Customize Search Engine vs Maculate
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Customize Search Engine
This Safari extension lets you customize your default search engine and settings. Easily switch between preferred search engines, including AI assistants, and modify options like hiding AI Overviews or changing language. It offers quick search shortcuts and emoji search functionality.
- Customize default search engine
- Use custom search engines in Private Browse
- Quick search with keywords
- Emoji search on Emojipedia
- Switch search engines by shortcuts
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Safari Extension to customize your search engine. This extension allows you to use your preferred search engines, such as non-default search engines or AI assistants. You can also use it to change search engine settings, for example, by hiding AI Overviews or changing language settings. ### Features ### --- Customize your Search Engine Change Safari's default search engine. --- CSE for Private Browse Switch search engines in Private Browse. --- Quick Search Enter the keyword to switch search engines. Example: - Search "br something" to search in Brave Search - Search "wiki Safari" to find Safari on Wikipedia - Search "yt Me at the zoo" to find the oldest videos on YouTube - Search "wbm example.com" to see past versions of the website --- Emoji Search If you enter only one emoji, you can search it on Emojipedia.org. --- Switch Search Engines by Shortcuts and Focus You can use a different custom search engine or disable CSE while at work, school, etc.
Maculate
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Maculate is a native frontend for Qalculate, an advanced calculator program with support for units. It supports just about anything you could imagine, and then some: - Hundreds of units and dozens of constants - Unit conversions - Solve for unknown values - Factorize equations - Calculus: Differentiate and Integrate - Calculate in different base systems - Calculate with time - Uncertainty Propagation - Economics - Matrices and Vectors - Combinatorics - Complex Numbers - Variable Assignment For a full list of features, refer to the Qalculate documentation. Please note that Maculate does not currently support plotting, dataset i/o, and realtime currency conversion.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Customize Search Engine at Free against Maculate's $4.99. Customize Search Engine also leads on device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.2). Maculate's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On ads 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
Customize Search Engine is free to download; Maculate costs $4.99 up front. Customize Search Engine sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Maculate asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Customize Search Engine | Maculate |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | 4.4 (66 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 77.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 66 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro — better | iPhone, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 18.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Cizzuk Shihu | Toastcat LLC |
Bugs and requests
Customize Search Engine
Reported bugs
8 issues- App crashes during export settings
- Inconsistent search results
- Safari freezes when using Brave Search
- Unremovable 'Open in the Google app' banner
- Rapid redirecting causing CAPTCHA issues
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- Block page sometimes stuck or slow
- Doesn't work on iOS
- Doesn't work at all
Requested features
4 requests- Add Ecosia as an option
- Support full-width space in quick search
- Sync settings between devices
- Improve redirect screen simplicity
Maculate
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Customize Search Engine
- Change App icon$0.99
Maculate
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Customize Search Engine free?
Is Maculate free?
Do Customize Search Engine or Maculate have ads?
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