Surfingkeys vs Syncotron
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Surfingkeys
Enhance your browsing experience with a Safari extension that adds powerful search engine helpers to selected text. It offers additional shortcuts when an external keyboard is connected.
- Versatile search engine helpers
- Search selected text
- External keyboard shortcuts
- Safari extension
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A Safari extension to add versatile search engine helpers to search selected text. * More shortcuts are available when external keyboard is attached.*
Syncotron
Effortlessly synchronize files between your device and a remote server with a single tap. Maintain local copies of important data, enjoy offline music access, or back up your files securely. Supports SFTP with password authentication for reliable remote access.
- Folder synchronization
- Push/pull changes
- Offline file access
- Remote server backup
- SFTP support
- Password authentication
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Keep your files in perfect sync with Syncotron. Link a folder on your device to a remote server and you can push (or pull) all changes with a single tap. Keep a local copy of all your important files, sync all your songs for offline listening or back up your local files to a remote server. Syncotron supports remote servers over SFTP with password authentication.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Surfingkeys at 7 against Syncotron's 1. Surfingkeys also leads on device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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
Surfingkeys costs $9.99 and Syncotron $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Surfingkeys against 5.0 for Syncotron. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Surfingkeys has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Surfingkeys ships an update every 3 months, Syncotron every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Surfingkeys | Syncotron |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.99 | $9.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (7 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 钊岗 洪 | Marton Farago |
Customer experience
Surfingkeys
Syncotron
In-app purchases
Surfingkeys
No in-app purchases
Syncotron
No in-app purchases
