Face Model vs Fontself
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Face Model
This app provides a 3D head posing tool with extensive morphing capabilities for realistic human and creature models. It includes a vast library of facial references categorized by ethnicity and offers tools for camera control, lighting, and saving custom poses.
- Fully morphable 3D head models
- Realistic male, female, and skull models
- Extensive human face reference library
- Pre-made creatures and facial expressions
- Free camera panning and rotation
- Save and load custom poses
- Split view editing
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The 3D head reference built for artists, not engineers. Shape any face with hundreds of morphs, study a real anatomical skull, and browse hundreds of categorized face photos — all in one app on your iPad. Perfect for portrait artists, manga creators, character designers, animators, comic illustrators, concept artists, and anatomy students. ◆ FULLY CUSTOMIZE 3D HEADS Customize every detail with hundreds of morphs. Adjust head shape, eyes, nose, ears, mouth, and cheeks to create any face you can imagine — from realistic portraits to stylized anime characters. ◆ TRANSFORM HEADS INTO CREATURES Turn a realistic human head into aliens, vampires, zombies, demons, goblins, or animal hybrids with 20 ready-made creature presets. Built for character designers, concept artists, and storytellers. ◆ EXPRESSIVE FACES 17 facial expression morphs bring your characters to life — happiness, anger, surprise, sadness, fear, and more. Mix and match to create unique emotions for illustrations, animation frames, and storyboards. ◆ INTERACTIVE 3D SKULL Study anatomy with a fully interactive 3D skull. Rotate, zoom, and even open and close the jaw to understand the structure beneath the skin — an essential reference for serious portrait artists and anatomy students. ◆ MANGA HEAD MODE Create expressive manga-style characters with a dedicated stylized head mode — designed for manga, anime, and comic creators. ◆ HUMAN FACE REFERENCE LIBRARY Hundreds of high-quality face photos, categorized by ethnicity: Asian, Black, White, Hispanic, South Asian, and MENA (Middle East and North Africa). Build more inclusive and accurate artwork with diverse, authentic references. ◆ SINGLE & MULTI-VIEW PHOTOS Two reference types: single-view photos for head-on study, and multi-view images showing front, side, and three-quarter angles — perfect for understanding face structure from every direction. ◆ SPLIT VIEW EDITING See your model from two camera angles at the same time. Adjust features and expressions with precision, without constantly rotating the scene. ◆ FLEXIBLE LIGHTING Control lighting angle and intensity to shape mood and form — ideal for dramatic portrait references or anatomy studies. ◆ WORKS IN ANY ORIENTATION Use the app vertically or horizontally on iPad — perfect alongside your drawing tablet or sketchbook setup. EVERYTHING YOU GET - Realistic 3D male and female head models - Manga-style head mode - Interactive 3D skull with movable jaw - Hundreds of customizable morphs - 20 pre-made creature presets - 17 facial expression morphs - Face reference library sorted by ethnicity - Single-view and multi-view photo references - Split view dual-camera editing - Freely rotate head and eyes - Save and load custom poses - Capture and save screenshots - Adjustable lighting angle and intensity - Pan, zoom, and rotate with touch controls - Works in portrait and landscape on iPad Whether you're a portrait artist, illustrator, character designer, animator, comic or manga creator, concept artist, or anatomy student — Face Model is built to make your creative process faster, more accurate, and more inspired. Volume discounts available for schools and educational institutions. Download Face Model and bring every face to life. Works on iPhone. Best experienced on iPad.
Fontself
Easily create your own custom vector fonts from your handwriting or drawings. Turn your alphabet into installable font files for use in various design software and on any computer. Enjoy a streamlined workflow with automated spacing and kerning.
- Draw handmade vector fonts
- Export OpenType font files (.otf)
- Pressure-sensitive brushes
- Automated spacing and kerning
- Real-time preview
- Customizable layout templates
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Create fonts in seconds, and use them as real vector font files anywhere (Procreate, Photoshop, Mac or PC) It’s really easy: just draw letters & enjoy typing with your custom typefaces. Fontself turns your alphabet into a font file you can install on any computer. Fontself is a font creation app that allows you to draw handmade fonts, export them as OpenType files. Key superpowers: - Vector brushes (Brush, Pencil, Pen, Qalam reed pen & Marker) - Pressure-sensitive brushes (via Apple Pencil) - Export OpenType font files (.otf) to use on any Mac or Windows PC - Preview in real-time sample texts as you draw - Showcase your fonts by viewing or sharing customizable layout templates - Save hours of tedious work with automated spacing & kerning Streamlined workflow: - Draw & generate vector fonts in a single app - Export your fonts straight into Procreate to use them on your designs - Manually upload fonts for instant use on Canva, Photoshop, Illustrator or else Yes, it’s the hard truth: making actual fonts is usually a painful process which requires countless hours learning complex software, outstanding eagle-eye type design expertise, and working forever as a 14th century monk on arduous tasks like spacing and kerning your glyphs. But at Fontself we aim to bring easy font creation to all, and thus provide you with an enjoyable app so anyone can embrace this cool medium: typography. Fontself is powered by our advanced vector-brush engine developed from scratch and crafted with passionate indy designers & developers to match calligraphers and letterers demands. You will also benefit from over 20 years of expertise in this field, because our goal has always been to truly democratize type-making. We call this #Typocracy :) The Fontself app on iPad is still a young work-in-progress so we will improve its features based on your feedback. And we plan a lot more typographic fun in the months & years to come. Yeah! We hope you enjoy this app: if so, please leave a review, and in any case we are eager to see what you will create, and to learn how it can better suit your needs. ... and Welcome to Typocracy ;)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Face Model at $3.99 against Fontself's $19.99. Face Model also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). Fontself's advantage is rating (4.6 vs 3.3) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 17 months).
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Face Model costs $3.99 and Fontself $19.99 up front. Fontself sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Face Model asks for nothing beyond the download.
Fontself holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Fontself has 1.2K ratings behind it against 23, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Face Model's written reviews are positive against 78% of Fontself's.
Face Model ships an update every 17 months, Fontself fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Face Model | Fontself |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 — better | $19.99 |
| Rating | 3.3 (23 ratings) | 4.6 (1.2K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 78.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 23 | 1.2K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 17 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #100 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 401 MB | 245 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tomi Nevalainen | Fontself |
Customer experience
Face Model
Fontself
Bugs and requests
Face Model
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Fontself
Reported bugs
3 issues- Sign-in issues with Apple ID
- Frequent crashes and freezes
- Inconsistent behavior when drawing
Requested features
7 requests- Import custom brushes and templates
- Add support for more languages and characters
- Implement color and gradient options for fonts
- Improve vector editing tools and precision
- Streamline workflow for creating font families
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- Integrate font export directly to system font library
- Provide more brush and stroke customization options
In-app purchases
Face Model
No in-app purchases
Fontself
- FUN Pack$14.99
Questions
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