alt Codes vs Symbol Keys
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.
Symbol Keys
This keyboard app offers a wide array of Unicode symbols for easy access. Customize your typing experience with a personal touch, enhancing communication across various platforms.
- Extensive Unicode symbol library
- Customizable keyboard layout
- Enhanced communication
- Easy symbol access
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A simple, customizable keyboard that gives you access to hundreds of Unicode symbols
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Symbol Keys at 5.0 against alt Codes's 4.4. Symbol Keys also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 82%). alt Codes's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.6). 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.
Symbol Keys holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 6 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 82% of alt Codes's written reviews are positive against 100% of Symbol Keys's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on July 17, 2026 and August 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | alt Codes | Symbol Keys |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (9 ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 81.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 9 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 0 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jared Lipton | Ji Hoon Lee |
Customer experience
alt Codes
Symbol Keys
In-app purchases
alt Codes
No in-app purchases
Symbol Keys
No in-app purchases
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