Just Search vs xEngine for Safari
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+
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, and Perplexity — all without sacrificing privacy. Key Features: - Choose from popular engines like Brave, Yandex, Startpage, ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, 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 rating: Just Search at 5.0 against xEngine for Safari's 3.3. Just Search also leads on price ($0.99 vs $1.99). xEngine for Safari's advantage is update cadence (every 6 months vs every 16 months) and ratings volume (6 vs 1). 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
Just Search costs $0.99 and xEngine for Safari $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Just Search holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: xEngine for Safari has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Just Search ships an update every 16 months, xEngine for Safari every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Just Search | xEngine for Safari |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 3.3 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 6 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 16 months | Every 6 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | +4 |
| Developer | Piet Jonas | 磊 汪 |
Customer experience
Just Search
xEngine for Safari
In-app purchases
Just Search
No in-app purchases
xEngine for Safari
No in-app purchases
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