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Unicodia vs PopChar: catalog facts
Unicodia	PopChar
Best for: Anyone looking up Unicode characters, symbols and emoji on Windows	Best for: Designers and writers who regularly insert special characters and symbols
Free Free and open source, apart from the licence of one bundled font.	Paid Paid licence from Ergonis, with a downloadable version to try.
Windows	Windows, macOS
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	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
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	Paid software No Linux version
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Not open source
License: GPL-3.0-or-later	License not stated
No account needed	Not stated if an account is 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 PopChar ergonis.com/en/popchar Catalog checked October 2, 2026

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