Comparison

The Magic Highlighter vs Funnel

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

Head to head
About

The Magic Highlighter

This Safari extension automatically highlights your search terms on search result pages across popular engines. It offers a private, on-device solution to quickly find the information you need, replacing traditional find-in-page functions with enhanced capabilities.

Highlights
  • Highlights search terms automatically
  • Supports popular search engines
  • 100% private, on-device processing
  • Replaces 'Find in page'
  • Customizable highlight colors
  • Highlights multiple terms
Features
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Introducing the Magic Highlighter, a Safari Extension for iPhone, iPad, and Mac that automatically highlights search terms and phrases on search result web pages. Find what you’ve been searching for. * Supports all popular search engines, including Google, Bing, DuckDuckGo, Ecosia, Neeva, Kagi, and Brave Search! * %100 private! All data processed on-device, with no data collection * Automatically highlight search terms and phrases on search result web pages * Full replacement for the "Find in page" share sheet action, and the ⌘-F keyboard shortcut! * Use the ⌘-Shift-F keyboard shortcut on Mac and iPad (with external keyboard) to change highlight colors, and disable highlights for specific terms and phrases * Supports highlighting MULTIPLE terms and phrases ⌘-F(TW)!

About

Funnel

Quickly capture thoughts, tasks, notes, photos, sketches, and songs to your favorite apps. Integrates with popular productivity tools and offers convenient widgets for instant access.

Highlights
  • Capture tasks to multiple to-do apps
  • Send notes and photos to PKM apps
  • Capture sketches and calendar events
  • Home Screen and Lock Screen Widgets
  • Shortcuts and Share Sheet support
  • Built-in document scanner
  • Song capture via Shazam integration
Features
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Funnel allows you to effortlessly capture your thoughts and moments to various apps and services. The inspiration to capture something quickly comes from ideas written by David Allen, in his book Getting Things Done. Features: ======= • Capture tasks to Reminders, Todoist, OmniFocus or Things with due dates in natural language. • Capture notes and photos to a variety of popular note taking and personal knowledge management apps. • Capture sketches and calendar events • Beautiful Home Screen and Lock Screen Widgets • Shortcuts Support • A built in document scanner. • Use Shazam to capture your songs directly to your apps. • iCloud Sync for your Destinations • A timeline showing your recent captures • A selection of delightful app icons to pick from. • A lock screen widget to easily access Funnel from your lock screen. • Drag and drop images or text from other apps into Funnel. • Once you capture something with Funnel, Funnel also provides you with a link to easily switch to the newly captured item. • Long press the Funnel icon for quick home screen actions. • Integration with the iOS Share Sheet (currently within the Funnel app only) • Dynamic Island/Live Activities Support • Control Center Widgets Creating Destinations: ================ To link Funnel to your note-taking or task management apps, navigate to the 'Destination' Tab, select 'Add New Destination', and choose an app from the provided list. After adding a Destination, you can click on it for further customization. You can also define templates that get appended or prepended along with your capture. Your Destinations and the order of your Destinations are all synced to your private iCloud account. Funnel offers 30 captures for free, and then requires a subscription or a lifetime purchase. All Yearly Subscriptions come with a 1-week free trial. Enjoy Funneling! Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

The Magic Highlighter4 screens
Funnel4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Funnel at Free against The Magic Highlighter's $1.99. Funnel also leads on rating (4.6 vs 3.9) and review sentiment (80% vs 47%). The Magic Highlighter's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 6 weeks). On ratings volume and ads 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

Funnel is free to download; The Magic Highlighter costs $1.99 up front. Funnel sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. The Magic Highlighter asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Funnel holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 20 and 43 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 47% of The Magic Highlighter's written reviews are positive against 80% of Funnel's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

The Magic Highlighter ships an update every 3 weeks, Funnel every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 12, 2026 and July 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
The Magic Highlighter versus Funnel: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThe Magic HighlighterFunnel
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating3.9 (20 ratings)4.6 (43 ratings) — better
Positive reviews46.9% of reviews80.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2043 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB36 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperHerd Works IncNoteSight Labs ApS

Customer experience

The Magic Highlighter

All ratings20 ratings
Positive65.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews32 reviews
Positive46.9%
Neutral12.5%
Negative40.6%

Funnel

All ratings43 ratings
Positive88.4%
Neutral2.3%
Negative9.3%
Written reviews25 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral4.0%
Negative16.0%

In-app purchases

None

The Magic Highlighter

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Funnel

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Pro$1.991 Month
  • Yearly Pro7 Days trial$14.991 Year
One-time2
  • Lifetime: Early Discount$39.99
  • Lifetime$49.99

Questions

Is The Magic Highlighter free?
The Magic Highlighter costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Funnel free?
Funnel is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, The Magic Highlighter or Funnel?
Funnel is rated higher. The Magic Highlighter averages 3.9 out of 5 from 20 ratings, while Funnel averages 4.6 from 43 ratings.
Do The Magic Highlighter or Funnel have ads?
Neither The Magic Highlighter nor Funnel shows ads.
Which is updated more often, The Magic Highlighter or Funnel?
The Magic Highlighter ships an update every 3 weeks, and Funnel every 6 weeks. Most recently, The Magic Highlighter was updated on September 12, 2026 and Funnel on July 11, 2026.

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