Comparison

iFontMaker vs Nomad Sculpt

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

Nomad Sculpt

Create 3D models with sculpting and painting tools. Features include layers, multiresolution sculpting, and PBR rendering. Supports various export formats for your digital art.

Highlights
  • Sculpting tools (clay, flatten, smooth, trim)
  • Vertex painting (color, roughness, metalness)
  • Layer system for sculpting and painting
  • Multiresolution and voxel remeshing
  • Automatic UV unwrapping
  • PBR rendering with post-processing effects
  • Export/import in glTF, OBJ, STL, PLY
Features
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• Sculpting tools Clay, flatten, smooth, mask and many other brushes will let you shape your creation. You can also use the trim boolean cutting tool with lasso, rectangle and other shapes, for hardsurface purposes. • Stroke customization Falloff, alphas, tilings, pencil pressure and other stroke parameters can be customized. You can save and load your tools preset as well. • Painting tools Vertex painting with color, roughness and metalness. You can easily manage all your material presets as well. • Layers Record your sculpting and painting operations in separate layers for easier iteration during the creation process. Both the sculpting and painting changes are recorded. • Multiresolution sculpting Go back and forth between multiple resolution of your mesh for a flexible workflow. • Voxel remeshing Remesh quickly your mesh to get a uniform level of detail. It can be used to quickly sketch a rough shape at the beginning of the creation process. • Dynamic topology Refine locally your mesh under your brush to get an automatic level of detail. You can even keep your layers, as they will be automatically updated! • Decimate Reduce the number of polygons by keeping as many details as possible. • Face Group Segment your mesh into subgroups with the face group tool. • Automatic UV unwrap The automatic UV unwrapper can use face groups to control the unwrapping process. • Baking You can transfer vertex data such as color, roughness, metalness and small scaled detail in to textures. You can also do the opposite, transfering textures data into vertex data or layers. • Primitive shape Cylinder, torus, tube, lathe and other primitives can be used to quickly start new shapes from scratch. • PBR rendering Beautiful PBR rendering by default, with lighting and shadows. You can always switch to matcap for a more standard shading for sculpting purposes. • Post processing Screen Space Reflection, Depth of Field, Ambient Occlusion, Tone mapping, etc • Export and Import Supported formats include glTF, OBJ, STL or PLY files. • Interface Easy-to-use interface, designed for mobile experience. Customization is possible as well! • Quad Remesher (separate in-app purchase only) Remesh your object automatically with a quad dominant mesh that follows the mesh curvatures. It supports guides, face groups and density painting.

Screenshots

Nomad Sculpt4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: iFontMaker at $7.99 against Nomad Sculpt's $19.99. iFontMaker also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). Nomad Sculpt's advantage is rating (4.8 vs 3.5) and review sentiment (89% vs 55%). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

iFontMaker costs $7.99 and Nomad Sculpt $19.99 up front. Nomad Sculpt sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. iFontMaker asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Nomad Sculpt holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Nomad Sculpt has 13K ratings behind it against 153, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 55% of iFontMaker's written reviews are positive against 89% of Nomad Sculpt's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iFontMaker ships an update every 6 weeks, Nomad Sculpt weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard9 real differences · 2 level
iFontMaker versus Nomad Sculpt: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriFontMakerNomad Sculpt
Price$7.99 — better$19.99
Rating3.5 (153 ratings)4.8 (13K ratings) — better
Positive reviews55.1% of reviews88.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings15313K — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
Best chart rank#197#3 — better
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS13.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB189 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEiji NishidaiHexanomad

Customer experience

iFontMaker

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

Nomad Sculpt

All ratings13,348 ratings
Positive95.9%
Neutral1.8%
Negative2.2%
Written reviews673 reviews
Positive88.6%
Neutral4.0%
Negative7.4%

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

Nomad Sculpt

From 13K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Powerful sculpting tools
  • 👍 Intuitive and user-friendly interface
  • 💡 Impressive features for the price
  • 🎨 Great for digital painting and sculpting
  • 🎨 Smooth performance even on older iPads

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional crashes and bugs
  • 🐛 Issues with autosave and file management
  • 🔋 High battery consumption
  • 🎨 Lack of advanced features like rigging and animation
  • 🎨 Steep learning curve for beginners

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

Nomad Sculpt

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Crashes when importing/exporting certain file types
  • Glitches with symmetry and transform tools
  • Inconsistent performance on older iPad models

Requested features

7 requests
  • Add UV mapping and unwrapping tools
  • Implement a more robust autosave system
  • Include rigging and animation capabilities
  • Add support for more file formats (e.g., FBX)
  • Improve palm rejection and gesture controls
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  • Provide more brush customization options
  • Implement a timeline or layer system for sculpting

In-app purchases

None

iFontMaker

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Nomad Sculpt

One-time1
  • Quad Remesher$15.99

Questions

Is iFontMaker free?
iFontMaker costs $7.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Nomad Sculpt free?
Nomad Sculpt costs $19.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, iFontMaker or Nomad Sculpt?
Nomad Sculpt is rated higher. iFontMaker averages 3.5 out of 5 from 153 ratings, while Nomad Sculpt averages 4.8 from 13K ratings.
Do iFontMaker or Nomad Sculpt have ads?
Neither iFontMaker nor Nomad Sculpt shows ads.
Which is updated more often, iFontMaker or Nomad Sculpt?
iFontMaker ships an update every 6 weeks, and Nomad Sculpt weekly. Most recently, iFontMaker was updated on September 26, 2026 and Nomad Sculpt on September 25, 2026.
Which is more popular, iFontMaker or Nomad Sculpt?
iFontMaker currently peaks at #197 in the App Store charts, and Nomad Sculpt at #3. Chart position reflects recent download velocity rather than total install base.

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