Comparison

Advanced Search Smart Options vs Meta

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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)
Features
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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.)

About

Meta

Features
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===Definition data===: A class of data is described by defining multiple properties. The property type of data class supports integer, text, floating point number and date. One property of the data class corresponds to one column of multi row and multi column data. One object of the data class corresponds to one row of multi row and multi column data. ===Edit Data===: You can add and edit objects, import and export objects in CSV format. Objects can be imported from CSV files exported from Number or Excel apps. Or objects can be exported to CSV files to be imported into Number or Excel apps. Import: Copy text or files in CSV format and paste them into the application. Export: Copy the text in CSV format from the application and save it as a CSV file. You can add notes to a single object (text and pictures are supported). ===Exploring data===: You can filter, group, sort, and display the objects of the data class according to any five properties of the data class. Three different filtering and display settings are supported. Support the second quick search on the filtered objects. Filtering supports multiple conditions (text contain, contained in some text, greater than, less than, equal-to, and not-equal). Sorting supports ascending or descending order. Display supports list display and chart display. One grouping property and the other four properties you selected optionally will be displayed in the list. You can set the aggregation type for each property of the other four properties. Filter conditions, display color and precision can be set for each of the five properties. The list group header displays the value of the group property and the aggregation information (count, sum, median, average etc.) of the group. Each row of the list displays four properties of the object according to four importance levels. Precision settings are used for grouping, filtering, and displaying. Chart display, grouped by grouping property, with the first two of the other four attributes you select as the X axis and Y axis, displays line chart, bar chart, point chart and area chart. A sector chart is grouped by the group-by property, displaying the number of groups or the aggregated value of another property. It means that any two properties can be used as the X axis and Y axis to draw a chart. You can set two ruler lines for the X axis or Y axis. === Subscription ===: 30 objects can be created and displayed for free.  You can create 99 or 999 objects by subscribing.  After unsubscribing, you can still edit and explore the created objects. === EULA ===: [standard Apple Terms of Use (EULA)](https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/)

Screenshots

Advanced Search Smart Options4 screens
Meta4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Meta at none against Advanced Search Smart Options's shown. Meta also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 months). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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. Advanced Search Smart Options sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Meta sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Advanced Search Smart Options ships an update every 2 months, Meta every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on August 29, 2026 and September 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Advanced Search Smart Options versus Meta: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAdvanced Search Smart OptionsMeta
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (30 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings30 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.016.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB2 MB
Age rating17+4+
Developermanabu ueda勇 崔

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Advanced Search Smart Options

One-time1
  • Ad-Free Plan$3.99
3 purchases

Meta

Subscriptions3
  • 99 objects$0.997 Days
  • 999 objects$1.997 Days
  • 9999 objects$2.997 Days

Questions

Is Advanced Search Smart Options free?
Advanced Search Smart Options is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Meta free?
Meta is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Advanced Search Smart Options or Meta have ads?
Advanced Search Smart Options shows ads; Meta does not.
Which is updated more often, Advanced Search Smart Options or Meta?
Advanced Search Smart Options ships an update every 2 months, and Meta every 3 days. Most recently, Advanced Search Smart Options was updated on August 29, 2026 and Meta on September 5, 2026.

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