Emoji for Message vs Captional
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Emoji for Message
Enhance your messages with a vast collection of emojis, text faces, and symbols. Access over 1000 emoticons, 200 text faces, and thousands of unique symbols to personalize your communication.
- 1000+ Emoticons
- 200+ Text Faces
- 2000+ Symbols
- 50000+ Characters
- Extra Keyboards
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This app gives you extra keyboards with emojis and symbols. √ Over 1000 Emoticons √ Over 200 Text Faces √ Over 2000 Symbols √ Over 50000 Characters
Captional
Enhance your social media posts with unique fonts, symbols, and kaomojis. This tool helps you maintain formatting, organize hashtags, and create engaging content to capture your audience's attention.
- Unique fonts and symbols
- Kaomoji support
- Preserve line breaks
- Hashtag organization
- Easy copy and share
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Elevate your social media game with Captional! Create captivating captions using unique fonts, symbols, and kaomojis. Preserve spaces and line breaks, copy, and share on your favorite social networks. Organize your go-to hashtags for easy posting. Make your captions stand out and captivate your audience like never before! The app is free to download and use. You can access all content ad-free and support my work by upgrading to the Pro version. Terms & Conditions: https://lazyswiftdeveloper.com/captional-terms Privacy Policy: https://lazyswiftdeveloper.com/captional-privacy © 2025 Alex Linares
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Emoji for Message at none against Captional's 2. Emoji for Message also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, ads 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
Both are free to download. Captional sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.49 per month. Emoji for Message asks for nothing beyond the download.
Emoji for Message ships an update monthly, Captional every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Emoji for Message | Captional |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (6K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 84.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 6K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 49 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | 山 钟 | Alex Linares |
Customer experience
Emoji for Message
Captional
Bugs and requests
Emoji for Message
Reported bugs
2 issues- Keyboard not showing up for some users
- Issues with certain apps/platforms
Requested features
4 requests- Add ability to submit custom characters
- Implement a favorites or recents section
- Integrate keyboard directly into messaging apps
- Add dark mode option
Captional
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Emoji for Message
No in-app purchases
Captional
- Captional Pro (1 month)$3.491 Month
- Captional Pro (1 year)$14.991 Year
Questions
Is Emoji for Message free?
Is Captional free?
Do Emoji for Message or Captional have ads?
Which is updated more often, Emoji for Message or Captional?
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