Advanced Search Smart Options vs CipherApp
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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)
Read full descriptionHide full description
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.)
CipherApp
Easily and securely encrypt your messages with a custom key. This offline app ensures your encrypted messages are not saved online or offline, providing a private way to communicate. It's a tool for encryption, not a messaging platform itself.
- Encrypt messages
- Decrypt messages
- Custom encryption key
- Offline operation
- No message saving
Read full descriptionHide full description
Cipher is an encryption app designed to help user easily and safely encrypt messages. All the User needs is to enter any encryption key of choice and CIPHER will take care of the rest. CIPHER runs completely offline and encrypted messages are not saved in any online or offline database., Cipher doesn't take legal responsibilities of it usage. USE RESPONSIBLY Features * Encrypt your message * Decrypt messages encrypted using Cipher * Choice any key of prefer FAQs 1. Is Cipher a messaging application? NO. Cipher is a message encryption application. Encrypted Messages can be sent via WhatsApp, Email, Telegram or any text base platform. 2. Can I use Cipher to decrypt messages encrypted with a different platform? NO. Cipher has a unique encryption algorithm.
Screenshots
Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: CipherApp at 5.0 against Advanced Search Smart Options's 4.3. CipherApp also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). Advanced Search Smart Options's advantage is ratings volume (30 vs 2). On price 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. Advanced Search Smart Options sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. CipherApp asks for nothing beyond the download.
CipherApp holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Advanced Search Smart Options has 30 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Advanced Search Smart Options ships an update every 2 months, CipherApp fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on August 29, 2026 and June 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Advanced Search Smart Options | CipherApp |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (30 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 30 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | manabu ueda | Benjamin Addai-Boateng |
Customer experience
Advanced Search Smart Options
CipherApp
In-app purchases
Advanced Search Smart Options
- Ad-Free Plan$3.99
CipherApp
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Advanced Search Smart Options free?
Is CipherApp free?
Which has better reviews, Advanced Search Smart Options or CipherApp?
Do Advanced Search Smart Options or CipherApp have ads?
Which is updated more often, Advanced Search Smart Options or CipherApp?
Other comparisons















