Symbol Pad & Icons for Texting vs Text Faces for Texting
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Symbol Pad & Icons for Texting
Access a vast library of over 50,000 Unicode characters, 2,000 symbols, and 10,000 text pictures to enhance your messages. Easily find and insert unique emojis, special characters, and creative text art into your conversations.
- Over 50,000 characters
- Over 2,000 symbols
- Over 10,000 text pictures
- Enhance messages
- Insert special characters
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This app gives you extra pictures and symbols. √ Over 50000 Characters √ Over 2000 Symbols √ Over 10000 Text Pictures
Text Faces for Texting
Access a vast collection of ASCII emoticons and emoji art to enhance your text messages. Express yourself with over 10,000 unique creations.
- Over 10,000 emojis
- ASCII emoticons
- Emoji art
- Enhance text messages
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This app gives you extra emojis. √ over 10000 emojis
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Verdict
Symbol Pad & Icons for Texting and Text Faces for Texting both sit at 4.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 88% of Text Faces for Texting's written reviews are positive against 78% of Symbol Pad & Icons for Texting's. On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Symbol Pad & Icons for Texting against 4.7 for Text Faces for Texting. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2.7K and 2.1K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 78% of Symbol Pad & Icons for Texting's written reviews are positive against 88% of Text Faces for Texting's.
Symbol Pad & Icons for Texting ships an update every 2 weeks, Text Faces for Texting every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on September 23, 2026.
| Parameter | Symbol Pad & Icons for Texting | Text Faces for Texting |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (2.7K ratings) | 4.7 (2.1K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 78.3% of reviews | 88.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2.7K — better | 2.1K |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 山 钟 | ShuMei Liang |
Customer experience
Symbol Pad & Icons for Texting
Text Faces for Texting
User reviews
Symbol Pad & Icons for Texting
From 2.7K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- ⭐ Amazing app
- 👍 Useful symbols and icons
- 💯 Highly recommended
- 🎨 Lots of creative options
- 🖌️ Helpful for text art and bios
Room to improve
- 🔍 Difficult to find specific symbols
- 🖱️ Inconvenient copy-paste workflow
- 🚫 Ads or in-app purchases
- 🔌 Compatibility issues with older devices
Text Faces for Texting
From 2.1K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Perfect version with no ads or paywalls
- 👍 Massive selection of emojis
- 👍 Easy to add to keyboard and use anywhere
- 👍 Convenient and cute
- 👍 Organized and has a wide variety of emojis
Room to improve
- 🐛 Keyboard doesn't show up or can't be added to settings
- 🐛 Disables autocorrect
- 🐛 Randomly disappears from keyboard options
- 🐛 Lags and crashes at times
Bugs and requests
Symbol Pad & Icons for Texting
Reported bugs
2 issues- App crashes or freezes
- Symbols/fonts not working as expected
Requested features
3 requests- Integrate with keyboard for easier access
- Add more symbol and font options
- Improve search and organization of content
Text Faces for Texting
Reported bugs
2 issues- Keyboard doesn't work on iOS 18
- Doesn't work with Twitter
Requested features
3 requests- Add a delete/backspace button for emojis
- Allow users to add their own emojis and create custom folders
- Add a 'favorites' section for quick access to frequently used emojis
In-app purchases
Symbol Pad & Icons for Texting
No in-app purchases
Text Faces for Texting
No in-app purchases
Questions
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