Comparison

Customize Search Engine vs Vector Search Bench

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Customize default search engine
  • Use custom search engines in Private Browse
  • Quick search with keywords
  • Emoji search on Emojipedia
  • Switch search engines by shortcuts
Features
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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.

About

Vector Search Bench

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Vector Search Bench is a high-signal, no-nonsense benchmark suite for vector similarity search on iPhone. Measure how fast and stable your device can score embeddings using the CPU (Accelerate/vDSP) versus the Apple Neural Engine (Core ML)—with real metrics you can trust. What you can benchmark Exact Top-K vector search (dot-product similarity) CPU path: Accelerate / vDSP optimized scoring NPU path: Core ML Dense inference tuned for Neural Engine scheduling Query-by-query execution with repeatable timing Intricate performance metrics Latency distribution: median, p95 Throughput: QPS Recall@K vs CPU reference (sanity check) Memory footprint and dataset sizing knobs Built for real-world AI systems

Screenshots

Customize Search Engine3 screens
Vector Search Bench4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Vector Search Bench at none against Customize Search Engine's 1. Customize Search Engine's advantage is device support (4 vs 1). On price, ads and iOS requirement 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Customize Search Engine sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Vector Search Bench asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Customize Search Engine versus Vector Search Bench: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCustomize Search EngineVector Search Bench
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (66 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews78.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings66 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.016.0
Further details — not scored
Size37 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCizzuk ShihuTsubasa Kato

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
Show 3 more
  • 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

Vector Search Bench

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Customize Search Engine

One-time1
  • Change App icon$0.99
None

Vector Search Bench

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Customize Search Engine free?
Customize Search Engine is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Vector Search Bench free?
Vector Search Bench is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Customize Search Engine or Vector Search Bench have ads?
Neither Customize Search Engine nor Vector Search Bench shows ads.

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