Cool Type Keyboard vs Font Up
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cool Type Keyboard
Express yourself with custom fonts and themes directly from your keyboard. Personalize your typing experience by matching your keyboard to your outfit or surroundings. Supports all chat and messaging apps on iOS devices.
- Creative font styles
- Customizable keyboard themes
- Match theme to photos
- Supports all messaging apps
- Over 100 font styles
- Regular updates
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Write with style everywhere using your keyboard!!! Dress Up! Change theme to the keyboard by taking a picture! Pair your keyboard with your clothes or with colors that surround you Exclusively for apple iOS devices! Compatible with iPhone, iPad and iPods All applications for chat and messaging are supported! If you can type you can use it :) Just activate and select the custom keyboard and start typing (Instructions in app) More than 100 different styles!!! Constantly updated and improved. Write suggestions and recommendations in the review to help us create new styles ϖƦĬŦℨ ϖĬŦℌ ṨŦƳĹℨ! Ⓤⓢⓔ ⓣⓗⓔ ⓡⓘⓖⓗⓣ ⓦⓞⓡⓓⓢ Sǝup ɟnuuʎ ɯǝssɐƃǝs Дↁↁ эмотіоиѕ то Ўоцѓ соммэитѕ
Font Up
Facilitate communication for individuals with hearing impairments. Type messages and adjust font size and color for clear display on the entire screen. A simple tool to bridge communication gaps.
- Full screen display
- Adjustable font size
- Adjustable font color
- One-click clear content
- Dark mode support
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As the elders in the family get older and their hearing becomes more or less poor, communication becomes extremely inconvenient, sometimes shouting out loud will not help. Font Up is software for people with hearing impairments or family members with hearing impairments in the family. Just type out the words you want to say, and then adjust the font size and color to make it easier for people with hearing impairments to communicate with people with normal hearing. Features: * Use the entire screen to show what you want to communicate (iPhone or iPad) * Font size and color can be adjusted freely * Clear content with one click for easier communication * Support dark mode
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Cool Type Keyboard at 57% against Font Up's 0%. Cool Type Keyboard also leads on price (Free vs $0.99) and rating (4.4 vs 3.8). Font Up's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and ads (none vs shown). On update cadence, device support and iOS requirement 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
Cool Type Keyboard is free to download; Font Up costs $0.99 up front. Cool Type Keyboard sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Font Up asks for nothing beyond the download.
Cool Type Keyboard holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cool Type Keyboard has 42 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 57% of Cool Type Keyboard's written reviews are positive against 0% of Font Up's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 7 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Cool Type Keyboard | Font Up |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 4.4 (42 ratings) — better | 3.8 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 57.1% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 42 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 7 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Salvatore Petrazzuolo | 恒俭 董 |
Customer experience
Cool Type Keyboard
Font Up
In-app purchases
Cool Type Keyboard
- Remove advertising$1.99
- Unlock pro styles$2.99
- Unlock premium styles$3.99
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- Unlimited custom themes$3.99
Font Up
No in-app purchases
Questions
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