Comparison

FontBooth vs Wakana

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

Head to head
About

FontBooth

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FontBooth is designed to provide fonts that have a high glyph coverage of CJK Unicode blocks, enabling you to continue working on documents on the go. FontBooth is not looking for eye-catching fonts, but rather focuses mainly on Hei, Yuan, Song, Ming, and Kai glyph CJK fonts. Although all fonts are available for personal or commercial use, there may be specific limitations for each font. If you intend to use them for other than document viewing or editing, please carefully examine the licenses. ### About custom fonts - Custom fonts can only be used by apps with custom font privileges. - Custom fonts are not accessible through the keyboard extension, even though the hosting application has been granted the font privilege.

About

Wakana

Features
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Main Features Font customization Display of kanji pronunciation in the specified language (ruby) Mutual conversion between Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, and Shinjitai Dictionary function by clicking words Recommended especially for language learners, translators, researchers of Japanese/Chinese, and language enthusiasts. โ–  Freely selectable display fonts: Handwritten-style font Pixel-style font โ–  Display of kanji pronunciation (ruby function) It is possible to add ruby above kanji: Mandarin (Standard Chinese / Putonghua) Cantonese Taiwanese (Taipei / Tainan style) Japanese Korean Sino-Vietnamese (Vietnamese readings) โ–  Ruby notation formats: Pinyin alphabet Zhuyin symbols (Bopomofo) Hiragana Katakana Hangul โ–  Tone mark display Tone marks can be set to "on / off". โ–  Character form conversion function Conversion is possible to the following character types: Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Shinjitai โ–  Word highlighting Background color is added to converted words for visual clarity. โ–  Dictionary function Click dictionary: Clicking a word displays its translation in the specified language as a pop-up. โ–  Example of customization You can freely combine options such as: "Japanese kun-yomi + Zhuyin (Taiwan) + Simplified Chinese + Handwritten-style font"

Screenshots

FontBooth4 screens
Wakana4 screens

Verdict

The call

FontBooth and Wakana are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters โ€” price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them โ€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
FontBooth versus Wakana: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFontBoothWakana
PriceFreeFree
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, Mac
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size1 MB79 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEthan LiuDaichi Kato

In-app purchases

None

FontBooth

No in-app purchases

None

Wakana

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is FontBooth free?
FontBooth is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Wakana free?
Wakana is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do FontBooth or Wakana have ads?
Neither FontBooth nor Wakana shows ads.

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