JS.Notebook vs Samurai Search
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
JS.Notebook
Build, test, and run your JavaScript code directly on your iOS device. This utility allows you to execute scripts in widgets and even use your device as a host for computer browser code execution.
- Build JavaScript code
- Test code at runtime
- Run code in widgets
- Use device as code host
- Code execution in computer browser
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JS Notebook provides a creative way for you to build and try out your Javascript. - Build, test, and check your code at runtime. - Easily run your code in Widgets - Read code in computer browse, make the iOS device to be a host.
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 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.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Samurai Search at every 5 days against JS.Notebook's every 50 months. Samurai Search also leads on ratings volume (25 vs 1). JS.Notebook's advantage is iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.0). On price, rating, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for JS.Notebook against 5.0 for Samurai Search. 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.
JS.Notebook ships an update every 50 months, Samurai Search every 5 days. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | JS.Notebook | Samurai Search |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (25 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 25 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 50 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Zijie Deng | Michael Rourke |
Customer experience
JS.Notebook
Samurai Search
In-app purchases
JS.Notebook
No in-app purchases
Samurai Search
No in-app purchases
