AnyFont Reviews

by Honest_Reviews_All_Day

I downloaded the application, pulled several TTF files from the internet, and followed the application instructions to install both single and multiple fonts. First, there were a number of TTF files the application would not allow me to install. Fair enough. Perhaps some of the files were corrupted / didn’t follow standards. I don’t think so, but sure, it could be an issue. Second, after installing the fonts that I was able to select in the application, and installing the profile in Settings, the fonts were not available in MS Office. This is a deal breaker... I want a refund. For an application suite with an installed base as large as MS Office, the developer should have posted a description calling out that it did not support MS Office. Not cool...

by Solgar1970

AnyFont doesn’t install folders of fonts. I do graphics. I bought AnyFont thinking that it would install an entire folder where I had saved all of my font files. It does nothing of the sort. You have to manually select each and every font file for AnyFont to install the font….There is no “select all” function to select ALL of your fonts, if you have them saved inside of a folder… I have over 900 different fonts…., I’m not going to tap on 900 separate files to install them. Ridiculous, really… Kind of a no-brainer basic, logical function that you’d think the developers would’ve thought of.

by Joeljeppson

It still offers more universal installation/access to fonts on my iPad but importing a collection is frustrating—you have to tap through several screens to import each one . . . One . . . By one . . . By one . . . By one. And then if you want them to all live in a separate folder you CAN create that folder but you can’t import them into that folder you then have to drag them to the folder after you create it. If you have more than one iOS device forget it. You have to go through the whole process again! I’m sticking to this app for now but I’d recommend looking elsewhere if you can.

by Lacra

I had originally given this app 5 stars because it used to be impossible to get fonts on iOS. This is not the case any longer, and the current installation method is incredibly cumbersome and slow (getting a family of fonts with extra light, light, regular, medium, bold, black and thin plus italicized versions of each is a 4 step process for 14 fonts that goes between AnyFont and the settings app, for example).

iOS now has a specific place for FONTS within settings that does not require creating profiles for each font version (this is also incredibly dangerous, as profiles are system level mods you enable).

I would be willing to pay (in app purchase extra for this app) for the ability to install and organize my fonts within the proper environment on iPadOS.

by True Crime Podcast Enthusiast

I use my phone almost exclusively for my cricut projects as my husband had broken my laptop. AnyFont can in so handy so I wasn't limited in the design space. I'd pick my fonts download them and viola! My one problem is this. I recently got a laptop again and now all the fonts that I've downloaded and stored on AnyFont aren't recognized on the new laptop. Fonts I've purchased would would have to be repurchased as I don't know how to transfer font files from the phone to my PC. Wish AnyFont offered that capability.

by DrBilly

Wouldn’t it be great to flip a switch and have the Fonts on your Mac sync’d with your iPhone and/or iPad? Continuously? I can see this as the logical state of things ten years from now. The developer who figures out how to accomplish this first will probably be bought by Apple. And frankly, Apple should have offered this solution long ago!

Until then, this app is the best solution available. It’s a huge and complex workaround, and it doesn’t live up to its name (because you can’t install any font), but it does work within limits. It needs a new name and an much easier way to install and maintain MacOS fonts in iOS.

by Jamie_Shall

I’ve used AnyFont for a number of years now and honestly, I couldn’t use any of my iOS devices without it. The developer is great at keeping the revisions current as companies release their software updates. I’ve only contacted9 customer support once, about two years ago, and it was for a question versus an issue. I received a very friendly, helpful reply a few hours later. I’m such a frequent user of AnyFont, I love the ability to install or delete a number of fonts at once, the process is fast and easy and has never caused a system crash. I’ve also recommended, and will continue recommending, AnyFont to others searching for a stable, uncomplicated and efficient font installer/viewer for their iOS devices. The one thing I’d love having, is the ability to have AnyFont sync across multiple iOS devices, and let me then choose which fonts to install on that particular device, though they’d all be listed. As it is now, when I’m designing a project and I discover the font is missing, I either have to locate that iOS device with the font and switch over to it, or try to remember where I’d purchased the font from, to download onto said iOS device (bottom line, I’m lazy, takes too long to back up my apps, you’d think I would have learned by now... but NO....) 🙄

by Ipodmama2

I use AnyFont to install free fonts found on the web to use with the Cricut Design Studio app. I have had no issues using the newly installed fonts to upload into the Cricut app. As long as Apple does not include an integrated way to install fonts, this is a good workaround app. The fonts install quickly and easily and I have had no issues using them in Pages or Cricut. Sometimes, I need to exit the Cricut app and restart it to get the fonts to appear.

