Needlessly Nerfed
When I first purchased this app a few years ago, it was (nearly) everything I was looking for. Over the next couple years, more unicode characters were added to the point where it became everything I was looking for and more.
Recently, however, I’ve noticed that the keyboard has been severely nerfed from its original selection. I mean, there’s maybe a fourth of the characters there used to be at the beginning of 2026, and I’m being generous. The entire mathematical section, which included various alternate fonts, has been removed. The box drawing section has also been removed. Divination symbols, a section that was added in 2024-2025 and was highly intriguing to me at the time, is now nowhere to be seen. The section titles themselves have even been removed! It used to take a minute or two to scroll through all the available symbols, and now I can scroll through everything currently offered in less than 30 seconds. I’m disappointed and will now look to alternatives on the App Store with more and better reviews to fill the gap.
I will concede that I’m using this on an iPhone XS, but I’m not convinced that this is the only factor in the dwindling selection of unicode characters available to me through this paid keyboard. From here on out, it’s easier for me to use my MacBook to access unicode characters than it is to use this app. I definitely got my money’s worth out of it for how much I was able to utilize its features before they were severely handicapped, but currently the developers have left me more disappointed than satisfied.
Recently, however, I’ve noticed that the keyboard has been severely nerfed from its original selection. I mean, there’s maybe a fourth of the characters there used to be at the beginning of 2026, and I’m being generous. The entire mathematical section, which included various alternate fonts, has been removed. The box drawing section has also been removed. Divination symbols, a section that was added in 2024-2025 and was highly intriguing to me at the time, is now nowhere to be seen. The section titles themselves have even been removed! It used to take a minute or two to scroll through all the available symbols, and now I can scroll through everything currently offered in less than 30 seconds. I’m disappointed and will now look to alternatives on the App Store with more and better reviews to fill the gap.
I will concede that I’m using this on an iPhone XS, but I’m not convinced that this is the only factor in the dwindling selection of unicode characters available to me through this paid keyboard. From here on out, it’s easier for me to use my MacBook to access unicode characters than it is to use this app. I definitely got my money’s worth out of it for how much I was able to utilize its features before they were severely handicapped, but currently the developers have left me more disappointed than satisfied.
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Practical & still getting better
I use UniChar primarily as a way to add symbols for renaming Pokemon in PokeGo.
It made life so much easier for gaming! Sorting & assigning characters & symbols to represent skills, elements & stats saved hours of time once setup.
UniChar has been useful outside gaming too when I needed to find & enter symbols not supported by the default iOS Keyboard.
The most surprising part was how responsive the developer was. Every-time I ran into issues & contacted him (via the support email), he replied within a few days & addressed the issues once confirmed with an update.
Thank you for making UniChar.
It made life so much easier for gaming! Sorting & assigning characters & symbols to represent skills, elements & stats saved hours of time once setup.
UniChar has been useful outside gaming too when I needed to find & enter symbols not supported by the default iOS Keyboard.
The most surprising part was how responsive the developer was. Every-time I ran into issues & contacted him (via the support email), he replied within a few days & addressed the issues once confirmed with an update.
Thank you for making UniChar.
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A great app
Its a great app! And i like the variety of symbols i can choose! and the "favorites" place for the keyboard is pretty cool!
Still Great… but used to be even better.
The recent update being able to switch off "recents" in the keyboard is great… but I have to say I miss the old functionality.
The app is simpler now, but you used to be able to select which glyphs were visible in the app and keyboard, while maintaining categories. It was very powerful customisation.
Now I just have to fill out favourites if I want something similar without endless noise… it's not as good.
With that said, this app is still the best in its category. It's just simpler now, which I'm sure has benefits too.
Thanks for keeping it alive. Never less than 5 stars.
The app is simpler now, but you used to be able to select which glyphs were visible in the app and keyboard, while maintaining categories. It was very powerful customisation.
Now I just have to fill out favourites if I want something similar without endless noise… it's not as good.
With that said, this app is still the best in its category. It's just simpler now, which I'm sure has benefits too.
Thanks for keeping it alive. Never less than 5 stars.
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Latest Update Ruined App
This app used to be so nice for pokemon go naming.
The last update completely changed the UI and now all the characters on my "Favorites" keyboard are WAYY too big and not aligned properly.
This app was great, but can't even use it anymore.. bring back the OLD APP!!
Also PLEASE make icloud syncing for your favorite characters.. my phone broke before the bad update and I just now redownloaded it. I spent like 2 hours adding all my old favorites back in order just to have finished it and realize that the UI changed (for the worse) and is completely different (TOO BIG) and my nice organized keyboard is now a jumbled mess that's impossible to rearrange in an organized manner because the character icons take up way too much space and I can't fit as many. Grrrr #BOO
Also, please make a way to turn of "recents" keyboard! Especially as a default.. I just want one keyboard categories (Favorites) with all the characters I would regular use!
NOTE TO DEVS:
I WILL CHANGE MY RATING IF YOU ADDRESS MY ISSUE WITH NEW UI
The last update completely changed the UI and now all the characters on my "Favorites" keyboard are WAYY too big and not aligned properly.
This app was great, but can't even use it anymore.. bring back the OLD APP!!
Also PLEASE make icloud syncing for your favorite characters.. my phone broke before the bad update and I just now redownloaded it. I spent like 2 hours adding all my old favorites back in order just to have finished it and realize that the UI changed (for the worse) and is completely different (TOO BIG) and my nice organized keyboard is now a jumbled mess that's impossible to rearrange in an organized manner because the character icons take up way too much space and I can't fit as many. Grrrr #BOO
Also, please make a way to turn of "recents" keyboard! Especially as a default.. I just want one keyboard categories (Favorites) with all the characters I would regular use!
NOTE TO DEVS:
I WILL CHANGE MY RATING IF YOU ADDRESS MY ISSUE WITH NEW UI
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