# Unicode Pad Express — user reviews

> 148 indexed App Store user reviews of Unicode Pad Express by Ziga Kranjec, rated 4.60/5 from 121 ratings.

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/unicode-pad-express/id368394740/reviews
- App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/unicode-pad-express/id368394740.md
- Rating breakdown: 5★ 99 · 4★ 8 · 3★ 5 · 2★ 2 · 1★ 7

## What do users think of Unicode Pad Express?

Overall sentiment: mixed

**Pros**

- 👍 Great variety of symbols
- 👍 Easy to use (for some)
- 👍 Free version available
- 👍 Useful for special characters
- 👍 Good for stylizing posts
- 👍 Quick and easy copy/paste
- 👍 Complete Unicode character map
- 👍 Valuable reference tool
- 👍 Free and functional
- 👍 Nice variety
- 👍 Good app

**Cons**

- 🐛 App crashes frequently
- 🐛 Some symbols not showing
- 🐛 Emojis mixed with symbols
- 🐛 Not designed well
- 🐛 Paid pro version needed for features
- 🐛 Difficult to access glyphs
- 🐛 No tutorials or support
- 🐛 Incompatible with older iOS versions
- 🐛 Ads cover copy options
- 🐛 Shows black boxes instead of symbols
- 🐛 Useless without copy/paste
- 🐛 Only shows pictures, no copy/paste
- 🐛 Worthless without copy/paste
- 🐛 Can't copy and paste symbols

**Commonly reported bugs**

- App crashes when clicking too many categories
- Some characters not showing
- Emojis are displayed as symbols
- Black boxes appear instead of symbols
- App not working after iOS updates
- Copy options covered by ads
- Not iOS 8 compatible
- Symbols show as boxes since iOS 7

**Most requested features**

- Add a search system (by name or code)
- Ability to favorite symbols
- Create custom keyboards
- Rename private use characters
- Make emojis into symbols
- More characters without font issues
- Include all Unicode blocks
- Add sample pictures for unsupported glyphs
- Make the app a keyboard
- Add new emojis
- Make the app free (instead of paid pro)
- Add bookmarking for characters
- Ability to email bookmarked characters
- Update for lower iPod versions
- Choose text color
- Add keyboard functionality for other apps
- Dark mode option
- Advanced analytics dashboard

## Newest reviews (16 of 148)

### 3/5 — Please Update

*2026-08-10*

The app is outdated, and most newer emoji and other symbols aren’t supported by the app. It also shouldn’t need to be paid because who is ever going to pay to type symbols when you can go online and copy them instead? Please update the app.

### 4/5 — hello

*2026-08-02*

i hope it have all unicode signs

### 4/5 — 还好

*2026-05-17*

也许是手机的问题，总是闪退

### 3/5 — Where do I put codes 😭

*2026-04-20, version 14.3*

I’ve been looking for 20 minutes to find this code box, I still can’t find it 🫩

### 3/5 — Sorry. 😣

*2026-03-20*

So…the app crashes whenever I click too many categories, and It’s the worst thing I ever have to run into.

### 4/5 — Very Nice But Some Are  Not Showing

*2026-02-01*

It would be better if there was the opportunity to have more characters without it being showed use a different font

### 4/5 — Its a good app but..

*2026-01-30*

It really needs a searching system where you can either type the name of the symbol or you can type in the code, it would make it a lot easier than just scrolling through, ty for reading!!

### 4/5 — 显示问题

*2025-09-19, version 14.3*

这个里面字库里面的字有很多个显示不出来，尽量改进一下

### 3/5 — Please Update

*2025-08-12*

Please add a way to favourite the symbols you use the most, also a way to make a custom keyboard you can switch to so that you don’t have to go out of the app you’re using and go in this app, copy the symbol, and go back.
Also, you should be able to rename the private use characters to whatever you want.

### 4/5 — Very useful

*2024-05-19, version 14.3*

Use it fairly often, but it lacks a  “Favourites” feature for quick retrieval of often used items.

