Comparison

Dev Toolkit vs SymbolCraft

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

Head to head
About

Dev Toolkit

Access native iOS fonts, sounds, and haptic feedback for app development. Preview characters, play sounds, and feel haptics to ensure consistency and a familiar user experience in your applications.

Highlights
  • Access native iOS fonts
  • Preview font characters
  • Play system sounds
  • Experience haptic feedback
  • Utilize base .font options
  • Ensure Apple look and feel
Features
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Dev Toolkit 1.0 is a free app that gives you the Xcode developer quick and easy access to the iOS native fonts, sounds, haptics and base .fonts you can use in your next great app. Fonts—Dev Toolkit 1.0 displays all the fonts you can use on iPhones, iPads, and Macs in your app. Tap a font to see a summary of the characters available, and then expand to see a larger view of each individual character. Quickly determine the exact offset CGSize setting you need to position characters perfectly. Sounds—This is a summary of the system sounds available for your apps. Tap a sound to play it, or scroll through the sounds sequentially to find the perfect one. Haptics—A summary of the haptic feedback available. Tap a particular haptic to feel it! Note that current iPad models, as well as Macs, do not support haptic feedback. .fonts—Consistency with the Apple look and feel is key to delivering an intuitive user experience. Using the base .font options is one of the best ways to give a familiar user experience.

About

SymbolCraft

Features
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SymbolCraft is a fast, native catalog and inspector for browsing SF Symbols and Apple system symbols on iPhone and iPad. Built for Apple-platform developers, designers, students, and curious makers, SymbolCraft helps you find the right symbol, preview how it behaves, and copy what you need without leaving your device. - Browse A Native Symbol Catalog Explore organized categories, scan a spacious adaptive grid, and move quickly through the symbol library with a touch-first interface that also feels at home on iPad. - Search By Name And Synonym Find symbols by the words you already use. Search stays fast, local, and focused so you can get from idea to symbol name with less friction. - Inspect Before You Copy Open any symbol to review its name, categories, synonyms, availability, restrictions, and accessibility details in one clear detail workflow. - Preview And Customize Experiment with rendering modes, colors, palette behavior, font weight, scale, variable values where available, and symbol animations directly on your device. - Favorite Your Regulars Save symbols you use often and return to them quickly from a dedicated favorites area. Favorites stay local and are part of the free core experience. - Copy And Export For Real Work Copy symbol names and available implementation details from the inspector, and use individual export actions where supported by the app. - Private, Offline, And Indie-Built No accounts, no analytics, no ads, no tracking, and no cloud sync. SymbolCraft is designed as a focused local tool, not a design-system manager or backend service. SymbolCraft Pro is an optional one-time lifetime upgrade for saved-work productivity, including project collections, saved symbol recipes, batch export workflows, and advanced export presets as they are available in the app. Download SymbolCraft and keep a simple, lovable, complete symbol reference with you wherever you build.

Screenshots

Dev Toolkit4 screens
SymbolCraft4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Dev Toolkit at none against SymbolCraft's 1. On price, ads, device support 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. SymbolCraft sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Dev Toolkit asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 7 level
Dev Toolkit versus SymbolCraft: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDev ToolkitSymbolCraft
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Update frequency—Every 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.5 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDouglas J FarmerRemi Herbiet

In-app purchases

None

Dev Toolkit

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

SymbolCraft

One-time1
  • SymbolCraft Pro$14.99

Questions

Is Dev Toolkit free?
Dev Toolkit is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SymbolCraft free?
SymbolCraft is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Dev Toolkit or SymbolCraft have ads?
Neither Dev Toolkit nor SymbolCraft shows ads.

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