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24 alternatives to Kaomoji

A Mac app for sharing expressive ASCII emoticons ᕕ( ՞ ᗜ ՞ )ᕗ

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

1. 1
   Kaomoji: Japanese Emoticons▲95

   One-click copy and paste kawaii Kaomoji: Japanese emoticons

   2016 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Kaomoji▲73

   Japanese text emoticons on your iPhone and iPad

   2014 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Kaomoji for Mac▲170

   Get ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ and other kaomojis right from your menu bar

   2017 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Kaomoji Drawer▲215

   Create and use Japanese Emoticons from your Mac menu bar

   2024 · dakotafelder.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Kaomotion▲159

   Animated ASCII/text emoji in iMessage ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

   2016 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Kaomoji.moe▲94

   Instant access to over 10,000 unique Japanese text emoticons

   2019 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Facemoji Keyboard (iOS)▲68

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

   2015 · its alternatives →

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   QWANJI▲174

   Hey HN! I've built this bit of cuteware (software not solving a problem but just for fun) inspired from the patterns made by swipe typing on mobile devices. To me it seemed like the closest thing to an English version of Kanji and it would be cool to consistently recreate those patterns. The implementation is vanilla js to keep things simple (and from a bit of framework fatigue) I'm keen to see how people use qwanji. Any and all feedback welcome!

   2024 · byronicalpatrick.github.io · its alternatives →

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   Newmoji▲70

   New animated emoticon keyboard for iOS 8

   2014 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Macmoji▲225

    Slack-style emoji for your mac! :smile:

    2016 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Rando Emoji▲87

    Animated kaomoji stickers for iMessage

    2016 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Introji▲62

    An emoji app for introverts (Indiegogo)

    2015 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Kaomoji Japanese Emoticons▲10

    Express yourself in cutest way with Kaomoji (顔文字) Kawaii!

    2025 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

14. 14OT
    Oji – (◕‿◕) Text Emoticons Maker▲15

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Kaomoji.diy▲7

    Copy & paste kaomoji, cute symbols & ascii art

    2025 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Phrasemoji▲62

    Send hilarious phrases, quotes, and more as emoji!

    2016 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    KaomojiBoard▲77

    A simple Chrome extension for easy kaomoji use. (◕‿◕✿)

    2016 · its alternatives →

18. 18EA
    Ecoji, a new base1024 emoji encoding▲99

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Memoji Keyboard▲109

    Send animated emojis of yourself

    2015 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    MojiGram▲155

    Giant Emoji postcards 😂 💩

    2017 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    OpenMoji 12.0▲114

    Open source Unicode-compliant Emojis for everyone

    2019 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    OpenMoji▲143

    Open-source emojis

    2018 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Emoji Emoticons 😀▲94

    What if the Mac screen can fit all the Emojis? (💻 🙏)

    2014 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Characters for iOS▲81

    Kaomoji library & keyboard for iOS

    2020 · its alternatives →

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