Comparison

Rainfall vs Typora

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

Head to head
About

Rainfall

Experience an interactive, living rain scene on your device. Touch the water to create ripples, tilt your phone to change the rain's direction, and customize colors and weather effects for a personalized, calming atmosphere.

Highlights
  • Realistic rain physics and ripples
  • Touch and drag to interact with water
  • Tilt controls for wind effects
  • Customizable colors and weather settings
  • Dynamic thunder and lightning
  • Battery-friendly modes
Features
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Open Rainfall and you're looking down at a dark, still pond at night — and it's raining. Every drop falls with real depth: far rain drifts soft and slow, near rain streaks fast and bright. Where each drop lands, a ripple opens and spreads across the water. Let them overlap and the ripples interfere, weaving a living lacework of light. This isn't a loop of stock footage — it's a living scene you can touch. Reach in and stir the water Tap anywhere to send rings blooming from your fingertip, each with a soft splash. Drag across the surface and ripples trail behind your finger. The rain is yours to play with. Tilt the sky Lean your phone and the rain leans with you, slanting on the wind. Give it a shake and a gust sweeps through, then settles. It feels alive in your hand. Thunder in the distance Now and then the sky flashes, and a beat later thunder rolls in — never the same twice. Close your eyes and you're far from everything. Make it your rain Choose a mood — Night Rain, Ivory, or Molten Gold — or set your own colors for the rain, ripples, and sky. Dial in the weather: speed, density, length, thickness, direction. Thin drizzle or a driving storm, it's yours. Built to just… breathe No ads. No subscription. No sign-up. Unlock everything once and it's yours forever. Battery-friendly modes stay cool on any device, and the screen stays awake so the rain never stops. Rain, the way it should feel. Quiet, endless, and entirely yours.

About

Typora

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Most font apps ask you to trust your gut, but Typora asks: what characteristics does the font actually show? Every font in Typora comes with real measurements, not adjectives. Instead of "modern" or "elegant," you get x-height, stroke contrast, aperture, construction, classification, and how a font actually compares to hundreds of others in the database. If you've ever picked a font because it "looked right" and had no idea why, this app is for you. ------------------------------ EXPLORE ・Browse by classification and sub-classification, or search in plain English. Type "narrow," "high contrast," or even something looser like "techno" or "elegant," and Typora's on-device search finds fonts that genuinely match, not just ones with that word buried in the name. STUDIOS Four tools built for actually working with fonts: ・Matchmaker lets you dial in the exact structural qualities you want and watches the results update as you adjust the sliders. ・Chemistry checks how well two fonts pair together and gives you a real breakdown instead of a gut feeling. ・Blend takes two fonts and a mix ratio and shows you which real typefaces land structurally in between. ・Compare puts two fonts side by side across classification, structure, features, and live preview text so you can actually see the difference. ------------------------------ LIBRARY ・Save favorites, keep track of what you've downloaded, and organize everything into your own collections. You can also import your own fonts. Typora reads the actual font file to measure its structure instead of guessing, and if it gets something wrong, you can correct it yourself. Once imported, your font behaves like any other in the database: real search results, real relationships, full access to every Studio. ------------------------------ PLAYGROUND ・A small canvas for just testing (not exporting) type in context, whether that's a headline, a UI mockup, a poster, or a social post. Drag and resize text, style it however you want, work with real design grids like baseline, column, margin, and safe area, and save your projects to pick back up later. ------------------------------ Everything stays on your device No accounts, no analytics, no ads, no server. Your favorites, your imports, your search history, none of it leaves your phone. Even the plain-English search runs locally using Apple's own on-device language tools. If you're picking a font for a client, trying to figure out why a typeface works, or just tired of guessing, give Typora a shot.

Screenshots

Rainfall4 screens
Typora4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Typora at none against Rainfall's 1. Rainfall's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.5). On price, ads and device support 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. Rainfall sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Typora asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Rainfall versus Typora: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRainfallTypora
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.5
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB51 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer想 李Debal Talukder

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Rainfall

One-time1
  • Unlock all features & colors$6.99
None

Typora

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Rainfall free?
Rainfall is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Typora free?
Typora is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Rainfall or Typora have ads?
Neither Rainfall nor Typora shows ads.

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