Dearscript vs GlyphSnap AI
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Dearscript
Transform your handwritten notes into a custom, installable font for your devices. Create unique typography using Apple Pencil with various brush options and natural letter variations. Export your font for use across multiple applications and platforms.
- Handwriting to font conversion
- Apple Pencil support
- Live font preview
- System-wide font installation
- Font file export
- Multiple brush types
- Pressure-sensitive strokes
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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.
GlyphSnap AI
Transform photos of lettering or your own drawings into custom fonts. Utilize AI to generate missing characters in a matching style. Edit, refine, and export your unique font creations in various formats.
- AI character generation
- Handwriting capture
- Editable drawing tools
- Bezier path editing
- Font export (OTF, TTF, WOFF)
- Project saving and syncing
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Love the lettering. Can't find the font? Create a complete font inspired by it. Start with a photo. Or draw it yourself. GlyphSnap combines handwriting capture, editable drawing tools, and AI generation in one font-making workflow. NEW: GLYPHSNAP AI Capture a few clear characters, check their labels, and generate missing Latin letters, numbers, and punctuation in a matching style. Review the results before adding them. Your captured originals remain part of your font. AI generation requires an internet connection and uploads your confirmed character samples for processing. DRAW LETTERS YOUR WAY Draw with your finger or Apple Pencil. Trace a system or installed font, sketch freehand, or build editable Bezier paths. Refine anchors and handles, combine shapes, create cutouts, and experiment with stroke widths, fills, patterns, and distress texture. PHOTO TO FONT Take or choose a photo of handwriting, lettering, or artwork. Crop and adjust your image, detect characters, and correct suggested labels with SNIP. Mix captured letters with characters you draw yourself. REVIEW AND REFINE Check your alphabet, edit individual characters, adjust spacing, and preview your font with your own words. Keep working on an editable .glyphsnap project, save it to Files or iCloud Drive, or move it between devices. EXPORT AND CREATE GlyphSnap Pro unlocks font export, installation on iPhone, and publishing to the GlyphSnap Gallery. Export OTF, TTF, or WOFF, and create preview images to save or share. Drawing, editing, and preview tools are available for free. AI FONT TOKENS One completed AI font uses one Font Token. Monthly Pro includes 2 tokens per month; annual and lifetime Pro include 5 per month. Included tokens reset monthly and do not roll over. Need more? Buy a one-time pack of 10 Font Tokens. Purchased tokens never expire. Failed generations return their token. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel subscriptions in your Apple Account settings. Lifetime Pro is a one-time purchase. Privacy Policy: https://glyphsnap.com/privacy.html Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: GlyphSnap AI at 5.0 against Dearscript's 1.0. GlyphSnap AI also leads on ratings volume (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.5). Dearscript's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4). 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
Both are free to download. GlyphSnap AI sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Dearscript asks for nothing beyond the download.
GlyphSnap AI holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively.
| Parameter | Dearscript | GlyphSnap AI |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 2 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26.5 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dennis Koch | kirt elzner |
In-app purchases
Dearscript
No in-app purchases
GlyphSnap AI
- GlyphSnap Pro Monthly7 Days trial$5.991 Month
- GlyphSnap Pro Yearly$34.991 Year
- 10 Font Tokens$4.99
- GlyphSnap Pro Lifetime$79.99








