Comparison

Unicode Pad Pro with keyboards vs Coptic Keyboard

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Unicode Pad Pro with keyboards

Access and use over 155,000 Unicode characters with this comprehensive character map app. It features customizable keyboards for any iOS app, bundled and importable fonts, and detailed character information. Seamlessly copy, search, and organize characters for diverse writing needs.

Highlights
  • Access 155,000+ Unicode characters
  • Customizable keyboards for any iOS app
  • Install and import custom fonts
  • Detailed character information and search
  • Copy characters to clipboard
  • Notepad for frequently used characters
  • Drag and drop support
Features
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Unicode Pad Pro is the ultimate Unicode character map app for the iPad. Offering an extensive database of over 155,000 characters, it supports the latest Unicode 16 standard. This powerful tool features customizable keyboards, which can be used across any iOS app, bundled fonts, and the ability to import custom fonts. Users can easily browse, search, and copy characters, access detailed character information, and enjoy seamless multitasking with other apps. Perfect for everything from scientific notation to creative writing, Features: • Custom keyboards can be used in any other iOS app • Install bundled fonts for use in other apps • Import and use any custom font into the app • Support for Unicode 15.1 standard, which has many new symbols. • Huge selection of symbols (thousands), in fact all that are available on your device. Database itself actually contains data for all characters (over 140000!). • Copy characters to clipboard for use in other apps, like web, mail, chat, notes... any iOS app! • Detailed information on each Unicode character, including encodings, extra info, similar characters and availability in fonts • Extensive gesture support for smooth workflow! • Drag and drop support for text, PNG and PDF graphics! • Notepad with customizable keyboards, for your often-used characters and for copying several characters at once. Great for casual writing, too! • HTML entity names for relevant characters • UNIHAN english definitions for CJK ideograms for many characters • Egyptian hieroglyph definitions • Ideographic Description Sequences (IDS) for CJK ideograms • Share your custom keyboards with your friends! • Search for characters by name, hexadecimal codepoint or glyph! Find similar and related characters instantly! • Great support for iPad multitasking - works great together with other apps • Streamlined design, specifically optimized for each device. Support for all device orientations and Retina display.  • Support for dark mode. • Fully tested on latest iOS • Support for Backspace, New line, Shift and Alternate special keys on custom keyboards. • Custom keyboard sizes up to 6x16=96 keys. • Flick left and right for next and previous characters in detail view • View extended character descriptions on Wikipedia, unicode.org charts or Emojipedia right from inside the app! • Copy glyphs as PDF graphics or PNG images • Sections of favourite and recently copied characters • One universal application works on iPhone, iPod and iPad! • Reference booklet of characters available on modern computers! Paper Unicode maps are over 1000 pages long! • Quick access to many groups of commonly used symbols! • Great for scientific, mathematical and physics notation, handles many superscripts, subscripts and other symbols! • Excellent for phonetic notation! • Developers: see which characters are available on your iOS device and in which fonts. • Perfect for writing Unicode poetry! • Awesome for making interesting app names!

About

Coptic Keyboard

This keyboard app offers a native system experience for typing Coptic script on iOS devices. It includes customizable settings for auto-correction, capitalization, and font display, supporting both light and dark modes.

Highlights
  • Native system keyboard integration
  • Supports Bohairic and Sahidic dialects
  • Customizable auto-correction and capitalization
  • Light and Dark Mode support
  • Antinoou font display option
  • '.' shortcut for punctuation
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This fully integrated Coptic Keyboard was designed for iPhone devices to look and function like a native system keyboard. Supports Light/Dark Mode. App has control settings for – Auto-Capitalization – Auto-Correction – Auto-Jinkim – Enable Caps Lock – Antinoou Font Display – ”.” Shortcut. Optimized for all iPhones

Screenshots

Unicode Pad Pro with keyboards4 screens
Coptic Keyboard4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Coptic Keyboard at Free against Unicode Pad Pro with keyboards's $6.99. Coptic Keyboard also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.5) and review sentiment (100% vs 81%). Unicode Pad Pro with keyboards's advantage is ratings volume (198 vs 18). On ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Coptic Keyboard is free to download; Unicode Pad Pro with keyboards costs $6.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Coptic Keyboard holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Unicode Pad Pro with keyboards has 198 ratings behind it against 18, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 81% of Unicode Pad Pro with keyboards's written reviews are positive against 100% of Coptic Keyboard's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Unicode Pad Pro with keyboards ships an update every 4 months, Coptic Keyboard every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Unicode Pad Pro with keyboards versus Coptic Keyboard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterUnicode Pad Pro with keyboardsCoptic Keyboard
Price$6.99Free — better
Rating4.5 (198 ratings)4.9 (18 ratings) — better
Positive reviews81.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings198 — better18
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS1313.0
Further details — not scored
Size259 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperZiga KranjecMina D. Makar

Customer experience

Unicode Pad Pro with keyboards

All ratings198 ratings
Positive88.4%
Neutral3.0%
Negative8.6%
Written reviews84 reviews
Positive81.0%
Neutral8.3%
Negative10.7%

Coptic Keyboard

All ratings18 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Unicode Pad Pro with keyboards

No in-app purchases

None

Coptic Keyboard

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Unicode Pad Pro with keyboards free?
Unicode Pad Pro with keyboards costs $6.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Coptic Keyboard free?
Coptic Keyboard is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Unicode Pad Pro with keyboards or Coptic Keyboard?
Coptic Keyboard is rated higher. Unicode Pad Pro with keyboards averages 4.5 out of 5 from 198 ratings, while Coptic Keyboard averages 4.9 from 18 ratings.
Do Unicode Pad Pro with keyboards or Coptic Keyboard have ads?
Neither Unicode Pad Pro with keyboards nor Coptic Keyboard shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Unicode Pad Pro with keyboards or Coptic Keyboard?
Unicode Pad Pro with keyboards ships an update every 4 months, and Coptic Keyboard every 2 months. Most recently, Unicode Pad Pro with keyboards was updated on September 20, 2026 and Coptic Keyboard on September 17, 2026.

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