### 5/5 — 这个好！

*2024-02-28*

确实有很多很多字符可以打，基本第一第二平面都有
可以排序（字符集、码位）
可以点开单个字符看编码、注释、版本
汉字有基本和扩展AB集，有古谚文，一众婆罗米文字等等，对于普通人和语言爱好者都够用了（虽然ios系统大多显示不了会变成豆腐块）

### 4/5 — Einfach und gut

*2023-11-05*

Tolle kleine App, einfach übersichtlich…
ganz kleiner Wehrmutstropfen, ich habe keine Suchfunktion entdeckt. Sonst Top

### 5/5 — e

*2023-08-08*

get dem new emojis pleass

### 5/5 — super

*2023-04-03*

Danke für das kreieren dieser App, genau das habe ich für das iPad gesucht. Funktioniert super !!!

### 5/5 — Unicode 15.0 has come

*2022-10-04, version 14.3*

can you update your app pls...

### 5/5 — Unerlässlich für kreatives Texting

*2022-03-27*

Vielen Dank! Genau was ich gesucht habe. Wer häufiger Glyphen in Texten verwendet, ist mit dieser App bestens bedient.

## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated)

### 1/5 — 字符太少

*2026-02-16*

字符太少

### 1/5 — Why are half of the symbols emojis?!

*2025-03-16*

Make the emojis turn into symbols please.

### 1/5 — Don’t use

*2023-10-25*

There are better ones out there. Where you can open the font you have and select directly from they list. This app is not designed well.

### 1/5 — DISGUSTING AND UGLY

*2022-06-24*

I NEED THE PRO VERSIONS BUT ITS PAID MAKE THIS APP FREE THEN ILL RATE FIVE STARS

### 1/5 — HOW DO YOU TYPE THE LETTERS SOMEWHERE ELSE!?!?!!!!

*2018-06-04*

Please tell me THE QUESTION IS IN THE TITLE

**Developer response:** You can copy and paste them to other apps.
Unicode Pad Pro supports creation of custom keyboards as well.

### 1/5 — No longer works iPhone 6

*2015-01-22*

Sadly this app no longer works on the iPhone 6 
:-(

Used to use this app allot.

### 1/5 — Ads cover up copy options

*2014-12-26, version 1.2*

Was a great app.  Now useless

### 1/5 — Sad 😤

*2014-10-31, version 1.2*

After I upgrade iPhone to 5s downloaded iOS 8 this unicode map is not working

### 1/5 — Blocks!

*2014-03-03, version 1.2*

Ever since iOS 7 everything shows up as boxes. It's no longer cool. Make it iOS 7 friendly and I'll give it the rating it SHOULD have when ITS WORTH 5 STARS

### 1/5 — HELP

*2013-07-19, version 1.2*

How do u put it on my keyboard

## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated)

### 5/5 — Keyboard

*2026-07-02*

Pls make everything free 🥺🙏

### 5/5 — ありがとうございます！！

*2026-03-05*

iOS 18.0になって、漢字がさらに明らかになりました、嬉しいです！！ ただ、一部から人偏の部がまだなのでもっと漢字が必要です。 例えば不の下に少の付いた字 (𠀰)が含まれます。また、絵文字やラテン文字のアルファベットや音楽記号なども同じ理由で表示できません。是非機会があれば、カテゴリーを追加して、バージョン 17.0にアップデートしてください。
よろしくお願いします。

**Developer response:** Thanks! You can contact developers via mail on the app website.

### 5/5 — 为什么？

*2026-01-24*

为什么没有第三平面和私用区？？？

### 5/5 — 好！太好了！

*2025-12-12*

字符很多，而且免费，广告不多，特好用！！！
（就是没有搜索功能）希望添加～

### 5/5 — I Love Unicodes.

*2025-03-17, version 14.3*

I RLLY LOVE THIS APP! ITS SO GOOD LIKE I- THIS IS 5 STAR!

### 5/5 — 超级好用

*2025-03-16*

太好用了，字符真多

### 5/5 — Very good

*2025-01-08*

There’s hundreds of thousands of symbols you could represent them anyway it’s just crazy

### 5/5 — A Good App.

*2024-12-05*

Friend suggested it to me a long time ago…
Used it ever since…
Mm..

### 5/5 — This is the bests app ever

*2024-11-05*

THIS IS HEAVEN

### 5/5 — Ginger

*2024-06-09*

16$

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