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BabelMap vs Unicodia: catalog facts
BabelMap	Unicodia
Best for: Finding and inserting any Unicode character on Windows	Best for: Anyone looking up Unicode characters, symbols and emoji on Windows
Free Freeware with no paid edition.	Free Free and open source, apart from the licence of one bundled font.
Windows	Windows
Covers the full Unicode repertoire, updated for each Unicode release Search by character name or code point All 4 strengths for BabelMap Covers the full Unicode repertoire, updated for each Unicode release Search by character name or code point Composite fonts with a different font per Unicode block Far more capable than the built-in Windows Character Map	Covers all Unicode 17 characters Shows which installed font renders each character All 4 strengths for Unicodia Covers all Unicode 17 characters Shows which installed font renders each character Copies codes as HTML, UTF-8 or UTF-16 Notes on each writing system
Windows only Closed source freeware	Windows only, with only basic support on Windows 7 Named multi-character sequences are not shown yet All 3 limitations for Unicodia Windows only, with only basic support on Windows 7 Named multi-character sequences are not shown yet Search is simple
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Not open source	Open source
License: Freeware	License: GPL-3.0-or-later
No account needed	No account needed
Offline features available	Offline features available
Official website Full listing and sources Sources for BabelMap babelstone.co.uk/Software/BabelMap.html Catalog checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Sources for Unicodia mercury13.github.io/unicodia Catalog checked October 2, 2026

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