WhatTheFont vs Vector Paint + DropBox Sync
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
WhatTheFont
Instantly identify fonts from images. Simply upload a photo of a design, and this app will recognize the fonts and suggest matches. It's ideal for designers, crafters, and anyone curious about typography, helping you discover and try out new fonts.
- Identify fonts from photos
- Suggests font matches
- Type custom text in found fonts
- Browse similar fonts
- Font inspiration and learning
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Identify fonts in a snap! Take a photo of a design you love - WhatTheFont recognizes the fonts and shows font matches. Great for designers, crafters, and anyone who loves typography. Perfect for when you see a great design and want to identify the fonts, or when your client sends you an image but doesn’t know what fonts were used. - Type out words in the fonts you find – enter your own text to try them out on the spot. - Get ideas and inspiration for font options for your own projects. - Learn the names of cool fonts. - Browse fonts similar to the one in your image. WhatTheFont is powered by AI, making it fast and easy to use. Brought to you by the friendly people at MyFonts.
Vector Paint + DropBox Sync
This vector illustration app for iPad allows users to create complex designs with unlimited layers, precise path editing, and gradient fills. Export your artwork directly to Dropbox or email it in various formats.
- Unlimited layers
- Bezier path creation
- Compound paths, masks, and groups
- Text objects
- Image placement
- Boolean path operations
- Dropbox export (SVG, PDF)
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The paid version is also available. VectorPaint is a vector illustration app designed from scratch for the iPad. It supports paths, compound paths, text, images, groups, masks, gradient fills, and an unlimited number of layers. VectorPaint was designed with performance in mind – it can easily handle drawings with hundreds to thousands of shapes without bogging down. Export your finished illustrations directly to your Dropbox as SVG or PDF. Features: • Very high performance. Select, scale and rotate hundreds of objects with zero lag. • Create arbitrary bezier paths with the Pen tool. • Create compound paths, masks and groups. • Create text objects. • Place photos from your albums. • Boolean operators on paths (Unite, Intersect, Exclude, Subtract Front) • Powerful scale and rotate tools. • Gradient fills with interactive editing on canvas. • Arbitrary stroke dash patterns. • Swatch library. • Unlimited layers per drawing. • Rename, rearrange, delete, hide and lock layers. • Adjust layer transparency. • Snap to grid, points, and path edges. • Isolate the active layer for easy editing. • Email drawings as SVG, PDF, PNG and JPEG. • Send SVG, PDF, PNG, and JPEG directly to your Dropbox. This application use GPL license, so, source code without graphics materials are available on our www site.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Vector Paint + DropBox Sync at 3.4 against WhatTheFont's 2.4. Vector Paint + DropBox Sync also leads on review sentiment (58% vs 36%) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.5). WhatTheFont's advantage is ratings volume (588 vs 9) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, update cadence, 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.
Vector Paint + DropBox Sync holds the better App Store score, 3.4 against 2.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: WhatTheFont has 588 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 36% of WhatTheFont's written reviews are positive against 58% of Vector Paint + DropBox Sync's.
WhatTheFont ships an update every 4 months, Vector Paint + DropBox Sync every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | WhatTheFont | Vector Paint + DropBox Sync |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.4 (588 ratings) | 3.4 (9 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 35.9% of reviews | 57.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 588 — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 63 MB | 24 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MyFonts Inc. | Evgeny EGOROV |
Customer experience
WhatTheFont
Vector Paint + DropBox Sync
Bugs and requests
WhatTheFont
Reported bugs
5 issues- Inability to accept terms and conditions
- Compatibility issues with newer iOS versions
- Endless loading and search failures
- Corrupted image uploads
- Incorrect font identification and suggestions
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to save identified fonts
- Option to search for free font alternatives
- Improved cropping and text selection tools
- Landscape mode support
- Better font database and matching algorithms
Vector Paint + DropBox Sync
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
WhatTheFont
No in-app purchases
Vector Paint + DropBox Sync
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is WhatTheFont free?
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