 weeks, and Custom Font Maker Keyboard every 6 weeks. Most recently, Tinkafont was updated on October 24, 2026 and Custom Font Maker Keyboard on October 24, 2026.

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