FontNotes vs Retila
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
FontNotes
Express your thoughts with unique fonts and custom styling. Create visually appealing notes, lists, and journals with flexible formatting options and the ability to bend text along drawn paths. Organize, protect, and sync your creations across devices.
- Extensive font library from popular sources
- Customizable note styling (borders, colors, backgrounds)
- Text on Path feature for curved text
- Widgets for home screen access
- Folder organization with custom colors
- Focus Mode for distraction-free writing
- iCloud sync across Apple devices
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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, 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.
Retila
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Retila - Read It Later is an app to save and manage interesting links, webpages, and sites you encounter every day. The name is an acronym (sort of) of the words: read it later. Retila lets you save your links forever. Unlike other apps, there is no sign in required. The data is synced to your iCloud account. If you wish, you can also export and import the data via CSV file. You are the owner and always in control. The app also lets you import your list from 3rd party apps like Pocket (Rest in Peace). There is instruction in the app how to do it. Retila features: - Save links for later - Unlimited entry - No sign in required - iCloud Sync - Export and Import list via CSV - Share extension (insert links from other apps via share) - Powerful filtering and search - Tag management - Custom app icons. And many more features to come. The app is currently only available for iOS. Retila is made with love in Munich.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Retila at none against FontNotes's shown. FontNotes's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 10 days) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. FontNotes sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Retila sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
FontNotes ships an update every 3 days, Retila every 10 days. Both last shipped on October 30, 2026.
| Parameter | FontNotes | Retila |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (7 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Every 10 days |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | evert martin | Mohammad Faisal Bin Ahmed |
In-app purchases
FontNotes
- Remove Ads$2.69
Retila
- Retila Plus$4.99








