Comparison

iFontMaker vs Pixaki 4 Pro

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

Head to head
About

iFontMaker

Easily create your own unique fonts for Mac, iOS, PC, and the web in minutes. This app offers a fun and accessible way to design custom typefaces, suitable for both beginners and experienced designers working with advanced features.

Highlights
  • Create handmade fonts
  • Design for Mac, iOS, PC, and web
  • Intuitive font creation process
  • Supports Bézier curves, SVGs, kerning, and ligatures
  • Install fonts directly on iOS devices
Features
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iFontMaker 3 for iPad Create Your Own Handmade Fonts Stop choosing fonts and start making your own today — font creation has never been easier or more fun. With iFontMaker, you can create original fonts for Mac, iOS, PC, and the web in just 4 minutes. From beginners to experts working with Bézier curves, SVGs, kerning, and custom ligatures*, everyone can enjoy iFontMaker. Create unique, one-of-a-kind fonts on your iPad! *Offered as a free update since version 3.0. ■ “iFontMaker is a whole world of font designing fun” — Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/media/pda/2010/oct/11/ipad-ifontmaker-design-app ■ “iFontMaker: Make Your Own Font When Nothing Else Will Do” — Gizmodo https://gizmodo.com/ifontmaker-make-your-own-font-when-nothing-else-will-d-494294426 ■ “FONT-TASTIC!” — 148apps.com https://www.148apps.com/reviews/ifontmaker-review/ ## Now you can install your own font on iOS devices!! ## https://2ttf.tumblr.com/post/86875545787/install-fonts-from-2ttf-on-ios-devices

About

Pixaki 4 Pro

Create detailed pixel art and animations with a comprehensive suite of tools. Features include pixel-perfect painting, advanced animation layers, and versatile import/export options. Ideal for game sprites, animated backgrounds, and more.

Highlights
  • Pixel-perfect painting mode
  • Dither brushes and line tool
  • Animation layers with scrubbable timeline
  • Onion skinning and blend modes
  • Multiple color selection modes
  • Advanced selection and transform tools
  • Import/export Aseprite, PSD, GIF, PNG
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Pixaki is the best pixel art app for iPad. It packs a whole load of features into a clean, modern interface, and it works great with Apple Pencil. So now you can make game sprites on the couch, animated backgrounds on your commute, or music videos in the park. DRAWING • Pixel perfect painting mode automatically removes double pixels when doing line art. • Round, square, and matrix dither brushes. • Line tool, which can be locked to isometric angles. • Rectangle and ellipse tools. LAYERS OF ANIMATION • Layers are shared across the whole project, which means every layer has its own timeline. • Static image layers for background and foreground elements that are the same on every frame. • 18 layer blend modes. • Rename layers. • Reorder layers and frames by using drag and drop. • Scrubbable timeline. • Advanced onion skin options. • Select multiple layers or frames at once to quickly make bulk adjustments. • Use high resolution reference layers to pixel over your sketches and photos. COLOR • Four color selection modes: a square picker with an infinitely scrolling hue slider, sliders for HSB and RGB, hex code input, and the project palette. • Eyedropper to sample any color from the canvas. • Bucket fill, with contiguous or discontiguous options. • Color replace across the whole project. SELECTION • Freehand, rectangular, and color selection. • Use the active selection as a mask. • Cut or copy the selected pixels and paste them to any app that supports pasting images. TRANSFORM • Move without needing to select. Position the image on or off the canvas without clipping. • Scale uniformly up and down, or squash and stretch. • Rotate by any angle. • Flip horizontally and vertically. IMPORT & EXPORT • Import any static image, or a GIF. • Import and export Aseprite documents (requires iPadOS 13 ore newer). • Import and export Photoshop documents (PSDs). • Use magnification when sharing to upscale without the results looking blurry. • Export as a single image or image sequence as PNG, TIFF, or JPEG-2000. • Export animated images as GIF or APNG. • Export QuickTime movies with H264 or HEVC codecs. • Export as a sprite sheet, with configurable columns. Screenshot artwork by Genuine Human, waneella, Chelsea Faust, and rachels_ham. Find out more at pixaki.com.

