# Unicode Pad — user reviews > 171 indexed App Store user reviews of Unicode Pad by Ziga Kranjec, rated 3.50/5 from 8 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/unicode-pad/id374098312/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/unicode-pad/id374098312.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 3 · 4★ 2 · 3★ 1 · 2★ 0 · 1★ 2 ## What do users think of Unicode Pad? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 👍 Comprehensive symbol catalog - 💡 Customizable keyboards - 🚀 Easy to use interface - 🔍 Powerful search functionality - 🌟 Useful for nicknames and special characters - ✅ Good value for money - 🔄 Frequent updates and developer support - 📖 Links to Wikipedia for character information - ✨ Well-organized categories - 📲 Works on various iOS devices **Cons** - 🐛 Occasional crashes - 📦 Some characters display as boxes - 🐌 Laggy scrolling and slow loading - 🖱️ Manual copy-pasting required - ⌨️ Limited keyboard space for custom keyboards - ❌ Inability to use as a system-wide keyboard - 📉 Some features are not fully functional - 💽 App not working with older iOS versions - 🚫 Missing specific character sets (e.g., Khmer Unicode) **Commonly reported bugs** - App crashes when selecting notepad - App crashes on startup - Scrolling is laggy - Custom keyboards take time to load - Characters not appearing on keyboard after adding - Some symbols don't copy properly (show as boxes) - App won't update - App becomes very slow after updates - Custom keyboards are hard to see after update - Buttons disappear - Detail window cannot be closed - Glyph description length exceeds screen - App freezes and requires device reset - Favorites/copy buttons sometimes go invisible - Cannot get to clipboard to post to other apps - App doesn't work with Facebook - Characters not displayed (show as squares) **Most requested features** - Ability to add keyboards to other apps - More space for custom keyboards - Integration with iOS keyboard - Add backspace/delete/return keys to custom keyboards - Ability to rearrange keys on custom keyboards - Ability to remove custom keys while on the keyboard - Sort Unicode blocks numerically - Save/swap out keyboards from within the app - Option to hide iOS incompatible characters - Add space bar to custom keyboard layouts - Copy as HTML option - Precise selection and editing features - Macros for multiple keystrokes - Dark mode option - Advanced analytics dashboard ## Newest reviews (11 of 171) ### 4/5 — Kept crashing but I remember it was like an older version of Unicode Pad PRO, I like it *2025-12-11* :) ### 3/5 — Keyboard usable in other apps? *2020-11-01* I understand that for keyboards usable in other apps, there is Unicode Pro (which I’ve been using for a long time already). However, it only gives access to five additional keyboards, which are all in use already. So if Unicode Pad gave access to usable keyboards, you could have ten in total. An even better solution would obviously be to have infinite keyboards or at least a lot more in Unicode Pro, but if we simply had usable ones with this app, it would be a good start. Otherwise the keyboards are rather pointless. Thank you for considering. ### 3/5 — Very useful (and cool) *2016-08-27* Cool app, VERY GOOD resource for Unicode retrieval of characters and description of them! Interface makes it easy to directly jump to major sections of unicode chart, and the ablity to search for characters by text within the description is absolutely a god send! Be aware this is not the full paid app version, that also includes keyboard which is a must if you don't want to leave this one open all of the time. With this version you have to switch back and forth between it and the app your working in and copy/paste each character you wish to use one at a time. ### 4/5 — Extended fonts are not available *2015-12-10, version 9.0* A nice and big collection, but how I can use the extended fonts? And where is it available? ### 3/5 — More keyboard space!! *2015-07-10* Need more space for more keyboards! There is only 5 spaces for downloadable keyboards – a few more spaces would be handy. ### 2/5 — Wieso geht das nicht? *2015-03-18* Ist es irgendwie möglich die erstellten Tastaturen auch in anderen Apps (z.B. Geogebra) zu nutzen?[= zu Tastaturen hinzufügen?]