Comparison

xEngine for Safari vs Text Mod

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

Head to head
About

xEngine for Safari

This utility app allows users to customize their default search engine within Safari. It supports a wide variety of popular and AI-powered search engines, and enables users to add their own custom options while prioritizing privacy through local processing.

Highlights
  • Customize Safari's default search engine
  • Support for popular search engines
  • Add custom AI search engines
  • Local data processing for privacy
  • Manage your own search engines
Features
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xEngine — Customize Your Safari's Default Search Engine Tired of Safari's limited search options? xEngine gives you control. Switch between a wide range of search engines — or add your own, including AI engines like ChatGPT, Claude, and Perplexity — all without sacrificing privacy. Key Features: - Choose from popular engines like Brave, Yandex, Startpage, ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, and more - Add and manage your own custom search engines - Local processing only — xEngine never collects your data Simple. Private. Yours. Download xEngine and search the web your way.

About

Text Mod

Features
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Text Mod are powerful text utilities tool use for search, list, edit or modify text characters by using RegEx fast and easy. Features: ==Find & Count== Find and count search string in text ==Find & Replace== Find and replace search string in text ==Find in Between & List== Find and list string in between search text, eg. Find in between "I" and "You" in "I Love You, I Miss You, I Wait You" will result in "Love, Miss, Wait" ==Find in Between & Replace== Find and Replace string in between search text, eg. Find in Between "I" and "You" and replace with "And" in "I Love You, I Miss You, I Wait You" will result in "I And You, I And You, I And You" ==Find URL & List== Find and list URL in search text, will return url such as http://www.nitrio.com, http://www.abc.com ==Find Email & List== Find and list Email in search text, will return email such as abc@abb.com, vivi@nini.com ==Find HashTag & List== Find and list HashTag in search text, will return HashTag such as #Happy, #GoLucky ==Find RegEx & List== A RegEx, or Regular Expression, is a sequence of characters that forms a search pattern. RegEx can be used to check if a string contains the specified search pattern. Example: [0-9]{5} give search result exactly five integer letters such as 25125, 23652 [a-z]+, give search result such as hello, end, [including the comma] #[a-z0-9]+ give search result such as #meme12, #city, #doremi256 c[a-z]+ give search result such as cat, comma, city [0-9]{3}-[0-9]{5} give search result such as 253-52365, 563-95201, 598-12045 Search result is listed in difference way, such as: Original - default each individual result in newline. Comma - add a comma behind each result. Number - add a number behind each result. Custom - user defines what to include in front and behind individual result. Thanks for your support and do visit nitrio.com for more apps for your iOS devices.

Screenshots

xEngine for Safari3 screens
Text Mod4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: xEngine for Safari at every 6 months against Text Mod's every 38 months. xEngine for Safari also leads on price ($1.99 vs $3.99). Text Mod's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

xEngine for Safari costs $1.99 and Text Mod $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

xEngine for Safari ships an update every 6 months, Text Mod every 38 months. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
xEngine for Safari versus Text Mod: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterxEngine for SafariText Mod
Price$1.99 — better$3.99
Rating3.3 (6 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 months — betterEvery 38 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB8 MB
Age rating+44+
Developer磊 汪Heng Jia Liang

In-app purchases

None

xEngine for Safari

No in-app purchases

None

Text Mod

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is xEngine for Safari free?
xEngine for Safari costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Text Mod free?
Text Mod costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do xEngine for Safari or Text Mod have ads?
Neither xEngine for Safari nor Text Mod shows ads.
Which is updated more often, xEngine for Safari or Text Mod?
xEngine for Safari ships an update every 6 months, and Text Mod every 38 months. Most recently, xEngine for Safari was updated on September 20, 2026 and Text Mod on September 17, 2026.

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