Comparison

Fonts Browser vs Fonts

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

Head to head
About

Fonts Browser

Explore all fonts installed on your iPhone and iPad. Preview any font with custom text and view detailed metadata including designer and licensing information. Ideal for developers and designers seeking typography inspiration.

Highlights
  • Browse all installed fonts and families
  • Live font preview with custom text
  • View full character sets
  • See supported languages
  • Discover font metadata (designer, license)
  • Wikipedia links for fonts and designers
Features
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Discover Every Font on Your iPhone and iPad – Instantly. Font Browser gives you full access to all fonts and font families installed on your iPhone and iPad. Whether you're an iOS developer, UI/UX designer, or simply passionate about typography – this app is your go-to reference for exploring iOS system fonts across all your devices. Browse, preview, and test any installed font using custom sample text in various sizes. See how your content looks before you build or design it – on any screen size. Each font comes with detailed metadata – including designer, manufacturer, supported languages, and licensing info. When available, direct links to Wikipedia articles provide even deeper insight. Key Features: -------------------- • Browse every font and font family available on your iPhone and iPad • Live preview: test fonts with your own text in multiple sizes • Explore full character sets for each font • See all supported languages for a selected font • Discover font details like designer, brand, and copyright • Wikipedia links for fonts and designers (when available) • Perfect for iOS developers and app designers • Great inspiration tool for brainstorming, sketching, and prototyping • Quickly find the perfect font for your next project Your complete iOS font reference – right in your pocket.

About

Fonts

Features
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We released an application that lists system fonts for developers and designers. People who have experienced the following are free so please try^^ * When specifying the font with UIFont, sometimes I mistook the font name and PostScript name * I want to change the font according to the design, but I do not know what type of fonts are available 【What you can do】 You can see how the alphabet, numbers, symbols, and character strings you registered are displayed in the system fonts. Font size can be specified from 8 to 40, so you can check with a large size for iPad. The font list can be filtered with bold, italic, normal. Furthermore, if you check the font, you can display only the fonts checked in the Checked list. Please use it when you want to compare similar fonts side-by-side. Swiping items in the list allows you to copy and share PostScript names. Please use it when you want engineers to request font designation. 【 About purchasing automatic subscription 】 When you purchase the editing function of automatic subscription, the following functions become available additionally. - Free text editing - Change the list font size - Change the contents of the list display - Detailed font size change - Display system sound list Also, banner advertisements displayed at the bottom of the screen will not be displayed during the automatic subscription period as well. When purchasing, please confirm the following "Terms of service (Japanese)" and "Privacy policy" and purchase only if you agree. 【 Terms of service (Japanese) 】 http://donika.co.jp/terms.html 【 Privacy policy 】 http://donika.co.jp/en/privacy_policy.html 【 Duration and amount of automatic subscription 】 - Edit function - 1 month : ¥100 (JPY) - Edit function - 3 months : ¥200 (JPY) - Edit function - 12 months : ¥720 (JPY) 【 About auto-renewable 】 Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal. Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable.

Screenshots

Fonts Browser4 screens
Fonts4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Fonts at Free against Fonts Browser's $0.99. Fonts also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 22 months) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 14.0). Fonts Browser's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ads (none vs shown). On 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

Fonts is free to download; Fonts Browser costs $0.99 up front. Fonts sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Fonts Browser asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Fonts Browser ships an update every 22 months, Fonts every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 7, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Fonts Browser versus Fonts: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFonts BrowserFonts
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating4.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 22 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS14.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB21 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDirk Einecke株式会社DONIKA

In-app purchases

None

Fonts Browser

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Fonts

Subscriptions3
  • Edit function - 1 month$0.991 Month
  • Edit function - 3 months$1.993 Months
  • Edit function - 12 months$6.491 Year

Questions

Is Fonts Browser free?
Fonts Browser costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Fonts free?
Fonts is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Fonts Browser or Fonts have ads?
Fonts shows ads; Fonts Browser does not.
Which is updated more often, Fonts Browser or Fonts?
Fonts Browser ships an update every 22 months, and Fonts every 2 months. Most recently, Fonts Browser was updated on September 7, 2026 and Fonts on September 19, 2026.

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