CharMap vs QR Code Creator & Maker
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. • 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 and preview system fonts. • No ads, trackers, or analytics. Your data is stored on-device, and optionally synced across your private iCloud account.
QR Code Creator & Maker
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QR Fusion helps you create, customise, save and scan QR codes in seconds. Share website links, Wi‑Fi details, contacts, calendar events, emails, SMS messages, phone numbers, locations or plain text from one simple app. Highlights: • Create QR codes for links, Wi‑Fi, contacts, email, SMS, calls, events and locations • Customise colours, gradients, frames, eye styles and logos for a polished look • Save your QR codes to Photos, share them instantly or copy content in one tap • Scan codes quickly with camera access, torch support and zoom controls • Revisit recent scans from built-in history • Enjoy a clean interface with dark mode support QR Fusion is ideal for everyday use, business, events and marketing. Create branded QR codes on iPhone and share information faster.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: CharMap at none against QR Code Creator & Maker's shown. QR Code Creator & Maker's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
CharMap ships an update every 5 months, QR Code Creator & Maker every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CharMap | QR Code Creator & Maker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (52 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 53.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 52 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Conor Mulligan | Mohamed Nagy |
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
QR Code Creator & Maker
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
CharMap
No in-app purchases
QR Code Creator & Maker
No in-app purchases
Questions
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