SymWin Alternatives

SymWin is described as 'A small and quick tool for typing special symbols' and is an app. There are more than 10 alternatives to SymWin for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Web-based, Android and iPhone apps. The best SymWin alternative is WinCompose, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like SymWin are BabelMap, Character Map, UnicodePad and Codepoint.

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  1. WinCompose icon
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    Get easy access to thousands of special symbols through composing of characters on the keyboard in ways that are very easy to remember.

    26 WinCompose alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
    • WinCompose is the most popular Windows alternative to SymWin.

    • WinCompose is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to SymWin.

    • WinCompose is Free and Open SourceSymWin is also Free and Open Source
    • WinCompose is CustomizableSymWin is not according to our users
  2. 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
     
  3. 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
     
  4. 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 SymWin.

    • UnicodePad is Free and Open SourceSymWin is also Free and Open Source
  5. 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 SymWin.

    • Codepoint is the most popular commercial alternative to SymWin.

    • Codepoint is Paid and ProprietarySymWin is Free and Open Source
  6. 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 SymWin.

    • CharacterMap is Free and ProprietarySymWin is Free and Open Source
  7. PopChar icon
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    The character map that works! PopChar is an application that lets you insert special characters, umlauts and foreign letters into any document. With this character map, there is no need to search for or remember complex keystrokes.

    31 PopChar alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  8. Oh My Glyph icon
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    View the glyphs and swashes from the PUA (private use area) of TTF & OTF font files with ease.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Online
     
  9. 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 SymWin.

    • Gucharmap is Free and Open SourceSymWin is also Free and Open Source
  10. Holdkey icon
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    Holdkey is a Windows program that makes it easy to type characters with accents.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  11. WizKey icon
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    WizKey makes it easy to type accented and other special Unicode characters using a standard US/UK keyboard with easy to remember keyboard shortcuts.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    It allows a user to insert unicode characters by their corresponding unicode hex value

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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