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CatchChar vs Shapecatcher

A side-by-side look at CatchChar and Shapecatcher. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

CatchChar

CatchChar

Office & Productivity

CatchChar is a tool that replaces hard-to-handle characters in text, like curly quotes or em dashes, with simpler characters or character combinations that can be handled more easily by programming languages and systems.

text-processingcharacter-replacementprogramming-utility
Shapecatcher

Shapecatcher

Education & Reference

Shapecatcher is a free online utility for looking up Unicode characters and symbols by drawing them. It allows users to handwrite or draw different characters and then suggests possible matches. It's useful for finding symbols, emoji, dingbats, and other non-standard characters.

unicodeemojidingbatssymbolscharactershandwritingdrawing