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I just want to know if it´s legal to use the Font "HelveticaNeue" in my iOS 7 App which i want to put in the AppStore? The font is included in MacOS Mavericks and i am able to choose it in Xcode or call it in code like this:

I already took a look here at other questions, but didn´t find any one related to mine...

[UIFont fontWithName:@"HelveticaNeue-UltraLight" size:size]

So do i have to buy i license or can i just use it?! Has anyone experience with this?

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davidOhara
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  • it is the default one , u can use normally , i used my last 5 projects – Anbu.Karthik May 21 '14 at 13:08
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    I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because **it is about licensing or legal issues**, not programming or software development. [See here](http://meta.stackoverflow.com/a/274964/1402846) for details, and the [help/on-topic] for more. – Kevin Brown-Silva Jun 12 '15 at 23:49

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Yes you can use it. Its free to use and you don't need any license as its system provided. Hope this helps.

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  • And able to use in my android App, too?! – davidOhara May 21 '14 at 13:14
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    Yes, If it's available. From this post http://stackoverflow.com/questions/20598541/helvetica-alternative-in-android it seems like its not. If so, you may use an alternative that closely matches. Check this link for more info http://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/11396/i-want-to-use-helvetica-neue-in-my-android-application-where-do-i-buy-the-appro Note that your question was tagged for iOS so Android related queries are best avoided :) – batman May 21 '14 at 13:17
  • @chrizstone You cannot bundle the Helvetica Neue font freely in your Android app for free. However, there are a number of Google font alternatives to it that can be bundled in your Android app. These are: Source Sans Pro, Lato, PT Sans, Open Sans – Babatunde Adeyemi Oct 05 '14 at 09:28
  • @akdsouza can I use this font without any legal issues in iOS14, for example? – eltray Nov 19 '20 at 15:31
  • @eltray yes you can as it is a system font on iOS – batman Mar 28 '23 at 12:44
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You can use it.

Helvetica Neue is the default font on iOS 7 and is free to use for app developers. You can freely use any of the fonts in Xcode for your apps

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