Comparison

MyKeyboard Legacy vs Unicode

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

MyKeyboard Legacy

Design your own mobile keyboard with custom layouts, fonts, and themes. Add or remove keys, assign custom actions, and personalize emoji rows for a unique typing experience.

Highlights
  • Drag-and-drop keyboard builder
  • Customizable key layouts and rows
  • Switchable fonts across apps
  • Personalized emoji rows
  • Custom key actions (copy, paste, etc.)
  • Theme customization
Read full description

Customize virtually anything about your iOS keyboard, with simple drag and drop. Add or remove keys or rows, customize the way keys look and behave, change the duration until subkeys (the keys that pop up when holding on a key) pop up, add and remove subkeys and add keys with custom actions. MyKeyboard is beloved by its users for its ease of use and endless possibilities. For example, the emoji row is a standard feature of the custom Keyboard and can be changed to contain all of your favorite emoji. These emoji keys then automatically contain subkeys with similar emoji which you can personalize. By default, a number row is also in the keyboard, providing you fast access to these often-used keys. Another amazing feature of MyKeyboard is the switchable fonts. MyKeyboard contains 19 amazing fonts that can be used across almost all apps, including WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook and iMessage. You can add a font key to your keyboard and switch to the font by tapping on it. Custom key actions include: - Insert Appearance - Insert - Replace Word With Appearance - Show Subkeys - Shift - Caps Lock - Cut - Copy - Paste - Accept Correction - Dismiss Correction - Learn Current Word - Switch Keyboard - Switch To Main Keyboard - Hide Keyboard - Next Input Mode - Delete Last Character - Activate Deletion Mode - Clear - Clear Left - Clear Left Word - Clear Right - Clear Right Word - Clear Word - Switch to Emoji Board (Switches you to the emoji keyboard; Learn more about this when you google emoji keyboard) These actions can be triggered on tap and hold. When no hold action is set for a specific key, the keyboard goes into trackpad mode, allowing you to shift the insertion point around by swiping. The deletion mode is similar and allows you to delete by swiping left and retract from it by swiping right. By default, it is the hold/press action on the delete key. You can also increase or decrease the key hold time until these actions are triggered, but you will have to perform swift key gestures when setting it very low. ~~ Keyboard Builder ~~ Use the keyboard builder for creating a fully customized keyboard layout in less than a minute. Your own keyboard layout is called “My Keyboard” and can be configured in every imaginable way. You can even add a copy, cut or paste key, a font key, an emoji key, a move cursor key, a “delete all” key and so much more. You can also create your own keys, for example for inserting copypasta or using copy/paste keys to perform these actions faster. We have made keyboard customization very accessible and it's easily doable for everyone. And it is customizable in every extend. For example, by adding a lot of g keys to a keyboard you could essentially create your own g board, or by adding multiple font switching keys to one, you can create your own font keyboard. ~~ Themes ~~ You can choose from a variety of free and paid themes, or go ahead and create your own customized keyboard theme. Theme customization can be used to change every aspect of your keyboard: background and foreground colors, shadow and border sizes and their colors, key corner radius and you can even set a custom height for your keys! Even a custom keyboard background image is configurable with your own photo. In the section “my themes”, you can see and manage all of your customized themes. Themes can even be shared with your friends who also use MyKeyboard!

About

Unicode

Easily find and copy thousands of Unicode symbols organized into categories. Quickly access currency signs, punctuation, mathematical symbols, and more with a clean interface and one-tap copy functionality.

Highlights
  • Thousands of Unicode symbols
  • Organized symbol categories
  • Fast symbol search
  • One-tap copy to clipboard
  • Recently used symbols access
  • Clean user interface
Features
Read full description

Unicode+ is the symbol keyboard for iPhone. Find, copy and type thousands of Unicode symbols, math signs, special characters and glyphs in any app. Need a degree sign, a math symbol, an arrow or a check mark? Search for it or browse by category, tap once to copy, or type it straight from the Unicode+ keyboard without leaving the app you are in. WHAT YOU CAN FIND - Math symbols: plus-minus, square root, pi, infinity, not equal, sum, fractions, superscript and subscript - Signs and special characters: degree, check mark, copyright, trademark, currency signs - Arrows, stars, hearts, shapes and box drawing characters - Greek letters, accented letters, phonetic (IPA) symbols and glyphs FEATURES - Symbol keyboard: type any symbol in Messages, Notes, Mail and more - Fast search by name or keyword - Organized categories that are easy to browse - One-tap copy and paste - Recently used symbols for quick access - Clean, simple design Students, writers, designers, developers and anyone who needs the right character fast will feel at home in Unicode+. Legal : Privacy Policy https://retrytech.site/assets/unicode/privacy-policy.html Terms of Use https://retrytech.site/assets/unicode/terms-of-use.html EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

MyKeyboard Legacy4 screens
Unicode4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Unicode at 5.0 against MyKeyboard Legacy's 3.7. Unicode also leads on update cadence (every 10 days vs monthly) and review sentiment (50% vs 37%). MyKeyboard Legacy's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (19 vs 3). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Unicode sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. MyKeyboard Legacy asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Unicode holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MyKeyboard Legacy has 19 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 37% of MyKeyboard Legacy's written reviews are positive against 50% of Unicode's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MyKeyboard Legacy ships an update monthly, Unicode every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
MyKeyboard Legacy versus Unicode: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMyKeyboard LegacyUnicode
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (19 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews36.8% of reviews50.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings19 — better3
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB20 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFiveSheep OURETRYTECH LLP

Customer experience

MyKeyboard Legacy

All ratings17 ratings
Positive58.8%
Neutral11.8%
Negative29.4%
Written reviews19 reviews
Positive36.8%
Neutral26.3%
Negative36.8%

Unicode

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

MyKeyboard Legacy

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Unicode

Subscriptions1
  • Monthly$1.991 Month
One-time1
  • Lifetime$9.99

Questions

Is MyKeyboard Legacy free?
MyKeyboard Legacy is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Unicode free?
Unicode is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, MyKeyboard Legacy or Unicode?
Unicode is rated higher. MyKeyboard Legacy averages 3.7 out of 5 from 19 ratings, while Unicode averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do MyKeyboard Legacy or Unicode have ads?
Neither MyKeyboard Legacy nor Unicode shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MyKeyboard Legacy or Unicode?
MyKeyboard Legacy ships an update monthly, and Unicode every 10 days. Most recently, MyKeyboard Legacy was updated on November 7, 2026 and Unicode on November 5, 2026.

Other comparisons