Description
UniChar is a powerful yet beautiful Unicode symbol app and keyboard that allows you to quickly find, type, and work with special characters.
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“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
"This iOS keyboard app will give you all the Unicode characters you’ll ever need."
– lifehacker
“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
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UniChar features thousands of symbols organized neatly into categories as well as a complete Unicode table.* You can type these symbols in any app with the custom keyboard or quickly search for the symbol you’re looking for in the app – by name or by drawing! No more searching Google. You can also favorite symbols to access them even quicker in the keyboard, widget, and on your Apple Watch.
For developers, UniChar is an efficient tool to work with Unicode code points and HTML entities. Revamp your workflow with Universal Clipboard – copy on your iPhone, paste in the code editor on your Mac. Or use UniChar alongside your editor with Split View on iPad.
App
◉ Search for symbols by name or by drawing**
◉ Browse the entire Unicode table by character blocks
◉ Collect and organize your favorite symbols
◉ Efficiently work with symbols and their info including code points and HTML entities
◉ Insert symbols into the text field and compose text using the system keyboard
◉ Share your text via Messages, Twitter, AirDrop, etc – or open the text in other apps
Keyboard
◎ Type special symbols in any app
◎ Quickly input your recently used and favorite symbols
◎ Designed to compliment the Emoji keyboard
Widget
◆ Convenient access to your recently used and favorite symbols
◆ Copy to the clipboard with a single tap
◆ Drag and drop character info into other apps on iPad
Apple Watch App
◇ Quickly glance at your favorites and recents
◇ Copy character info to your iPhone’s clipboard
◇ Add your favorite symbol to your watch face
iMessage App
■ Send symbol stickers to your friends
■ Create stickers for any Unicode character
■ Utilize your stickers in the Messages camera and FaceTime
MORE FEATURES
□ Beautiful and simple design
□ Stunning dark mode
□ Handoff support
□ Spotlight Search integration
□ Keyboard shortcuts
□ Drag and Drop, Split View, and Multiple Windows support on iPad
□ Accessibility support including Dynamic Type, VoiceOver, and Voice Control
□ Universal app for iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch
□ Ad-free experience
* All Categories can be unlocked via a one-time in-app purchase.
** Search by Drawing is powered by machine learning algorithms utilizing Create ML, Core ML, and Vision. As you draw, a convolutional neural network processes your drawing to predict which symbols it matches. You can help improve symbol recognition by submitting your own drawings!
