Samurai Search vs Xtreme File Opener
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
Xtreme File Opener
Easily open a wide variety of file types directly on your mobile device. Supports over 50 formats including archives, audio, video, and images. Browse and access your files without needing a computer.
- Open 50+ file formats
- Browse files on phone
- Supports Zip, Audio, Video, Image
- Direct file access
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Open all types of files on your phone today. Over 50+ file formats are supported when you install this app today. Below is a short list of file formats which are supported. This app was made by Hopebest Software Limited. Core Features of our File Viewer include - Open over 50+ file formats - Browse and open files directly on your phone without having to use your computer Supported File Formats include Zip Formats zip rar tar gzip Audio Formats mp3 wav mid m4a aac ogg amr Video Formats mp4 3gp mkv webm m4v Image Formats png jpg jpeg gif webp svg
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Samurai Search at 5.0 against Xtreme File Opener's 1.0. Samurai Search also leads on ratings volume (25 vs 1). Xtreme File Opener's advantage is iOS requirement (14.2 vs 16.0). On price, update cadence, 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.
Samurai Search holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. 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.
Samurai Search ships an update every 5 days, Xtreme File Opener weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Samurai Search | Xtreme File Opener |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (25 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 25 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 14.2 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 180 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Michael Rourke | Hopebest Inc Limited |
In-app purchases
Samurai Search
No in-app purchases
Xtreme File Opener
No in-app purchases
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