Word Swag - Cool Fonts Reviews

by 1939482957

I’ll start by saying how helpful this app has been. It saves a ton of time compared to opening and editing content on a desktop platform, and has a great variety of fonts. Wish there were more, but I’ve been able to create many graphics on the go with this program.

Downside - you can’t save any edits, content, or progress you’ve made to a graphic. If you need to revise anything, you have to restart from ground zero. Also, very frustrating that many times the text you’re in the process of editing will simply disappear. The same goes for background images - so many times I’ve been in the process of editing text and the edits I made to the background image will suddenly revert to the original image.

Love the concept, but this app has a lot of work left to do as an app. Also not a fan of the watermark the new version of WordSwag leaves on images.

by Blue Boobles

I love WordSwag simple easy to use comes out great every time . One feature I’d like to see is the ability to draw a line and have the text follow that line. And the ability to mix fonts either of your choosing or if a random variety. I have WordSwag called Pathon which does this nicely and has nice fonts as well I just hate switching between apps I don’t know if it’s possible I like your app for colors and features and think the ability to do this would be a bonus. Til then I’ll just switch between apps to curve my typography around and through objects.
Ok I’ve used WordSwag for awhile and love it obv got upgraded to pro version which I appreciate very much thankyou. So now new users have to pay 5$ a month to use it? Oh my I’m sorry I love WordSwag it’s great but going to subscription based I don’t know. I understand the need to generate revenue but to be honest if it was that price I don’t think I would use it that’s really high. 60$ a year for an app? That’s absurd. Love WordSwag once again not loving the new business model of subscriptions.

by EaGantt

I have had WordSwag for almost two years now and I use it for my business. It has been truly wonderful, and free. I have used it almost daily. I got a notification a while back telling me that I qualified for the FREE PRO VERSION since I was one of the originals or something like that.
Last night I tried opening my app to edit a pic. Nothing but a black screen. So I updated WordSwag . Nothing. I waited till this AM thinking there was a glitch... then I got a notification to update my iPhone. So I did. As soon as I got my phone back up and running, I went back to the word swag app, it was still the same. Black. Couldn’t access anything.
I decided to delete WordSwag and re-download it. IT FINALLY WORKS!! Yaaayyy!! And now I have to pay $5 plus tax a month for it...... total bummer! And that’s what is going to kill this rating.
Do I think WordSwag is worth charging for? Of course!! It’s an amazing app, but $5??? A month?? Def not!! Not sure how long I will keep this for that price. Also, I wish there was a way to get this resolved... it’s very disappointing.

by N.Gregory

I guess there’s been a new update to WordSwag , and it’s totally changed the Image Filters. They look terrible now. Before you could use them and it didn’t really look like a filter was used, it just brightened the colors a bit and made my pictures look so nice! Whatever was updated with the filters is terrible now though. Especially with my 2 favorites (Sweet & Bowery). I used either of those to edit all my pics. The filters made the pics look so fresh and beautiful, without looking all gaudy and heavily filtered. Now the natural colors are filtered to look terrible, you can definitely tell the pics are filtered, and the pics look like they all have a fuzzy filter over them as well. I’m so disappointed, Bc after using WordSwag for over 2 years it was definitely by far my favorite. Now I have to take the time to go through and find a different app that accommodates my needs

Whatever update y’all did yo the filters, I wish you could undo it. :(

by Lana Leslie

I love WordSwag and use it a lot however I originally thought this was free with in-app purchases not a sneaky subscription that appears on my credit card for $5 a month. You have to make sure with all these apps that it’s not a subscription. Sometimes you find the info at the very bottom of the description page which is also often worded in a way that is confusing. But hey my fault! I didn’t read and reread and triple check. I would have been happy to buy extra fonts and all of that as I app purchases but with the limited amount of options and it being a subscription service, it’s not worth the $5 a month. In three weeks my subscription ends and that’s okay. I’ll miss it but I just don’t think it’s worth it.

by Mike Self

WordSwag certainly does some chops things. The included text formats and options look great. There are, however, a few key elements missing from the current version. First, the ability to add more than one block of text without having to save and "Re-Swag". Second, the ability to "save" a preset setting to apply to multiple photos. This is easy if you are doing them back to back, but a "user favorites" or saved templates feature would be beneficial to achieve the same result multiple times. Finally, I did not find the interface to be very intuitive. I eventually found settings to create what I wanted, but found myself searching several times for a formatting option that wasn't in plain sight. I also did not like the idea that some features were still "premium" to WordSwag . I would rather pay a dollar or two more and have a full-featured version without in-app purchases. Three Stars.

by Photofriends

I’ve been a user of this app for more than a few years. I’m not sure if this happened due to an update, because I got a new phone & had to reinstall WordSwag or if the company just got greedy, but all of a sudden, all of the fonts & colors I used to use suddenly are only available on the Pro version. And they have their watermark on it. In fact when I chose “no” as an option to trial their Pro version for a week, it would not let me progress to the free version until I accepted the free one week trial. I guess they are counting on me forgetting & paying the $4.99 a month to use their app which is outrageous. This was by far my favorite photo editing app bc of how user friendly it is but a $5 monthly fee is just plain ridiculous. I have recommended WordSwag to hundreds of friends each year but NO MORE!

by Jennifer In Seattle

UPDATE: I reached out to customer service and received a reply almost immediately with helpful suggestions on how to remedy this issue. After deleting WordSwag and shutting down my phone to reboot, then reinstalling, it took care of the issue. Has been running smoothly for over a two months now. Last night the issue happened again, but I will repeat the suggestions and have confidence I can get help if needed.

