The Developers Font Guide vs Fonty McFontface
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
The Developers Font Guide
This app helps iOS developers quickly find and use system fonts within their applications. It displays all available iOS fonts, shows their appearance, and provides the exact string needed for implementation.
- Browse all available iOS system fonts
- View font appearance previews
- Copy font string for code implementation
- Designed for iOS developers
- Fast and easy font reference
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The Developers Font Guide is intended to help iOS developers that wish to use the system fonts that are integrated in iOS inside their apps. The app lists all the available iOS fonts and shows how they look as well as present any font's specific string for using it in the .font(.custom("FontName", size: 16)) modifier, which can be copied directly from inside the app. So who is this app for? - It is for iOS developers that want a fast and easy way to browse fonts for their apps directly on their device.
Fonty McFontface
This tool helps developers visualize and compare system font sizes and styles for SwiftUI projects. It offers customization for font design, weight, width, and dynamic sizing, with a macOS menu bar app for quick access.
- System font visualization
- Font size comparison
- Customization options
- Dynamic font sizing
- macOS Menu Bar app
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A simple font tool for developers working with SwiftUI. If you're like me, you are always forgetting the hierarchy of font sizes: Which one's bigger again, callout or footnote? So I built this free visualizer tool for iPhone that shows them all in a neat list, and has customization options for font design, weight, width, and dynamic font sizes. Also available on macOS with a Menu Bar Extra app for fast access when you're using Xcode.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Fonty McFontface at 4.5 against The Developers Font Guide's 3.0. Fonty McFontface also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 75%) and ratings volume (8 vs 2). The Developers Font Guide's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and update cadence (every 9 days vs every 2 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Fonty McFontface sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. The Developers Font Guide asks for nothing beyond the download.
Fonty McFontface holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 8 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of The Developers Font Guide's written reviews are positive against 100% of Fonty McFontface's.
The Developers Font Guide ships an update every 9 days, Fonty McFontface every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | The Developers Font Guide | Fonty McFontface |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) | 4.5 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 8 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Patrik Ell | David Steppenbeck |
Customer experience
The Developers Font Guide
Fonty McFontface
In-app purchases
The Developers Font Guide
No in-app purchases
Fonty McFontface
- Snack Tip$0.99
- Coffee Tip$1.99
- Lunch Tip$4.99
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