Comparison

FontStudio vs WriType

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

Head to head
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/

About

WriType

Features
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WriType turns your handwriting into a real font you can install, use, and share. Two ways to write: · On screen: write character by character with Apple Pencil or your finger on iPhone or iPad. When you pause, WriType saves the character and moves to the next one automatically. · On paper: download an A4 landscape template PDF, print it, write in the grids, then import photos or a scanned PDF in one batch. 11 packages, from 123 symbols to 6,763 characters: · 123 symbol template, 775, 2,500 and 3,500 characters (the last three include symbols): free. · 2,500 → 3,500 supplement: free. · 6,763 characters (all of GB2312) plus the supplements toward 6,763 and the Complete set: one-time purchase. · Supplement packs require their prerequisite package; when building, your own characters are merged with completed prerequisites and sibling volumes for the same target. Paid packages are one-time purchases, not subscriptions, and purchases can be restored in Settings. Payment is handled by Apple. Everything is processed on your device: page detection, perspective correction, cell splitting, binarization, cleanup and vectorization. Review each glyph, then package a .ttf you can share, install, and preview on letter paper or notes. iCloud: · When iCloud is available, projects and generated fonts are saved automatically in iCloud Drive, so you can continue on another device. · When iCloud is unavailable, everything stays on this device. · The developer cannot read your handwriting or fonts. Only if you turn on optional diagnostics will the app send technical logs that contain none of that content. Privacy: No registration, no sign-in, and no personal data collection by default. Handwriting photos are chosen through the system photo picker; the app itself requests no camera or photo-library permission. Diagnostics are off by default and contain only version, action codes, counts, and error codes — never handwriting, project names, character text, or file paths. You can enable, disable, or clear them anytime in Settings.

Screenshots

FontStudio4 screens
WriType4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: WriType at none against FontStudio's 2. WriType also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.2). 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. FontStudio sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. WriType asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
FontStudio versus WriType: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFontStudioWriType
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (5 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequency—Every 3 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.217.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLife Utility Apps, LLCJRK

In-app purchases

2 purchases

FontStudio

Subscriptions1
  • Monthly$3.991 Month
One-time1
  • Lifetime Access$19.99
None

WriType

No in-app purchases

Questions

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

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