APRIL 2020: I LOVE WordSwag so much that I’ve gone with the paid version for a little over a year. BUT WordSwag freezes, deletes font, saves with phantom font images, and over all the performance has gone down DRAMATICALLY since last year. When My hard work gets deleted mid creation, it is the ultimate frustration. Additionally, if WordSwag could also behave like Canva and allow me to keep my images saved to my profile THAT WOULD BE GOLDEN. Sometimes I need to go back and recreate an image from scratch if I need to change something and it is time consuming. Praying the WordSwagggers hear my plead for bug fixes or can suggest anything to help. I’m about to cancel my paid version unless something changes soon. On the positive side, WordSwag is a quick way to create memes for my business that are beautiful and with a handful of nice fonts and images to boot! ***I am on a iPhone 6s and keep my app updated.

by CamillaaCooperr

WordSwag is great, don't get me wrong. the styles, colors, fonts, and quote generators are amazing!!! the only problem with WordSwag is that it is a little overpriced and not worth the amount of money spent. 5.00 is a lot of money to spend on an app for adding text to a picture. if you are using this for a business, i would definitely recommend as it will provide you with many useful tools. however, if you want to use this for, like, one Instagram picture to get the perfect one, i would try something that doesn't hurt your wallet as much. also, the in app purchases (which of course i purchased on instinct but later regretted) are overpriced as well, at 3.00 for 3 extra font styles. also, the quote generator isn't the best of all time. besides those things, WordSwag is great. the styles and fonts are amazing and are so fun to play around with. hope this review helped you out. sorry for the huge essay i just wrote but hopefully some of this information was helpful.

by Surrr_uhh

Hey! As someone who’s used WordSwag (&been paying for it) for a while now, I find it a little irritating that I don’t have an option to justify a post so longer font posts sometimes glitch & one line will be super long so then I end up hitting the dice feature a million times til it looks right. Also, if I am trying to put multiple lines of font, it sometimes capitalizes weird or won’t capitalize something I did capitalize or it will suddenly overload or something because if I put maybe five different font boxes on one graphic, it all the sudden will stop letting me drag them properly. For an app I pay for I’d prefer these things be more functional since some things I end up having to go to another app for. These are all minor issues that don’t keep me from using WordSwag , but I have noticed it glitching more. Besides this, I really love the gold leaf font color & what fonts are available! Wish there were more options for fonts & stock backgrounds!

by Blue_fireball_eater

[Original review, one star] This is an app that I used once, maybe twice per month over the past year. It worked quite well during that time and offered a quick way to add quotes or lyrics to my photos. Now I can’t get it to grandfather me in, so it is completely useless for me. You’d have to use it much more frequently than I do to make it worth its subscription price. On the latest update at the time of this review (Oct 18, 2018).

Edit (Dec 1, 2018): WordSwag now recognizes me as a grandfathered pro user. It’s a very convenient app and I will continue to use it now that I’m no longer locked out. For the original price that I paid for it, I consider this a well-made app worthy of 5 stars.

by Cabaround

I know now there is add text. But re-swag allowed me to add the all important missing feature...the drop shadow effect. Re-swag duplicated the text, font, style and size. Add text does not. Please add back re-swag or better yet, add drop shadow ability.

A year later and still no way to emphasize the text, make it pop out like a drop shadow or stroke ability would do. I’m sorry the developer does not feel this basic feature is required…

Update: The developer has listened and responded by making the plus button duplicate the text which lets me create the drop shadow once again to add pop! Thank you so much! Upgraded to 5 stars again!

by Soy1920

I’ve tried a ton of apps over the past couple years and Word Swag is still my favorite! I find most other apps a little annoying to use because they require you to design every little thing and that takes a lot of time. With Word Swag I can get something beautiful and unique in just a few minutes. Plus the latest updates feel insta-fresh...! My only request is to maybe include Unsplash search built-in? Pixabay has a lot of images but I usually like Unsplash’s photos better. If I didn’t have to go to the Unsplash and website and then save from there that would be perfect! Thanks for listening!! ✌️

by AngelaT326

I really love WordSwag. I think it is wonderful. I use it for business and personal things as well. The only thing that I wish you would change would be the addition to another text. Because a lot of photos that I take are my personal photos and I would like to be able to get the credit of utilizing the photos that are mine by stating courtesy of me. And right now what I'm doing is going between WordSwag and another app in order to apply another text. Overall I think it's a wonderful app I love the fonts I think they are perfect and the best above several that I have tried already. I just hope down the line you will be able to add a second text to the Photos you were working on. Thank you so much for a wonderful app!

by This Girl🎀

I’ve used and bought all the editing apps. I have tried Phonto (which I appreciate too), Rhonna (which can be nice), and every other app out there.

