Comparison

Nine Ideas vs FontNotes

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

Head to head
About

Nine Ideas

This app helps you train your creativity through daily challenges. Choose a topic and write down nine ideas to strengthen your creative mindset and thinking habits. It's designed for journaling, brainstorming, and daily inspiration without pressure.

Highlights
  • Daily idea generation challenges
  • Topic selection or random prompts
  • Structured thinking format
  • Revisit and save past topics
  • Offline use
  • No account or cloud tracking
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Train your creativity in small, daily steps. Choose a topic – and write down nine ideas. Challenging, but doable. A daily routine that gets easier over time – and builds real creative strength. Whether it’s for journaling, brainstorming, or daily inspiration – Nine Ideas gets your thoughts moving. You’ll explore new angles, train your idea flow, and strengthen your creative mindset. No pressure. It’s not about being perfect. It’s about thinking differently, experimenting, and showing up every day. ————————— How it works: → Pick a topic – or get one at random → Write nine ideas, thoughts or questions → Train your thinking in a clear, simple format → Revisit topics, save favorites, explore new angles ————————— Why nine ideas? Because nine is just outside your comfort zone. Enough to stretch your mind – but still doable. That’s what makes it work. ————————— In a world of AI and automation, your ability to think creatively matters more than ever. Your questions, your ideas, your way of thinking – they make the difference. Nine Ideas helps you create a habit of thinking clearly, creatively, and consistently. Offline. Without pressure. One small step at a time. ————————— Who is it for? → You want to think more clearly, work more creatively, or reflect regularly? → You’re looking for daily prompts to spark new ideas in your work, studies, or personal life? → You use journaling, develop personal projects, or create content? → You’re navigating change and want to build a habit of creative reflection? → Do you prefer structured thinking, think in connections, and want to strengthen your creativity – in your own way? Nine Ideas helps you stay consistent – with structure, inspiration, and a format that activates your mind. ————————— What you’ll gain: → More mental clarity and focus → New ideas and creative breakthroughs → Confidence in your own process → A simple habit to strengthen your creativity → A space to think – your way And if you don’t reach nine? That’s okay. Some days you’ll have nine. Some days, just a few. What matters is: you showed up. ————————— Your ideas stay on your device. No account, no cloud, no tracking. Just you and your mind. ————————— Start your daily challenge today. Creativity isn’t a talent. It’s a habit.

About

FontNotes

Create personalized notes with a wide range of fonts and customization options. Easily import your own fonts, adjust size, color, and layout to express your thoughts uniquely. Perfect for journaling, planning, and capturing inspiration.

Highlights
  • Create and organize styled notes
  • Import custom fonts
  • Customize colors, sizes, and formatting
  • Simple, clean interface
  • Expressive note customization
Features
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Make every note look the way it feels. FontNotes lets you write in fonts that match your mood, whether you're journaling, planning, making lists, or capturing a passing idea. Choose from your own font library or import new styles in seconds, then customize borders, colors, letter spacing, and styling until every note is uniquely yours. And now your words don't have to stay on a straight line: draw a path anywhere on your note, and your text flows right along it. WHY YOU'LL LOVE FONTNOTES: • Browse and download hundreds of thousands of fonts from FontSpace, DaFont, Fontspring, 1001 Fonts, Fontshare, Google Fonts and more, or import your own • Fonts group into their families automatically, so you can inspect every weight and style and check its license terms • Give every note its own look with borders, colors, letter spacing, and ruled, dotted, or grid backgrounds • Bend your words along any path you draw, with Text on Path • Create notes, lists, and checklists that keep their formatting • Add photos and images to your notes • Put your favorite notes on your home screen with small, medium, and large widgets • Organize notes into folders in any color and order you like, and fonts into groups • Focus Mode: clear away distractions and read your note in peace • Sync seamlessly across iPhone, iPad, and Mac with iCloud • Made for iPhone Duo, on both the outer screen and the big inner display • Choose your own app theme color. Make FontNotes truly yours. • Built with accessibility in mind: adjustable Contrast, Text Size, and Bold Text, plus support for VoiceOver and Voice Control • Lock the app with Face ID or a passcode • Restore deleted notes for up to 30 days • Create and style notes with Shortcuts • Available in English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Japanese, Korean, and Chinese • A simple, clean interface designed for creativity Your thoughts aren't plain, and your notes shouldn't be either. FontNotes makes writing truly yours.

Screenshots

Nine Ideas4 screens
FontNotes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: FontNotes at 4.5 against Nine Ideas's 4.0. FontNotes also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs fortnightly) and ratings volume (6 vs 1). Nine Ideas's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On price 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. FontNotes sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Nine Ideas asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

FontNotes holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: FontNotes has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Nine Ideas ships an update fortnightly, FontNotes every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Nine Ideas versus FontNotes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNine IdeasFontNotes
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (1 ratings)4.5 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings16 — better
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 3 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS18.017 — better
Further details — not scored
Size35 MB21 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMarina Bohlemevert martin

In-app purchases

None

Nine Ideas

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

FontNotes

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$2.69

Questions

Is Nine Ideas free?
Nine Ideas is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is FontNotes free?
FontNotes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Nine Ideas or FontNotes?
FontNotes is rated higher. Nine Ideas averages 4.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while FontNotes averages 4.5 from 6 ratings.
Do Nine Ideas or FontNotes have ads?
FontNotes shows ads; Nine Ideas does not.
Which is updated more often, Nine Ideas or FontNotes?
Nine Ideas ships an update fortnightly, and FontNotes every 3 days. Most recently, Nine Ideas was updated on October 27, 2026 and FontNotes on October 28, 2026.

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