Fonts Reference vs Font Viewer Typeface Font Book
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Fonts Reference
Explore all fonts installed on your iPhone or iPad. View each font with various character sets, organized by family. Ideal for designers and developers.
- Lists all available device fonts
- Organized by font family
- View fonts with different character sets
- Supports iPhone and iPad
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For both font lovers and developers, TouchFonts lists every font that is available on your iPhone or iPad. Grouped by font family, view each font using several different character sets.
Font Viewer Typeface Font Book
Explore hundreds of fonts on your iPhone with this tool designed for designers. Preview fonts in various formats, analyze their construction, and share them with others. Enhance your design workflow by quickly selecting the perfect typeface for your projects.
- View fonts in header, paragraph, and sub-heading formats
- Preview fonts with special characters and numbers
- Analyze font construction with Aa function
- Color previews (Red, Blue, Yellow, Green)
- Email fonts for discussion
- Designed for designers and artists
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Browse → preview → share. Pick a typeface with confidence: browse fonts on your iPhone, preview your own text, and inspect every glyph before you choose. Adjust size and colour, check special characters, then share the faces you like. Font Viewer is built for designers and anyone picking type on device — headers, paragraphs, and detail views so you see how a face really reads, not just a name in a list. Browsing and preview stay free; premium packs unlock extra fonts and icons when you need them. Unlock premium font and icon packs after you’ve previewed what matters.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Font Viewer Typeface Font Book at 4.3 against Fonts Reference's 3.4. Font Viewer Typeface Font Book also leads on review sentiment (78% vs 40%) and update cadence (monthly vs every 6 months). Fonts Reference's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3). On price, ratings volume, ads 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
Both are free to download. Font Viewer Typeface Font Book sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Fonts Reference asks for nothing beyond the download.
Font Viewer Typeface Font Book holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 22 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 40% of Fonts Reference's written reviews are positive against 78% of Font Viewer Typeface Font Book's.
Fonts Reference ships an update every 6 months, Font Viewer Typeface Font Book monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Fonts Reference | Font Viewer Typeface Font Book |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.4 (8 ratings) | 4.3 (22 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 40.0% of reviews | 77.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8 | 22 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bayhoff Software | 220K APPS LTD |
Customer experience
Fonts Reference
Font Viewer Typeface Font Book
In-app purchases
Fonts Reference
No in-app purchases
Font Viewer Typeface Font Book
- Premium fonts and icons3 Days trial$2.997 Days
- Premium fonts and icons$7.491 Month
- Premium fonts and icons$40.991 Year
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