Comparison

FontNotes vs nowish

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

Head to head
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 thousands of fonts from DaFont, FontShare, ArFonts, Google Fonts and more, or import your own • 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 and fonts into groups • Focus Mode: clear away distractions and read your note in peace • Check any font's license terms in the built-in font inspector • Sync seamlessly across iPhone, iPad, and Mac with iCloud • 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.

About

nowish

Features
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nowish is a simple, gamified task manager for people who want to get things done soon-ish. Add up to 10 tasks per day, check them off, and earn XP to level up. Unlock new titles, task allowances and ranks as you build momentum. Set recurring tasks daily, weekly, fortnightly or monthly so your routine runs itself. Track your progress via the progress tab. The more consistent you are, the higher you climb. No accounts. No cloud. Everything stays on your device. Try nowish now. Features: - Add and complete daily tasks to earn XP - Level up from 1 to 99 - Unlock titles and ranks as you progress - Set recurring tasks (daily, weekday, weekend, weekly, fortnightly, monthly) - Calendar view to plan ahead and review past days - Manage future tasks in one place - Swipe to delete tasks - Clean, distraction-free design - Upgrade to unlock unlimited tasks per day

Screenshots

FontNotes4 screens
nowish4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: nowish at none against FontNotes's shown. nowish also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. FontNotes sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and nowish sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
FontNotes versus nowish: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFontNotesnowish
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 daysEvery 3 days
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS1713.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size21 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerevert martinTega Fe-Cados

In-app purchases

1 purchases

FontNotes

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$1.99
1 purchases

nowish

One-time1
  • Unlimited Tasks$0.99

Questions

Is FontNotes free?
FontNotes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is nowish free?
nowish is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do FontNotes or nowish have ads?
FontNotes shows ads; nowish does not.
Which is updated more often, FontNotes or nowish?
FontNotes ships an update every 3 days, and nowish every 3 days. Most recently, FontNotes was updated on September 24, 2026 and nowish on September 8, 2026.

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