Weird Type vs Cla
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Weird Type
Create unique visual art by writing words in augmented reality. Type custom phrases and explore various creative modes to see your text transform in innovative ways. Record and share your AR text creations.
- Draw with text in AR
- Type custom phrases
- Multiple creative modes
- Record and share videos
- Multi-lingual input support
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Have you ever wanted to draw with words? Weird Type is an AR app that lets you paint with text in space! You can type your own phrases and pick from multiple modes and see your text in completely new ways. You can record videos of your messages and share them or save them to you camera roll. It's based on a series of AR experiments that the authors Zach Lieberman and Molmol Kuo have been posting to Instagram over the last few months. People kept asking, "is that an app?" Now, together with our collaborator Design Indaba, which helped produce this, we're packaging some of these experiments into app and we hope you enjoy them! The app is designed by Richard The, with iOS help from Ying Quan Tan, Robby Kraft, and Peter Sibley Note the app now supports multi-lingual input.
Cla
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This app encourages anyone to easily enjoy composing and experimenting with minimal music played by two people clapping their hands. Abbreviating "Clapping Music Generator", that's "Cla-Gene!". You can of course try changing the tempo and number of times the basic rhythm is used, but even using simple rhythms that you're familiar with may lead to wonderful encounters. In the paid product version, you can save the settings to your device. (Not available in some areas)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Cla at Free against Weird Type's $0.99. Cla also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 months). Weird Type's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). On ads, in-app purchases 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
Cla is free to download; Weird Type costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Weird Type ships an update every 3 months, Cla every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Weird Type | Cla |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.9 (814 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 87.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 814 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 153 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Zach Lieberman | SHINSUKE ISHIDA |
Bugs and requests
Weird Type
Reported bugs
2 issues- Orientation issues when sharing videos
- Inconsistent performance on older devices
Requested features
5 requests- Add support for more languages
- Allow custom font/color options
- Implement selfie camera mode
- Add audio recording capabilities
- Improve video export quality
Cla
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Weird Type
No in-app purchases
Cla
No in-app purchases









