Wingdings Translator vs Gaster Dingbats
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Wingdings Translator
Convert your text into the mysterious Wingdings font with this easy-to-use application. Share your translated messages across various social media platforms and messaging apps. Explore secret rooms for an added layer of fun.
- Translate text to Wingdings
- Live translation
- Two-way translation
- Share via social media and email
- Secret rooms
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Check out this awesome app to translate normal text into Wingdings! Features: ▶ Easy-to-use interface! ▶ Live translation ▶ Two-way translation ▶ Share text through Twitter, Facebook, iMessage, and email. ▶ Secret rooms Enjoy! P.S: If certain letters don't show up, your keyboard and unicode system does not support all the letters of Wingdings. Don't worry though, your messages will still translate perfectly. Credit to Shlaboza for the icon.
Gaster Dingbats
Transform your text into unique dingbat characters and fonts for messaging. This app offers a keyboard and translator for various dingbat styles, including W. D. Gaster, Wingdings, and Webdings.
- Text to dingbat conversion
- Custom keyboard integration
- W. D. Gaster alphabet support
- Original Wingdings font support
- Wingdings 2 & 3 support
- Webdings font support
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Convert text to Dingbats with this translator and keyboard. The app supports all Zapf Dingbats as a font and as characters to send to your friends in a messaging app. Note that some apps may display dingbats slightly differently than this app, because they use the system font. Supports: • W. D. Gaster alphabet • Original Wingdings font • Wingdings 2 • Wingdings 3 • Webdings
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Wingdings Translator at 89% against Gaster Dingbats's 0%. Wingdings Translator also leads on rating (4.7 vs 3.0) and price ($0.99 vs $7.99). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Wingdings Translator costs $0.99 and Gaster Dingbats $7.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Wingdings Translator holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Wingdings Translator has 33 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 89% of Wingdings Translator's written reviews are positive against 0% of Gaster Dingbats's.
Wingdings Translator ships an update every 6 weeks, Gaster Dingbats every 21 months. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Wingdings Translator | Gaster Dingbats |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 — better | $7.99 |
| Rating | 4.7 (33 ratings) — better | 3.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 88.9% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 33 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 21 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 9.2 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 59 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kush Patel | Maarten Trompper |
Customer experience
Wingdings Translator
Gaster Dingbats
In-app purchases
Wingdings Translator
No in-app purchases
Gaster Dingbats
No in-app purchases
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