Comparison

Font Maker vs Calligraphy

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

Head to head
About

Font Maker

Easily transform your handwritten letters into custom fonts. Design unique cards, social media content, or personal branding elements with your own handwriting. Pro users can download their creations and enjoy an ad-free experience.

Highlights
  • Create custom fonts from drawings
  • Design greeting cards
  • Personal branding tools
  • Download created fonts (Pro)
  • Ad-free experience (Pro)
  • Unlimited access to features (Pro)
Features
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Turn your handwriting into a real font. Draw each letter with your finger and Font Maker builds a font that is truly yours. Use it to write cards and messages in your own hand, or export it as a TTF file for your computer. MAKE YOUR FONT • Draw letters, numbers and symbols on a guided canvas • Choose from four pen thicknesses, with undo and redo • Adjust each letter's position so your writing lines up • Pick up where you left off: your progress is saved WRITE CARDS IN YOUR OWN HAND • Birthday, thank-you and love notes from ready-made templates • Sizes for chats, stories, wide and square posts • Change colors, alignment and spacing while your card stays in view • Share to WhatsApp, Instagram, iMessage and more EXPORT A REAL FONT FILE • Download your font as a TTF file • Install it and use it in Word, Canva, GoodNotes and other apps that support custom fonts Your first font is free to create and export. Please note: Font Maker is not a keyboard. iOS keyboards cannot use custom fonts, so use the card maker to send messages in your handwriting. FONT MAKER PRO • Create as many fonts as you like • Remove the watermark from your cards • Transparent card backgrounds • No ads Pro is available as an auto-renewing subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple Account settings. Privacy policy: https://gokselpirnal.com/font_maker_privacy_policy.html Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Questions or ideas? Email gokselpirnal@gmail.com

About

Calligraphy

Learn the art of beautiful handwriting with this comprehensive course. It offers theoretical and practical lessons to develop your penmanship skills and master letter shapes. Practice on a digital pad or print exercises for paper practice.

Highlights
  • Theoretical and practical lessons
  • Hand muscle development
  • Letter shape mastery
  • Digital training pad
  • Printable exercises
  • Guideline sheet customization
Features
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Dive into the enchanting universe of calligraphy, a place where every mark bears witness to the sophistication of script. More than just penmanship, calligraphy is a visual concert of alphabets, assembled with delicacy and symmetry, capturing the individuality of each creator. This discipline elevates writing beyond mundane communication, turning it into a unique artistic statement. Becoming proficient in calligraphy is a path filled with ongoing education and practice. The Cursive Writing App serves as a manual for effective cursive handwriting, offering a series of successive theoretical and hands-on lessons. Upon completing this course, you will acquire the necessary writing abilities, develop mastery over the hand's writing muscles, and learn how to practically apply these skills to the shapes of letters. The free version without a subscription includes lessons on basic principles in writing, the first two lessons of more advanced stages, and limited writing on the training pad. With the subscription, you'll get access to all theoretical and practical lessons of the course plus an ability to write on the training pad. You can also print all exercises in the "Practice" section, as well as tune and print a guidelines sheet for practicing on paper. *Calligraphy Course Subscription* • Calligraphy Course requires a subscription to access all books' content. • Once your purchase is confirmed, you will be charged through your iTunes account. • The subscription will automatically renew. • You can manage your subscription and turn off auto-renewal at any time in your App Store account, but at least 24 hrs before the end of the current period. • If you chose an offered trial period and would like not to proceed with subscribing, you have to cancel your subscription at least 24 hrs before the end of the Trial, otherwise, you will be charged for the first billing period. Terms of use: https://calligraphy.app/penman-book/termsofuse/ Privacy policy: https://calligraphy.app/penman-book/privacy/

Screenshots

Font Maker4 screens
Calligraphy4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Calligraphy at none against Font Maker's shown. Calligraphy also leads on update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 3 months). Font Maker's advantage is rating (3.1 vs 2.9) and review sentiment (57% vs 43%). On price, ratings volume, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

Both are free to download. Font Maker sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days and Calligraphy sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Font Maker holds the better App Store score, 3.1 against 2.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 26 and 25 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 57% of Font Maker's written reviews are positive against 43% of Calligraphy's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Font Maker ships an update every 3 months, Calligraphy every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Font Maker versus Calligraphy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFont MakerCalligraphy
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.1 (26 ratings) — better2.9 (25 ratings)
Positive reviews56.7% of reviews — better42.9% of reviews
Number of ratings26 — better25
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size76 MB53 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGoksel PirnalVladislava Rudetskaia

Customer experience

Font Maker

All ratings26 ratings
Positive46.2%
Neutral15.4%
Negative38.5%
Written reviews30 reviews
Positive56.7%
Neutral3.3%
Negative40.0%

Calligraphy

All ratings25 ratings
Positive40.0%
Neutral8.0%
Negative52.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive42.9%
Neutral14.3%
Negative42.9%

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Font Maker

Subscriptions5
  • Weekly Plan$0.997 Days
  • Pro Weekly3 Days trial$0.997 Days
  • Pro Monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month
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  • Pro Yearly7 Days trial$9.991 Year
  • Yearly Plan$12.491 Year
One-time5
  • Premium Paper Editor$0.99
  • Ads Free$0.99
  • Remove Watermark$0.99
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  • Special Bundle: All in one$1.99
  • Lifetime Pro$19.99
4 purchases

Calligraphy

Subscriptions4
  • Full Access Weekly Sale$0.997 Days
  • Full Access Weekly$1.997 Days
  • Full Access$3.991 Month
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  • Full Access Monthly Family$7.991 Month

Questions

Is Font Maker free?
Font Maker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Calligraphy free?
Calligraphy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Font Maker or Calligraphy?
Font Maker is rated higher. Font Maker averages 3.1 out of 5 from 26 ratings, while Calligraphy averages 2.9 from 25 ratings.
Do Font Maker or Calligraphy have ads?
Font Maker shows ads; Calligraphy does not.
Which is updated more often, Font Maker or Calligraphy?
Font Maker ships an update every 3 months, and Calligraphy every 5 weeks. Most recently, Font Maker was updated on November 3, 2026 and Calligraphy on November 11, 2026.

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