Simple Font Manager vs Dearscript
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Simple Font Manager
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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.
Dearscript
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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 โข Draw each letter with Apple Pencil on a compact, guided canvas โ faint reference letters and typographic guidelines keep everything lined up โข Watch the live preview render your own sample text in your handwriting as you draw โข Install your font system-wide, or share the font file anywhere MAKE IT YOURS โข Five brushes โ pen, monoline, fountain pen, marker, pencil โ with adjustable width โข Pressure-sensitive strokes carry into the finished font: write light, write bold, it shows โข Draw multiple versions of any letter and Dearscript rotates them naturally as you type, so nothing looks stamped or robotic โข Letter combinations like "th" and "oo" can be drawn as connected pairs for a flowing, natural look โข 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.
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Simple Font Manager | Dearscript |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days | โ |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.5 โ better | 26.5 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | TinyRatchet LLC | Dennis Koch |
In-app purchases
Simple Font Manager
No in-app purchases
Dearscript
No in-app purchases
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