Samurai Search vs Telegram Search Engine
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.
Telegram Search Engine
Discover Telegram channels and groups with this dedicated search engine. Find communities and conversations tailored to your interests without the hassle. Explore and connect with ease.
- Telegram channel search
- Group discovery
- Community finder
- Interest-based search
- Easy connection
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Samurai Search at 5.0 against Telegram Search Engine's 1.0. Samurai Search also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 5 weeks). Telegram Search Engine's advantage is iOS requirement (13.4 vs 16.0). On price, ads and device support 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. Telegram Search Engine sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Samurai Search asks for nothing beyond the download.
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, Telegram Search Engine every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Samurai Search | Telegram Search Engine |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 13.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Michael Rourke | Shotdoor |
In-app purchases
Samurai Search
No in-app purchases
Telegram Search Engine
- 1 Month Premium$2.991 Month
- 100 Search Credits$0.99
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