Comparison

Rapster vs Queryable

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Rapster

Record your voice over music playing from any app. This tool allows for seamless audio recording alongside your chosen soundtrack, with no limits on track length or quantity. Organize recordings into albums and share your creations easily.

Highlights
  • Record voice while music plays
  • Music from any app source
  • Bluetooth and wired device support
  • Unlimited track length and quantity
  • Create and organize albums
  • Share recordings
Features
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Ever wanted to record audio tracks without stopping the music? Rapster now lets you do that! You can record your voice while the music is playing. The way it works is that any sound that your microphone can pick up will be recorded along with your track. Your music can be from any other app source and the song can be changed in control center. Rapster also supports the ability to connect to bluetooth and wired devices. There is no limit on how long your track can be or how many tracks you can have. You can create albums with many tracks and keep things organized. Once you are done recording, you can share your creation!

About

Queryable

Search your entire photo library using natural language descriptions and even the text within your images. This offline tool helps you find specific moments, people, or information quickly, with options to clean up duplicates and share originals.

Highlights
  • Natural language photo search
  • Search text within photos
  • Find similar photos
  • Duplicate and similar photo cleanup
  • Offline operation for privacy
  • Share full-resolution originals
Features
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A product that has reached #1 on the front page of Hacker News and topped the paid tools chart across all European countries, while ranking #2 in the US on the same day. Queryable is an open-source, offline photo album search tool unlike anything you've used before. Search your photos with natural descriptions like "two people by the sea," "a blonde woman holding a glass of red wine," "a girl in red on the lawn," or even emotional moments like "We fell in love." Queryable understands longer, more human descriptions instead of only simple tags. You can type in your own language: non-English queries are translated on your device before searching. NEW: SEARCH THE TEXT IN YOUR PHOTOS Turn on text recognition and Queryable also finds photos by the words in them: a Wi-Fi password in a screenshot, the total on a receipt, a dish on a menu, a line on a lecture slide. Switch between Visual and Text search with one tap, and copy all the text from any photo. Recognition uses Apple's on-device engine at its highest accuracy. It is off by default, so building your index stays as fast as before. ALSO IN QUERYABLE • Search by photo: pick or take a photo to find similar ones • Clean up duplicates and similar shots group by group, with space estimates • Filter results by date, select in bulk, and share full-resolution originals • Videos and Live Photos play with sound, even in silent mode; GIFs animate • A redesigned interface with your recent searches one tap away Pay once and use it forever. No ads, no subscription. Queryable works completely offline after download, protecting the privacy of your photo library. FAQ: 1. What languages can I search in? You can describe photos in your own language. Queryable translates your query on device, while keeping the accuracy of the English search model. The first time, iOS asks once to download your language for offline translation; you can also do it anytime in Settings. Text search looks for the words exactly as they appear in your photos; it reads English and, where Apple's engine supports it, your device language. The app interface is available in 18 languages. 2. How is my photo privacy protected? Queryable works completely offline. You can even disable the app's network permissions. The only time it uses the network is when you choose to download the full-resolution original of a photo stored in iCloud. 3. How do I use it? After downloading, build an index for your photos. This takes a few minutes depending on your library and device, and is only required once. When you add new photos, you can update the index at any time. Text recognition is optional and slower than the visual index; you can pause it and continue later. 4. Why can't Text search find some photos? With "Optimize iPhone Storage" turned on, many photos are kept on your iPhone only as small previews that are too small to read. Open such a photo and download the original, and its text is recognized automatically. Contact: - Email: myfancoo@gmail.com - Twitter: @immazzystar - GitHub: https://github.com/mazzzystar/Queryable

