Comparison

Genius Search vs Tiny Planner

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

Head to head
About

Genius Search

This app helps users search through large text files and document libraries using sophisticated regular expression tools. It allows you to import your library via iTunes and explore text content with advanced search grammar.

Highlights
  • Advanced text searching
  • Regular expression support
  • Import library via iTunes
  • Supports .txt files
  • Custom search grammar
Features
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Genius was built to help those who need to search in immense txt files, and who need some sophisticated tool to search among many books or documents. As you may know or you need to know, regular expression is horribly helpful for text searching, and that's exactly the main character of Genius search. You can copy your library into Genius via iTunes, and explore the ocean of text freely. Currently only .txt files of any encoding and 4-level directory specifying are supported, more are coming. Special search grammar: searching ///abc/def/.{0,10}/// will get the results for searching .{0,10}abcdef and abc.{0,10}def and abcdef.{0,10} and .{0,10}defabc and def.{0,10}abc and defabc.{0,10}. et cetera.

About

Tiny Planner

This app combines tasks, to-do lists, reminders, calendars, notes, and shopping lists into a single, powerful organizer. Capture ideas with text, image, and voice notes, and manage your schedule with a clear calendar view. All data syncs across iOS devices via iCloud.

Highlights
  • Integrated task and to-do list management
  • Calendar with month and schedule views
  • Rich note-taking with text, image, and voice
  • Customizable task colors and subtasks
  • iCloud data syncing across devices
  • Encrypted notebooks for privacy
Features
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Tiny Planner is a concise but powerful life management application that integrates tasks, to-do lists, reminders, calendars, notes, and shopping lists. All data is in one place without the need for additional applications. Furthermore, EverPlan supports syncing data between multiple iOS devices via iCloud. Currently, all application functions are open and free without ads! The powerful note-taking feature supports text, image, and voice notes, making it easy to record, organize, and capture your ideas. Main features: Tasks - Organize and manage all tasks with task lists and time. - Different types of tasks can be displayed in different colors. - Support adding subtasks, setting reminder alarms, and loop properties within tasks. - Easily copy tasks as events or notes with long press. Calendar - Quickly add tasks, events, and notes of the day by long-pressing on the calendar. - Month view provides an intuitive way to view tasks and notes of the day. - The calendar page can choose whether to display tasks and notes. - Quickly switch between month view and schedule list view. Notes - Various text editing tools. - Support inputting text, voice, and image, comprehensively recording every moment that is worth recording - support attachments in formats such as PDF, Word, PPT, TXT,HTML . - Support encrypting individual notebooks to protect privacy. - Quickly convert events or tasks to notes with long press. Our mission is to provide you with the best life management tool to make your daily life more convenient and efficient. If you encounter any difficulties or need help, we are more than willing to provide you with support and assistance. Please send an email to tinyplanner@fengge.io.

Screenshots

Genius Search4 screens
Tiny Planner4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Tiny Planner at Free against Genius Search's $9.99. Tiny Planner also leads on ratings volume (197 vs 1). Genius Search's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and review sentiment (100% vs 85%). On update cadence, 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

Tiny Planner is free to download; Genius Search costs $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Genius Search holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tiny Planner has 197 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Genius Search's written reviews are positive against 85% of Tiny Planner's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Genius Search ships an update every 2 months, Tiny Planner every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Genius Search versus Tiny Planner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGenius SearchTiny Planner
Price$9.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.7 (197 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better85.4% of reviews
Number of ratings1197 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.012.0
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB93 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer志明 丁TinyWork Apps

Customer experience

Genius Search

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Tiny Planner

All ratings197 ratings
Positive93.4%
Neutral1.5%
Negative5.1%
Written reviews103 reviews
Positive85.4%
Neutral2.9%
Negative11.7%

Bugs and requests

Genius Search

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Tiny Planner

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • App crashes on iOS 12
  • Task checking functionality freezes after several days
  • Persistent calendar permission requests
  • Battery drain issues
  • Notification sound too quiet/short

Requested features

16 requests
  • Web browser access for desktop viewing
  • Mac app version
  • Apple Watch complication support
  • Automatic note saving without manual confirmation
  • Time-specific task scheduling
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  • Event sharing and invite capabilities
  • Recurring task time adjustment
  • Hourly day view and full-year calendar view
  • Task reordering via long-press
  • In-app feedback and bug report feature
  • Traditional Chinese language support
  • Arabic language support
  • App passcode/security lock
  • Longer and louder notification sounds
  • Import from iOS Notes app
  • Task drag-and-drop reordering

In-app purchases

None

Genius Search

No in-app purchases

None

Tiny Planner

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Genius Search free?
Genius Search costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tiny Planner free?
Tiny Planner is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Genius Search or Tiny Planner?
Genius Search is rated higher. Genius Search averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Tiny Planner averages 4.7 from 197 ratings.
Do Genius Search or Tiny Planner have ads?
Neither Genius Search nor Tiny Planner shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Genius Search or Tiny Planner?
Genius Search ships an update every 2 months, and Tiny Planner every 3 weeks. Most recently, Genius Search was updated on October 5, 2026 and Tiny Planner on October 24, 2026.

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