Roccat vs xEngine for Safari
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Roccat
Access your desktop browser tabs on your mobile device. Share websites wirelessly and enjoy a distraction-free reading experience with multiple display modes. Optimized for speed and ease of use.
- Access desktop tabs on mobile
- Wireless website sharing
- Distraction-free reader mode
- Night, day, and sepia modes
- FusedBar for searches and addresses
- Fast browsing experience
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The browser you all know and love for Mac now on the small screen! Roccat:Connect gives you access to your desktop's open tabs on your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad from Roccat on your Mac over RClouds. Roccat:Connect is packed with a miniature version of the amazing Roccat Browser, it has the ability to share websites to other Roccat and Roccat:Connect users using Roccat Flick wirelessly. Roccat:Connect is super fast and makes browsing easy, you can use the FusedBar (address bar) to enter web addresses or perform google searches, or you can even browse through your cloud tabs from your Mac! Roccat:Connect has great reader abilities, turning your favourite articles into distraction free beautiful articles, with night mode, day mode and sepia mode options. ============== Requirements ============== Roccat Flick requires the other user to have Roccat 2.5 or above for Mac (free) or Roccat:Connect 1.0 or above for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. RClouds for desktop open tab access requires Roccat 2.0 or above (free) with an RClouds account (free), on a Mac with Leopard or above (PPC or intel). Download Roccat for Mac at: http://www.runecats.com/Roccat.dmg
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.
- 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
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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, Perplexity, Gemini, and Duck.ai. Privacy is a top priority: xEngine requests only the permissions it needs. On iOS 17, iPadOS 17, macOS 14 and later, it requires permission to view browsing history to function properly within Safari, but it only accesses the current session's URL to identify the search engine. All processing is done locally, and your personal information never leaves your device, ensuring your privacy is fully protected. Key Features: - Choose from popular engines like Brave, Yandex, Startpage, ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini, Duck.ai, 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.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: xEngine for Safari at 50% against Roccat's 0%. xEngine for Safari also leads on rating (3.3 vs 3.0) and ratings volume (6 vs 2). Roccat's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 6 months) and price ($0.99 vs $1.99). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
Roccat costs $0.99 and xEngine for Safari $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
xEngine for Safari holds the better App Store score, 3.3 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 6 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Roccat's written reviews are positive against 50% of xEngine for Safari's.
Roccat ships an update monthly, xEngine for Safari every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Roccat | xEngine for Safari |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) | 3.3 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 6 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Runecats | 磊 汪 |
Customer experience
Roccat
xEngine for Safari
In-app purchases
Roccat
No in-app purchases
xEngine for Safari
No in-app purchases
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