# Phonto

> Text Art, Object Eraser

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1444966076](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1444966076)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id1444966076`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Polymath Company Limited
- **Category:** Graphics & Design
- **Rating:** 4.10 / 5 (121 ratings)
- **Version:** 4.26
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-18
- **First published:** 2019-01-25
- **Size:** 291 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-03
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/phonto/id1444966076)
- **Website:** [https://phonto.co](https://phonto.co/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://privacy.vidanimate.co](https://privacy.vidanimate.co/)

## Description

Phonto makes it easy to design posters, banners, quotes, and other social graphics by adding text on photos. Choose from 300+ fonts, 20+ sticker categories, and an extensive library of artworks, shapes, and templates.

Use layers to manage layouts, save to your device, and share directly to Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Pinterest, WhatsApp, and more. With free templates and backgrounds, you can start quickly and customize colors, sizes, alignments, and rotations for polished results.

## Rankings

- #131,674 — Overall

## Review summary

Phonto is praised for being easy to use and useful for quick thumbnails and small projects, with a broad toolset for posters and logos. However, users repeatedly complain about ads, a expensive or confusing pricing/subscription model, bugs and instability, limited font options and text editing, and rough UX like poor photo import/search and rigid templates. Overall, it’s convenient for simple tasks but hampered by ads, cost, and stability concerns.

### Pros

- Easy to use for quick thumbnail creation.
- Offers a wide set of tools and features for thumbnails, posters, and logos.
- Helpful for designers, students, and small creators manipulating graphics.
- Useful for creating YouTube thumbnails and other simple graphics.
- Visually appealing and intuitive interface.”

### Cons

- Ad-heavy experience with intrusive ads.
- Pricing model and billing issues, including paywalls, high monthly fees, trial charges, and trouble unsubscribing.”
- Bugs and instability: glitches, lag, and occasional crashes.
- Limited customization: few font options and difficulty editing text.
- Poor UX for asset management (difficulty importing/searching photos, limited templates and rigid editing).

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1444966076)