Comparison

Custom Font Maker Keyboard vs Handwriting Font Maker

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

Transform your messages with a vast collection of stylish fonts and custom handwriting designs. Personalize your typing experience with colorful keyboard themes and a wide array of symbols, GIFs, and kaomoji. Enhance your communication with a unique touch on all your favorite social media and texting apps.

Highlights
  • 150+ stylish fonts
  • Custom handwriting font creation
  • Colorful keyboard designs
  • Symbols, GIFs, and kaomoji
  • Typing assistance features
  • Compatibility with major social apps
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

Handwriting Font Maker

Transform your handwriting into a genuine .ttf font file. Draw letters on a guided canvas, preview them live, and export a standard font file to use in any application that supports custom fonts.

Highlights
  • Draw letters on guided canvas
  • Live font preview
  • Export as .ttf font file
  • Unlimited font creation
  • Full character set support
  • Use in various applications
Features
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Your handwriting is yours. Now you can turn it into a real font — and keep it forever. Handwriting Font Maker turns the letters you draw into a genuine .ttf font file you can install and use anywhere. Not a keyboard trick. Not text locked inside another app. A real, standard font file that belongs to you. HOW IT WORKS 1. Draw your letters — Write each character on a guided canvas with your finger or Apple Pencil. Helper lines and a ghost letter keep everything aligned. 2. Preview instantly — Type any sentence and watch it appear in your own handwriting, live. 3. Export your font — Save a real .ttf you can take anywhere. USE IT ANYWHERE Import your font straight into Procreate on iPad, or install it on your Mac or PC to use in Word, Pages, Canva, Cricut Design Space, and any app that supports custom fonts. Wedding invites, logos, signatures, captions, lettering, journals — anything, in your own hand. WHY IT'S DIFFERENT Most "font" apps just let you type in pre-made styles inside their own keyboard. The moment you leave the app, the font is gone. This one gives you the actual file. - Real .ttf export — a standard font file, yours to keep - Unlimited fonts — make as many as you like - Full character set — A–Z, a–z, 0–9, and punctuation - Live preview before you export - Works on your device — your handwriting stays with you Your handwriting. Your font. Your file.

Screenshots

Custom Font Maker Keyboard4 screens
Handwriting Font Maker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Custom Font Maker Keyboard at 50% against Handwriting Font Maker's 0%. Custom Font Maker Keyboard also leads on rating (4.4 vs 1.0) and ratings volume (41 vs 2). Handwriting Font Maker's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence, 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

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 Handwriting Font Maker sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Custom Font Maker Keyboard holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Custom Font Maker Keyboard has 41 ratings behind it against 2, 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 0% of Handwriting Font Maker's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Custom Font Maker Keyboard ships an update every 6 weeks, Handwriting Font Maker every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Custom Font Maker Keyboard versus Handwriting Font Maker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCustom Font Maker KeyboardHandwriting Font Maker
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (41 ratings) — better1.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings41 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAzizbek AsadovIhsan Ullah

Customer experience

Custom Font Maker Keyboard

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

Handwriting Font Maker

All ratings2 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Custom Font Maker Keyboard

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

Handwriting Font Maker

One-time1
  • Lifetime Pro Unlock$9.99

Questions

Is Custom Font Maker Keyboard free?
Custom Font Maker Keyboard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Handwriting Font Maker free?
Handwriting Font Maker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Custom Font Maker Keyboard or Handwriting Font Maker?
Custom Font Maker Keyboard is rated higher. Custom Font Maker Keyboard averages 4.4 out of 5 from 41 ratings, while Handwriting Font Maker averages 1.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Custom Font Maker Keyboard or Handwriting Font Maker have ads?
Custom Font Maker Keyboard shows ads; Handwriting Font Maker does not.
Which is updated more often, Custom Font Maker Keyboard or Handwriting Font Maker?
Custom Font Maker Keyboard ships an update every 6 weeks, and Handwriting Font Maker every 3 weeks. Most recently, Custom Font Maker Keyboard was updated on October 27, 2026 and Handwriting Font Maker on October 20, 2026.

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