Shapecatcher Alternatives

Shapecatcher is described as 'New website, that helps you to find specific Unicode characters, just by sketching their shape. Currently about 10000 of the most important Unicode characters are compared to your sketch and are analysed for similarities' and is an website in the photos & graphics category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Shapecatcher, not only websites but also apps for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, iPhone and Android apps. The best Shapecatcher alternative is BabelMap, which is free. Other great sites and apps similar to Shapecatcher are Character Map, UnicodePad, Codepoint and CharacterMap.

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  1. BabelMap icon
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    BabelMap is a free character map application for Windows that allows you to browse through the entire Unicode character repertoire of over 107,000 characters, or search for a particular character by name or by code point.

    25 BabelMap alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
     
    • BabelMap is the most popular Windows alternative to Shapecatcher.

    • BabelMap is the most popular free alternative to Shapecatcher.

    • BabelMap is Free and ProprietaryShapecatcher is also Free and Proprietary
  2. Character Map icon
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    Character Map (Charmap.exe) is a utility included with Microsoft Windows operating systems and is used to view the characters in any installed font, to check what keyboard input (Alt code) is used to enter those characters, and to copy characters to the clipboard in lieu of...

    29 Character Map alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  3. UnicodePad icon
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    Input all characters in Unicode with Unicode Pad. And input string can be copied to the clipboard. You can find out where selected character is in list. By long clicking, larger character and code point will be shown. Favorite characters can be memorized.

    25 UnicodePad alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Android
     
    • UnicodePad is the most popular Android alternative to Shapecatcher.

    • UnicodePad is the most popular Open Source alternative to Shapecatcher.

    • UnicodePad is Free and Open SourceShapecatcher is Free and Proprietary
  4. Codepoint icon
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    70,000+ Unicodes in your pocket. Search Unicodes, Glyphs, SF Symbols and Emojis in a blink. Codepoint helps you to find the exact characters you need and supports you in discovering new glyphs. Export them as Symbols, Strings, Hexadecimals, HTML entities or even Swift code.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • visionOS
     
    • Codepoint is the most popular Mac, iPhone & iPad alternative to Shapecatcher.

    • Codepoint is the most popular commercial alternative to Shapecatcher.

    • Codepoint is Paid and ProprietaryShapecatcher is Free and Proprietary
  5. CharacterMap icon
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    CharacterMap.org is a simple online character map. It is a tool that allows you to view the ASCII table and Unicode characters.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
    • CharacterMap is the most popular Web-based alternative to Shapecatcher.

    • CharacterMap is Free and ProprietaryShapecatcher is also Free and Proprietary
  6. SymbSearch icon
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    A tool for searching unicode-symbols and copying it to the clipboard.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  7. Text faces icon
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    Textfaces - Lenny face ( ?° ?? ?°), shrug face ¯_(?)/¯, and look of disapproval ??. Click to copy!

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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    A directory of ASCII/Unicode faces to easily copy into your clipboard and use anywhere!

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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    Handy online Unicode character table with search tool, short information about origin and history of most characters in eight languages and some great compose-tools.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  10. Gucharmap icon
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    Open source character map for the GNOME desktop environment.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • MacPorts
    • XQuartz
    • GNOME
     
    • Gucharmap is the most popular Linux alternative to Shapecatcher.

    • Gucharmap is Free and Open SourceShapecatcher is Free and Proprietary
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    Mac OS X application to explore Unicode. Analyse and convert Unicode strings for HTML or programming. Supports UniHan, Services, AppleScript and more.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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    Unicode Blank Chars, a portable tool that detects Unicode Blank characters based on the "System Case Insensitive Locale" rules!

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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