Comparison

Curiosity Quench vs Bangs!

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

Head to head
About

Curiosity Quench

This app helps you reduce endless scrolling and reclaim your time. It guides you to discover and act on your interests with personalized plans, curated content, and actionable steps. Spend less time on your phone and more time doing what you love.

Highlights
  • Discover interests
  • Save topics
  • Generate action plans
  • Curated videos and articles
  • Follow through with steps
  • Reduce screen time
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Replace your screen time with life time. Bye bye endless scrolling, hello Curiosity Quench: Built to help you scroll less and do more of the things you actually enjoy. Discover what you love doing and do it using our custom curated, actionable plans for YOUR unique curiosities and interests. - Explore and find what interests you - Save the topic(s) that peak your curiosity - Generate a curated plan to help you take ACTION - Watch videos and read articles that were hand selected for you - Do the thing: follow the steps and watch content curated to help you follow through. - Do more of the things that you actually enjoy and forget about checking your phone 24/7 - Reduce screen time and scroll less in the process. Scroll less, live more. Terms of use and service: https://www.curiosityquench.com/tos READY TO QUENCH?

About

Bangs!

Features
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Bangs! - Search Faster in Safari Unlock the power of "bangs" on every search engine! Bangs! is a Safari Web Extension that brings DuckDuckGo-style search shortcuts to Google, Bing, Yahoo, and more. Stop navigating to websites just to search them - do it directly from your address bar. WHAT ARE BANGS? Bangs are short commands that let you search other sites directly. Want to look something up on Wikipedia? Just type !w swift into your Safari search bar. Need a repository on GitHub? Type !gh [query]. Bangs! intercepts these commands and takes you exactly where you want to go. KEY FEATURES: - Thousands of Built-in Bangs: Access a massive library of shortcuts for Wikipedia, YouTube, Amazon, GitHub, Reddit, and thousands more. - Create Custom Bangs: Have a specific site or internal tool you use daily? Create your own custom shortcuts (e.g., !mytool) with ease. - Seamless Integration: Works automatically within Google, Bing, DuckDuckGo, Yahoo, and Ecosia. - Privacy First: Bangs! processes everything locally on your device. Your search history stays private and is never sent to our servers. - Lightweight & Fast: Designed to be virtually invisible until you need it, with no impact on browsing speed. HOW TO USE: 1. Enable the extension in Safari Settings. 2. Go to your favorite search engine (like Google). 3. Type a bang followed by your search term (e.g., !yt funny cats). 4. Hit enter and go straight to the results! Stop wasting time with extra clicks. Search smarter, faster, and more efficiently with Bangs!

Screenshots

Curiosity Quench4 screens
Bangs!4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Curiosity Quench at Free against Bangs!'s $0.99. Curiosity Quench also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.0). Bangs!'s advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 9). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Curiosity Quench is free to download; Bangs! costs $0.99 up front. Curiosity Quench sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per 7 days. Bangs! asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Curiosity Quench versus Bangs!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCuriosity QuenchBangs!
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.4 (210 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings210 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size130 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerjack ingramSayan Goswami

Bugs and requests

Curiosity Quench

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Honestly really cool app, but the swipe right just doesn't seem to work
  • Mine keeps saying that it'll give me a credit every 20 hours but it isn't
  • The custom video generation doesn't work
  • When setting up the app, I scrolled for so long trying to find anything related to motorsports in general, and anything motorsport related I have to pay for
  • It gets you stuck there and I couldn't tap the button or anything to get past and had to reload the app

Requested features

2 requests
  • Add skateboarding to the list of interests
  • Add filters when generating a plan like a free filter or an at home filter or a filter for activities with friends

Bangs!

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

9 purchases

Curiosity Quench

Subscriptions6
  • Weekly Premium$1.497 Days
  • Monthly Premium 2$2.991 Month
  • Premium Access$3.991 Month
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  • 3 Month Premium$9.993 Months
  • Yearly Premium$17.991 Year
  • Premium Access7 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time3
  • 10 Quench Credits$0.99
  • 99 Quench Credits$3.99
  • Lifetime Premium$44.99
None

Bangs!

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Curiosity Quench free?
Curiosity Quench is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Bangs! free?
Bangs! costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Curiosity Quench or Bangs! have ads?
Neither Curiosity Quench nor Bangs! shows ads.

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