Fancy Emojis vs Emoji Explorer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Fancy Emojis
Create larger emojis with customizable background colors for a unique visual experience. Easily enlarge your favorite emoticons with a single tap and select from various background shades.
- Enlarge emojis with one click
- Selectable background colors
- Customizable emoji experience
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> what is a Fancy Emoji? Fancy Emoji are designed to make emojis bigger and support the selection of different background colors, hoping to give you a different experience. > feature list - One click to make the emoji bigger. - Background color selection is supported. > feedback: - For feedback, please contact: app.yu@outlook.com
Emoji Explorer
Explore a vast collection of over 3900 emojis, with more added regularly. This free, ad-free application helps you understand and navigate the ever-growing world of digital expressions. Compatibility may vary with older iOS versions.
- Extensive emoji library (>3900)
- Regularly updated emoji collection
- Free to use
- Ad-free experience
- iOS compatibility notes
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One day, for no particular reason, I became interested in emoji. Do you know how many of these things there are? More than 3900, and more coming all the time! How can you wrap your brain around that? So I built this app. It's free and ad-free. Please note: Emoji Explorer is built to work on iOS 13 through 26. However, depending on which version you are using, some emoji may not display correctly. This happens when your version of iOS is older than the emoji version that is supported by Emoji Explorer (currently 17.0).
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Fancy Emojis at fortnightly against Emoji Explorer's every 3 months. Fancy Emojis also leads on ratings volume (4 vs 1) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 13.0). Emoji Explorer's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Emoji Explorer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively.
Fancy Emojis ships an update fortnightly, Emoji Explorer every 3 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Fancy Emojis | Emoji Explorer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jingyu Yang | James Campbell |
Customer experience
Fancy Emojis
Emoji Explorer
In-app purchases
Fancy Emojis
No in-app purchases
Emoji Explorer
No in-app purchases
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