Uni Keyboard vs Symbol Keys
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Uni Keyboard
This custom keyboard for iPhone and iPad provides access to over 2950 characters, organized into 24 distinct groups. Easily navigate through all characters or select a specific group for quick access.
- Access over 2950 characters
- Organized into 24 groups
- Scrollable character list
- Group picker for specific characters
- Custom keyboard for iOS
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Say Hello to Uni - a custom keyboard for iPhone and iPad that makes it easy to use over 2950 characters organized into 24 Groups. Scroll through all available characters or use the group picker to display characters within a specific group. Visit our website for more information.
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 Uni Keyboard's 3.9. Symbol Keys also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 15 months) and review sentiment (100% vs 77%). Uni Keyboard's advantage is ratings volume (59 vs 6) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 17.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Uni Keyboard has 59 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 77% of Uni Keyboard's written reviews are positive against 100% of Symbol Keys's.
Uni Keyboard ships an update every 15 months, Symbol Keys every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Uni Keyboard | Symbol Keys |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (59 ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 76.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 59 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 15 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Thomas Blackburn | Ji Hoon Lee |
Customer experience
Uni Keyboard
Symbol Keys
Bugs and requests
Uni Keyboard
Reported bugs
7 issues- Key to switch keyboards in abnormal position
- Cannot find power symbol
- App not updated anymore
- Cannot find Wingdings
- Doesn't display properly on iPhone X
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- Basic latin text too big
- No keyboard down button
Requested features
16 requests- Add rest of Unicode characters
- Search for symbols by name/code
- More sorting options for fonts
- Support dark mode
- Add mathematical double-struck Capital X
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- Add runes and hieroglyphics
- Add nikudim for Hebrew
- Add Arabic section with all letters
- Add Sanskrit, Devanagari, Tibetan
- Add an Asian section
- Add Wingdings font/category
- Add lowercase and uppercase Wingdings
- Rearrange categories
- Add recently used menu item
- Add subscript and superscript letters
- Add customizable fractions
Symbol Keys
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Uni Keyboard
No in-app purchases
Symbol Keys
No in-app purchases
Questions
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