Comparison

Simple Font Manager vs Dearscript

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

Head to head
About

Simple Font Manager

Features
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Simple Font Manager allows you to import your TrueType and OpenType fonts for managing them. It will easily generate a configuration profile for you allowing you to use your fonts in other apps.

About

Dearscript

Features
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Your handwriting deserves to be more than ink. Dearscript turns what you write with Apple Pencil into a real, installable font โ€” free, with no accounts and no subscriptions. Write each letter once on a guided, notebook-style canvas, and watch a live preview assemble your handwriting into sentences as you go. When you're happy, install your font on your iPad or iPhone and use it in Pages, Keynote, Word, and any app that supports custom fonts โ€” or export the font file and use it on your Mac or PC. HOW IT WORKS โ€ข Draw each letter with Apple Pencil on a compact, guided canvas โ€” faint reference letters and typographic guidelines keep everything lined up โ€ข Watch the live preview render your own sample text in your handwriting as you draw โ€ข Install your font system-wide, or share the font file anywhere MAKE IT YOURS โ€ข Five brushes โ€” pen, monoline, fountain pen, marker, pencil โ€” with adjustable width โ€ข Pressure-sensitive strokes carry into the finished font: write light, write bold, it shows โ€ข Draw multiple versions of any letter and Dearscript rotates them naturally as you type, so nothing looks stamped or robotic โ€ข Letter combinations like "th" and "oo" can be drawn as connected pairs for a flowing, natural look โ€ข Tune character and word spacing; add designer and license info to the font file itself A REAL FONT, DONE RIGHT Dearscript builds genuine TrueType fonts with smooth curves โ€” not images of your writing. 105 glyphs: uppercase, lowercase, numbers, punctuation, symbols, and combinations. EVERYWHERE YOU ARE Your fonts sync privately through iCloud across your devices. No account to create, no data collected, nothing to pay.

Screenshots

Simple Font Manager1 screens
Dearscript4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Simple Font Manager at 18.5 against Dearscript's 26.5. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 5 level
Simple Font Manager versus Dearscript: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSimple Font ManagerDearscript
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 daysโ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.5 โ€” better26.5
Further details โ€” not scored
Size20 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTinyRatchet LLCDennis Koch

In-app purchases

None

Simple Font Manager

No in-app purchases

None

Dearscript

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Simple Font Manager free?
Simple Font Manager is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Dearscript free?
Dearscript is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Simple Font Manager or Dearscript have ads?
Neither Simple Font Manager nor Dearscript shows ads.

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