Comparison

Quick Search File vs Where Is It

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

Head to head
About

Quick Search File

Instantly locate files across your device and cloud storage. This utility indexes local files, OneDrive, Dropbox, and iCloud Drive for rapid searching. Refine results with keywords, folder names, and file extensions.

Highlights
  • Lightning-fast search
  • Flexible query options
  • Folder name filtering
  • Extension search
  • Cloud drive support
  • Automatic index updates
  • Transparent results
Features
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Find your files in milliseconds. Quick Search File is a lightning-fast file search utility with support for OneDrive, Dropbox, iCloud Drive, and local files. No sign-in or registration required. Available in English / 日本語 / 繁體中文. Built for users who manage many files across local storage, iCloud Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox, and supported Files app locations, Quick Search File creates a searchable local index and delivers rapid results with clear filenames and folder paths. [Key Features] • Lightning-Fast Search Search indexed files with near-instant response and a clean, focused interface. • Flexible Query Options Use single keywords, multiple terms, or AND/OR logic to refine your results. • Folder Name Filtering Narrow results by folder name, with AND/OR search modes for more precise filtering. • Extension Search Find files by format, such as .pdf, .jpg, .docx, .xlsx, and more. • Cloud Drive Support Connect OneDrive and Dropbox to select folders and include supported cloud files in your searchable index. • Automatic Index Updates Subscribers can enable automatic index updates when the app opens or when folders are added, keeping search results up to date. • Folder-Based File Access Works with On My iPhone, iCloud Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox, and supported Files app locations that allow folder access. • Transparent Results Shows exact filenames and folder locations so you can quickly identify the file you need. Quick Search File is built for one purpose: helping you get to the right file faster. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Where Is It

Features
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Find anything in your home — a photo-first inventory organized by room. **THE PROBLEM** Where did you put the spare charger? The good scissors? That box of holiday lights? Every household has hundreds of small things, and remembering where each one lives is the kind of friction that nobody ever solves — until you're tearing apart drawers. **WHY YOUR NOTES APP ISN'T ENOUGH** Drop household items into the same notes app where work ideas, shopping lists, and meeting prep already live, and they get buried — filtering them out becomes its own search problem. Notes apps are built around text too, not photos, but you remember what a thing looks like, not what it's called. **THE SOLUTION** Where Is It uses your camera as the front door. Open a room, point at an object, snap. The app organizes every photo by the room it lives in — Living Room, Kitchen, Bedroom, Garage — so "where did I put it" is one tap, one scroll. Share a household with your partner over iCloud, in real time. Photo-first. Private by default. No ads, no tracking.

Screenshots

Quick Search File4 screens
Where Is It3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Where Is It at none against Quick Search File's 3. Quick Search File's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 6 weeks). On price, ads, device support 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. Quick Search File sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Where Is It asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Quick Search File ships an update every 5 days, Where Is It every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Quick Search File versus Where Is It: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQuick Search FileWhere Is It
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.1
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB25 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCHAO CHIN TINGSeung-Un Ham

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Quick Search File

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Plan$0.991 Month
  • Yearly Plan$7.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Pro$14.99
None

Where Is It

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Quick Search File free?
Quick Search File is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Where Is It free?
Where Is It is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Quick Search File or Where Is It have ads?
Neither Quick Search File nor Where Is It shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Quick Search File or Where Is It?
Quick Search File ships an update every 5 days, and Where Is It every 6 weeks. Most recently, Quick Search File was updated on October 21, 2026 and Where Is It on October 14, 2026.

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