Comparison

百度 vs 烁SHUO

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

Head to head
About

百度

This app offers a powerful AI-driven search engine with multi-modal capabilities, including image and voice recognition. It also provides access to trending news, short videos, novels, and short dramas, enhanced by an AI assistant for various tasks like problem-solving and content generation.

Highlights
  • AI-powered multi-modal search
  • Trending news and videos
  • AI assistant for problem-solving
  • AI image and video generation
  • Voice recognition with dialect support
  • Extensive novel and short drama library
Features
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【智能搜索】 强大的搜索引擎,搭载文心一言大模型,多模态搜索,所见即所得,更深度、精准理解你的搜索意图,快速识别图片内容,直达你想要的结果。 【热门资讯】 精选新闻资讯、视频、漫画等优质内容,热门评论置顶显示,查看、互动更方便。 【文心助手】AI全能助手,即时解决你的所有问题。深入研究、深度搜索,为你解决复杂问题;AI拍题,一键解惑学习难题;AI生图、AI生成视频、AI写作,精彩内容跃然屏幕,还能AI语音通话、视频通话、文字聊天,带给你全新的AI体验! 【短视频】 首页底部快速进入视频频道,海量明星娱乐、搞笑段子、经典剧集视频,还能拍小视频记录身边新鲜事,简单操作能拍又能看。 【语音识别】 加入更懂中文的语音识别技术,新增方言识别能力,支持语音播报资讯,精准理解你的语音指令,即使在嘈杂环境中也能清晰识别,沟通无障碍。 【小说/短剧】 海量正版小说、短剧随心看,小说支持书架列表、阅读进度可多台设备自动云同步。短剧涵盖都市、爱情等多种题材,智能推荐,精准匹配你的短剧喜好。

About

烁SHUO

This app provides a real-time communication and connection tool for users to find people, discuss current events, or share ideas. It aims to accelerate all interactions, eliminating waiting times and uncertainty for a new communication experience.

Highlights
  • Real-time communication
  • Find people and connections
  • Discuss current events
  • Share ideas instantly
  • Accelerated interactions
  • Community for students
Features
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每个人都是KOL、每个人被关注、每个人都在世界的中心... 一天的任何时候,有问题、有想法、有需求,想找人、想找搭子、想聊时事或者想倾诉,烁SHUO都是你独一无二的工具,让你拥有全新的交流、通讯体验! 不用再担心合适的人不会实时回复你 -- 烁SHUO让你的一切交流、提问、想法都被加速。NO MORE等待,NO MORE不确定性,NO MORE花时间写内容! 烁SHUO现已面向大学生开放,并且会保持每周一次以上的快速更新!希望朋友们多多提意见,我们也将会根据大家提出的意见快速更新喔~ 关键词 社区、大学生、00后、求职、创业、soul、生活、聊天、群聊、交友

Screenshots

百度4 screens
烁SHUO4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: 烁SHUO at none against 百度's 12. 烁SHUO also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (67% vs 43%). 百度's advantage is ratings volume (31K vs 5) and rating (4.5 vs 4.2). On price, update cadence and iOS requirement 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

Both are free to download. 百度 sells 12 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. 烁SHUO asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

百度 holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: 百度 has 31K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 43% of 百度's written reviews are positive against 67% of 烁SHUO's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

百度 ships an update weekly, 烁SHUO every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
百度 versus 烁SHUO: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter百度烁SHUO
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (31K ratings) — better4.2 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews43.3% of reviews66.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings31K — better5
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 5 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size450 MB26 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperBeijing Baidu Netcom Science & Technology Co.,LtdNanjing Weiyuan Zongheng Network Technology Co., Ltd.

Customer experience

百度

All ratings31,474 ratings
Positive87.2%
Neutral3.7%
Negative9.1%
Written reviews773 reviews
Positive43.3%
Neutral3.9%
Negative52.8%

烁SHUO

All ratings5 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

Bugs and requests

百度

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Disappearing videos and content
  • Inability to change language or account settings
  • Compatibility issues with older devices and browsers

Requested features

4 requests
  • Improve search relevance and quality of results
  • Provide better content filtering and customization options
  • Offer multilingual support and localization
  • Enhance user privacy and data protection

烁SHUO

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

12 purchases

百度

Subscriptions1
  • 度会员(连续包月)7 Days trial$1.991 Month
One-time11
  • 3元虚拟货币$0.99
  • 小说600书豆$0.99
  • 小说800书豆$0.99
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  • 12元虚拟货币$1.99
  • 小说会员(1个月)$2.99
  • 小说1800书豆$2.99
  • 30元虚拟货币$3.99
  • 小说3000书豆$3.99
  • 50元虚拟货币$6.99
  • 小说9800书豆$14.99
  • 108元虚拟货币$14.99
None

烁SHUO

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is 百度 free?
百度 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is 烁SHUO free?
烁SHUO is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, 百度 or 烁SHUO?
百度 is rated higher. 百度 averages 4.5 out of 5 from 31K ratings, while 烁SHUO averages 4.2 from 5 ratings.
Do 百度 or 烁SHUO have ads?
百度 shows ads; 烁SHUO does not.
Which is updated more often, 百度 or 烁SHUO?
百度 ships an update weekly, and 烁SHUO every 5 days. Most recently, 百度 was updated on October 14, 2026 and 烁SHUO on September 29, 2026.

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