# Symbol Keypad for Texting — user reviews > 130 indexed App Store user reviews of Symbol Keypad for Texting by 山 钟, rated 4.70/5 from 1,546 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/symbol-keypad-for-texting/id975780487/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/symbol-keypad-for-texting/id975780487.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 1,264 · 4★ 159 · 3★ 50 · 2★ 23 · 1★ 50 ## What do users think of Symbol Keypad for Texting? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 👍 Great for its niche - 👍 Convenient and useful - 👍 Lots of symbols to choose from - 👍 Easy to use and set up - 👍 Helpful for gaming and messaging **Cons** - 🐛 Search and navigation issues - 🐛 Compatibility problems with new iOS updates - 🐛 Unintuitive interface - 🐛 Missing common symbols - 🔋 Ads can be intrusive **Commonly reported bugs** - Keyboard not showing up properly on iPad - Favorites and history not syncing correctly - Some symbols not displaying correctly after iOS updates **Most requested features** - Add more symbols, especially common fractions and Egyptian hieroglyphics - Improve search functionality and navigation - Add iPad support and optimize the UI for larger screens - Allow customization of favorite symbols and their placement - Provide an option to disable the dark mode ## Newest reviews (15 of 130) ### 4/5 — Works great on my iPhone but? *2025-07-29, version 1.10.2* I’ve been using this little keyboard for years on my iPhone. It’s been great and never missed a beat. I just tried to install it on an iPad. And nothing happens. I get the icons at the bottom that indicate my favourites and the most recent, but obviously they are empty. Other than that, no symbols are showing on the screen. I understand that the AppStore page says that it’s for the iPhone, but why would it not work on the iPad? ### 2/5 — Search is crippled *2023-12-21, version 1.9.8* Sadly, search only returns character sets, not characters themselves. And choosing character sets (horizontal scrolling) is clunky. ### 2/5 — not that goooood *2023-03-31, version 1.9.8* it's ok. unintuitive. does not seem to have all of unicode. …? buggy. has loads of CJK stuff so that's cool. 〠 also my favorite characters 𓀡⌬❝𖠢𖡦❞☈☣︎♲♿︎⅊℄𓀬﹠〄𒃺𒐫 ### 2/5 — The best I’ve seen on iOS *2021-06-03, version 1.9.4* From the comparable apps I’ve tried, this is the one you want. ### 4/5 — Some Missing Symbols *2021-01-01, version 1.8.2* I love this app, but I’ve noticed that it doesn’t contain very common fractions like 1/2, 1/4, or 3/4. However, it has ⅚, ⅓, ⅗, ⅛! Please add these fractions!! ### 5/5 — AWESOME!! *2020-04-18, version 1.6.2* Best ever!! ### 5/5 — Love it! ❤︎ *2020-04-16, version 1.6.2* It’s amazing how many symbols there are in this app, and how they are all neatly organised. The symbols are really cool, too. I use these all the time and I never get tired of them. ❤︎ ### 5/5 — Saves time and space *2020-04-10, version 1.6.2* I love this simple, useful app. I use it frequently, at least twice a week, and have never had a hiccup of any kind, no matter how unreasonable the burden of open apps with which I challenge my iPhone (iPhone 8, 64 GB w/36 GB available running iOS 11.4). I use it in notes I take to preserve various forms of technical info, of which I am the only reader. I like to fit all the data I can into a single page of the Notes app, without having to scroll or decipher abbreviations. I find that when I want to enter a temperature like 50°, enter a measurement like 24½", or use arrows to point at other parts of the current page, this app is quick and easy. I also use in with email, usually to write something more clearly than it would be using only words. Bravo!! Great tool! ### 5/5 — love it *2020-03-15, version 1.6.2* amazing!!! ### 5/5 — Top *2020-02-25* Top de linha ### 5/5 — Liberates me to create ART wherever I type *2020-02-23, version 1.6.2* I am a mostly homebound, disabled veteran. I spent a previous life enjoying great expectations of things to come, only to find myself confined to my apartment + bed, barely able to free myself from a type of solitary confinement. This wondrous little App allows me to create a little masterpiece when I’m typing to a friend, or posting to a site… Though some folks literally stop to ask, “What are you doing ? / Why are you doing ‘that?’” I want to create: If I had not lost my health long ago, perhaps I’d be carving Martin Luther King Jr’s visage into the side of a mountain… But in this purgatory-like state, I must battle to find small joys, and embrace them. This App allows me to do just that. Baba Booey; Howard Stern’s… I just realized the App considers this penning of a review to be within the App, and so this is pretty much the *only* time I can’t hop in and out of its Alexandria-like library of symbols, to create the art I’ve been spinning wax poetically about… C’est la vie. L°õ°L At least my lil’ mustachioed Mr. LoL made it to the party. [I know the iOS software keyboard shortcuts by heart, for that friend til the end.] § fin § ### 5/5 — Very nice 👍🏽 *2020-02-20, version 1.6.2* 😍 I really love this app ♥️♥️❤️❤️ ### 5/5 — Excellent *2020-02-12, version 1.6.2* Excellent ### 5/5 — Really Cool!!! *2020-02-11, version 1.6.2* It has lots of characters to use and have fun with them !! ... for example I use math characters ### 5/5 — こうゆうアプリをさがしてた *2020-02-11* うん。 ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — It USED to be a great app *2026-06-12, version 1.10.2* But the adds have ruined it completely. Don’t even bother downloading it if pop up adds that you have to wait on to use the app bother you. Especially ones where the “X” doesn’t close it but is actually a hidden hyperlink to the advertisers website….absolutely INFURIATING. ### 1/5 — Ad jammed bug *2026-03-23, version 1.10.2* Unable to access the application. ### 1/5 — Didn’t work *2022-09-14, version 1.9.6* The app opens no problem. Even displays as an option under keyboard settings but even with it selected as a keyboard it doesn’t show up as a keyboard i still only have the two, the main keyboard and emoji. Despite having three keyboards selected in settings that includes the symbol keyboard. Why is it so hard to get a symbol keyboard for ios i mean Jesus the macOS has it by default :/ ### 1/5 — terrible *2021-12-22, version 1.9.4* this app is a scam and instantly popped up scam risks saying i won something. do not download, should be taken off the app store. ### 1/5 — stop that stupid reminder to write a review :-( *2020-04-22, version 1.6.2* deleted it! ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work with new iOS update *2019-11-14, version 1.6.0* Some of the symbols aren’t compatible with the new iOS symbol. Only used this app for Pokémon Go. Now doesn’t show any of the symbols I used. Since I gotta start all over night as well find a new app. ### 1/5 — You’re kidding me *2019-02-10, version 1.5.2* WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS DEVELOPER??!!! I tried symbol pad and you couldn’t freaking access it. Tbh I had hope for this app. BUT THEN IT GIVES YOU LIKE 5 TO CHOOSE FROM.... ARE U SERIOUS. Like on my review for symbol pad I am truly disappointed... ### 1/5 — horrível *2018-12-23* horrível trava muito não consegue fazer nada ### 1/5 — Bad *2018-07-03, version 1.4.0* It is just to complicated to find a symbol you want ### 1/5 — Spyware App! Apple: Pay attention---- *2017-11-16, version 1.1.4* Spyware! This app uses location services, etc. without allowing you to control it in "Settings". Apple: Please ban this. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Great for its niche *2024-12-03, version 1.10.0* This app lets you add all kinds of symbols to your email etc. It's not a keyboard: you copy one symbol at a time. There's a ton of unexpected glyphs to play with - Bamum Supplement, anybody? On the other hand, the menu is not too helpful, and some common symbols are missing (or where I can't find them). But hey! It's free, fun and very useful. ### 5/5 — good. wish there’s Egypt symbols *2024-10-26, version 1.9.8* .. ### 5/5 — Live the app but… *2023-09-23, version 1.9.8* Could you please add More characters ### 5/5 — It’s okay *2022-04-12, version 1.9.6* Honestly I enjoy having the extra symbols to make my typing fun. But it’s hard to see what I’m selecting before adding and how to add favorites ### 5/5 — the best symbol keyboard *2021-06-07, version 1.9.4* (1) can easily find and place characters → favorites; (2) always include it in my list of available keyboards (3) the best symbol keyboard—by far ### 5/5 — いい *2021-05-04* 自分が欲しかった記号があり嬉しいです ### 5/5 — Best app ever! *2020-12-07, version 1.7.6* I love this app, and I can get pretty picky with things so this really shows how good it is! I love how you can add symbols to your favorites, and copy them! It’s so easy to use and requires no in-app purchases. Thank you so much for such an awesome app! I rate this an infinite out of five! ♾/5 ### 5/5 — 面白い　便利！ *2020-09-22* 色々な文字があって楽しい！ ### 5/5 — 神 *2020-09-22* ███ ⇽これを探してました！ ☯︎⇦こんなのも出来ちゃいます！助かります！ Unicodeが全て使えるのは神です ⌦のような消す時の記号も使えるし数が多くてめっちゃいい ♿︎ ⥢こんなのも出来ちゃいます みんなにおすすめです ### 5/5 — احبه يجنن *2020-05-24, version 1.6.2* ..... --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-09-13.*