Extended File Info vs Advanced Search Smart Options
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Extended File Info
This utility allows users to view and modify detailed information about files on iOS devices. It supports checking file hashes like SHA256, MD5, and SHA1, and enables changes to creation/modification dates, names, and extensions. Files can be easily managed via drag and drop and accessed through the iOS Share menu.
- View SHA256, MD5, SHA1 file hashes
- Modify file creation and modification dates
- Change file names and extensions
- Drag and drop file support
- Access via iOS Share menu
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An addition to your files on iOS. You can: • Check the SHA256, MD5 and SHA1 hash of any file. • Change the creation and modification date of any file. • Change the name and extension of any file. • Drag and drop a file everywhere Use it from the Share menu anywhere on iOS.
Advanced Search Smart Options
Simplify complex web searches by inputting keywords. This tool automatically generates advanced search queries with operators for precise results. Explore options like exact matches, date ranges, and specific file types.
- Keyword-based advanced search
- Automatic search operator generation
- AND, OR, and exclusion searches
- Numerical and date range filtering
- Specify site, domain, and file type
- Search scope selection (title, content, URL)
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This app allows you to perform advanced web searches with just inputting keywords. Web searches can be conducted using search operators, enabling various search options. However, using search operators often requires combining alphabets and symbols with spaces, which can become cumbersome. For instance, When you want to search for "Apple Inc." articles within Wikipedia's page content, you would need to input the following: allintext: apple -fruit site:wikipedia.org The app automatically generates such commands, enabling you to perform advanced searches by just inputting keywords. The search engine used is Google. Available Search Criteria ・AND search, including all keywords ・Exact match search for keywords ・OR search, including any of the keywords ・Exclusion search, excluding certain keywords from results ・Numerical ranges (e.g., from $1,000 to $5,000, from 3kg to 10kg) ・Range of update dates ・Language ・Region ・Specific sites or domains ・Related sites ・File formats (pdf, doc, xls, ppt, etc.) ・Search scope (page title only, page content only, page URL only, etc.)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Extended File Info at none against Advanced Search Smart Options's 1. Extended File Info also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (100% vs 71%). Advanced Search Smart Options's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 5 months). On price and ratings volume 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. Advanced Search Smart Options sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Extended File Info asks for nothing beyond the download.
Extended File Info holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 32 and 29 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Extended File Info's written reviews are positive against 71% of Advanced Search Smart Options's.
Extended File Info ships an update every 5 months, Advanced Search Smart Options every 2 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Extended File Info | Advanced Search Smart Options |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (32 ratings) — better | 4.4 (29 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 71.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 32 — better | 29 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Vision Pro — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Jorge Garcia Armero | manabu ueda |
Customer experience
Extended File Info
Advanced Search Smart Options
In-app purchases
Extended File Info
No in-app purchases
Advanced Search Smart Options
- Ad-Free Plan$3.99
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