Glyphs vs Grapheme

Glyphs is a native Unicode keyboard for finding, copying, drawing, styling, and typing the symbols you need. Search thousands of Unicode characters, copy exact code points, paste favorite symbols anywhere, turn letters into text art, and sketch a symbol when you remember the shape but not the name. Glyphs keeps arrows, math signs, currency symbols, hearts, emoji, kaomoji, punctuation, scripts, and special characters close without ads, tracking, or clutter. Built for: - Designers choosing the right symbol for a layout - Developers checking Unicode names and code points - Writers, students, and creators styling text - Anyone tired of searching the web for one character Highlights: - Browse colorful symbol categories - Search by name, keyword, category, or Unicode value - Copy characters, names, and Unicode code points - Save favorites and recents - Compose Unicode and ASCII text art from simple words - Style letters with Unicode font effects - Draw a symbol to find confident matches - Type favorites from the Glyphs keyboard - Sync favorites, recents, and preferences with iCloud when Glyphs Pro is active Glyphs Pro unlocks every category, advanced Compose styles, Draw matching, expanded keyboard access, and iCloud Sync with one purchase. No subscriptions.

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 • The complete Unicode 16 code space, organized by block • Wander from Egyptian hieroglyphs to alchemical symbols, Byzantine musical notation, mahjong tiles, and emoji • Jump to any block instantly with the block picker, and pin the ones you visit most • 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: • Official Unicode name and block • Code point in U+ notation • Byte encodings: UTF-8, UTF-16 (BE and LE), UTF-32 (BE and LE) • HTML entity FAST SEARCH • Find characters by name: try “snowman”, “dragon”, or “pile of poo” • Look up a code point directly by its hex value • Paste in any text to see the code points it breaks down into, including the ZWJ sequences inside an emoji FAVORITES • 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.