Comparison

WhatFont vs WriteFrame

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

Head to head
About

WhatFont

Easily identify fonts used on any webpage. Simply select text and activate the tool to discover font family, weight, and other details. Now available for iPhone and iPad.

Highlights
  • Inspect web fonts
  • Identify font family
  • Detect font weight
  • Show font details
  • Simple 2-step process
  • Safari extension support
Features
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WhatFont is a quick way to identify fonts on web pages, and now it lives right inside Safari on iPhone and iPad. Select some text, tap WhatFont in the Safari menu, and a sheet slides up over the page with everything about its font: • The font’s name, drawn in the font itself • Where it comes from: Google Fonts, Adobe Fonts, a web font, or a font on your device • Size, weight, line height and letter spacing • The text color, in hex and other formats • The font stack, with the font in use picked out Tap any value to copy it, or copy all the CSS at once. Nothing selected? WhatFont lists the fonts on the page, most used first. Tap one to see its details. IN SAFARI • A sheet on iPhone and a popover on iPad, so the page stays in view • Follows light and dark mode • Works in Private Browsing once you allow it PRIVATE WhatFont reads a page only when you open WhatFont on it. No accounts, no tracking, no ads, and it collects no data. GETTING STARTED Open WhatFont and turn on the extension: tap Turn On, or on earlier versions of iOS, tap the menu button beside the address bar in Safari and choose Manage Extensions. Then select text, tap the same menu button (on iPad, the Extensions button), and choose WhatFont. Designers and developers have used WhatFont to identify fonts on the web for more than a decade. Now it’s in Safari too.

About

WriteFrame

Easily create visually appealing text graphics for social media without design experience. This app offers pre-designed templates and a streamlined editing process, allowing you to focus on your message and share it quickly.

Highlights
  • Designer templates
  • WYSIWYG editing
  • Smart typography
  • Multiple text regions
  • Platform-optimized exports
  • Customizable color palettes
Features
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WriteFrame eliminates the friction between writing and sharing beautiful text-based content on social media. Unlike design tools that require learning curves, WriteFrame lets you focus on your words while it handles the aesthetics. == Designer Templates, Zero Design Skills == • 8 professionally crafted templates including Tweet, Instagram Story, Blog Post, and Browser Window styles • True WYSIWYG editing - write directly on the final design • Smart typography that automatically scales and flows == Write Where It Matters == • No preview mode switching - edit text exactly as it appears • Multiple text regions per template (title, handle, body) • Rich text formatting with inline toolbar • Automatic text preservation when switching templates == Platform-Perfect Exports == • One-tap export optimized for each social platform • Instagram Feed (1080x1080) & Story (1080x1920) • Twitter/X and LinkedIn dimensions • High-resolution image quality == Premium Customization == • 8 color palettes from Classic to Vibrant • Custom profile image integration • Freemium model with 2 free templates and palettes • Premium templates include Instagram Split, Tweet, and more == Lightning Fast Workflow == • Three taps from idea to shareable image • Direct share to social apps • Zero lag typing experience Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

WhatFont4 screens
WriteFrame4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: WriteFrame at 100% against WhatFont's 50%. WriteFrame also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.2) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). WhatFont's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (48 vs 1). 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. WriteFrame sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. WhatFont asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

WriteFrame holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: WhatFont has 48 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of WhatFont's written reviews are positive against 100% of WriteFrame's.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
WhatFont versus WriteFrame: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWhatFontWriteFrame
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.2 (48 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings48 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 73 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.015.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChengyin LiuEarlyworm, LLC

Customer experience

WhatFont

All ratings49 ratings
Positive55.1%
Neutral4.1%
Negative40.8%
Written reviews50 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral4.0%
Negative46.0%

WriteFrame

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

WhatFont

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

WriteFrame

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Annual$49.991 Year

Questions

Is WhatFont free?
WhatFont is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is WriteFrame free?
WriteFrame is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, WhatFont or WriteFrame?
WriteFrame is rated higher. WhatFont averages 3.2 out of 5 from 48 ratings, while WriteFrame averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do WhatFont or WriteFrame have ads?
Neither WhatFont nor WriteFrame shows ads.

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