xEngine for Safari vs Extension AI
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
Extension AI
Enhance your web browsing with an AI assistant that summarizes, fact-checks, and explains content directly within your browser. Interact with AI to get concise summaries, verify information, and understand complex topics easily.
- Summarize articles
- Fact-check information
- Explain content (ELI5)
- Translate text
- Generate questions
- Analyze entire webpages
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Transform your browsing experience with Extension AI, a powerful Safari extension that brings ChatGPT's capabilities right to your fingertips. Whether you select specific text or analyze entire webpages, instantly interact with ChatGPT in multiple ways: • Ask questions and discuss content directly with ChatGPT • Fact-check information with sourced verification • Get concise summaries of long articles • Receive simple explanations (ELI5 style) • Extract key points from complex content • Translate text into multiple languages • Generate thought-provoking questions Supports 11 languages including English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Russian, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. Perfect for students, researchers, professionals, and anyone who wants to enhance their web browsing with AI assistance. Simple to use: Just select text or let the extension analyze the entire webpage, click the extension icon, choose your desired action, and get instant AI-powered insights.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: xEngine for Safari at 3.3 against Extension AI's 1.0. xEngine for Safari also leads on review sentiment (50% vs 40%) and ratings volume (6 vs 1). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
xEngine for Safari costs $1.99 and Extension AI $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
xEngine for Safari holds the better App Store score, 3.3 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: xEngine for Safari has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of xEngine for Safari's written reviews are positive against 40% of Extension AI's.
xEngine for Safari ships an update every 6 months, Extension AI every 10 months. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and September 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | xEngine for Safari | Extension AI |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 3.3 (6 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better | 40.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months — better | Every 10 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | +4 | 4+ |
| Developer | 磊 汪 | Pierre Stanislas |
Customer experience
xEngine for Safari
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In-app purchases
xEngine for Safari
No in-app purchases
Extension AI
No in-app purchases
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