Character Pad Negative Reviews

Character Pad App Complaints & User Negative Comments 2024

Character Pad app received 38 complaints, negative comments and reviews by users. Have you ever had a bad experience using Character Pad? Can you share your negative thoughts about character pad?

Character Pad for Negative User Reviews

✓ 2 screens free, otherwise costs moneyI’m not paying to be able to use Σ a little more easily 🙄.CLH0713Version: 2.5.2

✓ Not itThe app works well. One major turn off is that you have to pay to get access to the symbols you really need ..Mercurious BenzVersion: 2.5.2

✓ Not enough access to try itMost of these characters aren’t even accepted in CODM. How can I even see if the locked ones work there? There’s no indicator.5toneManVersion: 2.5.2

✓ Update removed functionalityThis app was only useful for me to use certain symbols. The developer updated the app and removed all of the symbols I used, making them available for an in-app purchase. What a ridiculous move. Deleting the app, and I won't consider apps by this developer again..StyleHighVersion: 2.0.2

✓ Don't upgradeLike everyone else has mentioned, they've take off a bunch of the characters! You have to pay to get the ones that were previously already available. Probably gonna delete..User24748Version: 2.0

✓ Meh.So so..I ℓιкєVersion: 2.5.2

✓ I can't restore my purchaseThis update makes you pay even though you had the app for a long time. Fix this..Dissatisfied paying customerVersion: 2.0

✓ Don't knowI don't know if I'm going to like copy and pasting and then going back to what I'm working on every single time.LadibugtrahanVersion: 1.3

✓ PagesThe previous page design where all characters could be seen at once made more sense. Now you have to scroll in two directions instead of one while browsing. I won't pay for the upgrades until this is rectified..Sween64Version: 2.0

✓ Very good!Okay at the beginning I was confused but just tap on the symbol you want and paste it anywhere. Four stars just because you have to upgrade for more symbols but without upgrading it comes with a lot!.AACthepengVersion: 2.3.3

✓ GreedThis last update basically charges for characters that use to be included in the original app, which is the majority of characters. The app developer states "more characters", yea, right...for a price!.Gary BryanVersion: 2.0

✓ Requires repurchase to use what you already boughtAfter the update, most of the symbols I originally purchased the app to use were shutdown unless I "paid to update" well, I ALREADY paid to get them. Why should I lose them 2 months later? Dishonest, deceptive and possibly illegal activity. I want a full refund. Do not do business with David Caddy, ever..Zzzzz Alex zzzzzVersion: 2.0.2

✓ DO NOT UPGRADE!!!Upgraded this morning, and now half the characters I use are only available as an in-app purchase. These are characters that were fully accessible prior to the upgrade. Had I known, I would never have upgraded it. Developer is clearly motivated purely by greed. Taking features away is a terrible business model. A shame, as this WAS a good app..ScottAustin318Version: 2.0

✓ DisappointedEvery 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..Snt44df77Version: 2.4.1

✓ Moved functionality behind a paywallAvoid this developer. I have no problem with paying for new functionality but it is abhorrent to build an app and then once people are using it, hold portions of the app hostage. I wonder if it was worth alienating your user base for a dollar..The All Knowing Chairman Of ThVersion: 2.0.2

✓ Don't updateWhy do I have to pay more to get characters that I had access to on an older version?.PartymorterVersion: 2.0

✓ Why are the math characters locked behind a paywall?That’s literally the only reason I downloaded the app.CosmicElijahCosmicElijah'sVersion: 2.5.2

✓ 📍Don't Update!📍Update and lose everything! Bait and switch! It has to be the worst UI change in the history of iOS..MacintoshOneVersion: 2.0

✓ Developer Needs to do UpdateI hate to be a negative Karen or Ken but I am running iPad OS 15.2 on my 12.9” 1Tb iPad Pro and this App won’t open anymore. Keeps telling me “Developer needs to update this App for it to work with this iOS!” So developer, have you just decided you no longer want to update this App or are you working hard on the update? Maybe it’s like my teacher would say years ago “are you working hard on the update or hardly working on it at all?” I can always go and look for other Apps that do what this one used to do, but I would really like to have this one work again. Please don’t make me move on to another App..InfinityFieldsVersion: 2.5.2

✓ Restore purchases doesn't workEverything said in the title.Tonnerre12363Version: 2.0.1

