Character Pad

i came from the character pad website and this app has been really helpful. but lately it’s been crashing each time I open the app. I have an iPhone XR and I haven’t updated to version 13.3 yet so idk if that’s the issue, but it’s been crashing for a while and idk why.

Find the character or symbol you need and tap it. It's copied to the clipboard, from which you can insert it into your document. iPhone's clipboard, unlike Microsoft's computer clipboard, seems to hold only one item at a time. So if you have to insert more than one character, you have to go back and forth between the app and your document until your document contains all needed characters--then you can copy them from inside the document for reuse in that document. This can be clumsy & slow going sometimes. Hence 4 stars not 5. But this app has never failed to deliver the characters I need--subscripts, superscripts, math symbols, Greek--material needed by serious users. Sad that this material was (I suppose) ignored by (or unknown to) some developers at Apple, who (I imagine) dropped out of college instead of growing their minds. Can't Apple buy this app and thus integrate its software, making it accessible from Settings > General > Keyboard > Languages? ERHmd

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Every time I try to use it it includes a question mark inside a box. I just want the character. Don’t need a stupid boxed question mark beside it. Completely overshadows the chosen character.

This WAS the best free app of its kind before the "update" took most of the characters away, forcing you to purchase what you had in the first place. NEW: Purchase options include a reduced cost for veterans (among others). But when you select that option, you are still charged full price (4 times the amount). I can understand the need for proof, but if you have no way to verify - DO NOT PRETEND to offer a lower cost.

I do a lot of writing, brainstorming, and communication related work on my iPad, and I love using these little images to add emphasis or just take the monotony out of certain tasks. But.. for a paid app, I wish there were more than just the 2 pages. Hoping to see an update with new categories/additional characters added!