alt Codes vs uniChrars
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
alt Codes
Discover Windows keyboard shortcuts for typing special characters and symbols not on your keyboard. Quickly copy symbols to your iOS device's clipboard for easy pasting on your Mac via Universal Clipboard.
- Find Windows keyboard shortcuts
- Type special characters and symbols
- Copy symbols to iOS clipboard
- Paste on Mac with Universal Clipboard
- Quick symbol lookup
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alt Codes enables you to quickly and easily find the keyboard combinations in Windows to type symbols and characters that are not found on traditional keyboards. In addition to discovering the keyboard code for a character or symbol, you can quickly copy the character or symbol to the clipboard of your iOS device. With Universal Clipboard, any character or symbol copied on your iOS device can be instantly pasted on your Mac.
uniChrars
This tool allows you to convert text into various fonts, import them, and copy them to your clipboard. It helps you discover and utilize all installed fonts, showing available characters and enabling font comparisons.
- Text to font conversion
- Automatic font import
- Clipboard copy functionality
- Save and switch styles
- List all installed fonts
- Character availability check
- Font comparison tool
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• It converts written text to the font of your choice, imports it automatically and copies it to the clipboard. Styles and texts can be saved and quickly changed. • List and displays all installed fonts, groups, marks, shares instantly. Choose between them and enjoy their diversity and beauty. • Shows which characters are available in the font set. Very useful to see which special characters are replaced by other generic fonts. • They can be compared with other letters, types. The baselines show how the letter is positioned in the box and what exact offset is needed.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: uniChrars at 4.8 against alt Codes's 4.4. On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
uniChrars holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 6 respectively.
alt Codes ships an update fortnightly, uniChrars every 9 days. Both last shipped on October 7, 2026.
| Parameter | alt Codes | uniChrars |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (9 ratings) | 4.8 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 81.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 9 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 14.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 0 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jared Lipton | Szerencses Gabor |
Customer experience
alt Codes
uniChrars
In-app purchases
alt Codes
No in-app purchases
uniChrars
No in-app purchases
Questions
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