CryptCloudViewer vs Samurai Search
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CryptCloudViewer
Access and manage encrypted files across multiple cloud storage services. Stream media directly from your encrypted cloud with support for various formats and Chromecast.
- Supports Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive, and more
- Rclone, CarotDAV, and Cryptomator encryption
- Encrypted media playback
- Software decoder for non-native media
- Cloud file management (upload, delete, rename)
- Chromecast support with encoding
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This is cloud drive viewer with encryption. App supports device folders and remote storages: Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive, pCloud, Filen.io, S3, SFTP, WebDAV, Samba. Available encryption: rclone, CarotDAV, Cryptomator and gocryptfs. This app can play media files with keeping encrypted. In addition, this app can play non-native media files (ex. mpeg2) with software decoder. You can edit your cloud storages: upload, make folder, rename, move, delete items. Also this app supports Chromecast, can send media to a device with encoding in app.
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.
- 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 source code, plain text files and PDF files on your iOS device or in iCloud/USB/SMB, preview matched files. or open in your favourite editing/viewing app. Supports flexible search options, including regular expressions (for plain text files). Files searched can be selected from standard or custom text file types or a filename pattern may be specified. Search files and folders can be selected from On My iPad, iCloud Drive or external file providers (e.g SMB/USB folder). Saved search files and folders are retained by the app where possible. iCloud files in selected iCloud Drive folders that match the file type (file extension) criteria or pattern, will be synced to device prior to searching. Searching text files is extremely fast. PDF search speed depends on content. It can be slow.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Samurai Search at 5.0 against CryptCloudViewer's 4.3. Samurai Search also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3) and review sentiment (100% vs 71%). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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. CryptCloudViewer sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Samurai Search asks for nothing beyond the download.
Samurai Search holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 15 and 20 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 71% of CryptCloudViewer's written reviews are positive against 100% of Samurai Search's.
CryptCloudViewer ships an update every 3 days, Samurai Search every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CryptCloudViewer | Samurai Search |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (15 ratings) | 5.0 (20 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 71.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 15 | 20 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Every 5 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 74 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ichiro NAKAHARA | Michael Rourke |
Customer experience
CryptCloudViewer
Samurai Search
In-app purchases
CryptCloudViewer
- coffee$0.99
- fresh orange juice$4.99
- dinner$12.99
Samurai Search
No in-app purchases
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