Comparison

FontNotes vs Glass Notes

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

Glass Notes

Capture thoughts with visually appealing glass cards that change color based on their background. Organize notes with color tags, checklists, and folders. Protect your private entries with Face ID and access them easily via home screen widgets.

Highlights
  • Visually appealing glass card design
  • Color-coded note organization
  • Interactive checklists
  • Folder-based note grouping
  • Face ID/Passcode protection
  • Home screen widgets
  • Private data storage
Features
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Write, plan and keep private information on translucent, colorful glass cards. Capture tasks, checklists, photos, scans, drawings and voice notes in one polished workspace for iPhone and iPad. A one-time purchase unlocks Glass Notes, with no subscription, ads, tracking or account. CUSTOMIZE YOUR WORKSPACE Create translucent glass cards and choose any HEX color for notes, folders, text and the app accent. Use bold and italic text with nine text colors. CAPTURE MORE Add photos, scan documents and search for text found inside images. Record voice notes with on-device transcription. Draw by hand with Apple Pencil. ORGANIZE EVERYTHING Create checklists with progress indicators. Group content into folders and tags, then filter tags in one tap. Use calendar view and reminders. Select multiple notes to move, share or delete them together. SEARCH AND SHARE Spotlight searches your notes, while locked notes are never indexed. Share notes as images or PDFs. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT Protect private notes with Face ID or a passcode. Sync privately with iCloud across your own devices. Recently Deleted retains removed notes for 30 days. WIDGETS AND iPAD Add Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets for quick access. Use the iPad sidebar layout for efficient navigation. DESIGNED FOR iOS 26 Glass Notes is built for iOS 26 and Apple's Liquid Glass design, bringing a translucent, modern interface to your everyday writing. ONE-TIME PURCHASE Pay once and keep the full app. No subscription. No ads. No tracking. No account.

Screenshots

FontNotes4 screens
Glass Notes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: FontNotes at 100% against Glass Notes's 50%. FontNotes also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 8 days) and ratings volume (6 vs 2). Glass Notes's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). On price 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. Glass Notes asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Glass Notes holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 2 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of FontNotes's written reviews are positive against 50% of Glass Notes's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FontNotes ships an update every 3 days, Glass Notes every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
FontNotes versus Glass Notes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFontNotesGlass Notes
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (6 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings6 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 8 days
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerevert martinBirkan Aksoy

Customer experience

FontNotes

All ratings6 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Glass Notes

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

FontNotes

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$1.99
None

Glass Notes

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is FontNotes free?
FontNotes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Glass Notes free?
Glass Notes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, FontNotes or Glass Notes?
Glass Notes is rated higher. FontNotes averages 4.5 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while Glass Notes averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do FontNotes or Glass Notes have ads?
FontNotes shows ads; Glass Notes does not.
Which is updated more often, FontNotes or Glass Notes?
FontNotes ships an update every 3 days, and Glass Notes every 8 days. Most recently, FontNotes was updated on October 11, 2026 and Glass Notes on October 5, 2026.

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