CharMap vs MyPayCalendar
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.
MyPayCalendar
This app helps employees track their work hours and ensure they are paid correctly and on time. It combines an interactive calendar, wage calculator, and earnings summary to prevent wage theft and provide financial peace of mind.
- Interactive calendar for work hours
- Wage calculator and earnings summary
- Protects against wage theft
- One-time purchase
- No advertisements
- Secure data handling
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MyPayCalendar is now your worldwide advocate for monitoring your hours and ensuring you are being properly paid and compensated for time worked. According to a June 2023 study released by gov.uk, more than 200 companies were investigated by His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs from 2017 - 2019, and it was revealed that: * 39% of employers failed to pay workers correctly for their working time. * 21% of employers paid the incorrect apprenticeship rate. This endemic issue displays a failure to properly compensate workers both at their rate and on time. A solution is desperately needed by workers to remedy this. MyPayCalendar is the solution needed by millions of workers across the globe to provide both a comprehensive view of their earnings and act as a protective measure against wage theft, whether intentional or unintentional. This system combines an interactive calendar with both advanced calculations and a wage tracker and rolls them all into one on your mobile device. Take control and reliance to the next level as you assume personal accountability for your own earnings. Advantages of utilising the MyPayCalendar app: * Operates as an interactive calendar, wage calculator, and earnings summary all at once! * One-time purchase that is yours forever! * No advertisements or pop-ups! * Data security! MyPayCalendar will not share or sell your data! * No hidden fees! * Allows you to plan ahead for your future with a touch of a finger. * Tracking your earnings has never been easier! MyPayCalendar enables you to assume control of your earnings and receive peace of mind knowing that the power is in your hands to receive fair wages according to your own role and pay rate! Accurate pay, compensation, and accountability is a tap away!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: MyPayCalendar at 100% against CharMap's 53%. MyPayCalendar also leads on update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 4 months) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 26.0). CharMap's advantage is price (Free vs $3.99) and ads (none vs shown). On in-app purchases 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
CharMap is free to download; MyPayCalendar costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
CharMap ships an update every 4 months, MyPayCalendar every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CharMap | MyPayCalendar |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $3.99 |
| Rating | 4.0 (56 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 53.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 56 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Conor Mulligan | R and D applications LTD |
Customer experience
CharMap
MyPayCalendar
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
MyPayCalendar
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
CharMap
No in-app purchases
MyPayCalendar
No in-app purchases









