Comparison

Fontexts vs FontStudio

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

Head to head
About

Fontexts

Transform your messages into unique visual art with a vast collection of hand-drawn fonts. Create stunning text designs, customize their layout, and export them as high-quality images to share across any platform.

Highlights
  • 40+ unique hand-drawn fonts
  • Customizable text layout
  • Export as high-quality image
  • Share to any app
  • Unlimited text creation (premium)
Features
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Express yourself with Fontexts — the app that turns any message into a work of art. Choose from 40+ unique hand-drawn fonts, each crafted letter by letter by our artists. Whether you want something bold and rugged, dark and spooky, or fun and colorful — Fontexts has a font for every mood. Type your message, pick a font, and instantly see your words transformed into stunning visual art. Adjust the alignment, fine-tune the layout, then export and share your creation as an image — anywhere you want. ----- 40+ HAND-DRAWN FONTS ----- Every font in Fontexts is one-of-a-kind. Our collection includes: Wood, Fire, Stone, Leaf, Monster King, Zombie, Crystal, Hairy, Tattoo, Medieval, Cool Ice, Jewelry, Monsters, Inferno, and many more — with new fonts added regularly. ----- SHARE ANYWHERE ----- Export your text art as a high-quality image and share it in any app — Instagram, WhatsApp, X, Snapchat, or anywhere else. ----- FONTEXTS PREMIUM ----- Start free with 3 fonts. Upgrade to unlock the full collection: - All 40+ hand-drawn fonts - Unlimited text creation - Export & share without limits Terms of Use: 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

Fontexts4 screens
FontStudio4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: FontStudio at 5.0 against Fontexts's 3.0. FontStudio also leads on ratings volume (5 vs 1). Fontexts's advantage is iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.2). On price, ads, 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. Fontexts sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

FontStudio holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: FontStudio has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard3 real differences · 5 level
Fontexts versus FontStudio: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFontextsFontStudio
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Number of ratings15 — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.0 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size169 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developermi4k s.r.o.Life Utility Apps, LLC

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Fontexts

Subscriptions4
  • Basic Monthly$0.991 Month
  • Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Basic Yearly$7.991 Year
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  • Pro Yearly$14.991 Year
2 purchases

FontStudio

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

Questions

Is Fontexts free?
Fontexts is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is FontStudio free?
FontStudio is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Fontexts or FontStudio?
FontStudio is rated higher. Fontexts averages 3.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while FontStudio averages 5.0 from 5 ratings.
Do Fontexts or FontStudio have ads?
Neither Fontexts nor FontStudio shows ads.

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