Ai Search 2 vs QueryDial
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ai Search 2
This app offers a customizable search experience, allowing users to create personalized search workflows and query directly on trusted websites. It features batch searching, speed dial for frequently visited sites, and keyword-based search routing.
- Customizable search workflows
- Batch searching on trusted websites
- Speed dial for quick website access
- Keyword-based search routing
- iCloud sync across devices
- System share extension for bookmarks
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Meet the all-new Ai Search, a smarter & faster way to search almost anything. What makes Ai Search so different from others search engines? With Ai Search, you can customize your own search workflow and search directly on your trusted websites. You know what you need, so be the master of your search results. Ai Search 2 is your personal search tool to query: an answers, a book, a point of view, news, videos, translations, develop API, etc… *** DELIGHTFUL NEW DESIGN *** Colorful, Intuitive, Lightweight, Efficient. *** POWERFUL NEW FEATURES *** • Seamless Batch Search Search directly on your trusted websites with your favorite Safari view, switch between different sources with swipe and tap. • Dial Customize most used websites, and open them in a single tap. • Bookmarks Save any website as bookmark in system share extension. • Keywords Specify target websites with your text input, without leaving the keyboard. e.g. If query text has keyword ‘buy’, then search on Amazon, eBay, Etsy and Best Buy. • Rules Customize your search source with search terms. e.g. If query text starts with ‘how‘, then search on wikiHow and howstuffworks. • Gallery Explore awesome websites in different categories, save your favorite websites as your own search sources. • iCloud Sync Sync all your search settings and personal data with iCloud, be productive on your iPhone, iPad and Mac. Be prepared to take your search experience to a new level. Have an idea? Shoot us an email at support@aisearch.cc
QueryDial
Instantly search your favorite websites with custom shortcuts. Assign simple keywords or !bang commands to quickly find content on platforms like YouTube, Wikipedia, and X directly from your browser's search bar or a toolbar window. Streamline your online searches and enhance your productivity.
- Custom website shortcuts
- !Bang command syntax
- Safari search bar integration
- Toolbar window search
- Site search services
- Shortcuts app integration
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With QueryDial, you can: - Use “yt cats" to search for cute cat videos on YouTube - Use "w Gravity" to easily find the content you want on Wikipedia - Use “!x #trending" to view real-time trending topics on X - or, assign shortcut for any websites you like! *Getting started is easy* 1. Add your frequently used searchable websites (e.g., YouTube, Quora, Twitter, etc.) to QueryDial's search library. 2. Set up simple and easy-to-remember shortcuts (e.g., “yt” for YouTube, “w” for Wikipedia). 3. Enter your search terms directly in the Safari's search bar* or in the QueryDial toolbar window. 4. Include the shortcut in your search terms (e.g., “!yt funny cats") or as the first word in your search (e.g., “yt funny cats"). *Different ways to enter shortcuts* - !Bang commands: Use commands like “!wiki grey fox” or “grey fox wiki!” to quickly open a search on the specified website. The syntax here is same as the !Bangs from DuckDuckGo. - Keyword shortcuts: Add the shortcut before or after your search terms, separate them with a space, such as “yt cat videos” or “cat videos yt”. *Site Search and Snapshot Services* Save time entering "site:domain.com". Use QueryDial’s Safari popup to easily view the website snapshots or search the domain with site search services. *Enhance your “Shortcuts” app* QueryDial provides a number of useful shortcuts that you can use to customize your own workflows in the “Shortcuts” app. Try build your own workflow using shortcuts! *To use QueryDial directly in the search bar, you need to enable shortcuts for the browser's default search engine in QueryDial's settings. QueryDial currently supports using shortcuts in the following search engines: Google, Bing, DuckDuckGo, Yandex, Yahoo, Baidu, Naver, Ecosia, Brave Search, Startpage, Kagi, Qwant, Swisscows
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: QueryDial at 5.0 against Ai Search 2's 3.6. Ai Search 2's advantage is monetization model (free vs freemium) and ratings volume (17 vs 4). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Ai Search 2 sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and QueryDial sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
QueryDial holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 17 and 4 respectively.
Ai Search 2 ships an update fortnightly, QueryDial every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ai Search 2 | QueryDial |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (17 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 17 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 42 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | YuanJing Co.,Ltd. | Yuhao Zhang |
Customer experience
Ai Search 2
QueryDial
In-app purchases
Ai Search 2
- Ai Search Pro - Coupon$2.99
- Ai Search Pro$3.99
QueryDial
- Annual Subscription2 Months trial$1.991 Year
- Lifetime Access$3.99







