Comparison

Symbol Keyboard vs Embly

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

Head to head
About

Symbol Keyboard

Access over 2000 unique Unicode symbols and characters with this app. It provides additional keyboards to easily insert special signs into your messages and documents.

Highlights
  • Over 2000 symbols
  • Extra keyboards
  • Unicode characters
  • Easy symbol insertion
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This app gives you extra keyboards with symbols. √ over 2000 symbols

About

Embly

Features
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Embly is a habit tracker you pay for once and keep for good. No account, no ads, and nothing you log ever leaves your device. Add a habit with a tiny "if I do nothing else" version for the hard days. Tap once to log it. Watch your day fill in. Miss a day and your streak holds — the app notices you came back and does not guilt you for leaving. EVERYTHING STAYS ON YOUR DEVICE Embly has no account, no login, and no server. Your habits, your history, your streaks all live only in this app, on this device. There is no analytics pipeline sending your data anywhere and no ad network — nothing to opt out of, because nothing is collected in the first place. A STREAK THAT SURVIVES A BAD WEEK One missed day is forgiven and your streak keeps going. Miss two days in a row and it resets — honestly — but a single slip never costs you everything, and recovering is always free. FREE FOREVER, EVEN IF YOU NEVER PAY • Up to 5 habits, kept for as long as you like • Logging every day, with no cap on history • Your full streak and progress view • The forgiving-streak engine itself • Export your entire history to a file, any time • Restore from a backup file WHAT PAYING UNLOCKS Paying does one thing: it removes the 5-habit ceiling. Nothing else is gated. • Lifetime — pay once, yours forever. No further purchase, ever. • Yearly or Monthly — auto-renewing, cancel any time in Settings › Apple Account › Subscriptions. In the United States, Yearly includes a 7-day free trial. TICK IT WITHOUT OPENING THE APP • Home Screen widget: tap a habit done from the widget itself • Lock Screen widget: today's progress at a glance • Reminder banner: "Done" or "Just the tiny version" right from the notification • Siri: "Log reading in Embly" WHAT EMBLY DOES NOT DO • No account or sign-in • No ads, ever • No paid streak repair — recovering a missed day is free, always • No data leaves your device — nothing uploaded, shared or sold • No cross-device sync — everything lives on this one device; export a backup file if you want a copy elsewhere Built for people who have quit every habit app they have tried — usually right after one missed day sent the streak back to zero. ——— Embly Pro is available as a one-time Lifetime purchase, or as a Monthly or Yearly auto-renewable subscription. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; manage or cancel in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://nebulacraftlabs.com/privacy

Screenshots

Symbol Keyboard3 screens
Embly4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Symbol Keyboard at none against Embly's 3. Symbol Keyboard also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). Embly's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence 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

Both are free to download. Embly sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Symbol Keyboard asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Symbol Keyboard ships an update every 2 weeks, Embly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Symbol Keyboard versus Embly: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSymbol KeyboardEmbly
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (7.3K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews78.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings7.3K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer山 钟Nebulacraft Labs Ltd.

Bugs and requests

Symbol Keyboard

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Crashes and freezes
  • Symbols not working outside the app
  • Compatibility issues with older devices

Requested features

3 requests
  • Add keyboard integration
  • Improve search and organization
  • Expand symbol and font library

Embly

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Symbol Keyboard

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Embly

Subscriptions2
  • Embly Pro Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Embly Pro Yearly7 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Unlock$19.99

Questions

Is Symbol Keyboard free?
Symbol Keyboard is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Embly free?
Embly is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Symbol Keyboard or Embly have ads?
Symbol Keyboard shows ads; Embly does not.
Which is updated more often, Symbol Keyboard or Embly?
Symbol Keyboard ships an update every 2 weeks, and Embly every 3 weeks. Most recently, Symbol Keyboard was updated on October 29, 2026 and Embly on October 22, 2026.

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