Xplorer Web Browser vs Advanced Search Smart Options
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Xplorer Web Browser
A straightforward yet capable web browser offering essential utilities like tab management, custom search engines, and private browsing. It allows users to secure specific websites with a passcode or Touch ID.
- Passcode lock websites
- Tabs
- Custom search engines
- Private browsing mode
- HTML source view (in-app purchase)
- Universal search bar
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Xplorer is a simple but awesome web browser that is easy to use, but also packs in all the utilities that are needed in a browser. Features: Passcode lock web sites (use Touch ID if capable or a numeric passcode) Tabs Custom search engines History Bookmarks HTML source view (Requires in-app purchase) Private browsing mode Universal search bar Requires iOS 8
Advanced Search Smart Options
Simplify complex web searches by inputting keywords. This tool automatically generates advanced search queries with operators for precise results. Explore options like exact matches, date ranges, and specific file types.
- Keyword-based advanced search
- Automatic search operator generation
- AND, OR, and exclusion searches
- Numerical and date range filtering
- Specify site, domain, and file type
- Search scope selection (title, content, URL)
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This app allows you to perform advanced web searches with just inputting keywords. Web searches can be conducted using search operators, enabling various search options. However, using search operators often requires combining alphabets and symbols with spaces, which can become cumbersome. For instance, When you want to search for "Apple Inc." articles within Wikipedia's page content, you would need to input the following: allintext: apple -fruit site:wikipedia.org The app automatically generates such commands, enabling you to perform advanced searches by just inputting keywords. The search engine used is Google. Available Search Criteria ・AND search, including all keywords ・Exact match search for keywords ・OR search, including any of the keywords ・Exclusion search, excluding certain keywords from results ・Numerical ranges (e.g., from $1,000 to $5,000, from 3kg to 10kg) ・Range of update dates ・Language ・Region ・Specific sites or domains ・Related sites ・File formats (pdf, doc, xls, ppt, etc.) ・Search scope (page title only, page content only, page URL only, etc.)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Advanced Search Smart Options at 4.3 against Xplorer Web Browser's 2.3. Advanced Search Smart Options also leads on ratings volume (30 vs 3). Xplorer Web Browser's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 71%) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Xplorer Web Browser sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Advanced Search Smart Options sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Advanced Search Smart Options holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Advanced Search Smart Options has 30 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of Xplorer Web Browser's written reviews are positive against 71% of Advanced Search Smart Options's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Xplorer Web Browser ships an update every 2 weeks, Advanced Search Smart Options every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Xplorer Web Browser | Advanced Search Smart Options |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.3 (3 ratings) | 4.3 (30 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 71.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 30 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 8.1 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Ian Foose | manabu ueda |
Customer experience
Xplorer Web Browser
Advanced Search Smart Options
In-app purchases
Xplorer Web Browser
- Premium$0.99
- Xplorer Ultimate$2.99
Advanced Search Smart Options
- Ad-Free Plan$3.99
Questions
Is Xplorer Web Browser free?
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