myTextViewer vs Advanced Search Smart Options
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
myTextViewer
Instantly open and view any text, code, or log file. This app offers professional syntax highlighting and line numbers, making it ideal for professionals who need to access and read various file formats on the go. It supports numerous common file types and provides customizable viewing themes.
- Open any text, code, or log file
- Syntax highlighting for common formats
- Line numbers display
- Light and dark viewing themes
- Share option integration
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Open any text, code, or log file instantly. myTextViewer provides professional syntax highlighting and line numbers for professionals on the go. Did you recently get an email with a text file that you could not open? Was it because the format of the file doesn't fit any app that you have installed? Search no more - myTextViewer allows you to open any of these files in a text viewer. Simple, fast, easy, as 1 2 3! Just: 1. Click on a file (from the downloads/Files app) or an attachment (from email apps) 2. Using the Share option, select myTextViewer as the target app. 3. View your file Even better - It can color most common files/source code formats (python, c#, yaml, json, and much more!), so even if the default viewer can show you the text, you'll still get much more from opening files with myTextViewer. Also included: ・Light/Dark text viewing themes ・Show/Hide line numbers Enjoy!
Advanced Search Smart Options
Simplify complex web searches by inputting keywords. This tool automatically generates advanced search queries with operators for precise results. Explore options like exact matches, date ranges, and specific file types.
- Keyword-based advanced search
- Automatic search operator generation
- AND, OR, and exclusion searches
- Numerical and date range filtering
- Specify site, domain, and file type
- Search scope selection (title, content, URL)
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This app allows you to perform advanced web searches with just inputting keywords. Web searches can be conducted using search operators, enabling various search options. However, using search operators often requires combining alphabets and symbols with spaces, which can become cumbersome. For instance, When you want to search for "Apple Inc." articles within Wikipedia's page content, you would need to input the following: allintext: apple -fruit site:wikipedia.org The app automatically generates such commands, enabling you to perform advanced searches by just inputting keywords. The search engine used is Google. Available Search Criteria ・AND search, including all keywords ・Exact match search for keywords ・OR search, including any of the keywords ・Exclusion search, excluding certain keywords from results ・Numerical ranges (e.g., from $1,000 to $5,000, from 3kg to 10kg) ・Range of update dates ・Language ・Region ・Specific sites or domains ・Related sites ・File formats (pdf, doc, xls, ppt, etc.) ・Search scope (page title only, page content only, page URL only, etc.)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Advanced Search Smart Options at 4.4 against myTextViewer's 3.8. Advanced Search Smart Options also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 12 months) and review sentiment (71% vs 53%). myTextViewer's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On price 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
Both are free to download. Advanced Search Smart Options sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. myTextViewer asks for nothing beyond the download.
Advanced Search Smart Options holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: myTextViewer has 158 ratings behind it against 29, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 53% of myTextViewer's written reviews are positive against 71% of Advanced Search Smart Options's.
myTextViewer ships an update every 12 months, Advanced Search Smart Options every 2 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | myTextViewer | Advanced Search Smart Options |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (158 ratings) | 4.4 (29 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 53.4% of reviews | 71.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 158 — better | 29 |
| Update frequency | Every 12 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Yaniv Kalsky | manabu ueda |
Customer experience
myTextViewer
Advanced Search Smart Options
Bugs and requests
myTextViewer
Reported bugs
8 issues- App fails to open files from Files app
- JSON files display blank
- XML files not rendering properly
- App crashes or won't launch
- Incompatibility with iOS 14 and iOS 16
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- Text files cannot be opened
- Help screen appears instead of file content
- No response when sharing files to app
Requested features
7 requests- Search/find function within documents
- File editing capabilities
- Remove ads or ad-free option
- Support for action extensions
- Better file import options
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- Plain English display instead of code format
- Export functionality
Advanced Search Smart Options
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
myTextViewer
No in-app purchases
Advanced Search Smart Options
- Ad-Free Plan$3.99
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