# SearchThing: Private Search — Find the passage that matters

> Find the passage that matters (iPhone/iPad app by ThoughtBubble Development, LLC.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/searchthing-private-search/id6801084820 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [ThoughtBubble Development, LLC](https://appshunter.io/developer/6800190976)
- Category: Productivity, Utilities
- Price: $9.99
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 17.0 · 25 MB
- Released: 2026-10-23
- Data updated: 2026-11-10

## What is SearchThing?

That line is in one of your files. SearchThing helps you find it.

Bring PDFs, Word documents, Markdown, text, photos, and other supported files into one private library. Search across their passages instead of opening files one by one.

SEARCH THE WAY YOU THINK

• Smart starts with your words and adds related passages.
• Meaning finds ideas phrased differently.
• Exact stays with the words you entered.

FOLLOW THE EVIDENCE

See useful excerpts and their source locations. Open the original PDF or readable text, inspect why a passage matched, pin it, or add a note. Save searches you come back to.

MADE FOR YOUR DEVICE

Your files, index, and searches stay on your iPhone or iPad. Search and meaning matching run locally after a one-time model download. No account, subscription, ads, or cloud search.

SearchThing requires iOS 17 or later. Search by meaning uses EmbeddingGemma 2, available as a one-time download of roughly 310 MB under the Apache 2.0 license. Exact keyword search works without the model. Wi-Fi is recommended for the download.

## Is SearchThing safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess SearchThing.

## Is SearchThing legit?

SearchThing: Private Search appears legitimate, with a few gaps. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for SearchThing is 65 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 2 releases)

### 1.0.1 — 2026-11-07

Search by meaning is now simpler: EmbeddingGemma 2 is the only on-device text model. Download it once and search your private library locally, with no model selection or upgrade steps.

### 1.0 — 2026-10-24

No release notes.

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