Font Maker vs Symbol Keyboard
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Font Maker
Design unique fonts to personalize your messages and social media posts. Easily create custom text styles and share them across various platforms like email, messaging apps, Facebook, and Twitter. Find the perfect cool nickname for your online profiles.
- Create custom fonts
- Write personalized messages
- Share via email and messaging
- Copy and paste into other apps
- Share on Facebook and Twitter
- Generate cool nicknames
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Symbol Keyboard
Access hundreds of special characters and symbols for use in any application. Simply tap a character to copy it to your clipboard, then paste it into your desired app.
- Hundreds of special characters
- Unicode symbols
- One-tap copy to clipboard
- Paste into any app
- Quick access
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Character Pad gives you quick access to hundreds of beautiful and useful special characters. Simply tap on a character to copy it to clipboard, open any other app, and paste it.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Symbol Keyboard at 4.7 against Font Maker's 2.9. Symbol Keyboard also leads on update cadence (every 10 days vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (3.2K vs 79). Font Maker's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Symbol Keyboard holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 2.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Symbol Keyboard has 3.2K ratings behind it against 79, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 70% of Font Maker's written reviews are positive against 84% of Symbol Keyboard's.
Font Maker ships an update every 2 months, Symbol Keyboard every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Font Maker | Symbol Keyboard |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.9 (79 ratings) | 4.7 (3.2K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 69.9% of reviews | 83.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 79 | 3.2K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ricardo Alvarado | ShuMei Liang |
Customer experience
Font Maker
Symbol Keyboard
User reviews
Font Maker
From 79 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 💎 Awesome app
- 🎨 Variety of fonts
- 🆓 Free to use
- ✨ Customizable fonts
- 🤩 Great for social media
Room to improve
- 🙈 Can't save fonts
- 🔒 Keyboard not available
- 🐌 Slow performance
- 🤯 Crashes frequently
- 🙅♀️ Limited font options
Symbol Keyboard
From 3.2K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 💎 Wide range of symbols
- 👍 Easy to use
- 🆓 Free app with no subscription
- 📚 Comprehensive symbol library
- 🗂️ Ability to organize symbols
Room to improve
- 🔍 Difficult to find specific symbols
- 🧭 Unintuitive category organization
- 🚫 Ads interrupt usage
- 🔀 Keyboard integration issues
- 🔍 Lacking search functionality
Bugs and requests
Font Maker
Reported bugs
4 issues- Save font option not working
- Bottom row of letters not accessible
- Pasting text issues
- Compatibility problems with iOS updates
Requested features
5 requests- Add keyboard functionality
- Expand font library
- Allow custom font creation
- Improve stability and performance
- Provide better instructions and guidance
Symbol Keyboard
Reported bugs
2 issues- Crashes when opening the app
- Keyboard fails to switch back to default
Requested features
4 requests- Add preset symbol organization (e.g. A-Z)
- Implement settings menu (dark mode, custom folders)
- Integrate keyboard with system for easier access
- Improve search to find symbols quickly
In-app purchases
Font Maker
No in-app purchases
Symbol Keyboard
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Font Maker free?
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