Comparison

Weird Type vs Gravity Type

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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.

About

Gravity Type

This app transforms typing into a playful physics sandbox. You can type letters and emojis, then manipulate them with realistic physics, including springs, strings, and collisions. It's a fun way to interact with text for those who enjoy a less conventional approach to word processing.

Highlights
  • Real-time 2D physics
  • Letters and emoji with mass
  • Springs, strings, and collisions
  • Copy and paste functionality
  • Eraser tool
Features
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Gravity Type A physics-based word processor. Type, fling, and collide your letters into place. It’s a serious tool for people who don’t take typing too seriously. Features • Real-time 2D physics • Letters and emoji with mass • Springs, strings, and collisions • Copy and Paste • Eraser PRIVACY POLICY: Our privacy policy is available at: https://gravitytype.com/privacy TERMS OF SERVICE: Apple’s Standard EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Weird Type4 screens
Gravity Type4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Gravity Type at Free against Weird Type's $0.99. Weird Type's advantage is ratings volume (814 vs 3) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). On rating, update cadence, ads 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

Gravity Type is free to download; Weird Type costs $0.99 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 — 4.9 for Weird Type against 5.0 for Gravity Type. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Weird Type has 814 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Weird Type ships an update every 3 months, Gravity Type every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Weird Type versus Gravity Type: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWeird TypeGravity Type
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating4.9 (814 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews87.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings814 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS11.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperZach LiebermanBotto Studio LLC

Customer experience

Weird Type

All ratings814 ratings
Positive97.4%
Neutral0.9%
Negative1.7%
Written reviews155 reviews
Positive87.1%
Neutral7.1%
Negative5.8%

Gravity Type

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Gravity Type

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Weird Type

No in-app purchases

None

Gravity Type

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Weird Type free?
Weird Type costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Gravity Type free?
Gravity Type is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Weird Type or Gravity Type?
Gravity Type is rated higher. Weird Type averages 4.9 out of 5 from 814 ratings, while Gravity Type averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Weird Type or Gravity Type have ads?
Neither Weird Type nor Gravity Type shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Weird Type or Gravity Type?
Weird Type ships an update every 3 months, and Gravity Type every 2 months. Most recently, Weird Type was updated on October 2, 2026 and Gravity Type on September 24, 2026.

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