Emoji for Message vs ManaCamp
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
ManaCamp
This app offers a real-time community experience with a lobby-style feel, allowing users to see who's active, join spaces, and participate in text chat, voice, and video. It's designed to make online communities feel more connected and present.
- Lobby-style community experience
- Channel-based chat
- Direct messages
- Real-time presence and activity tracking
- Voice and video communication (coming soon)
- Screen sharing (coming soon)
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ManaCamp is a real-time community app built around presence, conversation, and the familiar feel of an online lobby. Users can see who is active, join community spaces, participate in channels and direct messages, and move naturally between text chat and live interaction. ManaCamp brings together channels, DMs, in-chat whispers, voice, video, and screen sharing in one immersive space designed for communities that want to feel more connected and alive. Whether users are catching up in chat, joining a live conversation, or simply seeing who is around, ManaCamp is designed to make online communities feel more social, immediate, and present. Features include: - A lobby-style experience that makes communities feel active and connected - Community spaces and channel-based chat - Direct messages - Real-time presence, game tracking and activity - Voice and video communication (Coming soon) - Screen sharing for live sessions and collaboration (Coming soon) ManaCamp is built for communities that want more than static messaging — it is a place to gather, chat, hang out, and participate together in real time.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: ManaCamp at none against Emoji for Message's shown. ManaCamp also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and update cadence (every 8 days vs monthly). Emoji for Message's advantage is ratings volume (6K vs 1). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
ManaCamp holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Emoji for Message has 6K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Emoji for Message ships an update monthly, ManaCamp every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Emoji for Message | ManaCamp |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (6K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 84.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 6K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 40 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | 山 钟 | CHAD DEAN WESSENDORF |
Customer experience
Emoji for Message
ManaCamp
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
ManaCamp
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Emoji for Message
No in-app purchases
ManaCamp
No in-app purchases
