Symbol Pad Pro 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 Pro
Access a vast library of over 50,000 unique characters and symbols, including over 10,000 text pictures. Easily find and use special characters for enhanced communication and creativity.
- Over 50,000 characters
- Over 2,000 symbols
- Over 10,000 text pictures
- Access to special characters
- Enhanced communication tools
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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
The clearest difference is price: Text Faces for Texting at Free against Symbol Pad Pro's $0.99. Text Faces for Texting also leads on review sentiment (88% vs 68%) and ratings volume (2.1K vs 111). Symbol Pad Pro's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and chart position (#32 vs unranked). On rating, in-app purchases, 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
Text Faces for Texting is free to download; Symbol Pad Pro costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Symbol Pad Pro against 4.7 for Text Faces for Texting. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Text Faces for Texting has 2.1K ratings behind it against 111, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 68% of Symbol Pad Pro's written reviews are positive against 88% of Text Faces for Texting's.
Symbol Pad Pro ships an update every 2 months, Text Faces for Texting every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Symbol Pad Pro | Text Faces for Texting |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.8 (111 ratings) — better | 4.7 (2.1K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 67.9% of reviews | 88.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 111 | 2.1K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Best chart rank | #32 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 山 钟 | ShuMei Liang |
Customer experience
Symbol Pad Pro
Text Faces for Texting
Bugs and requests
Symbol Pad Pro
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
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 Pro
No in-app purchases
Text Faces for Texting
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Symbol Pad Pro free?
Is Text Faces for Texting free?
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Do Symbol Pad Pro or Text Faces for Texting have ads?
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