Just Search vs Text Search Replace
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Just Search
Access the internet rapidly through a variety of search engines and services. It remembers your search history and allows customization of your preferred search engines.
- Multiple search engine support
- Search history
- Customizable engine order
- Pin default engines
- Add/edit/remove engines
- OpenSearch standard support
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Search the WWW quickly with different search engines and services. Features: - Keeps a history list of your searches - Orders the engines automatically by the least recently used first - Pin your default engines to one of the first 4 spots - Add, edit and remove search engines - Find search engines with the OpenSearch standard - support for the iPhone X+
Text Search Replace
Enhance your note-taking experience with powerful text search and replace capabilities. This utility works across notes, clipboard, and other text-based apps, offering advanced options like case sensitivity and regex. Preview changes before applying them for error-free operations.
- Text search and replace
- Notes plugin integration
- Multi-app support
- Preview before replace
- Advanced settings (case, regex)
- Batch replacement
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#### Main Title：Text Search Replace: Notes #### Subtitle：Quick Find·Batch Replace Easy ● **Core Function**: Text Search & Replace ● **Notes Plugin**: Adds missing search/replace features to Notes ● **Multi-Scene Support**: Works with Notes, Clipboard & all text-based Apps ● **Preview Protection**: Check results before search/replace to avoid mistakes ● **Advanced Settings**: Case-sensitive, Regex, and Non-printable Characters supported ● **Flexible Operation**: Choose one-by-one replacement or batch replacement ● **Cross-Device Experience**: Input history cache, compatible with iPhone, iPad, Mac ● **Usage Benefits**: No usage limits after in-app purchase; free version gets access via watching ads
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Text Search Replace at Free against Just Search's $0.99. Text Search Replace also leads on update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 16 months) and ratings volume (10 vs 1). Just Search's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 3.8) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). On ads 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
Text Search Replace is free to download; Just Search costs $0.99 up front. Text Search Replace sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Just Search asks for nothing beyond the download.
Just Search holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Text Search Replace has 10 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Just Search ships an update every 16 months, Text Search Replace every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Just Search | Text Search Replace |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 3.8 (10 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 10 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 16 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 44 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Piet Jonas | 杨军 朱 |
Customer experience
Just Search
Text Search Replace
In-app purchases
Just Search
No in-app purchases
Text Search Replace
- Buy Pro Version$0.99
Questions
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