Autopilot vs Samurai Search
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Autopilot
This app guides you through daily routines with audio prompts, ensuring consistency and ease. Discover pre-made flows or build your own for various activities like workouts, work sessions, or learning new skills.
- Guided step-by-step instructions
- Audio prompts
- Pre-loaded routine flows
- Custom routine builder
- Versatile use cases beyond mornings
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Autopilot makes your morning routine consistent and effortless using the magic of guided step-by-step instructions w/ audio prompts. Get the exact routine you want, every time. Autopilot tells you, out loud, exactly what to do so that you don't have to think about it. If you have been wanting to try something new to get your mornings on track, this is it. You can discover lots of great flows within the app that fit right into your morning or build something from scratch. The builder tool is super flexible and you might find uses outside of the morning like: * 5 minute workouts * Pomodoro Style Work Sessions * Creative writing * Practice a musical instrument * Learn a new language or skill Some examples of flows that come with Autopilot: - Fun and easy 1 minute workouts - Write a Haiku - Have a guided conversation with a friend - Brush your teeth like a pro Autopilot comes pre-loaded with dozens of useful flows. Just press play, follow the instructions, and you'll be well on your way to a more intentional life.
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 ads: Samurai Search at none against Autopilot's shown. Samurai Search also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 80%) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Autopilot's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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 — 4.9 for Autopilot against 5.0 for Samurai Search. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 13 and 20 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 80% of Autopilot's written reviews are positive against 100% of Samurai Search's.
Autopilot ships an update every 6 days, Samurai Search every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Autopilot | Samurai Search |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (13 ratings) | 5.0 (20 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 13 | 20 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Black Lotus Inc. | Michael Rourke |
Customer experience
Autopilot
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In-app purchases
Autopilot
No in-app purchases
Samurai Search
No in-app purchases









