Comparison

SDK Paint Lite vs Samurai Search

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

Head to head
About

SDK Paint Lite

Create digital art with a layered approach, utilizing multiple filters, shaders, and tools for endless creative possibilities. Easily select colors and view your creations in a slideshow or export them as 3D images.

Highlights
  • Layered canvas for 3D effects
  • Multiple artistic modes, filters, and shaders
  • Hue and retro game console color palettes
  • Dropper tool for color selection
  • Gesture-controlled slideshow
  • Export in various formats
  • Layer-based and 3D MPO image sharing
Features
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SDK Paint takes a unique approach to iPad artwork creation, by stacking 5 layers onto the canvas for later use in 3D effects. By combining the artistic modes, the numerous filters, the shaders, and the tools, possibilities of what the finger or the Apple Pencil can paint onto the canvas are endless. A large hue color palette and retro game console palettes let artists easily choose exactly the color desired, and a Dropper tool makes identifying previous colors a simple task. The features don't just end with painting, either! Is the artwork ready show off? * Watch your creations in a gesture-controlled slideshow! * Export your art in a variety of formats and even share it online as a layer-based image that can be view as a depth-based 3D MPO image. If you have synced your art to http://gallery.sdkpaint.com, you can also view it on the free SDK Paint Viewer app for the Apple TV!

About

Samurai Search

Efficiently search text and PDF files across your device, iCloud, and external storage. Preview matched files or open them in other applications. Supports advanced search options like regular expressions.

Highlights
  • Search text and PDF files
  • iCloud and external storage support
  • File preview
  • Regular expression support
  • Customizable file types
  • Saved search locations
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Search your iOS device or iCloud for text, source code, plain text files, and PDFs. Find matches inside files and preview results instantly, or open any matched file in your favourite editing or viewing app. Flexible search options: whole word, case sensitive (all file types), and regular expressions (for text files). Choose which files to include by selecting standard or custom text file types, or by searching filenames that match a pattern. Select where to search from On My iPad, iCloud Drive, or external file providers such as SMB and USB folders. When possible, the app retains saved search selections so you can quickly repeat the same searches later. If you search selected folders in iCloud Drive, matching iCloud files are synced to your device before searching, ensuring fast local results. Searching plain text files is extremely fast and memory efficient. PDF search speed depends on the document content and can be slow. Note also that PDF search may consume large amounts of memory which can cause Samurai Search to crash.

Screenshots

Samurai Search4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Samurai Search at 5.0 against SDK Paint Lite's 4.0. Samurai Search also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (25 vs 1). SDK Paint Lite's advantage is iOS requirement (12.2 vs 16.0). On price, review sentiment, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Samurai Search holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Samurai Search has 25 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SDK Paint Lite ships an update every 2 months, Samurai Search every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
SDK Paint Lite versus Samurai Search: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSDK Paint LiteSamurai Search
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (25 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings125 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS12.2 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size81 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHullBreach Studios Ltd.Michael Rourke

Customer experience

SDK Paint Lite

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

Samurai Search

All ratings25 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

SDK Paint Lite

No in-app purchases

None

Samurai Search

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SDK Paint Lite free?
SDK Paint Lite is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Samurai Search free?
Samurai Search is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, SDK Paint Lite or Samurai Search?
Samurai Search is rated higher. SDK Paint Lite averages 4.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Samurai Search averages 5.0 from 25 ratings.
Do SDK Paint Lite or Samurai Search have ads?
Neither SDK Paint Lite nor Samurai Search shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SDK Paint Lite or Samurai Search?
SDK Paint Lite ships an update every 2 months, and Samurai Search every 5 days. Most recently, SDK Paint Lite was updated on November 2, 2026 and Samurai Search on November 3, 2026.

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