Comparison

Next Search App vs nCompHunt

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

Head to head
About

Next Search App

A minimalist, one-page search engine designed for speed, simplicity, and privacy. It offers smart suggestions and a distraction-free experience, optimized for all devices. Discover a streamlined way to find information quickly and securely.

Highlights
  • Minimalist one-page design
  • Fast and relevant search results
  • Smart suggestions as you type
  • Private and secure searches
  • Optimized for all devices
Features
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Next Search: Your Gateway to Simple, Fast, and Private Searching Next Search is a sleek, one-page search engine built for those who value speed, simplicity, and privacy. With a minimalist design free from distractions, Next Search delivers lightning-fast, relevant results tailored to your needs. Enjoy smart suggestions as you type, and trust that your searches remain private and secure. Optimized for any device, Next Search offers a seamless browsing experience whether you're at home or on the go. Say goodbye to cluttered search engines and discover a new, streamlined way to search with Next Search.

About

nCompHunt

Features
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nCompHunt is a native app that finds competitions and keeps them in front of you: competitive programming rounds, AI and machine-learning challenges, CTF security games, hackathons, and design contests, Vietnam-first and global. It is built with SwiftUI for iPhone and iPad. Category and region filters plus sort and group controls sit one tap away. Type a plain sentence into search and the on-device model turns it into a filter. Foreign-language listings translate on device with one tap, and the original stays a toggle away. A home-screen widget shows what is coming up without opening the app, and native notifications tell you the moment a new contest is found. Turn on calendar sync and a dedicated calendar keeps every deadline updated in place as contest details change, or add a single contest as an .ics import. Share any listing through the standard share sheet. Your data stays yours. There is no account to create, no telemetry, no analytics, and no back-end server between you and the sources. The app fetches listings directly, and the index it builds never leaves your device. Sources that work the moment you open the app, no setup required: - CTFtime - the worldwide CTF calendar - Devpost - global hackathons with prizes and deadlines - Codeforces - upcoming competitive-programming rounds - MLContests - open AI and ML competitions across several platforms - ybox.vn - Vietnamese design, scholarship, and general-interest contests - Contest Watchers - a creative and design competition directory Want broader coverage? Add your own free API keys in Settings to switch on clist.by, which brings hundreds more programming contests, and optional web-search discovery. Keys are stored in the Keychain, never in a plain file, and are sent only to the service they belong to. Every source has an on/off switch, and a source that fails or is unconfigured is simply skipped, never stopping the rest of a refresh. Touch and hold any contest to open its page, copy the link, share it, add it to your calendar, or mark it to track it through applied, joined, and done. nCompHunt is free and open source under the MIT license. It requires iOS 26 or later, keeps no account, and stays quietly obsessive about deadlines so you do not have to be.

Screenshots

Next Search App3 screens
nCompHunt4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Next Search App at 13.4 against nCompHunt's 26.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Next Search App versus nCompHunt: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNext Search AppnCompHunt
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS13.4 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB7 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperPost Marketplace Incnhan nguyen

In-app purchases

None

Next Search App

No in-app purchases

None

nCompHunt

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Next Search App free?
Next Search App is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is nCompHunt free?
nCompHunt is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Next Search App or nCompHunt have ads?
Neither Next Search App nor nCompHunt shows ads.

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