Comparison

UniChar vs K+ Keyboard Plus Customize

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

Head to head
About

UniChar

Easily find and type special characters with a powerful Unicode keyboard. Browse hundreds of thousands of symbols, search by name or drawing, and organize your favorites. Ideal for developers and anyone needing to use a wide range of text symbols.

Highlights
  • Access hundreds of thousands of Unicode characters
  • Custom keyboard for typing special symbols in any app
  • Search characters by name, info, or drawing
  • Organize favorite characters
  • View character name, Unicode, and UTF-8 info
  • Browse curated categories and full Unicode table
Features
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UniChar is a powerful yet beautiful Unicode character app and keyboard that allows you to quickly find, type, and work with special symbols. ◣ "This iOS keyboard app will give you all the Unicode characters you’ll ever need." – lifehacker “UniChar is a cool little app and keyboard, and offers access to a huge world of Unicode characters that are otherwise absent within the standard iOS keyboard.” – iDownloadBlog "On the Mac, you can type any character [with] the Emoji & Symbols viewer ... The selection on iOS is much more limited ... But UniChar changes that." – Cult of Mac “It’s a full-featured utility for searching and copying symbols … it’s always nice to see a developer who’s dedicated to improving this kind of utility over time and adopting new features … it's a very handy app.” – AppStories ◤ Utilize hundreds of thousands of characters organized neatly into categories and a full Unicode table. You can quickly search for the character you’re looking for, type special symbols in any app with the custom keyboard, and collect your favorite characters to access them even quicker. For developers, UniChar is an efficient tool to work with Unicode code points and UTF-8 encodings. Revamp your workflow by using UniChar alongside other apps on iPad, or use Universal Clipboard to copy on your iPhone and paste on your Mac. App ◉ Work with characters and their info – Name, Unicode, and UTF-8 ◉ Browse curated categories in grid or list view ◉ Customize your categories – choose from more than 150 symbol and script categories* ◉ Access the entire Unicode table by character blocks* ◉ Go to a specific block, category, or code point ◉ Search for symbols by name, info, or even by drawing** ◉ Identify characters and see a breakdown of code points that form them ◉ Ask Siri questions about a Unicode character ◉ Select custom fonts to use when rendering glyphs ◉ Collect and organize your favorite symbols ◉ Quickly copy character info to the clipboard ◉ Insert characters into the text field and compose text using the system keyboard ◉ Share your text via Messages, Mail, Mastodon, etc – or open it in other apps like Pages Keyboard ◎ Type special symbols in any app ◎ Quickly input your favorite and recently used characters ◎ Browse curated categories – choose from more than 150 categories* ◎ Designed to compliment the Emoji keyboard Widgets ■ Add your favorite symbol to your Lock Screen ■ View stats for how many drawings you've submitted to help improve Search by Drawing Apple Watch ◆ Add your favorite symbol to your watch face ◆ Quickly access your favorite and recently used characters ◆ Copy character info to your iPhone’s clipboard And More ● Beautiful Liquid Glass design ● Light and dark mode ● Full accessibility support ● Handoff ● Drag and Drop ● Keyboard shortcuts and menu bar on iPad ● Universal app for iPhone, iPad, and Apple silicon Mac ● No ads, no tracking, no subscriptions * All Categories can be unlocked via a one-time in-app purchase. ** Search by Drawing is powered by an on-device machine learning model that predicts matching symbols as you draw in real-time. You can help improve symbol recognition by submitting your own drawings!

About

K+ Keyboard Plus Customize

Personalize your iPhone or iPad keyboard with a vast array of themes, fonts, and sounds. This app offers auto-correction, emoji support, and a dictionary to enhance your typing experience and secure private messages.

Highlights
  • Over 1 million keyboard combinations
  • Save favorite themes
  • 40+ typographies and writing styles
  • 40+ keyboard sounds
  • Auto-correction and dictionary
  • Emoji dictionary and emoji art
  • Supports over 19 languages
Features
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Do you want to personalize the keyboard on your iPhone or iPad to make it as you would like it? However, do you lack features such as auto corrector, emojis, emoji text, professional fonts and the ability to make your private messages secure? Keyboard Plus is the solution! Keyboard Plus is adaptable for all kinds of users. Try out this keyboard and I ensure you that you will not go back to using other keyboards. Key features: - More than 1 million different possible keyboard combinations, your own imagination is the limit - Save your favourite themes - More than 40 different typographies so you can choose your favourite - More than 40 different types of writing - More than 40 different sounds - A dictionary to help you write quicker and forget about spelling mistakes - Auto-Emoji: Emoji dictionary - Integrated Emoji-Art: so that you can send your friends emoji creations - Completely functional without activating “Total Access” (It is necessary to temporarily activate total access if you want a theme, language, or if you want keyboard sounds) - More than 19 languages supported (English, Italian, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Danish, Turkish, Norwegian, Dutch…) and we will gradually add new languages with future updates We hope this will be the keyboard that you use most on a daily basis. If you have any doubts or suggestion, we encourage you to leave us a comment. We read them all!

