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24 alternatives to Hexascii

One stop for all the ASCII emoticon art

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

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   Artpacks▲68

   ANSI & ASCII art over the years

   2015 · artpacks.org · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Asky▲136

   ASCII art as a service ᕙ(⇀‸↼‶)ᕗ

   2015 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Retro Emoji▲115

   ASCII emoticons for iMessage

   2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Emojidex▲74

   Emojis-as-a-service

   2015 · emojidex.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Endless Icons▲201

   A collection of free flat icons and creative stuff

   2014 · endlessicons.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   1 Line Art▲6

   ASCII art in one line

   2015 · 1lineart.kulaone.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Emoji Brush▲104

   Draw with emoji

   2014 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   emoji.ink▲76

   Draw with emojis

   2015 · emoji.ink · its alternatives →

9. 9
   ASCII Prints▲169

   ASCII art on your wall ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

   2016 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Image to ASCII▲105

    Make ASCII art for READMEs, Discord & creative visuals

    Sep 2026 · imagetoascii.art · its alternatives →

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    FontPark▲125

    The web's largest archive of free fonts

    2014 · fontpark.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Steven▲167

    Your Emoji Life

    2014 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Depict▲78

    discover, collect and display art

    2014 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    eex▲138

    A collection of web experiments

    2016 · tofuness.github.io · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Emoji Oil Paintings▲173

    The internet's number one source for emoji oil paintings

    2015 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    GalleryTab by Vango▲116

    Art inspiration in every new tab

    2015 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Preach!▲101

    Inserts a 👏 emoji after all the words in text

    2017 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Real Emoji▲56

    Bringing life to emoticons!

    2014 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    EmojiRepo▲91

    Search, copy and paste emoji

    2016 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Instagram into ASCII Art▲134

    Turn any Instagram picture into impressive ASCII art

    2016 · thought.ai · its alternatives →

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    Anicons▲112

    A customisable icon library for motion designers

    2014 · its alternatives →

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    Iconion▲115

    Awesome icon creator

    2014 · iconion.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Pictos▲86

    Carefully crafted interface icons

    2014 · pictos.cc · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Penflip▲119

    A social writing platform

    2013 · 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 →