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24 alternatives to Emoji IRL

Emoji In Real Life

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Emoji IRL launched in 2014; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Steven▲167

   Your Emoji Life

   2014 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Real Emoji▲56

   Bringing life to emoticons!

   2014 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Emojidex▲74

   Emojis-as-a-service

   2015 · emojidex.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Emojili▲152

   The emoji-only network (pre-launch)

   2014 · emoj.li · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Emojily▲80

   Create your own emojis

   2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   EmojiRepo▲91

   Search, copy and paste emoji

   2016 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Emojify▲75

   Make your own emojis.

   2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Emoji.Life▲198

   Emojilytics for Twitter

   2016 · emoji.life · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Emoji Masks▲214

   Emojis for your face

   2014 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Active Emoji▲102

    You can now code in emojis (finally…)

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    emoji.ink▲76

    Draw with emojis

    2015 · emoji.ink · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Emojicode▲213

    An emoji based programming language

    2016 · emojicode.org · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Emoji Engine▲122

    A search engine for emoji 🔎

    2016 · emojiengine.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Emojist▲80

    English → Emoji, because you should be using more Emojis 💥

    2016 · forsale.dynadot.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Retro Emoji▲115

    ASCII emoticons for iMessage

    2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    100 New Apple Emoji▲96

    Greater diversity, new professions and redesigned emoji

    2016 · apple.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    twem❤ji▲80

    Open source emojis from Twitter

    2014 · twitter.github.io · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Emojinary▲96

    Play pictionary with emoji, right in Slack

    2015 · emojinary.releasable.io · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Emoji Zone▲112

    Emoji flying at your screen!

    2014 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Wikemoji▲104

    The Emoji Dictionary

    2014 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Emojiary▲113

    Tap into your feelings - using emoji

    2014 · emojiary.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Noice▲109

    Emoji Your Friends Can Hear (😃 + 🔊)

    2014 · noice.me · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Emojifi▲86

    Suggests emoji as you type

    2016 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Emoji Homepage▲131

    Fast and simple way to find your emoji 🕵🏼

    2017 · emojihomepage.com · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →