Pickchar vs uniChrars
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pickchar
Access and copy frequently used but hard-to-find Unicode characters with a single click. Inspect text to understand its underlying Unicode components. This utility simplifies text input for special symbols.
- Copy Unicode characters to clipboard
- Inspect text for Unicode components
- Palette of commonly used characters
- User-friendly interface
- Supports Mac, iPhone, and iPad
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Palette of some often used but hard to access Unicode characters that can be copied to the clipboard with a click. The possibility to inspect text for its Unicode components.
uniChrars
This tool allows you to convert text into various fonts, import them, and copy them to your clipboard. It helps you discover and utilize all installed fonts, showing available characters and enabling font comparisons.
- Text to font conversion
- Automatic font import
- Clipboard copy functionality
- Save and switch styles
- List all installed fonts
- Character availability check
- Font comparison tool
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• It converts written text to the font of your choice, imports it automatically and copies it to the clipboard. Styles and texts can be saved and quickly changed. • List and displays all installed fonts, groups, marks, shares instantly. Choose between them and enjoy their diversity and beauty. • Shows which characters are available in the font set. Very useful to see which special characters are replaced by other generic fonts. • They can be compared with other letters, types. The baselines show how the letter is positioned in the box and what exact offset is needed.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: uniChrars at every 9 days against Pickchar's every 22 months. uniChrars also leads on ratings volume (12 vs 1) and iOS requirement (14.1 vs 17.0). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Pickchar against 4.9 for uniChrars. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: uniChrars has 12 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Pickchar ships an update every 22 months, uniChrars every 9 days. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Pickchar | uniChrars |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.9 (12 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 12 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 22 months | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 14.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nico Rohrbach | Szerencses Gabor |
In-app purchases
Pickchar
No in-app purchases
uniChrars
No in-app purchases
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