by Bonnie Prancer

I was getting frustrated that documents I created on my computer and tried to update on my iPhone or iPad did not have the font I used. AnyFont allows me to install the necessary fonts from my computer on my iPhone and iPad and now everything looks the same across all devices.

It is not the easiest to use because there are multiple steps you need to go through to get the fonts installed on the mobile devices but it is worth the time to do this. I used iCloud to store the font files. I installed one at a time, opened a Pages document that previously gave me an error message the font was missing. No error and the correct font is in the document.

I am not concerned about the no signature warning because I am using fonts I know are safe. I would not do this with a custom designed font unless I was the designer.

by Arabrab04

I was really nervous to spend the money and it not be worth it. Totally worth it. I was so frustrated and went through so many apps to figure out how to download and use fonts in Design Space. It was like going in circles. Someone suggested AnyFont and I am so glad I gave it a shot. It’s very easy to use, explained everything in a FAQ section and provided a tutorial, organized and simplified, I could go on. After seeing how well it worked I decided to buy the font bundle for a dollar, pretty good. Thanks a bunch this app!

by Sherrybaybee

I just invested in an iPad Air, and working in AI and Design Space was frustrating because of missing fonts that I had installed only on my laptop. I downloaded AnyFont 10 minutes ago, and I could not wait to leave a 5-star review. The integration with Dafont and like websites is AMAZING. It will take me 30 minutes or so to get all my fonts installed, but the fact that AnyFont makes that even an option makes me so happy 😊😊😊😊 Buy it! Don’t be a dummy...follow the directions in the Help section.

by SmarterBalanced

Not only does AnyFont work, the customer support is incredible. Florian, himself, e-mailed me within hours when I had a question about iOS 11 compatibility with Office apps, including Word. All 800 fonts I’ve downloaded through this app are working perfectly, the install was easy, worked just as described, and IS updated to run with iOS 11, even though Apple doesn’t have their software together to accept third party fonts yet! this app makes Apple’s problem obsolete! Kudos, Florian!

by Hi There. ;0

As I said before, I love AnyFont, as I download fonts all the time for my stories. It has never failed to download anything that I desired. However, just after the second this app update I noticed that I cannot download any fonts anymore. I tried clearing the apps from my history, restarting my iPad, and even deleting some of my old fonts just to see if that would help. To my dismay, it didn’t. Can anyone help me with this? Is anyone else experiencing the same problem?

by BlackPearlie

Does wot it says on the tin: pain-free font installs on iPads and iPhones.
This is the real deal. I was so tired of grainy videos, out of date techniques and multiple apps for something that should be simple and quick. (Admittedly, Apple doesnt make it easy.). Nobody has time for that!
Any Font is well designed and resourced. Install is fast plus the dev provides great links to other cloud storage and font-heavy (free/inexpensive ones - really) websites.
I love having my key fonts available across all my devices. Never thought font installs could be so easy and pain free. Thanks, dev.

by OlderTechnology

this app has been awesome for years, but it looks like Apple has broken it permanently.

Got this note from my favorite app today.

“As noted, in recent iOS updates Apple has changed how iOS handles user-loaded fonts. Now, apps can add their own fonts to the system, and other apps can use these third-party added fonts only if they use the new iOS system font picker. [ AnyFont] has always had our own font picker that provides access to all the default system fonts plus the ones our app provides. Because we’ve had to blacklist some fonts in the past due to display issues, at this point we plan to continue using our own font system in order to maintain some control over available fonts. My sincerest apologies for this inconvenience. I do hope this information is helpful in understanding the decision made by our development team.”

