CharMap vs AppHunt
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.
AppHunt
Easily compare App Store app, in-app purchase, and subscription prices across different regions. Track price history, set alerts for price drops, and follow developers for updates.
- Global app pricing reference
- In-app purchase price comparison
- Price history tracking
- Price drop alerts
- Developer tracking
- Live exchange calculator
- Shareable pricing posters
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AppHunt helps you review regional reference pricing for App Store apps, in-app purchases, and subscription services more efficiently. You can search apps, compare pricing across regions, review price history, save items you care about, and create price alerts. For many in-app purchase items, AppHunt also helps you compare reference pricing across regions in a clearer way. AppHunt also provides reference pricing for iCloud+, Apple One, Apple Music, Apple TV+, Apple Arcade, and selected third-party subscription services. A built-in live exchange calculator helps you compare prices across currencies more quickly. You can also create wishlists, generate shareable pricing posters, and follow developers for new releases, version updates, and pricing changes. Key features include: 1. Global reference pricing for App Store apps 2. In-app purchase pricing references and regional comparison 3. Price history and lowest-price tracking 4. Favorites, wishlists, and price alerts 5. Developer tracking and change alerts 6. Apple subscription service references 7. Third-party subscription references and cost estimation 8. Live exchange calculator 9. Shareable pricing posters Note: AppHunt is an independent pricing reference tool and is not affiliated with Apple or any listed service provider. Information shown in the app is for comparison and research purposes only. Actual pricing, availability, plan contents, billing rules, tax treatment, and regional availability may vary. Please refer to the relevant service page and the actual App Store page for final information.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: CharMap at Free against AppHunt's $0.99. CharMap also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ratings volume (56 vs 3). AppHunt's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.0) and update cadence (weekly vs every 4 months). On ads 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; AppHunt costs $0.99 up front. AppHunt sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. CharMap asks for nothing beyond the download.
AppHunt holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CharMap has 56 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 53% of CharMap's written reviews are positive against 67% of AppHunt's.
CharMap ships an update every 4 months, AppHunt weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CharMap | AppHunt |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 4.0 (56 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 53.0% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 56 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Conor Mulligan | 智航 万 |
Customer experience
CharMap
AppHunt
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
AppHunt
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
CharMap
No in-app purchases
AppHunt
- Buy the developer a small coffee$1.99
- 请开发者喝咖啡(中杯)$3.99
- Buy the developer a large coffee$9.99