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: iFontMaker at $7.99 against Pixaki 4 Pro's $20.00. iFontMaker also leads on chart position (#196 vs unranked). Pixaki 4 Pro's advantage is rating (4.0 vs 3.5) and review sentiment (65% vs 55%). On ratings volume, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

iFontMaker costs $7.99 and Pixaki 4 Pro $20.00 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pixaki 4 Pro holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 153 and 123 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 55% of iFontMaker's written reviews are positive against 65% of Pixaki 4 Pro's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iFontMaker ships an update every 6 weeks, Pixaki 4 Pro every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
iFontMaker versus Pixaki 4 Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriFontMakerPixaki 4 Pro
Price$7.99 — better$20.00
Rating3.5 (153 ratings)4.0 (123 ratings) — better
Positive reviews55.1% of reviews65.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings153 — better123
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank#196 — better—
DevicesiPadiPad
Requires iOS13.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEiji NishidaiRizer Creative Ltd

Customer experience

iFontMaker

All ratings153 ratings
Positive54.2%
Neutral16.3%
Negative29.4%
Written reviews354 reviews
Positive55.1%
Neutral20.1%
Negative24.9%

Pixaki 4 Pro

All ratings123 ratings
Positive69.1%
Neutral16.3%
Negative14.6%
Written reviews164 reviews
Positive65.2%
Neutral14.0%
Negative20.7%

User reviews

iFontMaker

From 153 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Easy to use
  • 👍 Intuitive interface
  • 🚀 Quick font creation
  • 💡 Ability to create custom fonts
  • 👍 Good for handwritten/casual fonts

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes frequently
  • 🐛 Compatibility issues with newer iOS versions
  • 🔍 Limited brush/pen options
  • 🔍 Difficulty with precise editing
  • 🔍 Clunky workflow for some features

Pixaki 4 Pro

From 123 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Efficient workflow
  • 👍 Intuitive user interface
  • 💡 Powerful animation tools
  • 🚀 Seamless Apple Pencil integration
  • 👍 Great for pixel art on iPad

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Buggy and crashes frequently
  • 🐛 Glitches causing loss of work
  • 🐛 Unintuitive color picker and palette management
  • 🐛 Unreliable file management and saving
  • 🐛 Lack of layer management features

Bugs and requests

iFontMaker

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • App crashes when trying to load previous projects
  • Issues with importing/exporting fonts
  • Glitches when drawing certain characters
  • Incompatibility with Apple Pencil pressure sensitivity

Requested features

6 requests
  • Add eraser tool
  • Improve brush/pen customization options
  • Implement better vector editing tools
  • Add support for more languages/scripts
  • Improve font installation and usage process
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  • Provide better documentation and tutorials

Pixaki 4 Pro

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Crashes when exporting animated images
  • Layers disappearing or getting corrupted
  • Selection tool issues causing unintended changes
  • Unreliable cloud/file sync
  • Zooming and panning glitches

Requested features

9 requests
  • Layer groups/folders
  • Clipping masks
  • Layer blend modes
  • Gradient tools
  • Symmetry/mirroring tools
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  • Keyboard shortcuts
  • Spritesheet import/export
  • Onion skinning improvements
  • Multiple animation sequences per file

In-app purchases

None

iFontMaker

No in-app purchases

None

Pixaki 4 Pro

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is iFontMaker free?
iFontMaker costs $7.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pixaki 4 Pro free?
Pixaki 4 Pro costs $20.00, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, iFontMaker or Pixaki 4 Pro?
Pixaki 4 Pro is rated higher. iFontMaker averages 3.5 out of 5 from 153 ratings, while Pixaki 4 Pro averages 4.0 from 123 ratings.
Do iFontMaker or Pixaki 4 Pro have ads?
Neither iFontMaker nor Pixaki 4 Pro shows ads.
Which is updated more often, iFontMaker or Pixaki 4 Pro?
iFontMaker ships an update every 6 weeks, and Pixaki 4 Pro every 2 months. Most recently, iFontMaker was updated on September 26, 2026 and Pixaki 4 Pro on September 25, 2026.

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