Comparison

Custom Font Maker Keyboard vs Fontify

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

Head to head
About

Custom Font Maker Keyboard

Personalize your messages with unique text styles, symbols, and custom handwriting designs. Use the integrated keyboard to apply these creations across various apps. Share your handwritten art as images for a distinct touch.

Highlights
  • Styled text and symbols
  • Custom handwriting creation
  • Integrated custom keyboard
  • Share handwriting as images
  • Kaomoji collections
Features
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Give your messages a personal touch with Font Maker Keyboard on iPhone and iPad. Explore styled text, symbols and kaomoji, copy your favorites, and use the custom keyboard in apps that support it. Draw your own characters, save your handwriting designs, and share them as images in apps that accept image pasting. FREE FEATURES • Try the included free text styles and kaomoji. • Copy styled text and symbols. • Create and save your own handwriting designs. • Use the custom keyboard on iPhone and iPad. PREMIUM Subscribe to unlock additional text styles and Premium kaomoji collections. The subscription screen shows the available plans, localized price and billing period before you purchase. Free handwriting creation and symbols remain available without a subscription. COMPATIBILITY AND KEYBOARD SETUP Text styles transform supported Latin letters and numbers into Unicode characters. Appearance and support vary by receiving app, device and language. Handwriting is shared as images, not an installable system font; text-only fields cannot accept handwriting images. Enable Font Maker in Settings > General > Keyboard > Keyboards. Free typing works without Full Access. Optional Full Access lets the keyboard read locally saved handwriting and Premium access from the containing app. The keyboard does not upload what you type. SUBSCRIPTIONS Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Manage or cancel subscriptions in your Apple Account settings. Restore Purchases is available in the app. Terms: https://pages.flycricket.io/font-maker-pro/terms Privacy: https://pages.flycricket.io/font-maker-pro/privacy

About

Fontify

Easily access a wide variety of stylish fonts directly from your phone's keyboard. Make your text messages, social media bios, and posts stand out with unique and creative typography.

Highlights
  • Custom keyboard for stylish fonts
  • Fonts for chat, bios, and posts
  • Easy to use interface
  • Wide variety of font choices
  • Impress friends on social media
Features
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Type in cool fonts anywhere on your iPhone. Fontify adds a fonts keyboard that turns your words into stylish text the moment you type, so you never copy and paste from another app again. • Stand out in bios, captions, stories and chats • Switch styles in one tap without leaving the conversation • Private by design: no Full Access needed, Fontify never reads what you type WHAT'S INSIDE • 60+ font styles: bold, italic, script, double-struck, small caps, bubble and more • Kaomoji faces in 11 categories ( ◕‿◕ ) • Unicode symbols and decorative text frames • 22 keyboard themes, with separate light and dark mode choices • An in-app preview to try every style before you install the keyboard WORKS EVERYWHERE YOU TYPE Messages, social apps, notes, email and any app that uses the iPhone keyboard. EASY SETUP Add Fontify in Settings › General › Keyboard in under a minute. The in-app guide shows you each step. FONTIFY PRO Many fonts are free. Fontify Pro unlocks every font style, symbol set and theme. Pro is available as a monthly or yearly auto-renewing subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel it anytime in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://lazyboard.app/fontify/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://lazyboard.app/fontify/privacy/

Screenshots

Custom Font Maker Keyboard4 screens
Fontify4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Fontify at 100% against Custom Font Maker Keyboard's 50%. Fontify also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.4) and ads (none vs shown). Custom Font Maker Keyboard's advantage is ratings volume (41 vs 5) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model and iOS requirement 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

Both are free to download. Custom Font Maker Keyboard sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days and Fontify sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Fontify holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Custom Font Maker Keyboard has 41 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Custom Font Maker Keyboard's written reviews are positive against 100% of Fontify's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Custom Font Maker Keyboard ships an update every 6 weeks, Fontify weekly. Both last shipped on November 12, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Custom Font Maker Keyboard versus Fontify: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCustom Font Maker KeyboardFontify
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (41 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings41 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksWeekly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAzizbek AsadovElsayed Hussein

Customer experience

Custom Font Maker Keyboard

All ratings41 ratings
Positive82.9%
Neutral7.3%
Negative9.8%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%

Fontify

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Custom Font Maker Keyboard

Subscriptions3
  • Weekly$0.997 Days
  • 1 Month$4.991 Month
  • 12 Months$19.991 Year
2 purchases

Fontify

Subscriptions2
  • Fontify - Fonts Keyboard Pro$0.991 Month
  • Fontify - Fonts Keyboard Pro$8.991 Year

Questions

Is Custom Font Maker Keyboard free?
Custom Font Maker Keyboard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Fontify free?
Fontify is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Custom Font Maker Keyboard or Fontify?
Fontify is rated higher. Custom Font Maker Keyboard averages 4.4 out of 5 from 41 ratings, while Fontify averages 5.0 from 5 ratings.
Do Custom Font Maker Keyboard or Fontify have ads?
Custom Font Maker Keyboard shows ads; Fontify does not.
Which is updated more often, Custom Font Maker Keyboard or Fontify?
Custom Font Maker Keyboard ships an update every 6 weeks, and Fontify weekly. Most recently, Custom Font Maker Keyboard was updated on November 12, 2026 and Fontify on November 12, 2026.

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