Touch Search vs Cognito
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Touch Search
Streamline your online searches by typing keywords once and instantly searching across multiple engines, dictionaries, and shopping sites. This tool eliminates repetitive typing, making information retrieval faster and more efficient.
- Type keywords once for multiple searches
- Customizable search engines
- Reorder search engine display
- Dictionary lookup
- Widget support
- Share extension support
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* For this information era Touch Search + is the most convenient tool for most of users * Before "Touch Search" - Tedious & inefficient - Open Web Browser. - Type keywords - Open another tab for another search engine - type keywords - again, again * With "Touch Search" - Type once & Just Touch - No retyping same keywords on every search engine * Special functionality - Customizable Search engines(Search engines, Dictionaries, Shopping sites and more) - Reorder Search engines and former search engines displayed first. - Widget & 3D Touch support(Paid version, Touch Search +) - iPad & iPad Pro compatible - Share Extension Support(Paid version, Touch Search +) * When you read books or news paper, you can use dictionary * Copy Text, open Widget, Touch "Clipboard" and just Touch, Touch, Touch. * Long Press appicon, type keywords once, and just Touch, Touch, Touch
Cognito
Access information and knowledge rapidly with this search tool. It also provides a convenient history of your past queries for easy reference.
- Quick information search
- Knowledge access
- Search history tracking
- User-friendly interface
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Cognito lets you quickly search for information and knowledge, and you can also see a history of your searches!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Touch Search at 100% against Cognito's 50%. Touch Search also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 5 weeks) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). On price, ratings volume, 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.
Touch Search holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Touch Search's written reviews are positive against 50% of Cognito's.
Touch Search ships an update weekly, Cognito every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on August 17, 2026 and September 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Touch Search | Cognito |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better | 4.7 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 72 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jeong-hoon Kang | Renasnce Studios Ltd |
Customer experience
Touch Search
Cognito
In-app purchases
Touch Search
No in-app purchases
Cognito
No in-app purchases
Questions
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