Life & fun · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to HUG!

The first emoji that you can feel.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. HUG! launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Noice▲109

   Emoji Your Friends Can Hear (😃 + 🔊)

   2014 · noice.me · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Real Emoji▲56

   Bringing life to emoticons!

   2014 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Nod▲111

   Chat with emotion

   2015 · nodapp.co · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Throwboy Emoji Pillows▲116

   Emoji in huggable form

   2014 · throwboy.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Emojili▲152

   The emoji-only network (pre-launch)

   2014 · emoj.li · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Steven▲167

   Your Emoji Life

   2014 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Smirk▲100

   Use Emojis for your contacts

   2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Silicon Feelings▲62

   Real time display of Emoji being tweeted across Earth

   2014 · silicons.co · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Cup of Coffee ☕️▲123

   Get matched via hashtag & emoji in your neighborhood ☕️👻🐶

   2016 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Emojiary▲113

    Tap into your feelings - using emoji

    2014 · emojiary.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Emoji Zone▲112

    Emoji flying at your screen!

    2014 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Emoji express▲142

    Search emojis by semantics in any language

    2023 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    emoji.sexy▲92

    The emoji URL shortener 🍕😃💩

    2014 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Sentiments▲120

    Mobile First, Swipe and Emoji based feedback

    2016 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Flirtmoji▲91

    Dirty, sexy emoji for lovers

    2014 · flirtmoji.co · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Emojion Journal▲74

    A fun, private way to be mindful of thoughts and emotions

    2017 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Facemoji Keyboard (iOS)▲68

    Express yourself with emoticons d–(^ ‿ ^ )z

    2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Popmoji▲90

    Send Giant Emojis that POP! Stop send boring little ones.

    2014 · popmoji.com · its alternatives →

19. 19
    InstaEmoji▲86

    Replace your friend's face with emoji 😹

    2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    GiemTori▲90

    No words. Just emojis.

    2015 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Preach!▲101

    Inserts a 👏 emoji after all the words in text

    2017 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    twem❤ji▲80

    Open source emojis from Twitter

    2014 · twitter.github.io · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Introji▲62

    An emoji app for introverts (Indiegogo)

    2015 · indiegogo.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Keymojis▲82

    We the best emoji keyboard 🔑

    2016 · 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 →