QuickSearch PDF Reader vs FMS 737
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
QuickSearch PDF Reader
This app provides lightning-fast text searching within PDF documents, both individually and across your entire library. It also functions as a smooth PDF viewer with intuitive navigation and zooming capabilities.
- Instant text search within PDFs
- Cross-document search
- Natural page navigation
- Pinch-to-zoom and double-tap zoom
- Scrub bar for document navigation
- Import from other apps and iTunes File Sharing
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"QuickSearch PDF Reader is the tool you didn't realize you needed ... searches are extra fast but it's the interface design that shines ... a terrific app" -- The Unofficial Apple Weblog (tuaw.com) QuickSearch PDF Reader makes it fast and easy to find text in PDF documents. When you add a document, it is scanned in the background, so when you search, results are instant. And as well as searching within a document, you can search across all your documents at once. It’s also a great PDF viewer with a very natural style of navigation. It snaps to page boundaries, yet it’s easy to flick past them. Zooming is straightforward by pinching, or you can double-tap a region of text to zoom to fit. You can easily jump to any part of the document using the scrub bar. And everything is lightning-fast, even on large documents. You can easily get your documents into QuickSearch from other apps on your iPad or iPhone that support the "Open In..." function, such as Mail, Safari, or Dropbox. You can also use iTunes File Sharing to transfer documents to and from your Mac or PC. Full step-by-step instructions are included.
FMS 737
This application provides a free-play simulation of the B737 Flight Management System. It's designed for training centers to help pilots familiarize themselves with the system before simulator sessions, offering an easy-to-use interface and comprehensive functions.
- B737 FMS simulation
- Free play mode
- Accurate simulation
- Easy-to-use interface
- Complete set of functions
- Pilot familiarization tool
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This app requires a user account provided by your Eca Faros representative. B737 Flight Management System Trainer is ECA Group solution to training centers’ need for B737 FMS familiarization tools. It offers a free play and accurate simulation, bringing a great added value before entering into simulators expensive sessions. Pilots’ transition to B737 complex flight management system is smoothly performed thanks to an easy-to-use interface and a complete set of available functions.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: FMS 737 at Free against QuickSearch PDF Reader's $2.99. QuickSearch PDF Reader's advantage is rating (3.8 vs 3.0) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 10 months). On ads and in-app purchases 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
FMS 737 is free to download; QuickSearch PDF Reader costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
QuickSearch PDF Reader holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: QuickSearch PDF Reader has 25 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of QuickSearch PDF Reader's written reviews are positive against 50% of FMS 737's.
QuickSearch PDF Reader ships an update every 5 weeks, FMS 737 every 10 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | QuickSearch PDF Reader | FMS 737 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.8 (25 ratings) — better | 3.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 67.2% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 25 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 10 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Olive Toast Software Ltd | ECA Faros |
Customer experience
QuickSearch PDF Reader
FMS 737
Bugs and requests
QuickSearch PDF Reader
Reported bugs
12 issues- Dropbox authentication fails with reCAPTCHA not displaying
- App crashes when opening certain PDF documents
- Search function crashes during use
- Cannot access PDF files on iPad Air 2
- File upload functionality not working
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- Search fails to find all instances of words in documents
- Inconsistent search results with multi-column PDFs
- App crashes when handling large file collections (2GB+)
- Cannot open user manual without crashing
- Search misses words mixed with numbers
- Case-sensitive search issues
- Poor performance with non-English character sets
Requested features
16 requests- Text highlighting and underlining capabilities
- Note-taking and annotation features
- Folder creation and document organization
- Microsoft OneDrive integration
- Google Translate integration
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- Copy and translate functionality
- Advanced search options (exact match, case sensitivity)
- Document renaming capability
- Tab support for multiple PDFs
- PDF index/table of contents navigation
- Support for additional file formats (.txt, .doc)
- Batch file export functionality
- Search results listing with page numbers
- OCR support for scanned documents
- Right-to-left language support
- Folder-based search filtering
FMS 737
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
QuickSearch PDF Reader
No in-app purchases
FMS 737
No in-app purchases
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