Comparison

Vimlike vs Engines To Search

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Vimlike

Enhance web browsing with keyboard shortcuts, mimicking a Vim-like editor experience. Navigate pages, manage tabs, and interact with links using customizable key bindings. Offers features like dark mode and reader view for a streamlined workflow.

Highlights
  • Keyboard shortcuts for navigation
  • Customizable key mappings
  • Link interaction (open, new tab)
  • Tab management (new, close, switch)
  • Insert and normal modes
  • Reader view and dark mode
Features
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Vimlike puts vim's keys on every page in Safari. j and k scroll, f labels every link, o opens one bar for tabs, history, search and the AI. Version 2.0 adds an assistant that works the page, shortcuts and clean-ups the AI makes for each site, signed site packs and a keyboard editor. Free. No in-app purchases, no account, no tracking. iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Vision Pro. KEYBOARD h j k l, gg, G, d, u. Link hints turn every link on screen into a one- or two-letter jump: f labels them, type the label to open, ⇧F opens in a background tab. t new tab, x close, q and w previous and next, ⇧Z reopen, g1…g9 by number. ⇧H back, ⇧L forward, gu up one URL level, yy copy the URL. Normal mode to navigate, Insert to type; Esc returns, and ` or § can stand in for it on iPad keyboards. Video full screen and picture in picture, zoom, and ? for the cheat sheet. SEARCH BAR Press o and type. The bar searches your open tabs, your local history, your top sites and the web in one list. ↩ opens the highlighted row; ⌘↩ sends the text to the AI instead. ↑ on an empty bar walks back through what you ran, like a shell. : opens your saved commands; / finds a link on the page by name. AI ASSISTANT Ask about the page, or have it do the work. It clicks, types, picks from menus, pulls tables out, opens tabs and reads your other tabs, with 28 tools. It asks before anything it cannot undo. Saved commands like :sum, :table, :translate and :links, plus your own. Five kinds of tool, each Allow, Ask or Deny, and a step limit per run. A long answer opens as a page you can copy as Markdown or print. Pick Apple Intelligence as the provider and it runs free on Apple's Private Cloud Compute, nothing to sign up for, nothing kept (iOS 27, iPadOS 27 or macOS 27 with Apple Intelligence on). Or use your own key for Claude, OpenAI, Gemini or DeepSeek; the key goes in the Keychain. Or Open in browser mode, which opens ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity or DeepSeek in a new tab with your prompt and the page's text already typed in. SHORTCUTS AND CLEAN-UPS FOR EACH SITE Suggest shortcuts reads the page's places and proposes keys: gj JavaScript, gl Learn, gb the blog. The keys work while you try them; Save keeps them, Esc discards. A key is a click or an address, never a script. Clean up this page hides ads, banners, the sidebar or comments with styles you can remove later; the main text can never be hidden. By hand, gk on any page: click an element, press a key, name it. KEYBOARD EDITOR Settings › Keyboard lists every command. Pick a command, record a key, exclude it on sites where it gets in the way. Conflicts are flagged as you go. Script mode keeps the settings script for anyone who prefers to write it. SITE PACKS One signed file for one website: keys for its places, a few AI commands, CSS, and the Vimlike keys it hands back so the site's own shortcuts still work. YouTube, Gmail, Google Search and News, Reddit, Wikipedia, GitHub, Hacker News, Netflix and more. Verified on your device each time it runs, no JavaScript. Updates keep your switches and re-keyed keys. VISUAL AND CARET MODE v starts a selection, ⇧V selects by line, c places a caret you move first. Then vim's motions: hjkl, w b e, 0 $, f and t to a character, aw a word, as a sentence. y copies, / finds text, : asks the AI about the selection. PRIVACY No account and no server. Nothing about your browsing is collected. The bar's history is stored on the device and can be deleted in Settings. API keys live in the Keychain, never given to the page. Settings sync through your own iCloud, or stay on one device. With an AI provider, your prompt and the page's text go to the provider you chose and nowhere else. Languages: English, Korean, Japanese, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Cantonese, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese. Requires iOS and iPadOS 16.6 or later, or macOS 13 or later. Vimlike needs access to websites to take over the keyboard shortcuts; you choose which sites in Safari.

About

Engines To Search

This app streamlines your search experience by allowing you to input queries once and send them to multiple AI and search engines simultaneously. It offers advanced filtering options and integrates with built-in and Safari browsers for quick result access.

