# Characters & Symbols

> Productivity

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id512527004](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id512527004)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id512527004`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** MobilePioneers
- **Category:** Productivity
- **Rating:** 3.30 / 5 (242 ratings)
- **Version:** 2.0.6
- **Last updated:** 2020-04-25
- **First published:** 2012-03-29
- **Size:** 7.97 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-15
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/characters-symbols/id512527004)
- **Privacy policy:** [http://flitsers.mobi/privacy](http://flitsers.mobi/privacy)

## Description

Characters & Symbols adds 500+ symbols, emojis, and ASCII art to your messages, including options not standard on iPhone or iPad. It's designed to boost creativity in chats and posts.

It’s easy to copy any symbol to your clipboard or share it via text messages, email, and more. Mix and match characters to craft playful, eye-catching phrases and strings.

## Rankings

- #110,478 — Overall

## Review summary

Characters & Symbols offers a wide collection of symbols and fonts and a simple, easy-to-use interface that many users find helpful for Instagram captions and bios. However, reviews consistently complain about intrusive ads and pop-ups, making the app frustrating to use. It also isn’t a keyboard app, so users must copy-paste symbols or rely on the app's browser-in-app workflow, which complicates usage. Some users report glitches or symbols not appearing correctly. Overall, strong symbol variety and ease of use offset ad annoyances and reliability issues.

### Pros

- Large variety of symbols and fonts
- Helpful for social media captions and bios (Instagram, Pinterest)
- Simple, easy-to-use layout

### Cons

- Intrusive, frequent ads and pop-ups that disrupt usage
- Not a true keyboard app; requires copying/pasting symbols or using an in-app browser, which is inconvenient across apps
- Occasional glitches or symbols not displaying reliably

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id512527004)