But WordSwag is incredible!
It looks like each design is tailor made typography, when it really only took seconds for you make.

If you are a blogger and you want to make your quotes look more uplifting, more refined, you’re a Sunday school teacher who wants to make cool handouts for her class, or you’re on a committee that has to make invitation posters—this is definitely for you! It’s such a versatile, easy to use app, and once you buy WordSwag —all of the fonts are free. No additional purchases! To put this investment into perspective—This is like buying a happy-meal for you two-year old, except you will use it a lot longer! I speak with sincerely of heart, and out of personal experience. Every well-earned cent is worth buying WordSwag.

Five stars, because I genuinely love Word Swag, and I believe I’ll never stop using it!

(The only improvement they could make is to bring back the re-swag feature. That was cool! Please think about this. Also, the new update looks seamless and classy. I love the interface. Thank you team! ♡)

by Emily Cooksey

I use WordSwag for announcement slides at our church and it is amazing. I can’t speak highly enough about it. I especially love the new feature of being able to add multiple “layers” of text—I used to have to save a photo and re-enter it into WordSwag to be able to add multiple layers so I love that we can do that now right within the same edit. The one thing I really wish I had was a way to automatically center text with the horizontal line. Sometimes I have to move text up or down on the image, but i still want it to be centered on the horizontal line, and eyeballing it takes some time sometimes. That would really be just a convenience thing—WordSwag is awesome and that one little missing feature doesn’t keep me from using it at all.

by Marilyn Mendez

I brought WordSwag . But it could go much better. I would put more fonts. I use this tool and Typorama for my design editing. The fonts could have more color to choose from. I love the gold ones, the black with different shades. And shadow !! Please add shadow for the fonts. The resolution could get better like Typorama. No matter how big I put the words , the image looks great. In swag, the bigger the font is , the worse it looks. And the option to type, it has a few bugs and it most imposible to work 3 types of fonts. For example I wrote two sentences on the background... if I want to add another , it keeps clicking on the same one. Making it imposible to add more texts without clicking on the edited texts. Sometimes I have to start all over again. It’s frustrating. Other than at. I love WordSwag . I just wish it could be better.

by Lyrics'_Listener

Amazing, love WordSwag. It doesn't provide a lot of control to design your own type but it has incredible presets for quick and easy art projects right on your phone.

Update*

I love WordSwag still to this day. It’s my favorite application to create designs for my students and to watermark my artwork. However, I just opened WordSwag to create an artsy watermark and most of the typefaces now require a subscription. I’m super bummed because the price of $5 a month reaches too deep for a recreational user such as myself. Aside from that, this is a 5 star app and easy to use! No typography training necessary. The subscription price is what’s bringing the rating down to 2 stars. Also, I’ve had WordSwag for so long I can’t recall if WordSwag was free with inside purchases. All I know is that it was my favorite typography app and now I’m not sure what I am going to do.

by Mushin_Me

Seriously loving WordSwag!
I like that the templates are quick and easy, so you can make cool-looking layouts without having to spend too much time.
I use this to post about music releases and also for marketing events (for work), so WordSwag works REALLY well for both personal and professional use.

I mainly use fonts NINETEEN NINETEES for my music posts and September Issue and The Last Stretch for event marketing stuff, but most of them seem to work with my posts. I just get lazy scrolling through all the diff fonts TBH.
BUT DONT’ STOP! KEEP ADDING MORE FONTS PLZ!

I’m honestly okay with the pricing because I use it for both reasons. The fact that I can post professional-looking posts without hiring someone to design/ animate — I rather spend $5 a month, please! Also with the pro version you can remove the watermark, which is a definite must for business use.

People who are complaining that it’s not free... honestly get over it. All digital platforms/apps require subscriptions now, especially if you want a quality product. I rather pay than have facebook gobble up another app, gathering more data about me than they already have and disguise their antics as a “cool new, free feature”!

Also really great that you can have more layers of text now. GREAT IMPROVEMENT.
Please keep updating and improving WordSwag, and I’ll continue being loyal.

by Ojhurst

I have an eye for design and come up with a plethora of quotes daily but can’t for the life of me get started with a blank page, let alone do it on my phone! I really love the roll the Dice button and wished that it would rotate styles too, actually not sure what it is rotating. Anyways, I can essentially keep experimenting with different designs and then almost magically the right one jumps out at me! Would love if we could add the logo before saving to camera roll. Would also be cool if we could move some styles to a “never gonna use” folder for ease of navigation of frequently used styles...maybe the frequently used styles could bubble sort up to the beginning over time. Some companies pay for this kind of UX feedback ;) thanks again!