Comparison

Font Maker vs FontStudio

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

Head to head
About

Font Maker

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Turn your handwriting into a real font. Create your own custom typeface directly on iPhone by drawing each letter, number, and symbol by hand. Font Maker guides you from the first character to a complete font, lets you preview the result in real contexts, and exports a real TTF file you can save, test, and share. Whether you want a personal handwritten font, custom lettering for content, or a creative tool for typography experiments, Font Maker gives you everything in one place. What you can do with Font Maker - Create a font project from scratch - Draw uppercase, lowercase, numbers, punctuation, and international characters - Use guides and reference characters while drawing - Undo, redo, save drafts, and refine individual glyphs - Preview your font in notes, messages, and headline-style layouts - Export your font as a real TTF file - Generate PNG artwork with your custom font for stories, posts, covers, and thumbnails - Choose transparent or solid backgrounds for PNG exports - Import external font files and manage them inside the app - Install supported fonts for use in compatible apps - Set up and customize a companion keyboard experience Designed for real creative workflows Font Maker is built for creators, designers, lettering fans, journaling lovers, and anyone who wants a font that feels personal. You can move from sketching letters to testing style, exporting assets, and reusing your type across different use cases. Important note Custom keyboards on iPhone cannot force every app to display your font automatically. For the exact visual result, use PNG export. For compatible apps that support custom fonts, use the exported or installed TTF file. EULA By using this app, you agree to Apple's Standard End User License Agreement (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

FontStudio

Transform your handwriting into usable digital fonts. Design and refine every letter with intuitive tools, then export your creations as TTF, OTF, or WOFF files. All your font projects are stored directly on your device.

Highlights
  • Handwriting to font conversion
  • Vector outline editing
  • Adjustable spacing and kerning
  • Printable handwriting sheets
  • Multiple export formats (TTF, OTF, WOFF)
  • Import artwork and existing fonts
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Turn your handwriting into a font you can actually use. FontStudio is a complete type design studio for iPhone and iPad: draw every letter, perfect the curves, tune spacing and kerning, then export a real TTF, OTF, or WOFF file. Everything is made and stored on your device. DRAW EVERY LETTER • Sketch each character with Apple Pencil or your finger on a pressure-sensitive canvas • Four nib profiles: Pressure, Monoline, Calligraphic with a pen angle dial, and Tapered • Guides for baseline, x-height, cap height, ascender, and descender, plus an adjustable grid • Trace or compare against a ghost reference letter shown in any font on your device • Pencil-only mode lets fingers pan and zoom while only Apple Pencil draws • Double-tap or squeeze your Apple Pencil to switch between drawing and erasing • Deep per-letter undo and redo that survives switching characters PRINT A SHEET, SCAN A WHOLE ALPHABET • Generate a printable handwriting sheet on US Letter or A4, ruled with your font's own metrics • Write your letters in the printed cells, then scan the pages with your camera • Registration marks align each page automatically, with manual adjustment if one is missed • Review every cell, exclude the ones you want to redo, and import a full alphabet at once PERFECT EVERY CURVE WITH VECTOR NODES • Edit true outlines with anchor points and bezier handles • Switch nodes between corner and smooth, add or delete points • Move, scale, and rotate selections with an on-canvas gizmo or lasso select WEIGHT, SPACING, AND KERNING • One slider makes the whole font lighter or bolder — your strokes stay intact, and reset is one tap away • Set left and right side bearings per letter with a live proof of its neighbors • Kern pairs by dragging letters closer or apart, with suggestions like AV, To, and LT TEST IT BEFORE YOU SHIP IT • The type tester compiles your font and renders live text in it • Type your own sample or use built-in specimens for pangrams, capitals, numerals, punctuation, and kerning • Adjust size and line height, and preview in light or dark IMPORT ARTWORK, OR OPEN A FONT YOU ALREADY HAVE • Bring in PNG or SVG artwork from Photos, Files, the clipboard, or by dragging it onto a letter • Tune ink detection and smoothing to control how artwork is traced • Open TTF, OTF, WOFF, and WOFF2 files to edit, straight from Files, AirDrop, or the share sheet EXPORT REAL FONT FILES • TrueType (.ttf) — the one file most people need; installs on iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Windows • OpenType CFF (.otf) — for design applications • WOFF — for @font-face on your website • Per-letter SVG files and a printable specimen PDF • Real kerning tables are compiled into the exported font • Export checks catch empty letters, unclosed outlines, and name conflicts, then jump you straight to the fix • Send your font with the share sheet or save it to Files YOUR FONT LIBRARY • Every font shows a live specimen drawn from your own letters • Grid, list, compact, and gallery layouts, favorites, and sorting • Duplicate a font, or duplicate as a variant to build a family • Choose your coverage: capitals, lowercase, numerals, punctuation, accented Latin, and your own custom characters • Set family name, style, PostScript name, version, author, copyright, and license — written into the font itself PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No account, no sign-in, no upload — fonts are compiled entirely on your device • Optional iCloud sync keeps your library on all your devices and works offline • Lock the app with Face ID or Touch ID • Export and import a full backup of your fonts at any time FREE AND PRO Drawing, node editing, importing, weight, spacing, kerning, the type tester, and printing handwriting sheets are free forever. Pro unlocks font export and handwriting scanning, as a monthly subscription or a one-time lifetime purchase. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Font Maker4 screens
FontStudio4 screens

Verdict

The call

Font Maker and FontStudio are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Font Maker sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days and FontStudio sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Font Maker versus FontStudio: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFont MakerFontStudio
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—4 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS26.0 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMANUEL MATAS GALEOTELife Utility Apps, LLC

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Font Maker

Subscriptions3
  • Weekly Pro$4.997 Days
  • Monthly Pro$9.991 Month
  • Annual Pro$34.991 Year
2 purchases

FontStudio

Subscriptions1
  • Monthly$3.991 Month
One-time1
  • Lifetime Access$19.99

Questions

Is Font Maker free?
Font Maker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is FontStudio free?
FontStudio is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Font Maker or FontStudio have ads?
Neither Font Maker nor FontStudio shows ads.

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