Screenshots

UniChar4 screens
K+ Keyboard Plus Customize4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: UniChar at every 2 months against K+ Keyboard Plus Customize's every 45 months. UniChar also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.4) and ratings volume (1.6K vs 255). K+ Keyboard Plus Customize's advantage is iOS requirement (10.0 vs 17.0). On price, review sentiment, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. UniChar sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and K+ Keyboard Plus Customize sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

UniChar holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: UniChar has 1.6K ratings behind it against 255, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 79% of UniChar's written reviews are positive against 72% of K+ Keyboard Plus Customize's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

UniChar ships an update every 2 months, K+ Keyboard Plus Customize every 45 months. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
UniChar versus K+ Keyboard Plus Customize: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterUniCharK+ Keyboard Plus Customize
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (1.6K ratings) — better4.4 (255 ratings)
Positive reviews78.8% of reviews — better71.6% of reviews
Number of ratings1.6K — better255
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 45 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.010.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB54 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJordan HipwellKISSAPP, S.L.

Customer experience

UniChar

All ratings1,647 ratings
Positive92.0%
Neutral3.3%
Negative4.7%
Written reviews217 reviews
Positive78.8%
Neutral6.9%
Negative14.3%

K+ Keyboard Plus Customize

All ratings255 ratings
Positive81.2%
Neutral8.6%
Negative10.2%
Written reviews176 reviews
Positive71.6%
Neutral10.8%
Negative17.6%

User reviews

UniChar

From 1.6K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Straightforward and effective
  • 🚀 Highly useful and efficient
  • 💡 Excellent integration with keyboard
  • 🎨 Beautiful and polished design

Room to improve

  • 🔒 Paywall for full access
  • 🐛 Keyboard not working as expected
  • 🔍 Lacking search functionality in keyboard
  • 📂 Confusing organization of categories

K+ Keyboard Plus Customize

From 255 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 💕 Awesome keys
  • 🎨 Customizable keyboards
  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 🎉 Fun and cool
  • 🎨 Great keyboard designs

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Keyboard UI cuts off half-way
  • 🐛 Glitchy and slow typing
  • 💰 Requires unlocking/paying for features
  • 🔑 Difficult to set up
  • 🔍 Lack of auto-correct

Bugs and requests

UniChar

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Keyboard disappearing from settings
  • Drawing search feature not working
  • Certain characters not rendering properly

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add search by name/code in app
  • Allow multi-selection of characters
  • Sync favorites across devices
  • Expand character coverage (e.g. Greek, Alchemical)
  • Provide font options to display more symbols

K+ Keyboard Plus Customize

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Keyboard not working properly
  • Notification icon won't go away
  • Typing issues like repeated letters

Requested features

3 requests
  • More keyboard designs and fonts
  • Support for additional languages
  • Improved stability and performance

In-app purchases

1 purchases

UniChar

One-time1
  • All Categories$9.99
7 purchases

K+ Keyboard Plus Customize

One-time7
  • 100 Coins$0.99
  • 300 coins$1.99
  • 500 coins$2.99
Show 4 more
  • 1000 coins$3.99
  • Full Version$3.99
  • 2000 coins$4.99
  • 10000 coins$7.99

Questions

Is UniChar free?
UniChar is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is K+ Keyboard Plus Customize free?
K+ Keyboard Plus Customize is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, UniChar or K+ Keyboard Plus Customize?
UniChar is rated higher. UniChar averages 4.7 out of 5 from 1.6K ratings, while K+ Keyboard Plus Customize averages 4.4 from 255 ratings.
Do UniChar or K+ Keyboard Plus Customize have ads?
Neither UniChar nor K+ Keyboard Plus Customize shows ads.
Which is updated more often, UniChar or K+ Keyboard Plus Customize?
UniChar ships an update every 2 months, and K+ Keyboard Plus Customize every 45 months. Most recently, UniChar was updated on October 19, 2026 and K+ Keyboard Plus Customize on October 16, 2026.

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