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Unicodia vs UnicodePad: catalog facts
Unicodia	UnicodePad
Best for: Anyone looking up Unicode characters, symbols and emoji on Windows	Best for: Entering unusual symbols and characters on Android
Free Free and open source, apart from the licence of one bundled font.	Free Free and open source.
Windows	Android
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 every Unicode character Copy to clipboard or insert via Mushroom All 4 strengths for UnicodePad Covers every Unicode character Copy to clipboard or insert via Mushroom Shows code points and enlarged glyphs Saved favourite 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	Android only Mushroom input works only in apps that support it
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-3.0-or-later	License: Apache-2.0
No account needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Offline features available	Not stated if it works offline
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 UnicodePad github.com/Ryosuke839/UnicodePad f-droid.org/packages/jp.ddo.hotmist.unicodepad Catalog checked October 2, 2026

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