Screenshots

Rapster4 screens
Queryable4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Rapster at Free against Queryable's $4.99. Rapster also leads on iOS requirement (10.0 vs 18.0). Queryable's advantage is review sentiment (79% vs 45%) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 8 months). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Rapster is free to download; Queryable costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Queryable holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 216 and 94 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 45% of Rapster's written reviews are positive against 79% of Queryable's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Rapster ships an update every 8 months, Queryable every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Rapster versus Queryable: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRapsterQueryable
PriceFree — better$4.99
Rating4.4 (216 ratings)4.7 (94 ratings) — better
Positive reviews45.0% of reviews78.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings216 — better94
Update frequencyEvery 8 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
Best chart rank—#131 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS10.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB198 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMaroun Abi RamiaSmashMelon LLC

Customer experience

Rapster

All ratings216 ratings
Positive85.6%
Neutral3.7%
Negative10.6%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive45.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative45.0%

Queryable

All ratings92 ratings
Positive95.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative4.3%
Written reviews66 reviews
Positive78.8%
Neutral6.1%
Negative15.2%

User reviews

Rapster

From 216 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Free to use
  • 👍 Good for recording songs
  • 👍 App is perfect
  • 👍 It's cool
  • 👍 Super, exactly what I was looking for

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Randomly stops recording
  • 🐛 No instructions provided
  • 🐛 Microphone is awful
  • 🐛 Notes should be saved
  • 🐛 Only saves 3-second clips

Queryable

From 94 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Fast and effective search
  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 💡 Innovative AI search technology
  • 🔒 Privacy-focused (offline processing)
  • ✅ Finds photos missed by native search

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Freezes and crashes
  • 🐛 Inconsistent results (false positives/negatives)
  • 🐛 Videos appear black
  • 🐛 Not working on Mac
  • 🐛 UI is basic/rudimentary

Bugs and requests

Rapster

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Recording randomly stops
  • Only saves 3-second clips
  • App crashes and loses work
  • Fuzzy audio quality
  • App doesn't work at all

Requested features

5 requests
  • How to play background music
  • Record phone conversations
  • Background recording feature
  • Ability to adjust voice and music volume
  • Styles/themes for the app

Queryable

Reported bugs

12 issues
  • App freezes after analyzing ~12k photos
  • App freezes when selecting a photo and searching for similar
  • App crashes during indexing
  • App freezes on Mac
  • Videos won't playback, appear black
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  • App returns black photos and irrelevant results on Mac
  • App crashes immediately after search
  • App doesn't work on iPad Pro
  • App doesn't work on older iPads (A12X)
  • Indexing stops if app is used while indexing
  • Deleted photos are blank
  • App crashes when trying to view image

Requested features

39 requests
  • Multi-select for many images
  • Copy/move selected images to other apps
  • Open images in native Photos app
  • Masonry-like image display
  • Fix iPad horizontal mode image shrinking
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  • Select all photos feature
  • Move selected photos to Files folder
  • Support for Chinese language
  • Search in Brazilian Portuguese
  • Search in Spanish
  • Search in German
  • Search in French
  • Choose clip model for keywords
  • Access to photo location/folder
  • Voice search
  • Incremental index building
  • Automatic background index updating
  • Gestures for navigation
  • Display metadata by default
  • Show photos taken around same time
  • Sort results by date
  • Filter by location
  • Work with arbitrary folders on macOS
  • Better photo app integration
  • Zoom in on images
  • Share images from the app
  • Swipe left/right to browse images
  • Refined UI/UX
  • Add a nuage de mots-clés for results
  • Add more languages
  • Add gestures
  • Add ergonomics
  • Order results by timestamp
  • Filter by location
  • Show info about photo by default
  • Show photos taken around the same time
  • Better photo app integration
  • Delete photos
  • Fix blank deleted photos

In-app purchases

None

Rapster

No in-app purchases

None

Queryable

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Rapster free?
Rapster is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Queryable free?
Queryable costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Rapster or Queryable?
Queryable is rated higher. Rapster averages 4.4 out of 5 from 216 ratings, while Queryable averages 4.7 from 94 ratings.
Do Rapster or Queryable have ads?
Neither Rapster nor Queryable shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Rapster or Queryable?
Rapster ships an update every 8 months, and Queryable every 2 weeks. Most recently, Rapster was updated on November 6, 2026 and Queryable on November 7, 2026.

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