Comparison

Unicode Pad vs uniChrars

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Unicode Pad

Access and copy thousands of Unicode characters to use in any app. Create custom keyboards for frequently used symbols and share them with friends. Search characters by name, codepoint, or glyph, and view detailed descriptions.

Highlights
  • Copy characters to clipboard
  • Customizable keyboards
  • Share custom keyboards
  • Search characters by name/codepoint/glyph
  • View extended character descriptions
  • Thousands of symbols available
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Note: This app supports only in-app custom keyboards! For a fancier version which also supports iOS 8 and later custom keyboards, check out the Unicode Pad Pro app! • Tested on latest iOS 11 • Support for Unicode 11 standard • Copy characters to clipboard for use in other apps, like web, mail, chat, notes… practically any iOS app! • Notepad with customizable keyboards, for your often-used characters and for copying several characters at once. Great for casual writing, too! • Share your custom keyboards with your friends! • Send mail and tweets right from within the app! • Huge selection of symbols (thousands), in fact all that are available on your device. Database itself actually contains data for all Unicode characters (over 100,000), but only glyphs available in iOS system font are actually visible. • Quick acces to many groups of commonly used symbols! • Search for characters by name, hexadecimal codepoint or glyph! Find similar and related characters instantly! • Streamlined design, specifically optimized for each device. Support for all device orientations and Retina display. • Support for Backspace, New line, Shift and Alternate special keys on custom keyboards. • Custom keyboard sizes up to 6x16=96 keys. • View extended character descriptions on Wikipedia, right inside the app! This works particularly great for emoticons! • One universal application works on iPhone, iPod and iPad! • Reference booklet of characters available on modern computers! Paper Unicode maps are over 1000 pages long! • Developers: see which characters are available on your iOS device! • Great for scientific, mathematical and physics notation, handles many superscripts, subscripts and other symbols! • Excellent for phonetic notation! • Perfect for writing Unicode poetry! • Awesome for making interesting app names! • HTML entity names for relevant characters • UNIHAN english definitions for CJK ideograms for many characters • Flick left and right for next and previous characters in detail view • Affordable price!

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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.

Screenshots

Unicode Pad4 screens
uniChrars4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: uniChrars at Free against Unicode Pad's $2.99. uniChrars also leads on rating (4.8 vs 3.5) and update cadence (every 9 days vs every 3 months). Unicode Pad's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 14.1). On ratings volume, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

uniChrars is free to download; Unicode Pad costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

uniChrars holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 6 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Unicode Pad ships an update every 3 months, uniChrars every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and August 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Unicode Pad versus uniChrars: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterUnicode PaduniChrars
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating3.5 (8 ratings)4.8 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews73.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings8 — better6
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS11.0 — better14.1
Further details — not scored
Size140 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperZiga KranjecSzerencses Gabor

Customer experience

Unicode Pad

All ratings8 ratings
Positive62.5%
Neutral12.5%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews171 reviews
Positive73.7%
Neutral7.6%
Negative18.7%

uniChrars

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Unicode Pad

Reported bugs

17 issues
  • App crashes when selecting notepad
  • App crashes on startup
  • Scrolling is laggy
  • Custom keyboards take time to load
  • Characters not appearing on keyboard after adding
Show 12 more
  • Some symbols don't copy properly (show as boxes)
  • App won't update
  • App becomes very slow after updates
  • Custom keyboards are hard to see after update
  • Buttons disappear
  • Detail window cannot be closed
  • Glyph description length exceeds screen
  • App freezes and requires device reset
  • Favorites/copy buttons sometimes go invisible
  • Cannot get to clipboard to post to other apps
  • App doesn't work with Facebook
  • Characters not displayed (show as squares)

Requested features

15 requests
  • Ability to add keyboards to other apps
  • More space for custom keyboards
  • Integration with iOS keyboard
  • Add backspace/delete/return keys to custom keyboards
  • Ability to rearrange keys on custom keyboards
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  • Ability to remove custom keys while on the keyboard
  • Sort Unicode blocks numerically
  • Save/swap out keyboards from within the app
  • Option to hide iOS incompatible characters
  • Add space bar to custom keyboard layouts
  • Copy as HTML option
  • Precise selection and editing features
  • Macros for multiple keystrokes
  • Dark mode option
  • Advanced analytics dashboard

uniChrars

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Unicode Pad

No in-app purchases

None

uniChrars

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Unicode Pad free?
Unicode Pad costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is uniChrars free?
uniChrars is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Unicode Pad or uniChrars?
uniChrars is rated higher. Unicode Pad averages 3.5 out of 5 from 8 ratings, while uniChrars averages 4.8 from 6 ratings.
Do Unicode Pad or uniChrars have ads?
Neither Unicode Pad nor uniChrars shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Unicode Pad or uniChrars?
Unicode Pad ships an update every 3 months, and uniChrars every 9 days. Most recently, Unicode Pad was updated on September 24, 2026 and uniChrars on August 4, 2026.

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