# Search Ops — Query Elastic & Open Search

> Query Elastic & Open Search (iPhone/iPad app by Ryan McCaffery.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/search-ops/id6453696339 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Ryan McCaffery](https://appshunter.io/developer/507873948)
- Category: Developer Tools, Utilities
- Price: $4.99
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 16.6 · 18 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2023-07-27
- Data updated: 2026-09-06
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/search-ops/id6453696339/reviews.md

## What is Search Ops?

Query ElasticSearch and OpenSearch databases
* Free text strings, using compounds (AND/OR) and Date Ranges 
* View results as documents or in a table
* Easily switch between hosts, indexes and filter on mapped data types

Support ElasticSearch (v6.0 and above) and OpenSearch (v1.0 and above)
* /_mapping
* /_search
* /_aliases

Authentication:
* Connection using a CloudID from Elastic.co or a direct host connection
* Authenticate with Username/Password, Auth Token, API Token or API Key
* Readonly access only. Requires a user with Viewer and Monitoring Role

Privacy & Transparency:
* Open Source business logic on Github
* No tracking or analytics
* Uses a local on device database (Realm) with encryption on

Settings
* Request Logs
* Request Timeout
* Max Document Size
* Light / Dark Mode


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 3.1 — 2025-09-03

Update to resolve date parsing failures when input strings don't match the single expected format, making the date utilities more flexible for handling various API responses and user inputs.

SearchOps is Open-Source, changes can be seen on Github - mccaffers/search-ops, this is main commit 8f141ed / tag 3.1

https://github.com/mccaffers/search-ops/releases/tag/3.1

### 3 — 2025-06-01

SearchOps is now completely Open Source!

The entire application source code is available on GitHub, including all UI components, business logic, and features for authenticating and querying ElasticSearch & OpenSearch instances. I'm sharing Search Ops with a Convenience Pricing Model - the complete source code is freely available on Github, providing transparency, with pre-built versions are available on the App Store for a small fee, provioding the convenience of quick install and automatic updates.

This update includes a number of fixes when parsing large JSON objects.

https://github.com/mccaffers/search-ops/releases/tag/3.0

### 2.0.2 — 2024-09-15

Fixed a bug which would crash the application when using a date range with multiple query terms. This is because the application was trying to reuse RealmSwift embedded objects across multiple classes. This has now been fixed.

Added new video preview to the Apple App Store

Business Logic: #d8fc654 [Available on Github to view]
UI Presentation Layer: #7ecd23a

### 2.0.1 — 2024-09-02

Update to address some minor bugs - the default date field would override the sort field
Also refactored business logic to address some technical debt reported by SonarCloud

Business Logic: #d8fc654 [Available on Github to view]
UI Presentation Layer: #39afaa4

### 2.0 — 2024-09-02

A range of new features and bug fixes!

Recent Searches - Searches are saved, allowing you to quickly return to a previous search. A view appears when you launch the app to jump back in
Refresh Timer - Set a timer to refresh your search at a set frequency (1 second, 5 seconds, etc.)
Default Date Range - Refactored the UI to move the Date Field and Date Range next to each other, and if there is only one date field, to select it, and default to the last 15 minutes

Business Logic: #50cb2db [Available on Github to view]
UI Presentation Layer: #3d81e1a

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