. Habe noch keinen Weg gefunden; da diese App ohne diese Funktion für mich nutzlos ist nur 2 Sterne... ### 2/5 — Kopieren in andere Apps... *2015-02-15* ... geht nur der Text, jedoch nicht die Schriftart. Deshalb für mich uninteressant! ### 4/5 — Gut aber... *2014-05-25* ...leider kann man nicht alle zeichen sehen, das ist soooo schade denn ich nutze diese app sehr oft! Biiiiiiiitte verbessern dann gibt es sofort 5 Sterne! ### 4/5 — Very good *2014-03-30, version 6.3* This app is a real time safer in my daily business. Very useful. ### 2/5 — iOS 7.1? *2014-03-28, version 6.3* I have to use the older version if I'm in iOS 7.0? ### 4/5 — iOS7 + CustomKeyboard for iOS *2014-03-27, version 6.2* The best, BUT you should redesign the apo and allow the user to add his customKeyboard to the iOS-System!! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Don’t get *2020-07-09* It doesn’t work wast of money ### 1/5 — Problem *2020-05-19, version 11.2* I can not use extanded font ### 1/5 — Copy pasta 1 at a time STUPID *2016-11-07, version 9.2* Crap. Has custom keyboards but you have to add every single character you want ONE BY FREAKING ONE to the keyboard. BY COPY AND PASTING THEM. I DOWNLOADED THIS SPECIFICALLY TO NOT HAVE TO COPY AND PASTE. For heaven sake... ### 1/5 — App won't update. *2016-07-14* Cannot get app to download, still shows Update ### 1/5 — Inutisable.... *2016-01-25* Depuis la dernière mise à jour l'application est de venu très très lente, donc quasiment inutilisable. Direction la corbeille !!! ### 1/5 — は？ *2015-08-18* お金かかるんだ、これ。なんか勝手に取られてたよ？ こんな糞アプリは、おすすめしません。 ### 1/5 — Crap *2014-03-28, version 6.3* Even after the update you made to work and be friendly with iOS 7.1 it's still all the same.. All I see are BOXES ### 1/5 — Worked fine.. *2014-03-23* Until most recent firmware update. Now it crashes whenever I select notepad! Please fix ASAP.. Currently unusable 👎 ### 1/5 — Plantage *2014-03-23* L'appli plante quand on va sur le notepad impossible de faire tout un texte et de le copier, ceci sans raison ... Desinstallée et réinstallée sans succès ### 1/5 — Unicode Crashes *2014-03-12, version 6.2* Fix this! Crashes everytime I click into pad. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Thanks for big variety of symbols *2019-07-15* This is literally the best program to write nicknames 💝 ### 5/5 — A Rarely Used Delight *2017-12-03* Unicode Pad is the kinda app that you don’t need very often but is invaluable when you do. Moreover, every time I run it I’m delighted at what a pleasant experience it is. Highly recommended. ### 5/5 — Good app buuuut.. *2017-04-11, version 10.2* What's up with the scrolling? Completely laggy on my iPhone 6S Plus and iPad Pro 9.7... Yay, fixed the scrolling. 5 stars to you! Cheers 🍻 ### 5/5 — Absolute bargain *2017-02-24* Comprehensive, packed with tools and information, cleverly organized, thoughtfully designed. Just brilliant. ### 5/5 — Ty for keeping supporting *2017-01-22* I just want to thank the developer whoever created this app, god bless you, this kind of apps that i never regret paying for, every update your bring is beautiful, this is my only unicode app and i never thought that i will be happy with it, I recommend this app for anyone who seek for a unicode app. if i could place more than 5 stars i would . highly recommended . TY for keeping the updates rolling . ### 5/5 — Freue mich sehr das ein Update da ist 😌 *2017-01-13* Die App funktioniert einwandfrei und war bei der Navigation durch die Ausdrucks- und Formulierungsmöglichkeiten des Internets ein treuer Begleiter :] ### 5/5 — Super appli *2015-04-11* La meilleure dans le domaine, sans hésitation ! Seul bémol : certains claviers mettent du temps à charger, parfois jusqu'à 5-10 secondes avant que le chargement ne se débloque, et ce à chaque fois qu'on fait défiler (iPhone 5, iOS 8.3) ### 5/5 — Comprehensive *2014-12-26* This is an excellent app for including a very wide range of characters and symbols not available as standard on the iPad. Very simple to use and well designed. It completely solves my problem of introducing occasional mathematical symbols and the range of number symbols in non Latin scripts is very good too. A generalist rather than specialist package, but that is what I wanted. ### 5/5 — Absolutely fantastic… *2014-08-16, version 6.3* This application is exactly what I needed for Unicode reference. I highly recommend this app for anyone that needs a complete catalog of the Unicode library of characters. ### 5/5 — Nicely done *2014-07-05* No problems installing it on the latest iOS (7.1.2) on both 5s phone and iPad 3. It took me a minute to figure out the catalog menu. But after that I was pleased with the organization and categories. It's really helpful. I now use this app to find characters I want to use on my desktop machine. The information with each character is quite useful and easy to retrieve. It's great. I was a bit nervous with the negative reviews but I have not experienced any of those issues. --- *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 2026-09-07.*