Comparison

Fontastic vs MF Barcellos

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

Head to head
About

Fontastic

Easily browse and install over 1,000 open-source fonts on your Apple devices. Preview fonts with your own text and use them instantly in various apps. Enjoy a clean, ad-free, and subscription-free experience.

Highlights
  • Browse 1,000+ open-source fonts
  • One-tap font installation
  • Works offline after installation
  • Preview fonts with custom text
  • Sort and filter fonts by category
  • No ads, login, or subscriptions
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Install real fonts on iPhone, iPad, and Apple Vision Pro. Fontastic puts 1,000+ hand-picked open-source font families (4,800+ styles) one tap away, ready to use in Pages, Keynote, Procreate, Photoshop, and every app that supports custom fonts. No subscriptions. No ads. No account. REAL FONTS, NOT A KEYBOARD Fancy-text keyboards swap your letters for look-alike symbols that break in most apps. Fontastic installs genuine fonts through Apple's built-in font system: no configuration profiles, no workarounds. Installed fonts show up in Settings › General › Fonts and in every compatible app. WHY FONTASTIC • 1,000+ families from the Google Fonts library, plus hand-picked extras • One-tap install and uninstall, with all your fonts in one place • Every font previews in its own script, or type your own text • Filter by category (serif, sans serif, display, handwriting, monospace) or by writing system • Sort by name, popularity, or what's trending • Works offline once installed • No tracking, no login, no ads, no subscriptions FOR EVERY LANGUAGE Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, Cyrillic, Greek, Devanagari, Thai, Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Vietnamese, and 30+ writing systems in total, including Cherokee, Adlam, and N'Ko through the Noto family. EASIER READING OpenDyslexic, Atkinson Hyperlegible, and the Lexend family: typefaces designed to make text easier to read with dyslexia or low vision. FOR DESIGNERS AND DEVELOPERS Calligraphy and handwriting scripts, bold display faces, and timeless serifs for your designs. JetBrains Mono, Fira Code, Cascadia Code, Geist Mono, and Monaspace for your code. Even Bravura and Leland for music notation. USE THEM ANYWHERE Installed fonts work in: • Pages, Numbers, Keynote, and Mail • Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and Express • Procreate • Affinity Designer and Affinity Photo • GoodNotes and Notability • Canva • Hundreds more apps that support custom fonts EVERYTHING INCLUDED Every font in the catalog is yours to install. Nothing locked behind a paywall, no weekly subscription, no "pro tier." Built by Harf Labs, an indie studio that believes great typography shouldn't be rented by the week. Got feedback or a font request? We read every message: https://tally.so/r/nPXgkb

About

MF Barcellos

Features
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Information at your fingertips! This app gives you direct access to your account balance, location and contract information. It also gives you the ability to store and process payment and request service work and deliveries directly through the app.

Screenshots

Fontastic4 screens
MF Barcellos2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: MF Barcellos at Free against Fontastic's $3.99. MF Barcellos also leads on iOS requirement (12.2 vs 17.0). Fontastic's advantage is update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 6 months). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

MF Barcellos is free to download; Fontastic costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Fontastic ships an update every 5 weeks, MF Barcellos every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Fontastic versus MF Barcellos: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFontasticMF Barcellos
Price$3.99Free — better
Rating4.8 (48 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings48 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 6 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Vision ProiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.012.2 — better
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB56 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHarf LabsRural Computer Consultants, Inc.

In-app purchases

None

Fontastic

No in-app purchases

None

MF Barcellos

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Fontastic free?
Fontastic costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is MF Barcellos free?
MF Barcellos is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Fontastic or MF Barcellos have ads?
Neither Fontastic nor MF Barcellos shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Fontastic or MF Barcellos?
Fontastic ships an update every 5 weeks, and MF Barcellos every 6 months. Most recently, Fontastic was updated on November 7, 2026 and MF Barcellos on November 3, 2026.

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