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

Express your thoughts with unique fonts and customizable styles. Create visually appealing notes, lists, and journals with features like text on a path, custom backgrounds, and image integration. Organize and secure your creations with folders, widgets, and Face ID.

Highlights
  • Extensive font library from multiple sources
  • Text on Path for curved text
  • Customizable borders, colors, and backgrounds
  • Photo and image integration
  • Home screen widgets
  • Folder organization
  • Focus Mode for distraction-free writing
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, 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.

About

Glass Notes

Organize tasks, checklists, photos, scans, drawings, and voice notes on customizable, translucent glass cards. Protect your private information with Face ID or passcode. Features include widgets, iPad support, and powerful search.

Highlights
  • Translucent glass cards for notes
  • Capture photos, scans, drawings, voice notes
  • Checklists with progress indicators
  • Folders and tags for organization
  • Face ID/passcode protection
  • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets
  • On-device transcription
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. Start free with up to 10 notes. One purchase unlocks unlimited 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. 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. FREE TO START Keep up to 10 notes for free. One purchase unlocks unlimited notes, forever. 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 9 days) and iOS requirement (17 vs 26.0). Glass Notes's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and rating (5.0 vs 4.6). On price, ratings volume, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 Glass Notes sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Glass Notes holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 3 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 9 days. Both last shipped on November 8, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
FontNotes versus Glass Notes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFontNotesGlass Notes
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (7 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings7 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 9 days
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS17 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size21 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerevert martinBirkan Aksoy

Customer experience

FontNotes

All ratings7 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative14.3%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Glass Notes

All ratings3 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$2.69
1 purchases

Glass Notes

One-time1
  • Glass Notes Full Access$4.99

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 in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, FontNotes or Glass Notes?
Glass Notes is rated higher. FontNotes averages 4.6 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while Glass Notes averages 5.0 from 3 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 9 days. Most recently, FontNotes was updated on November 8, 2026 and Glass Notes on November 8, 2026.

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