Comparison

Multi Search Engine vs WhereMate

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

Head to head
About

Multi Search Engine

Enhance your browsing with a powerful search tool that integrates with Safari. Switch between multiple search engines instantly from your address bar to find information faster. This utility is available for iOS, iPadOS, and macOS.

Highlights
  • Switch between search engines
  • Integrates with Safari
  • Fast search functionality
  • Supports iOS, iPadOS, and macOS
  • Single purchase for full features
Features
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Upgrade your Safari browsing and search experience by purchasing MultiSearchEngine. With a single purchase, you gain access to a full-featured search tool that supports iOS, iPadOS, and macOS. With MultiSearchEngine, you can significantly enhance your search efficiency within the browser, elevating your overall browsing experience.  MultiSearchEngine is an extension for Safari, allowing you to conveniently switch between various search engines. For instance, you can type "bn mountain" in the address bar to quickly search "mountain" using the Bing engine, or type "bd mountain" to swiftly transition to the Baidu engine for searching "mountain", all without navigating away from your current page. - -

About

WhereMate

Record where you store items using voice, text, or photos. Quickly retrieve the location, associated notes, and images of anything you've saved. Organize items within boxes and print QR labels for easy scanning.

Highlights
  • Log items with voice, text, or photos
  • Fast retrieval of item location and notes
  • Organize items within boxes
  • Printable QR labels for boxes
  • Private, on-device storage
  • Light and Dark mode support
Features
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Put it away. Find it later. Just say where you put something — "the charger is in the kitchen junk drawer" — and WhereMate files the thing and the place. Months later, ask, and see the place, the photo and your note. • Say it, type it, or snap a photo. One sentence is enough. • Find anything fast: the place first, then the box, the photo and your note. • Every save shows what was saved, with Undo and one-tap fixes. • Places hold boxes, and boxes hold things. Know what's in every box. • Print a QR label for any box, or save it as a PDF. Scan the label with WhereMate to see inside. • Made for iPhone and iPad, in Light or Dark. Private by design Your library stays on your device. No account, no ads, no tracking, and nothing is sent to us. Speech and photo recognition run on your device. On supported devices, Apple's on-device language model helps understand what you said; everywhere else WhereMate's own rules do the same job, on your device. Simple pricing Free for your first 5 things. One purchase unlocks unlimited things and every label design. No subscription. If you used WhereMate before version 6.0, unlimited things stay free for you. Great for passports and documents, rings and keepsakes, chargers and spare keys, seasonal bins, storage units and moving boxes.

Screenshots

Multi Search Engine2 screens
WhereMate4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: WhereMate at Free against Multi Search Engine's $0.99. WhereMate also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 7 months) and ratings volume (5 vs 1). Multi Search Engine's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.2) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). On review sentiment 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

WhereMate is free to download; Multi Search Engine costs $0.99 up front. WhereMate sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Multi Search Engine asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Multi Search Engine holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: WhereMate has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Multi Search Engine ships an update every 7 months, WhereMate weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Multi Search Engine versus WhereMate: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMulti Search EngineWhereMate
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.2 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings15 — better
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB20 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer伟胜 林HS Technologies, LLC

Customer experience

Multi Search Engine

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

WhereMate

All ratings5 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Multi Search Engine

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

WhereMate

One-time1
  • Unlock WhereMate$9.99

Questions

Is Multi Search Engine free?
Multi Search Engine costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is WhereMate free?
WhereMate is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Multi Search Engine or WhereMate?
Multi Search Engine is rated higher. Multi Search Engine averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while WhereMate averages 4.2 from 5 ratings.
Do Multi Search Engine or WhereMate have ads?
Neither Multi Search Engine nor WhereMate shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Multi Search Engine or WhereMate?
Multi Search Engine ships an update every 7 months, and WhereMate weekly. Most recently, Multi Search Engine was updated on October 23, 2026 and WhereMate on October 30, 2026.

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