Work · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to Shapecatcher

Find unicode characters and emojis by drawing

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

1. 1
   Emoji Brush▲104

   Draw with emoji

   2014 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   emoji.ink▲76

   Draw with emojis

   2015 · emoji.ink · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Glyphfinder▲272

   The missing character search for designers, devs & writers

   2020 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Unicopy▲139

   Easy-to-copy unicode characters and symbols

   2023 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Emojicode▲213

   An emoji based programming language

   2016 · emojicode.org · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Image2Emoji▲97

   Turn any image into a collage of emojis

   2015 · image2emoji.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   EMOJIZ▲131

   Animated 3D emoji set with source files

   2021 · emojiz.design · its alternatives →

8. 8
   I made a CLI tool that turns pixels into emojis▲105

   Takes a folder of images (as a palette), and an image, and figures out how to tile the palette to resemble the image! - ahhhh6980/Mosaic

   2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Emojigram▲118

   Turn words into emoji art, copy and paste

   2016 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Emoji Engine▲122

    A search engine for emoji 🔎

    2016 · emojiengine.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Emojifs▲191

    Create animated GIFs from Emojis right in your browser

    2018 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Emoj▲165

    Find relevant emojis from text on the command-line

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Special Symbols by Mumu X▲168

    30k+ unicodes and their synonyms to speed up symbols picking

    2022 · getmumu.com · its alternatives →

14. 14DC
    Draw characters to help computers read human handwriting▲14

    2015 · shaper.amees.me · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Emojiboard▲97

    Find the right Emoji with a quick sketch, from any iOS app

    2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Iterograph▲74

    An iterative drawing tool

    2016 · iterograph.laboiteatortue.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Emoji One▲93

    Complete set of open source unicode-standard emoji

    2014 · joypixels.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Emojilator▲103

    Translate English text to Emoji

    2016 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    A website that makes your text look cool anywhere online using Unicode▲108

    Generate 180+ copy-and-paste fonts for Instagram, TikTok, Discord, bios, names, and messages. Free fancy text generator with cool, cute, bold, cursive, and symbol styles.

    2025 · fontgenerator.cool · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Pixilart▲107

    A drawing app for delightfully retro pixel art

    2015 · pixilart.net · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Emoji Extractor Plus▲85

    Extract PNG emojis from Apple font files

    2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    DrawType▲109

    The Drawing Keyboard

    2014 · archive.theowatson.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Emojiers▲79

    A simple and quick way to copy emojis.

    2017 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Universal Typeface▲100

    Unifying the world’s handwriting

    2014 · 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 →