Fonts Art: Cool Keyboard Maker

Fonts Art Review: 500+ Keyboard Designs, Heavy Ads and a Privacy Trade-Off

Free version: rewarded ads, coins and the paywall's X button

The free version exists but is easy to miss: in a September 2026 reply on Google Play, the developer told a user to skip the opening purchase screen with the X in its top-left corner. Past that, many fonts and themes stay locked until you watch rewarded ads or spend coins, an in-app currency also sold as one-time purchases. Ads are the main friction. Of the 150 most relevant English Play reviews, 71 mention them, and 2026 complaints describe ads that fail to load, fail to count toward an unlock or pop up while scrolling themes. The developer's replies say a subscription removes ads, yet several paying users reported ad prompts after upgrading, which the developer called unexpected behavior.

Full Access, AI Tune and what the keyboard sees as you type

On iPhone, Full Access is needed for Keyboard Themes, Kaomoji Reactions and AI Tune, an autocorrect word list improved with data from OpenAI. Apple's developer guide says a keyboard without that access has no network connection, and password fields always switch to Apple's own keyboard. The iOS privacy policy, dated May 2025, says the company may see messages as you type them but never stores or uses them, passing typed text only to OpenAI for AI Tune. The Android policy repeats the 'may see your messages' line without that no-storage promise. Play's Data safety form lists approximate location, purchase history and device IDs shared for advertising, and says data isn't encrypted in transit; Apple's label lists six data types used to track you.

$19.99 a year, a 3-day trial and why deleting the app won't cancel it

Both store listings describe weekly and annual billing, and the App Store lists a Premium membership (1 year) at $19.99 among in-app prices running from $2.99 to $39.99. The trial lasts three days; the developer says cancelling at least 24 hours before it ends avoids the first charge. The May 2025 terms add two catches. Removing the app from your phone does not stop the subscription, and money spent on coins is not refunded, even if the coins go unused. The same terms require users to be 18, or 13 to 17 with a parent's permission and supervision, and bar anyone under 13, while Google Play rates the app Everyone and Apple rates it 4+. Prices vary by region and may change.

Fonts Art vs Gboard and Microsoft SwiftKey

Gboard from Google costs nothing, shows no ads or in-app purchases on Google Play, and still offers photo backgrounds, Glide Typing and Google Translate inside the keyboard. Microsoft SwiftKey is also free, with 100+ themes, photo backgrounds and over 700 languages, though its Play listing is marked as containing ads. Neither listing mentions styled letter fonts or a Font Maker that turns your handwriting into a typeface, and that is what the subscription here buys. The trade-off is basic typing: in August 2026 replies, the developer said the Android keyboard offers predictive text but no autocorrect, no clipboard support and no search bar for themes.