Highlights
  • Centralized search bar for multiple engines
  • Static and dynamic search bars
  • Results in built-in or Safari browser
  • Advanced search result tuning (language, format, tone)
  • SpinText for query variation
  • Search by date, extensions, and meta keywords
Features
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With this Engines To Search App you can Choose and Compare the AI Answers Very Fast. Perplexity (Automatic) vs ChatGPT (Automatic) vs Google AI Gemini (Manually From Clipboard!) Engines To Search is the First Web Browser App With Static & Dynamic Search Bars. With This App You Can Have The Search Results From Out : . Handy Built-in Browser.  . Safari/Default Browser.  Why Should You Choose This App ? Most Of The AI Engines or Search Engines or Other Websites Do Have a Search Bar,  You Will Need To Do From There Manually Typing The Same Questions,  Engine To Search App Works Better, First You Ask ONETIME,  Click and Choose a Search Button And it Will Do From There The Questions. This Way You Do Not Need To Repeat Typing the Same Questions Again and Again. ADVANTAGES : . Central Search Bar, you can use it to Diverse AI Engines & Search Engines & Translate Engines. . Light Weight App. . Get the Search Results into a Built-in Browser or Safari Browser. . Easy interface. . Quick Response. . Web Search With Better Workflow. . Search Google With Precision By Using/Enable Simple Some CheckBoxes. . Reduce Repetitive Text input. . CheckBoxes For Tuning Quick Your AI Answer Results.  Based on 6x Categories : Language, Format, Job, Style, Tone, Words (Example: English, HTML, Philosopher, Poetic, Authoritative, 5 Titles and 5 Paragraphs) (You Can Leave it There, And So Simple Repeat Your Questions) FEATURES : . Diverse AI Engines (Free To Use) . Dynamic/Main Search Bar with Two Static/Sub Search Bars (Before+After) . You are able to do Searches With or Without History influence. . You can Get Search Results Without Ads. . SpinText Ability in Main or Sub Search Bars. ( Note! you can use on first level spin text {word|word}text{word|word} and second level spin text {{word|word}|{word|word}} ) . Get Search Results By Date in Google. . Do Searches by Extensions in Google. . Get Search Results Based on intitle: inurl: inanchor: related: and more. . Get Translations From Diverse Translate Engines. . Translate Any Text in More Than 8x Languages. . You can do Meta search. (Based on Meta Data) For Beginners : You Can Start Direct Without To Must Have learning Coding,  For AI Engines like Perplexity AI or ChatGPT You Do Not Need To Sign-in. Ask your Questions ONETIME in the Search Bar, Click and Choose a Search Button, And You Will Get The Answer. For Professionals : You Are Able To Do More. With the Static/Sub Search Bars (Before & After) You can for Example Get the Search Results from out more then 10.000 sites + Social Sites + Search Engines. The Trick is by Using Bangs from DuckDuckGo. !w = Wikipedia - !tw = Twitter - !qr = Qr code - !p = Pinterest - !fb = Facebook - !Earth = Google Earth - and many more. Put These Bangs in the Sub Search Bar and Leave it There. From Now on You Can Type Any Text in the Main Search Bar & Click on DuckDuckGo Button and it Will Do the Searches in These Sites. You Can Repeat it So oft You Want to do. But You Can Do More Than That, by Using the Static/Sub Search Bars. You Can in/exclude Words or Sentence. (and Leave it There) Or for Google You Can Simple Place Queries Like: loc:Paris - loc:Australia - site:website.com - 1985..1990 - and Many More. Recommendations : Use Safari Browser As Default Browser (We Also Advise For The Best Workflow Experience,  That You in The Settings Disabled The Private Browser.) Some of Websites, it Will Ask You To Sign-in (You Will Need it For The Best Experience Of This App.) If You Facing a Bug, Please Contact Us First By Email: support@enginestosearch.com - So That We Can Fix it Fast. And if You Like This App Please Post a Review On The App Store (Thanks)

Screenshots

Vimlike4 screens
Engines To Search4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Engines To Search at every 9 days against Vimlike's every 2 months. Engines To Search also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and review sentiment (100% vs 85%). Vimlike's advantage is ratings volume (30 vs 2) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Engines To Search holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Vimlike has 30 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 85% of Vimlike's written reviews are positive against 100% of Engines To Search's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Vimlike ships an update every 2 months, Engines To Search every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Vimlike versus Engines To Search: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVimlikeEngines To Search
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (30 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews84.6% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings30 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.616.6
Further details — not scored
Size37 MB8 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperJasmine StudiosArnold Burg

Customer experience

Vimlike

All ratings30 ratings
Positive93.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative6.7%
Written reviews52 reviews
Positive84.6%
Neutral11.5%
Negative3.8%

Engines To Search

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Vimlike

Reported bugs

14 issues
  • Default mode setting does not work
  • Scrolling bug on iPadOS
  • Cannot use 'f' to press buttons on webpage
  • Hitting F again does not cancel navigation
  • Extension not working after a while, requires reinstallation
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  • Scrolling no longer works on iPadOS
  • Memory leak after Ventura update
  • Issues with custom bindings in Gmail
  • Scrolling animation feels choppy
  • Scrolling stuttery on iPad Pro with ProMotion
  • Cannot get out of YouTube fullscreen with control+u
  • Reconfigs don't work
  • Safari no longer inserts username/passwords
  • Extension not working on Google Domains

Requested features

15 requests
  • Open search result in current tab
  • Customized new tab URL
  • Support for opening bookmarks/favorites
  • Visual mode for highlighting text
  • Custom search URL support
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  • Ability to move tabs left/right
  • Option to disable scrolling animation
  • More subtle color scheme for link selection
  • Website specific settings to exclude key bindings
  • Simulate 'o' and 'O' from other Vim plugins
  • Command focus the URL of the page
  • Specify keys for ACTIVATE_LINK command with 'Ignore keyboard layout'
  • Command for changing tab order
  • Easy in-app config for exclusion list
  • Dark mode option

Engines To Search

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Vimlike

No in-app purchases

None

Engines To Search

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Vimlike free?
Vimlike is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Engines To Search free?
Engines To Search is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Vimlike or Engines To Search?
Engines To Search is rated higher. Vimlike averages 4.7 out of 5 from 30 ratings, while Engines To Search averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Vimlike or Engines To Search have ads?
Neither Vimlike nor Engines To Search shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Vimlike or Engines To Search?
Vimlike ships an update every 2 months, and Engines To Search every 9 days. Most recently, Vimlike was updated on October 30, 2026 and Engines To Search on October 15, 2026.

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