Weird Type vs CosaFare
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
Read full descriptionHide full description
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.
CosaFare
Read full descriptionHide full description
This app lists everything cool that is going on at night and sometimes day, in Sicily, Italy
Screenshots
Verdict
The clearest difference is price: CosaFare at Free against Weird Type's $0.99. CosaFare also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months). Weird Type's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.1). 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
CosaFare 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, CosaFare every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Weird Type | CosaFare |
|---|---|---|
| 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 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 34 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Zach Lieberman | FREDRIK JOAKIM BALCK |
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
CosaFare
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Weird Type
No in-app purchases
CosaFare
No in-app purchases
