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PopChar vs Unicodia: catalog facts
PopChar	Unicodia
Best for: Designers and writers who regularly insert special characters and symbols	Best for: Anyone looking up Unicode characters, symbols and emoji on Windows
Paid Paid licence from Ergonis, with a downloadable version to try.	Free Free and open source, apart from the licence of one bundled font.
Windows, macOS	Windows
Search characters by name or by shape Shows Unicode code points and HTML entities All 4 strengths for PopChar Search characters by name or by shape Shows Unicode code points and HTML entities Works system-wide in any application Supports ligatures and complex characters	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
Paid software No Linux version	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 not stated	License: GPL-3.0-or-later
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Offline features available	Offline features available
Official website Full listing and sources Sources for PopChar ergonis.com/en/popchar 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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