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24 alternatives to Poltergeist

Your secret Emoji code messenger

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Poltergeist launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Adult Emojis▲69

   Spice up your sext life with NSFW emojis

   2017 · adultemojis.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Emoji Masks▲214

   Emojis for your face

   2014 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Emojicode▲213

   An emoji based programming language

   2016 · emojicode.org · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Secretmoji▲81

   Messages are scrambled into emojis until you unlock it

   2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Emojinary▲96

   Play pictionary with emoji, right in Slack

   2015 · emojinary.releasable.io · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Code an Emoji▲115

   Code emoji representing women, by Google

   2016 · grow.google · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Slackmojis▲228

   A directory of the best custom slack emojis

   2015 · slackmojis.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Smileys by Apple▲200

   Apple's new emoji app 😊

   2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Active Emoji▲102

   You can now code in emojis (finally…)

   2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Bitmoji Keyboard▲87

    Your own personal emoji,w/ your fave designer outfits

    2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    Bitmoji for Slack▲95

    Bring office chat to life with your own personal emoji

    2016 · bitmoji.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Supersonic Fun Voice Messenger▲116

    Realtime emoji transcription from Area120 by Google

    2017 · sites.google.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    EmojiStone▲117

    Practice language through playing with emoji

    2017 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    MojiHunt▲79

    Facebook Messenger chatbot game

    2017 · messenger.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Emojify Bot▲91

    Emojify your text on Slack, Telegram and Twitter!

    2016 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Gitmoji▲144

    An emoji guide for your GitHub commit messages

    2016 · gitmoji.dev · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Cipheroji▲185

    Encrypting text to emoji

    2024 · sergeykushner.github.io · its alternatives →

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    Emojili▲152

    The emoji-only network (pre-launch)

    2014 · emoj.li · its alternatives →

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    Emojifi▲86

    Suggests emoji as you type

    2016 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Keymojis▲82

    We the best emoji keyboard 🔑

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Emojify▲75

    Make your own emojis.

    2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    Retro Emoji▲115

    ASCII emoticons for iMessage

    2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Emojily▲80

    Create your own emojis

    2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    wacky▲105

    Like Yo but for emojis

    2018 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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