Swift Tags vs Grapheme
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
Swift Tags
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Swift Tags is a music tag editor for cleaning up and maintaining metadata in your local music library. Update song details, correct album information, replace embedded artwork, and edit embedded lyrics so your files display properly in your player. Key features: Browse your shared local music library and open songs for editing Search songs and filter tracks with missing metadata Edit title, artist, and album information Preview, replace, or remove embedded artwork View, paste, clear, and save embedded lyrics Write supported metadata changes back into local audio files Return to the companion player app to verify changes immediately Swift Tags is built for careful song-by-song cleanup. It helps local music collectors keep their libraries accurate, consistent, and better organized across playback scenarios.
Grapheme
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Grapheme is a pocket museum of the characters the world writes with, as Unicode records them. The entire code space is laid out in one grid, grouped by block and ready to wander. A COLLECTION FULL OF SURPRISES β’ The complete Unicode 16 code space, organized by block β’ Wander from Egyptian hieroglyphs to alchemical symbols, Byzantine musical notation, mahjong tiles, and emoji β’ Jump to any block instantly with the block picker, and pin the ones you visit most β’ Even characters your device has no font for get a meaningful placeholder glyph, so nothing shows up as an empty box CHARACTER DETAILS AT A TAP Tap any cell to see everything about that character: β’ Official Unicode name and block β’ Code point in U+ notation β’ Byte encodings: UTF-8, UTF-16 (BE and LE), UTF-32 (BE and LE) β’ HTML entity FAST SEARCH β’ Find characters by name: try βsnowmanβ, βdragonβ, or βpile of pooβ β’ Look up a code point directly by its hex value β’ Paste in any text to see the code points it breaks down into, including the ZWJ sequences inside an emoji FAVORITES β’ Mark characters you use often and come back to them in one tap WORKS COMPLETELY OFFLINE The full Unicode 16 character database ships inside the app. Browse, search, and inspect encodings anywhere, with no network connection required. MADE FOR DEVELOPERS, DESIGNERS, AND THE CURIOUS Debugging a text-encoding issue? Hunting for the perfect arrow, box-drawing character, or mathematical symbol? Exploring ancient scripts and the far reaches of the astral planes? Grapheme puts the entire Unicode standard at your fingertips.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Swift Tags at none against Grapheme's shown. Swift Tags also leads on iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.2). On price, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Swift Tags | Grapheme |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | β | Every 3 days |
| Ads | No β better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 β better | 18.2 |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 51 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | YanzhiTech | Hsingchien Cheng |
In-app purchases
Swift Tags
No in-app purchases
Grapheme
No in-app purchases









