Comparison

Font Info vs Direct

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

Head to head
About

Font Info

Explore detailed information about all fonts installed on your device. Discover system fonts, built-in families, and individual font face characteristics like designer, metrics, and stylistic traits. Test fonts with a sample text editor and find similar font families.

Highlights
  • View system and built-in font families
  • Detailed font face information (designer, copyright)
  • Font traits and stylistic descriptions
  • Font metrics (ascender, descender, leading)
  • Sample text editor for font testing
  • Find similar font families
  • Share screenshots of font information
Features
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Everything you want to know about the available FONTS in your device but were afraid to ask. Font Info is a small and useful utility that lets you see detailed information about installed font families and faces in your device. SHOW SYSTEM FONT • Detect the fonts used for standard interface items that are rendered in regular / bold / italic type. • Detect the fonts and sizes associated with the text style (headings, body, footnotes, captions, etc) and scaled appropriately for the user's selected content size category. SHOW BUILT-IN FONT FAMILIES • List the font families supported by your device. • Explain the font family: designer, design date, publisher and copyright information. • List the font faces (regular, bold, italic, heavy, etc.) of each font family. FONT FACE INFORMATION • Show visible name and PostScript name. • Detect the number of characters in a font organized by unicode planes. FONT TRAITS • Show normalized weight value. The valid value range is from -1.0 to 1.0. The value of 0.0 corresponds to the regular or medium font weight. • Show the relative inter-glyph spacing value. The valid value range is from -1.0 to 1.0. The value of 0.0 corresponds to the regular glyph spacing. • Show the relative slant angle value. The valid value range is from -1.0 to 1.0. The value of 0.0 corresponds to 0 degree clockwise rotation from the vertical and 1.0 corresponds to 30 degrees clockwise rotation. • Describe stylistic aspects of a font: italic, bold, expanded, condensed, monospace, etc. • Describe stylistic qualities of a font: old style serifs, modern serifs, sans serifs, ornamentals, scripts, symbols, etc. FONT METRICS • Ascender: the top y-coordinate, offset from the baseline. • Descender: the bottom y-coordinate, offset from the baseline. • Capital height. • The height of letter 'x'. • The height of text lines. • Leading: This value represents additional space between lines of text. SAMPLE TEXT • Multiline text editor for testing the font by typing letters, words, sentences. • Selectable sample font size from 5 to 48 points. • Calculate the sample text width and height in points and pixels. • Save the sample text for all font faces and the save the selected font size for each font face. FONT FINDER • List similar font families for a font family. • Search font faces by traits, stylistic aspects and qualities. REACH UI FEATURES • Info menu with feedback and privacy settings • Use the camera icon (upper-right corner) to create and print/send/share a screenshot from the entire page. • Pull down with your finger to refresh the informations. • Long press on a cell to copy/print/send/open as/share the cell value. • Shake your device to refresh the informations.

About

Direct

This Safari extension for iOS, iPadOS, and macOS helps speed up browsing by removing Google's click tracking redirects. It enhances your online experience by streamlining navigation and reducing delays caused by Google's data collection practices.

Highlights
  • Removes Google click tracking
  • Speeds up browsing
  • Streamlines online experience
  • Safari extension for iOS, iPadOS, macOS
  • Requires permission to read/alter webpages
Features
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Frustrated with Google's secretive click tracking slowing down your online experience? Bid farewell to delays and revel in a faster, more streamlined browsing adventure with Remove Google Redirection. Remove Google Redirection is a Safari extension designed for iOS, iPadOS, and macOS. To enable its features, it's essential to grant permission in Safari settings, allowing the extension to read and alter webpages for all websites. * Why we should remove google’s redirection: Google's Click Tracking secretly monitors which URLs users click to enhance search technology, customize content, and improve advertising. This data refines search results and pagerank, identifying popular webpages and frequently clicked links. Despite its utility, privacy advocates are concerned. Users remain unaware of the redirection, as Google reformats the destination URL through its servers.

Screenshots

Font Info4 screens
Direct1 screens

Verdict

The call

Font Info and Direct both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 50% of Font Info's written reviews are positive against 0% of Direct's. Font Info also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). Direct's advantage is update cadence (every 3 months vs every 16 months). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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

Font Info costs $1.99 and Direct $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Font Info against 5.0 for Direct. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 50% of Font Info's written reviews are positive against 0% of Direct's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Font Info ships an update every 16 months, Direct every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 4, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Font Info versus Direct: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFont InfoDirect
Price$1.99$1.99
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 16 monthsEvery 3 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCsaba Iranyi磊 汪

Customer experience

Font Info

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%

Direct

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

Font Info

No in-app purchases

None

Direct

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Font Info free?
Font Info costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Direct free?
Direct costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Font Info or Direct?
Font Info and Direct are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Font Info or Direct have ads?
Neither Font Info nor Direct shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Font Info or Direct?
Font Info ships an update every 16 months, and Direct every 3 months. Most recently, Font Info was updated on September 4, 2026 and Direct on September 15, 2026.

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