Comparison

Font preview tool. vs Symbols Keyboard & Fancy Fonts

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

Head to head
About

Font preview tool.

This utility displays all installed fonts on your device, including their variants and sizes. You can input custom text to preview how it will appear across different devices and applications. It's designed for developers to easily find and test fonts.

Highlights
  • Displays all installed fonts
  • Shows font variants and sizes
  • Custom text preview
  • Developer-focused utility
  • Cross-device font testing
Features
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This utility featured by Apple in 153 countries. The program shows all the fonts installed on the device, all variants of the mark, all sizes. You can write your own text to see how it will look on your device. The program is intended primarily for developers who want to see how the text looks on the device/web browsers/applications, or quickly find the best font.

About

Symbols Keyboard & Fancy Fonts

Access and discover a vast collection of Unicode characters. Find specific symbols, view their HTML and Unicode information, and save frequently used characters to a favorites list for quick access.

Highlights
  • Access all Unicode characters
  • View HTML and Unicode info
  • Search for specific characters
  • Add characters to Favorites
  • Copy characters easily
Features
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Fancy fonts for your bio, posts and messages, and every symbol one tap away. Turn any text into cool, aesthetic letters: bold, italic, cursive, gothic, Ⓒⓘⓡⓒⓛⓔⓓ and more, frame your name with decorations, and add cute kaomoji text faces. Then search, copy and paste more than 26,000 special characters: arrows, hearts, stars, check marks, math signs, currency signs, letters from every script and more, straight from the Unicode 18 standard. FANCY TEXT • Type anything and copy it as fancy letters in Ⓒⓘⓡⓒⓛⓔⓓ and more • 23 text styles: bold, italic, script, gothic, double-struck, circled, squared, wide, small caps, upside down, strikethrough and more • Paste it anywhere: bios, messages, posts and notes • Bold, Italic and Strikethrough are free; every style comes with Symbols Pro DECORATIONS AND KAOMOJI • Frame your name with more than 30 decorations: stars, hearts, sparkles, brackets and more • Over 80 kaomoji text faces for every mood: happy, love, sad, angry, shy, animals and more • Tap to copy, then paste into your bio, nickname or chat • A few decorations and faces in every group are free; all of them come with Symbols Pro FIND ANY CHARACTER • Search by name ("arrow", "check mark", "degree") or by hex code ("2192") • Browse all 249 Unicode blocks, or group by category • Filter by letters, marks, numbers, punctuation, symbols or spaces COPY IT YOUR WAY • Tap any character to copy it instantly, with optional sound and haptic feedback • Long-press to copy its code: Unicode (U+2192), HTML (→), HTML hex, CSS, Swift or JavaScript • Share characters to any app SYMBOLS KEYBOARD • Type any character in any app with the Symbols keyboard • Characters are grouped into symbols, punctuation, numbers, letters, marks and spaces • Symbols never records what you type FAVORITES AND HISTORY • Save the characters you use most to Favorites • Every character you copy is kept in History, ready to use again SYMBOLS PRO • No ads • All 23 Fancy Text styles • Every decoration and kaomoji • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets with your favorite and recent characters • Your Favorites and Recents inside the Symbols keyboard Symbols Pro is available as a weekly or monthly auto-renewable subscription, or as a one-time lifetime purchase. Prices are shown in the app and may vary by country. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase. A subscription renews automatically unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the period ends. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your App Store account settings at any time after purchase. Any unused part of a free trial, if offered, is forfeited when you purchase a subscription. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://kreatimont.com/apps/symbols/privacy.html

Screenshots

Font preview tool.4 screens
Symbols Keyboard & Fancy Fonts4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Symbols Keyboard & Fancy Fonts at 75% against Font preview tool.'s 4%. Symbols Keyboard & Fancy Fonts also leads on rating (4.5 vs 3.2) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 39 months). Font preview tool.'s advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ads (none vs shown). On price, ratings volume, monetization model 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. Symbols Keyboard & Fancy Fonts sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Font preview tool. asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Symbols Keyboard & Fancy Fonts holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 11 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 4% of Font preview tool.'s written reviews are positive against 75% of Symbols Keyboard & Fancy Fonts's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Font preview tool. ships an update every 39 months, Symbols Keyboard & Fancy Fonts every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Font preview tool. versus Symbols Keyboard & Fancy Fonts: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFont preview tool.Symbols Keyboard & Fancy Fonts
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.2 (6 ratings)4.5 (11 ratings) — better
Positive reviews4.3% of reviews75.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings611 — better
Update frequencyEvery 39 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS8.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB25 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEvgeny EGOROVAlexandr Nadtoka

Customer experience

Font preview tool.

All ratings6 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews23 reviews
Positive4.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative95.7%

Symbols Keyboard & Fancy Fonts

All ratings11 ratings
Positive81.8%
Neutral9.1%
Negative9.1%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral16.7%
Negative8.3%

In-app purchases

None

Font preview tool.

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Symbols Keyboard & Fancy Fonts

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Weekly$0.997 Days
  • Pro7 Days trial$2.991 Month
One-time1
  • Pro Lifetime$29.99

Questions

Is Font preview tool. free?
Font preview tool. is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Symbols Keyboard & Fancy Fonts free?
Symbols Keyboard & Fancy Fonts is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Font preview tool. or Symbols Keyboard & Fancy Fonts?
Symbols Keyboard & Fancy Fonts is rated higher. Font preview tool. averages 3.2 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while Symbols Keyboard & Fancy Fonts averages 4.5 from 11 ratings.
Do Font preview tool. or Symbols Keyboard & Fancy Fonts have ads?
Symbols Keyboard & Fancy Fonts shows ads; Font preview tool. does not.
Which is updated more often, Font preview tool. or Symbols Keyboard & Fancy Fonts?
Font preview tool. ships an update every 39 months, and Symbols Keyboard & Fancy Fonts every 3 days. Most recently, Font preview tool. was updated on October 26, 2026 and Symbols Keyboard & Fancy Fonts on October 29, 2026.

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