TheAsciiTable Plus vs Special Characters++
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TheAsciiTable Plus
This app provides a comprehensive ASCII table and converts individual characters into their decimal, hexadecimal, octal, binary, and Base64 equivalents. It's a handy tool for developers and anyone working with character encoding.
- Complete ASCII table display
- Character to Decimal conversion
- Character to Hexadecimal conversion
- Character to Octal conversion
- Character to Binary conversion
- Character to Base64 conversion
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This App displays the complete Ascii table. Futhermore it converts a single Ascii character into corresponding Decimal, Hexadecimal, Octal, Binary and Base64 value.
Special Characters++
Access over 1000 unique symbols, glyphs, and characters not found on the standard iOS keyboard. Organize your favorites and quickly find characters with a dedicated search bar. Enhance your texts, emails, and notes with custom characters.
- Access over 1000 special characters
- Categorized character sections
- Quick Find search bar
- Favorites list for custom sorting
- Recently used character tracking
- Supports landscape and portrait modes
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Special Characters is an iOS 8 keyboard that gives you access to all the symbols, glyphs, bullets, arrows and other special characters that you can't access from the standard iOS keyboard. Special Characters isn't a replacement keyboard but a companion that you can use to get to the characters & symbols you need when you need them. Choose from over 1000 characters separated into 10 sections. * Symbols * Pictographs * Currency Characters * Math Symbols * Punctuation * Bullets * Arrows * Parentheses * Numbers * Letter A - Z are there. * Quick Find Bar * Use the quick find bar to jump right were you want to be. * Favorites * You can also long tap on any key and store it in your favorites. Edit and sort your favorites list into what works for you. * Recently Used * Special Characters also keeps track of all your recently used characters like the Emoji keyboard. Finally, Special Characters works in both landscape and portrait. We are certain that Special Character keyboard will give your emails, texts and notes the special characters you need! So, make the leap with Jump Gap Software’s Special Characters keyboard for iOS 8.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: TheAsciiTable Plus at 100% against Special Characters++'s 55%. TheAsciiTable Plus also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.5). Special Characters++'s advantage is ratings volume (19 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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
TheAsciiTable Plus costs $0.99 and Special Characters++ $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
TheAsciiTable Plus holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Special Characters++ has 19 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of TheAsciiTable Plus's written reviews are positive against 55% of Special Characters++'s.
TheAsciiTable Plus ships an update every 4 months, Special Characters++ every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on September 8, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TheAsciiTable Plus | Special Characters++ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | $0.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 3.5 (19 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 55.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 19 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | a Rausa | James Spencer |
Customer experience
TheAsciiTable Plus
Special Characters++
In-app purchases
TheAsciiTable Plus
No in-app purchases
Special Characters++
No in-app purchases
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