Fontasy vs Pattern Type
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Fontasy
Explore a vast library of over 600 font families from Google Fonts. View font details, export files to other applications, and create custom text images to share with friends.
- Browse Google Fonts
- View font details
- Export font files
- Create custom text images
- Share font creations
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Fontasy allows you to browse fonts on Google Fonts. ・ More than 600 font families are registered on Google Fonts. ・ Browse details of fonts send from other apps. ・ Export font files to other apps. ・ Type out something with your favorite font and share images with your friends.
Pattern Type
Design unique patterns and generate custom typefaces composed of these patterns. Create geometric, caps-only fonts for personal or commercial use. Save and share your font creations with an intuitive graphical interface.
- Pattern design tools
- Typeface generation
- Geometric font creation
- Caps-only typefaces
- Save and share designs
- Private and commercial licenses
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The Pattern Type App allows you to design patterns and generate typefaces composed out of these patterns. You can choose between weights, draw patterns and preview the generated letters, share or save your designs etc... The results are geometrical, caps only typefaces. Design is made simple with the graphical user interface. Download the result and use it to give your documents a very personal note. You can download the fonts and choose between two different licences, for private or commercial use. The App is based on the same database as the typefaces of the Collection No. 1 by Mauve Type. The basic motivation is to explore the conceptual possibilities of generic type design.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Fontasy at none against Pattern Type's 3. Fontasy also leads on ratings volume (850 vs 1). Pattern Type's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, ads and 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
Both are free to download. Pattern Type sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Fontasy asks for nothing beyond the download.
Pattern Type holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Fontasy has 850 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Fontasy ships an update every 2 months, Pattern Type every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Fontasy | Pattern Type |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (850 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 58.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 850 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | youthhr | TinkaTinka |
Customer experience
Fontasy
Pattern Type
Bugs and requests
Fontasy
Reported bugs
3 issues- Some fonts not displaying properly
- App freezing or crashing for some users
- Inconsistent behavior when resizing text
Requested features
4 requests- Add font categories and filtering options
- Implement font installation/integration with system
- Allow copying/pasting fonts to other apps
- Improve organization and font management
Pattern Type
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Fontasy
No in-app purchases
Pattern Type
- Font (private use)$3.99
- Upgrade license$15.99
- Font (commercial use)$19.99
Questions
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