Symbol Keyboard for Texting vs Scrollit Pro
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Symbol Keyboard for Texting
Enhance your mobile conversations with a vast library of over 50,000 unique Unicode characters and symbols. Easily integrate these special characters into your messages to make your chats more engaging and visually interesting.
- Over 50,000 characters
- Unicode symbols
- Special characters
- Enhanced mobile chatting
- Texting customization
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Symbol Keyboard improves your mobile chatting, making it more fun! Features: - Over 50000 Characters
Scrollit Pro
Transform your device into a bright LED scrolling message display. Type messages and add emoticons to communicate visually in noisy environments or when silent. Perfect for concerts, classrooms, or any situation where speaking is difficult.
- LED scrolling text display
- Large, readable letters
- Unlimited message length
- Built-in emoticons and emoji support
- Adjustable color and scrolling speed
- Vibration or sound alert
- Recently used messages
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Scrollit turns your iPhone or iPad into a bright LED scrolling message display. Instantly show large, animated text when people can’t hear you — at a club, concert, classroom, meeting, lecture, restaurant, or any noisy environment. Just type your message, tap Display, and Scrollit will scroll your text big and bold so everyone around you can see it clearly. Make Your Message Stand Out ScrollIt includes easy-to-type emoticons and emoji directly from the keyboard, making your scrolling text more expressive, fun, and eye-catching. A quiet vibration lets you know when the message has finished scrolling (short beep on iPad and iPod touch). What Users Say ***** Great app “Works well, easy to use interface. If you want an app for scrolling text, this is the one.” *****Happy “This app does everything I expected. My kids love it when I cheer for them.” ScrollIt Features • Simple, powerful design — no confusing buttons • LED scrolling text display with large, readable letters • Unlimited message length • Built-in emoticons and full emoji support • Live preview to adjust color and scrolling speed • Vibration or sound alert when scrolling ends • Right-to-left text support (Arabic & Hebrew) • Two LED styles: round and square • Recently used messages with one-tap reuse • Send animated messages to your friends and family (NEW) Use Hundreds of Emoji Enable the Emoji keyboard on your device: Settings → General → Keyboard → Keyboards → Add New Keyboard → Emoji Then tap the globe icon in Scrollit to switch keyboards. Perfect For • Concerts & sports events — cheer silently with a scrolling LED sign • School & college — send visual messages across a classroom • Bars, clubs & parties — communicate without shouting • Office & meetings — send messages without interrupting • When you can’t or don’t want to talk — illness, silence, or mood • Just for fun — be creative, be noticed, be cool Want More? Try Scrollit 2X, our advanced version with additional features and capabilities. Support & Feedback We’re constantly improving Scrollit and value your feedback. If you experience any issues or have suggestions, please contact us through our support page before leaving a review — we can respond and help you there. Terms of Use Please follow this link for the Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Thank you for using Scrollit! We support Ukraine
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Symbol Keyboard for Texting at none against Scrollit Pro's 1. Symbol Keyboard for Texting also leads on review sentiment (88% vs 66%) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). Scrollit Pro's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, rating, 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. Scrollit Pro sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Symbol Keyboard for Texting asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Symbol Keyboard for Texting against 4.7 for Scrollit Pro. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2.9K and 600 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 88% of Symbol Keyboard for Texting's written reviews are positive against 66% of Scrollit Pro's.
Symbol Keyboard for Texting ships an update every 3 weeks, Scrollit Pro every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Symbol Keyboard for Texting | Scrollit Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (2.9K ratings) | 4.7 (600 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 87.9% of reviews — better | 65.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2.9K — better | 600 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ShuMei Liang | AMAXIM APPS, INC |
Customer experience
Symbol Keyboard for Texting
Scrollit Pro
User reviews
Symbol Keyboard for Texting
From 2.9K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Great source for uncommon and common fonts
- 👍 Comprehensive collection of symbols and languages
- 👍 Useful for organization and labeling
- 👍 Easy to integrate with iOS keyboard
Room to improve
- 🐛 App now just takes you to ads
- 🐛 Loads ads instead of showing symbols
- 🐛 Requires full access to see anything typed
- 🔋 High battery consumption
Scrollit Pro
From 600 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use
- 👍 Offers basic needs
- 👍 No annoying ads
- 👍 Efficient results
- 👍 Good quality
Room to improve
- 💸 Not worth the money
- 💸 Sneaky charges
- 💸 Immediate paywall
- 💸 Limited free use
- 💸 Not really free
Bugs and requests
Symbol Keyboard for Texting
Reported bugs
3 issues- App doesn't work, need help
- iOS keeps removing keyboard access
- Recently used symbols list gets cleared
Requested features
4 requests- Add preview of each font before selection
- Organize symbols into categories or folders
- Add more font options, especially for English
- Include astrological and zodiac symbols
Scrollit Pro
Reported bugs
3 issues- Cannot send messages via message or email
- App shuts down after limited use
- Mysterious usage limit requiring payment
Requested features
4 requests- Fix message and email sending
- Clearer pricing/trial information upfront
- Enhanced features in premium version
- Option to loop messages
In-app purchases
Symbol Keyboard for Texting
No in-app purchases
Scrollit Pro
- Lifetime Premium$4.99
Questions
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