Emigre Fonts vs Dudel Draw
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Emigre Fonts
Explore a comprehensive digital archive of type specimens and design magazines. This app allows graphic designers and typography enthusiasts to zoom in on intricate typographic details and read all published essays and interviews.
- View entire collection of type specimens
- Read all issues of Emigre magazine
- Zoom in on typographic details
- Read essays and interviews
- Easy-to-use interface
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View and read all pages of the entire collection of Emigre Fonts type specimens, and all issues of the legendary Emigre magazine, in this easy-to-use app made for graphic designers and type aficionados alike. Zoom in on typographic details, and read every essay and interview published to date.
Dudel Draw
This app provides a daily unique shape to inspire your drawings. Transform basic forms into art by sketching directly on them, and explore creations from other users. It's designed to spark creativity for artists of all levels.
- Daily curated shapes
- Random shape mode
- Draw and sketch directly
- Flip and rotate shapes
- Share artwork with friends
- Explore other artists' creations
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Apple Design Award Finalist for Fun & Delight 2024 Every day, you get a shape. What your brain sees is entirely up to you. Maybe it becomes a cat. Maybe it becomes a spaceship. Maybe it becomes something unique to you. That's the whole point. Dudel Draw is a daily drawing challenge for people who love to doodle, want to get back into drawing, or just need a little creative spark in their day. No pressure, no rules; just you, a shape, and a few minutes of pure fun. Flip it. Rotate it. Zoom in. Draw. Then download your art and share it with friends to see who has the most creative mind in the group! Privacy Policy: https://www.sillylittleapps.com/dudel-privacy-policy Terms of Service: https://www.sillylittleapps.com/dudel-terms-of-service
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Dudel Draw at every 5 weeks against Emigre Fonts's every 6 months. Dudel Draw also leads on ratings volume (568 vs 18). Emigre Fonts's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 86%). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Emigre Fonts holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Dudel Draw has 568 ratings behind it against 18, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Emigre Fonts's written reviews are positive against 86% of Dudel Draw's.
Emigre Fonts ships an update every 6 months, Dudel Draw every 5 weeks. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Emigre Fonts | Dudel Draw |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (18 ratings) — better | 4.8 (568 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 86.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 18 | 568 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Emigre Inc. | Silly Little Apps LLC |
Customer experience
Emigre Fonts
Dudel Draw
Bugs and requests
Emigre Fonts
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Dudel Draw
Reported bugs
2 issues- Tapping on shape doesn't produce dots
- Navigating away from drawing screen causes loss of work
Requested features
5 requests- Add eraser tool
- Implement palm rejection
- Allow for 90-degree rotation
- Add ability to save and share drawings
- Expand shape library and options
In-app purchases
Emigre Fonts
No in-app purchases
Dudel Draw
No in-app purchases
