Comparison

xEngine for Safari vs QuickSelect for Safari

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

QuickSelect for Safari

Features
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This Safari extension enables fast, precise text selection on any webpage by letting you select text at the paragraph, sentence, or word level, with an option to extend the current selection. It works across all parts of the site, respects editable fields and code blocks, and adapts to the content language using built-in sentence segmentation when system support is available. A simple toolbar toggle and status icon make it easy to see when it’s active and which mode is selected. When text selection feels inconsistent or hard to control, this extension provides a more predictable alternative. Designed for people who read or research online, it supports cleaner quoting, translation, and note-taking workflows. It’s ideal for students, writers, editors, translators, and anyone working across multiple languages. If you regularly scan long articles, compare passages, or collect snippets for documents or study materials, it helps keep text selection consistent and reliable without breaking your flow.

Screenshots

xEngine for Safari3 screens
QuickSelect for Safari1 screens

Verdict

The call

xEngine for Safari and QuickSelect for Safari are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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 QuickSelect for Safari $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
xEngine for Safari versus QuickSelect for Safari: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterxEngine for SafariQuickSelect for Safari
Price$1.99$1.99
Rating3.3 (6 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB5 MB
Age rating+44+
Developer磊 汪hkitago

In-app purchases

None

xEngine for Safari

No in-app purchases

None

QuickSelect for Safari

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is xEngine for Safari free?
xEngine for Safari costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is QuickSelect for Safari free?
QuickSelect for Safari costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do xEngine for Safari or QuickSelect for Safari have ads?
Neither xEngine for Safari nor QuickSelect for Safari shows ads.

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