AllChars Alternatives

AllChars is described as 'Provides a quick, easy-to-remember way of creating accents like é Ü ç î æ and special characters like ƒ ² ‰ © £ ± ß ° 1/2 ¿ « » „ in most Windows programs' and is an app in the office & productivity category. There are more than 10 alternatives to AllChars for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Web-based, iPhone and BSD apps. The best AllChars alternative is WinCompose, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like AllChars are Character Map, UnicodePad, Character Map UWP and Codepoint.

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  1. WinCompose icon
     27 likes

    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
     
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    Comments about WinCompose as an Alternative to AllChars
    louisburki
    Positive
    0

    WinCompose functions exactly like AllChars, with the possibility to add new compose sequences. It seems also to have more compose sequences than Allchars, and is not discontinued.

    WinCompose icon
    WinCompose icon
    • WinCompose is Free and Open SourceAllChars is also Free and Open Source
    • WinCompose is CustomizableAllChars is not according to our users
  2. Character Map icon
     23 likes

    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
     
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    Comments about Character Map as an Alternative to AllChars
    AntumDeluge
    Positive
    -1

    Both are used to find special characters for use in inputting to documents, web pages, etc.

    Character Map icon
    Character Map icon
    • Character Map is Free and ProprietaryAllChars is Free and Open Source
  3. UnicodePad icon
     5 likes

    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

    Platforms

    • Android
     
  4. A modern, native UWP replacement for the Win32 Character Map and Windows Font Viewer with flawless high DPI and touch support.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  5. Codepoint icon
     1 like

    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

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • visionOS
     
  6. SymbSearch icon
     4 likes

    A tool for searching unicode-symbols and copying it to the clipboard.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    Comments about SymbSearch as an Alternative to AllChars
    AntumDeluge
    Positive
    0

    Both are used to find special characters for inputting to documents, web pages, etc.

    SymbSearch icon
    SymbSearch icon
    • SymbSearch is Free and Open SourceAllChars is also Free and Open Source
  7. SymWin icon
     2 likes

    A small and quick tool for typing special symbols.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  8. PopChar icon
     11 likes

    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
     
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    Comments about PopChar as an Alternative to AllChars
    AntumDeluge
    Positive
    0

    Both are used for quick input of special characters.

    PopChar icon
    PopChar icon
    • PopChar is Paid and ProprietaryAllChars is Free and Open Source
  9. 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
     7 likes

    Open source character map for the GNOME desktop environment.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • MacPorts
    • XQuartz
    • GNOME
     
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    Comments about Gucharmap as an Alternative to AllChars
    AntumDeluge
    Positive
    0

    Both are used to find special characters for inputting to documents, web pages, etc.

    Gucharmap icon
    Gucharmap icon
    • Gucharmap is Free and Open SourceAllChars is also Free and Open Source
  11. Oh My Glyph icon
     2 likes

    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
     
  12. Holdkey icon
     2 likes

    Holdkey is a Windows program that makes it easy to type characters with accents.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    Comments about Holdkey as an Alternative to AllChars
    AntumDeluge
    Positive
    0

    Both are used for quick input of special characters.

    Holdkey icon
    Holdkey icon
    • Holdkey is Freemium and ProprietaryAllChars is Free and Open Source
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