Which of iOS apps allow customizing font size?
(please contribute to the list with any other apps, and feel free to edit to make the list more accurate--this is a community wiki answer)
Notation for the list below:
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With few exceptions, any app falls into on of these categories:
- it supports System Settings > Dynamic Type and Bold Text (I mark it as "Dynamic&Bold" below)
- OR also supports System Settings > Larger Text (I mark as "Larger Text")
- OR has its own app-specific font size settings ("App settings")
- OR has NO font size customization whatsoever ("No customization")
For each app, I also specify how its maximum text size compares to standard system apps at maximum Dynamic Type setting if different (the app font is Smaller or Larger than in system apps)--to make it easier for a given app to understand its text size limit, given only few minutes with built-in apps only at Apple outlet.
Social networks
Facebook:
- all UGC (News Feed, User Timeline, Individual post and comments): Dynamic&Bold (since 2015-Nov-06); much Smaller
- app interfaces: No customization; smaller
Twitter:
- timeline: App settings (3 sizes); smaller
- settings screen: Dynamic&Bold
Google+: No customization; Much smaller
Instagram: No customization; Much smaller
VKontakte (both iPad- and iPhone apps): No customization; Smaller
Email apps
Mail:
- plaintext emails: Dynamic&Bold
- HTML emails: font scales only with Larger Text, but not with Dynamic Type(!); but can be much smaller than for plain text emails / than in other apps
GMail: No customization; Smaller (both for plaintext and HTML emails)
Google Inbox: No customization; Smaller (both for plaintext and HTML emails)
AirMail: Dynamic Text, App Settings; no LargerText support (text gets smaller instead)
Calendar (by Apple): Dynamic&Bold
Task managers
OmniFocus:
- Dynamic&Bold throughout the app
- LargerText for leaf-level outline items and Note editing only; No for outline groups
Things: No customization; smaller
Instant Messengers
Messages (iMessage):
- history of chat with a contact: LargerText
- list of contacts on left sidebar: Dynamic&Bold
Skype: No customization; Much Smaller
Telegram:
- history of chat with a contact: Dynamic Type (no Bold Text); smaller
- list of chats: No customization; Smaller
Web browsers
Safari:
- regular browsing: No customizaion; pinch to zoom leads to horizontal scrolling. Smaller.
- has a special Reader Mode with App Settings: wide range of sizes, comparable to the range of Larger Text. Works only for article-type web pages, not everywhere.
All other browsers tried (Google Chrome, Opera, Yandex Browser, iCabMobile): No Customization; pinch to zoom leads to horizontal scrolling. Smaller.
Office documents
Google Drive: No Customization
Google Docs: No customization: only document zoom, leads to horizontal scrolling. Smaller
Google Sheets: No Customization: only document zoom, leads to horizontal scrolling. Smaller
Maps
Google Maps: No customization; Smaller
Apple Maps: Dynamic Type only
Other built-in apps
Settings: Dynamic&Bold
Notes: LargerText
Reminders: LargerText
home screen: No customization
built-in keyboard: Bold Text only
Other third-party apps
Pocket:
- list of articles: Dynamic&Bold
- aricle body: App settings: wide range of sizes, comparable to the range of Larger Text
Google Keep: No Customization. Much Smaller.
As an alternative, assuming you know the risks and have a backup, there are some utilities on Cydia which can change fonts that various iOS apps use. However, you have to jailbreak your device to use them.
Just bringing this up as an alternative.