Comparison

Unicode Pad vs AnyFont

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

AnyFont

Install custom fonts on your iPhone or iPad to use in various apps like Word, Pages, and Keynote. Supports TTF, OTF, and TTC formats, with options to add single or multiple fonts via file sharing or cloud services. An optional font bundle is available for purchase.

Highlights
  • Install .ttf, .otf, .ttc fonts
  • Add single or multiple fonts
  • Use fonts in Word, Pages, Keynote
  • Preview fonts within the app
  • Optional font bundle purchase
  • Supports Dark Mode
Features
Currently charting
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*** COMPATIBLE WITH WORD, EXCEL AND POWERPOINT FOR IOS *** With AnyFont it is finally possible to install any additional font in TrueTypeFont- (.ttf), OpenTypeFont- (.otf) or TrueType Collection- (.ttc) format on your iPhone or iPad. These fonts can then be used throughout the system in other apps like Word, PowerPoint, Pages, Keynote and many more. No more unexpectedly replaced fonts in presentations because the iPhone or iPad does not know them. The perfect solution for everybody who creates presentations on a Mac or PC to show them on their iPad. Extremely easy to use. An extensive FAQ and an introductory tutorial help you to understand the app. Check out this video tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/@AnyFont-iOS Features: - Add new fonts as .ttf, .ttc or .otf file using iTunes file sharing or the „Open in…“ dialog from other apps like Mail or Dropbox - Add single fonts or multiple fonts as a ZIP- or TTC-file - Install single fonts or multiple fonts at once - Preview your fonts in AnyFont’s storage - Access FontBundles.net from within AnyFont - Optional bundle of 1,000+ fonts (In-App Purchase) - Complete list of all installed fonts on the device - Support for Dark Mode (requires iOS 13) Working with: - Word, Excel and PowerPoint - Numbers, Keynote and Pages - Cricut Design Space - Office Suite Pro - Office²HD - and many other apps! AnyFont website: https://www.anyfont.app Tutorial Video: https://www.youtube.com/@AnyFont-iOS NOTE: It is not possible to change the system-font on your device with AnyFont. With AnyFont you can install additional fonts on your device which can then be used by other apps which make use of the device's font book. NOTE II: Some fonts using Cyrillic or Asian characters may not be supported by this way of installing fonts due to their size. The maximum size of a configuration profile for a font is 20 MB. NOTE III: You don't have to purchase the optional font bundle to use AnyFont. You can always add your own fonts to install them on your device.

Screenshots

Unicode Pad4 screens
AnyFont4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: AnyFont at 4.6 against Unicode Pad's 3.5. AnyFont also leads on ratings volume (26K vs 8) and chart position (#29 vs unranked). Unicode Pad's advantage is review sentiment (74% vs 38%) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). On update cadence, device support and iOS requirement 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

Unicode Pad costs $2.99 and AnyFont $1.99 up front. AnyFont sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Unicode Pad asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

AnyFont holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: AnyFont has 26K ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 74% of Unicode Pad's written reviews are positive against 38% of AnyFont's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Unicode Pad ships an update every 3 months, AnyFont every 2 months. Both last shipped on September 29, 2026.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
Unicode Pad versus AnyFont: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterUnicode PadAnyFont
Price$2.99$1.99 — better
Rating3.5 (8 ratings)4.6 (26K ratings) — better
Positive reviews73.7% of reviews — better37.8% of reviews
Number of ratings826K — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
Best chart rank—#29 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size140 MB40 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperZiga KranjecEvo Tec Labs @ Pepperbit Online

Customer experience

Unicode Pad

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

AnyFont

All ratings26,139 ratings
Positive90.0%
Neutral1.9%
Negative8.1%
Written reviews968 reviews
Positive37.8%
Neutral5.3%
Negative56.9%

User reviews

Unicode Pad

From 8 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Comprehensive symbol catalog
  • 💡 Customizable keyboards
  • 🚀 Easy to use interface
  • 🔍 Powerful search functionality
  • 🌟 Useful for nicknames and special characters

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional crashes
  • 📦 Some characters display as boxes
  • 🐌 Laggy scrolling and slow loading
  • 🖱️ Manual copy-pasting required
  • ⌨️ Limited keyboard space for custom keyboards

AnyFont

From 26K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Works Flawlessly
  • 👍 Awesome
  • 👍 Great app to store fonts for cricut design space
  • 👍 Still the best and value for money
  • 👍 It works

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Fraude ne fonctionne pas
  • 🐛 looks very poor
  • 🐛 How does this have a 4.6 rating?
  • 🐛 Scam!
  • 🐛 Incapable of installing downloaded TTF font

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
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  • 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

AnyFont

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Fonts no longer work with Microsoft Office apps after iOS 14 update
  • Fonts installed as profiles disappear after device reset
  • App crashes when trying to open font zip files
  • App resets font organization without warning

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to sort not installed fonts
  • Sync fonts between Mac and iOS
  • Batch install fonts
  • Ability to install entire font families at once
  • Search function for installed fonts

In-app purchases

None

Unicode Pad

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

AnyFont

One-time1
  • Unlock Bundled Fonts$0.99

Questions

Is Unicode Pad free?
Unicode Pad costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is AnyFont free?
AnyFont costs $1.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Unicode Pad or AnyFont?
AnyFont is rated higher. Unicode Pad averages 3.5 out of 5 from 8 ratings, while AnyFont averages 4.6 from 26K ratings.
Do Unicode Pad or AnyFont have ads?
AnyFont shows ads; Unicode Pad does not.
Which is updated more often, Unicode Pad or AnyFont?
Unicode Pad ships an update every 3 months, and AnyFont every 2 months. Most recently, Unicode Pad was updated on September 29, 2026 and AnyFont on September 29, 2026.

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