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Unicodia vs BabelMap: catalog facts
Unicodia	BabelMap
Best for: Anyone looking up Unicode characters, symbols and emoji on Windows	Best for: Finding and inserting any Unicode character on Windows
Free Free and open source, apart from the licence of one bundled font.	Free Freeware with no paid edition.
Windows	Windows
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	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
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	Windows only Closed source freeware
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Not open source
License: GPL-3.0-or-later	License: Freeware
No account needed	No account needed
Offline features available	Offline features available
Official website Full listing and sources Sources for Unicodia mercury13.github.io/unicodia Catalog checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Sources for BabelMap babelstone.co.uk/Software/BabelMap.html Catalog checked October 2, 2026

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