CharMap vs FontsX
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CharMap
Explore and manage Unicode characters with this utility. Organize favorites, view details, and copy characters to your clipboard. Use the custom keyboard to insert them anywhere and sync collections across devices.
- Browse curated character categories
- Organize favorite characters
- View character details and copy to clipboard
- Insert characters with custom keyboard
- Discover characters and blocks
- Sync collections across devices
- Preview system fonts
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CharMap allows to you discover, organize, and use unicode characters. FEATURES • Browse a collection of curated character categories, and organize your favourite characters into custom collections. • View character details and copy characters to the clipboard in a variety of formats. • Enable the CharMap keyboard to insert characters wherever custom keyboards are supported. • Discover unicode characters and blocks using a dedicated unicode browser. • Automatically sync your collections between devices. • Quickly access your custom collections using the collection widget. • Browse system fonts and view font metadata. • No ads, trackers, or analytics. Your data is stored on-device, and optionally synced across your private iCloud account.
FontsX
This keyboard app provides a variety of stylish fonts, emojis, and symbols to enhance your text directly within other applications. Create eye-catching bios, captions, and messages to express your unique style across social media and messaging platforms.
- Fancy text generation
- Emoji and symbol integration
- Direct typing in any app
- Customizable bios and captions
- Lightweight and simple interface
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Amazing fonts Keyboard for iOS! FontsX is the most lightweight, simple and pure fonts app including fancy text, symbols and emojis. No copy & pasting required, type text directly in other apps and anywhere you can input. Keeping it simple is the core philosophy of FontsX. It is so lightweight and minimal that you can install and use it in the blink of an eye! You can click to install while reading more about it. With a variety of cool font collections from FontsX keyboard, you can easily create stunning bios, captions, and highlights. For example: • Create an eye-catching Instagram bio that attracts followers. • Stand out in TikTok comments with cool fonts and emojis. • Personalize your Snapchat stories with stylish captions. • Send creative messages to friends and family on WhatsApp and iMessage. • Express your unique style and mood on social media. • And more... FontsX works in any input field. It works seamlessly on Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Snapchat, Phonto, X/Twitter, Threads, Facebook, Skype, WhatsApp, iMessage, Messenger, Clubhouse, Roblox, Twitch, Gas, BeReal, Telegram, Discord, TextFree, WeChat, Reminder, Notes and even Widgets, and many many more. Some fonts are free to use. You can subscribe to unlock ALL fonts. Subscriptions can be canceled anytime. If you're enjoying FontsX, please consider leaving a review. We'd be very grateful! If you have suggestions and feedback, please contact us at zzzwco@outlook.com. We do not collect any personal data. Privacy Policy: https://bruce2077.github.io/fontsx_privacy Terms of Service: https://bruce2077.github.io/fontsx_terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: CharMap at none against FontsX's 2. FontsX's advantage is update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 4 months) and rating (4.2 vs 4.0). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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. FontsX sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. CharMap asks for nothing beyond the download.
FontsX holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 56 and 46 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 53% of CharMap's written reviews are positive against 57% of FontsX's.
CharMap ships an update every 4 months, FontsX every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CharMap | FontsX |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (56 ratings) | 4.2 (46 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 53.0% of reviews | 57.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 56 — better | 46 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Conor Mulligan | 科 曾 |
Customer experience
CharMap
FontsX
Bugs and requests
CharMap
Reported bugs
12 issues- Characters omitted in other apps
- Keyboard looks like white rectangle in some apps
- Private Use Area characters not shown
- Collections feature quit working
- App crashes every time it's opened
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- App crashes on iPad Pro
- App crashes on iPad
- Everything gone after update
- App doesn't open after update
- Some symbols are not shown
- Keyboard not showing up immediately
- Preferences -> font closes app
Requested features
20 requests- Add return/enter key
- Batch add characters to collections
- Multi-font support
- Unicode 18.0 support
- Add Unicode 17.0
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- Ability to select characters with single click
- Add 'raised to the power of x' symbol
- Add superscripts in letter, equation, and inequality form
- Option to format characters (LTR/RTL)
- Make fonts usable in 'Unicode'
- Implement custom font API
- Search for character option
- Search by character name
- Add Sutton SignWriting block
- Add symbol search
- Update UI with SF symbols
- Add dark mode support
- Rename collections
- Backup and Restore collections
- Put collections on top of list when using as keyboard
FontsX
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
CharMap
No in-app purchases
FontsX
- FontsX Pro$1.991 Month
- FontsX Pro$12.991 Year
