Edhita vs Samurai Search
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Edhita
This open-source application provides robust text editing capabilities for iOS devices. It allows users to manage files and directories, view content in a built-in browser, and download files via HTTPS. The app also offers convenient features like an accessory view for symbol input and markdown preview.
- Directory and file management
- Built-in file browser
- HTTPS file downloads
- Accessory view for symbols
- Send files to other apps
- Markdown preview
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Edhita is a open source text editor for iOS. # Features * Manage directories and files * View files in built-in browser * Download files by HTTPS * Input symbols by accessory view * Send files to another apps * Preview markdown The source code is available on GitHub. https://github.com/tnantoka/edhita
Samurai Search
Efficiently search text and PDF files across your device, iCloud, and external storage. Preview matched files or open them in other applications. Supports advanced search options like regular expressions.
- Search text and PDF files
- iCloud and external storage support
- File preview
- Regular expression support
- Customizable file types
- Saved search locations
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Search your iOS device or iCloud for text, source code, plain text files, and PDFs. Find matches inside files and preview results instantly, or open any matched file in your favourite editing or viewing app. Flexible search options: whole word, case sensitive (all file types), and regular expressions (for text files). Choose which files to include by selecting standard or custom text file types, or by searching filenames that match a pattern. Select where to search from On My iPad, iCloud Drive, or external file providers such as SMB and USB folders. When possible, the app retains saved search selections so you can quickly repeat the same searches later. If you search selected folders in iCloud Drive, matching iCloud files are synced to your device before searching, ensuring fast local results. Searching plain text files is extremely fast and memory efficient. PDF search speed depends on the document content and can be slow. Note also that PDF search may consume large amounts of memory which can cause Samurai Search to crash.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Samurai Search at 5.0 against Edhita's 3.5. Samurai Search also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 60%) and ads (none vs shown). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Samurai Search holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 24 and 25 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 60% of Edhita's written reviews are positive against 100% of Samurai Search's.
Edhita ships an update every 4 months, Samurai Search every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Edhita | Samurai Search |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (24 ratings) | 5.0 (25 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 60.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 24 | 25 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tatsuya Tobioka | Michael Rourke |
Customer experience
Edhita
Samurai Search
In-app purchases
Edhita
No in-app purchases
Samurai Search
No in-app purchases