✓ Crap 👎👎👎👎With the new update i now have to pay to unlock new characters! Before the update I had all of them now this app is 💩💩💩💩 uninstalling this garbage !.Gleng77Version: 2.0

✓ Good but should be freeIt's a good app but seriously we are just paying for text that we can copy, the app should be free..SupeguVersion: 1.2.0

✓ Cumbersome at bestWhile this app allows you to pick up and put special characters in your docs, it is extremely cumbersome to have to bounce back and forth between this app to grab symbols, and another app where you are composing your document. The author/developer sums it up best in his description of the newer released app, "Character Writer" ... "Character Writer has been a long time in development and was born out of the frustration normally produced by attempting to compose technical reports on the iPad - often requiring special characters to be copied and pasted individually from a webpage." The only saving grace is that Character Pad is free if you are poor and desperate. I would recommend passing this up and going straight to Character Writer instead..Universe ObserverVersion: 1.2.0

✓ Pay to unlock additional features.With this update I have to pay again to unlock all of the features? New features like those advertised with the long long overdue update and features I have been using for years, like a complete list of characters. Not happy. Very poor sport!.14729383$Version: 2.0

✓ Full Upgrade Option: UNAVAILABLE!Post-Update: Unchanged... 128GB Apple iPhone 6s running iOS v. 10.1, FYI ======== Got the app to use a THEREFORE symbol. The app REFUSES to let me purchase the $3.99 upgrade & INSISTS that I purchase a $1.99 upgrade. I'll purchase neither until: 1) I can actually Copy & Paste the THEREFORE symbol. 2) This purchase quandary is BOTH detailed & resolved. (What's included with each purchase & what specifically distinguishes the options, aside from the price?.Rod.musselmanVersion: 2.3.2

✓ CrapEvery character i copy comes out as a box symbol or an asterix, in every app ive tried. Even the Apple-supplied Notes app doesn't accept them. Did you even test this app before release?.Ooza!Version: 1.2.0

✓ Don't even think about updatingIt's bull. It's paid , the app has an update which is paid and more than half of the old stuff that were there are now paid ..BombrootVersion: 2.0

✓ Upset!This new update took all of the zodiac glyphs that I have been using to write moon updates with. I am not happy at all! WHY, did y'all do this?.VestalMatriarch888Version: 1.2.0

✓ Rip OffDo not upgrade... Does not open... Asked u to upgrade & Pay... All character list before are lost.....LOTUS813Version: 2.0

✓ Removed Free Characters and Made them In-App-PurchaseI had the previous version of this app and it was an excellent app. The most recent update made the most useful (free) characters an in-app-purchase. I would understand an in-app-purchase for the new characters that were added to the app, but to take characters away was just wrong. Give back the characters that were already available prior to the update and I would give this app 5 stars. :(.Guy_45Version: 2.0.2

✓ Greedy extortionSo after this "complete redesign," I now have to pay to use all the same symbols I had unfettered access to before the "upgrade"? What a ripoff..SoulcookieprimeVersion: 2.0

✓ 2.0 Update Removed Access to CharactersThis “upgrade" removed access to previously available characters (in particular math symbols & arrows). Now you have to pay 99¢ to unlock what used to be freely available. This is a dishonest update on the part of the developers..ElevenTwentyTwoVersion: 2.0

✓ Disappointed in the upgrade.This was a useful app for me before the upgrade. The symbols that I used it for most often were available before the upgrade. I do not wish to pay for what I already had..GuillermospapaVersion: 2.0

✓ Used to be greatI used to use this app all the time. Recently an update went through which now only allows a few characters, the rest must be brought through in-app purchases!!! ($5.99).Dougie2357Version: 2.2

✓ Upgrades for appsI hate the thing where you upgrade your letters to other things so I won't pay ever for this😏.Tash YvetteVersion: 2.3.3

✓ Old Version is BetterI preferred the original version of Character Pad. It featured more characters with better quality than this version, but it is no longer compatible with the new IOS. ☹️.Just*SayingVersion: 2.5.2

✓ Do not update!!!Prior to update, all characters were available to use. And no ads. Now they took more than half of them and you have to repurchase them to use. Oh and they added maybe a couple new ones. Woopydooo!!!!.Darius mclovinVersion: 2.0

✓ Removed features and now have to payI've never used an app that was updated and some if the features of were removed and made available only as in app purchase. I've seen apps offer additional functionality for purchase but this is insane. I would sooner buy a competitors app out of principle..Mystical DonkeyVersion: 2.0.2

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