Emoji Keyboard for Texting vs alt Codes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Emoji Keyboard for Texting
Access a vast library of over 1000 Japanese emoticons, 200 Kawaii faces, and more than 2000 cool symbols. Expand your texting capabilities with over 50,000 Unicode characters.
- 1000+ Japanese emoticons
- 200+ Kawaii faces
- 2000+ Cool symbols
- 50000+ Unicode characters
- Extra keyboards
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This app gives you extra keyboards. Over 1000 Japanese emoticons Over 200 Kawaii Faces Over 2000 Cool Symbols Over 50000 Unicode Characters
alt Codes
Discover Windows keyboard shortcuts for typing special characters and symbols not on your keyboard. Quickly copy symbols to your iOS device's clipboard for easy pasting on your Mac via Universal Clipboard.
- Find Windows keyboard shortcuts
- Type special characters and symbols
- Copy symbols to iOS clipboard
- Paste on Mac with Universal Clipboard
- Quick symbol lookup
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alt Codes enables you to quickly and easily find the keyboard combinations in Windows to type symbols and characters that are not found on traditional keyboards. In addition to discovering the keyboard code for a character or symbol, you can quickly copy the character or symbol to the clipboard of your iOS device. With Universal Clipboard, any character or symbol copied on your iOS device can be instantly pasted on your Mac.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: alt Codes at none against Emoji Keyboard for Texting's shown. alt Codes also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Emoji Keyboard for Texting's advantage is ratings volume (1.1K vs 10). On price, rating, review sentiment 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.
Emoji Keyboard for Texting holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Emoji Keyboard for Texting has 1.1K ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 86% of Emoji Keyboard for Texting's written reviews are positive against 82% of alt Codes's.
Emoji Keyboard for Texting ships an update every 3 weeks, alt Codes fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Emoji Keyboard for Texting | alt Codes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (1.1K ratings) — better | 4.3 (10 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 85.5% of reviews — better | 81.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.1K — better | 10 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 0 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 山 钟 | Jared Lipton |
Customer experience
Emoji Keyboard for Texting
alt Codes
Bugs and requests
Emoji Keyboard for Texting
Reported bugs
3 issues- Login screen freezes
- Incompatible with older devices
- Emojis not displaying properly
Requested features
5 requests- Add search function for emojis
- Integrate with social media apps
- Provide more customization options
- Include more diverse emoji options
- Improve overall user experience
alt Codes
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Emoji Keyboard for Texting
No in-app purchases
alt Codes
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Emoji Keyboard for Texting free?
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