Doesn’t work in Microsoft Office apps, either.

by Batwomayne

I don’t leave reviews often but I absolutely had to this time. I’ve had AnyFont for a long time and I’ve always appreciated its capabilities so much. But with the new update..... I can’t even express how much more I love it now. I was literally jawdropped when I saw all of the new features. Almost all of them (ESPECIALLY the checkmark next to the fonts already installed!!!) are things I had been hoping you guys would add. Thank you so so so so much for AnyFont from the bottom of my heart. I can use my fonts with almost every app (my favourite being the “Pages” app) and I just can’t thank you all enough. ♡ -Effy

by Rdj999

You do need to follow the directions. It doesn't provide any fonts for free. Evidently there is an in-app purchase to get some. Otherwise, you can provide your own font files. Dropbox, accessed them the Dropbox app on iPad, and shared/exported them one at a time to AnyFont. Then this app sent them to iPad Settings to install them in the iOS system. Now they're installed as additional system fonts.

I don't understand all the one-star reviews from people who clearly installed AnyFont without bothering to read and understand AnyFont description. It is a tool to install fonts. It is not itself a collection of fonts.

by Big Baba 1

For all of you who don’t know how to work AnyFont please learn it before you burn it. It is so simple. You download AnyFont go through the process and then part 2 you must install AnyFont . Kinda basic 101. All you do is open the settings menu and viola you don’t even have to open General cause the font to be installed has been pulled out and is right at the top of settings menu asking you to install. Again follow the instructions and tada! The font is there. No need to buy anything more. Use dafont or Graffwriter or any of the thousands of fonts out there. Been using it for years and it works fine.

by 甘い頭蓋骨

AnyFont makes installing fonts an excruciating process the more fonts you have.

I’m not sure it’s the developer’s fault though as I know Apple has made iCloud photo management a real pain.

Essentially, you have to go through a couple of windows to download a profile, the you have to go into settings, go through some more windows and pop-up dialog boxes to install the profile, then enter your passcode.

And after all of that, the fonts still aren’t listed in Apple’s file system... WTAF

It can take hours to install your font collection—can’t it be easier?

Also, AnyFont either can’t manage multiple folder imports, or maybe it can’t due to iPadOS’s bad file management, because if I have too many folders imported, every subsequent folder I try to import just keeps importing the last folder that worked.

Because of this, I’ve also discovered that deleting the folders is almost an impossible task.

Apple really needs to allow us to trial apps before we buy, because these issues need to be addressed. Maybe raise the price if it will help quality control.

by Snook37448

I got sick of wishing there was a way to get virtually any other fonts installed into pages other than the meager few it had. Boring.

I then got sick enough to start checking through AnyFont Store and low and behold AnyFont was just what I needed, the real plus side being the reviews! After using it I can honestly say it's most likely in my top 5 most used/favorite apps I've ever installed. I haven't had any glitches with it to date and once you get the hang of the process (which is easy BTW) you can install fonts 'till your hearts contents.

Excellent app and HIGHLY recommended if you do any word processing with Pages at all. I just hope the author keeps up with updates and assuring all of us that it will continue to evolve through the many OS changes yet to come.

by Ⓜ️ Madisono

Just a quick note to think about if you are considering purchasing AnyFont. The fonts are installed onto your system somehow using a configuration the same way you would install a VPN configuration. (Don’t know if that’s good or bad, just unexpected, especially since the configurations have to install with your permission, with no certificate.)

Second I have found very few apps that support fonts that are installed by AnyFont; in fact, to use some of the fonts that I purchased with AnyFont’s bundle in some apps that require a drag and drop or direct link to the fonts I have had to purchase the font features in those apps. And don’t expect to be able to change any system fonts with AnyFont. But does work with some apps. Never can tell, except if app says it supports installing your own fonts, then 95% of the time these fonts will NOT work.