Comparison

Dearscript vs Font Maker

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

Head to head
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 — 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 — or export the font file and use it on your Mac or PC. HOW IT WORKS • Draw each letter with Apple Pencil on a compact, guided canvas — faint reference letters and typographic guidelines keep everything lined up • Watch the live preview render your own sample text in your handwriting as you draw • Install your font system-wide, or share the font file anywhere MAKE IT YOURS • Five brushes — pen, monoline, fountain pen, marker, pencil — with adjustable width • Pressure-sensitive strokes carry into the finished font: write light, write bold, it shows • Draw multiple versions of any letter and Dearscript rotates them naturally as you type, so nothing looks stamped or robotic • Letter combinations like "th" and "oo" can be drawn as connected pairs for a flowing, natural look • 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 — 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.

About

Font Maker

Features
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Create a font from your own handwriting and use it to make your words truly personal. Font Maker guides you through drawing letters, numbers, and symbols, then lets you preview and fine-tune the result. You can also write on photos and fill or mark documents with text, signatures, and stamps. Features: • Draw your own letters, numbers, and symbols • Resume unfinished fonts at any time • Preview and fine-tune letter and word spacing • Import existing fonts • Write on images using your fonts • Add text, signatures, and stamps to documents • Share your finished creations Your creative work stays available on your device, so you can continue whenever inspiration strikes.

Screenshots

Dearscript4 screens
Font Maker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Font Maker at 17.0 against Dearscript's 26.5. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 5 level
Dearscript versus Font Maker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDearscriptFont Maker
PriceFreeFree
Update frequency—Weekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.517.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDennis KochMohamed Ali

In-app purchases

None

Dearscript

No in-app purchases

None

Font Maker

No in-app purchases

Questions

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

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