Search

The pendant to “desktop search” – i.e. to quickly find installed apps and stored content.

Search Apps

2020-09-17

Swift Search (4.4@23) 11 3 LastUpdate: 2018-09-18
FTWFT - Find the word for you (4.4@7) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-12-01 Github; search in printed text via camera
Andro Search (Files Contacts) (4.2@2,681) Ǥ 11 3 LastUpdate: 2017-05-04
Fast Finder (4.2@1,965) Ǥ 11 1 LastUpdate: 2018-04-17 apps, contacts & more
Quick Search (4.2@79) 6 1 LastUpdate: 2017-07-08
Quick Search (4.2@49) 7 5 LastUpdate: 2016-05-15
Quick Search (4@11,906) Ǥ 17 8
Search Everything (3.9@2,107) 3 1 LastUpdate: 2016-03-19
DocSearch (Search Filename & File Content) (3.9@252) Ǥ 9 2 / DocSearch+ (Search Filename & File Content) (4.6@56) Ǥ 10 2 full text file searcher
Search Everything Lite (3.9@91) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-12-16 / Everything - Smart Search (3.8@81) 5 1 LastUpdate: 2016-07-06

Web Search

2020-09-17

Select Text to Search (4.9@15) 0 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; add a "Web search" action to the text selection toolbar
DuckDuckGo Privacy Browser (4.7@620,538) 12 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; Vorstellung 1/2018 | 4/2018; Kurzvorstellung 5/2015; Intro 10/2018 | 3/2019; Datenschutz-Test 9/2019 incl. tracking protection, site rating & TOSDR
Smart Search & Web Browser – light & fast engine (4.6@71,848) Ǥ 16 4
Ixquick Search (4.6@4,588) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-11-17 private search
TSearch.in (4.6@164) 8 6 LastUpdate: 2016-02-20 „privacy oriented“ web search
Phone book, caller ID, weather, timetables, etc. (4.5@13,461) Ǥ 17 1
Easy Searcher (4.5@48) Ǥ 4 4 LastUpdate: 2016-09-12
Startpage Private Search (4.4@15,462) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Kurzvorstellung 5/2015; Vorstellung 4/2018; Datenschutz-Test 9/2019 private web search
Just Search (4.4@61) 0 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-04-03 Github
Quick Search Widget 🔍 (free) (4.3@10,951) Ǥ 5 5 / Quick Search Widget 🔍 (4.8@430; ~EUR 1.00) Ǥ 4 2
MetaGer Search (4.3@133) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Datenschutz-Test 9/2019
Multi Search (4.3@112) Ǥ 8 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-07-30
Simple Search (4.3@100) 0 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-07-06 Github; Vorstellung & Howto 9/2019
Muti Search Browser (4.3@64) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2013-11-02
eTools Private Search (4.2@270) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ private search
Onion Search Engine (4.1@2,317) Ǥ 5 7
Search Engine Search It : Multiple Search Engines (4.1@242) 3 2
Swisscows Search (4.1@118) Ǥ 10 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-03-27 Vorstellung 4/2018 | 9/2019
Search Engines | All in One (4.1@94) 3 2 LastUpdate: 2016-09-01
Multi Search Pro (4.1@67) 2 2 LastUpdate: 2017-11-19
Multi Search - Alpha (4.1@8; ~EUR 1.50) 3 1 LastUpdate: 2016-06-13
Custom Search Bar Widget CSBW (4@2,546) Ǥ 11 3
Qwant - Privacy & Ethics (3.9@9,225) Ǥ 22 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Vorstellung 3/2017 | 4/2018
Quick Search (3.8@226) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2014-09-26
searxer (0@0) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; search the web using Searx API
Custom Search (0@0) 0 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-09-06 Github

Image Search

2020-09-08

Img Sauce (4.7@89) Ǥ 5 2 LastUpdate: 2018-06-20
Google Lens (4.5@673,110) Ǥ 11 1 successor of Google Goggles that is based on Google Assistant, see Wikipedia: Google Lens
Image Search - ImageSearchMan (4.5@66,299) Ǥ 13 6
Image Search - PictPicks (4.5@10,805) Ǥ 7 4
Image Search (4.4@17,562) Ǥ 7 10
Search By Image (4.3@34,796) Ǥ 8 4
Photo Sherlock - Reverse Image Search (4.2@25,180) Ǥ 9 3
Reverse Image Search (Multi-Engines) (4.2@7,571) Ǥ 6 3 / Reverse Image Search : search by image (4.1@1,962) Ǥ 8 3
Image Search (4@3,026) 6 5 LastUpdate: 2017-12-16
Image Search (3.8@112) 7 5 LastUpdate: 2017-01-14
Image Search Tool (3.8@20) 5 1 LastUpdate: 2016-02-11
PicFinder - Image Search (3.7@61,198) 5 4
Search by image (3.7@4,268) Ǥ 8 17 LastUpdate: 2017-11-12
JS Image Finder: Image Search (3.7@1,462) Ǥ 7 4 LastUpdate: 2016-06-04
Search By An Image (3.7@504) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2015-06-13
Image Search App (3.7@52) 9 9
DroidIris : Image Search (3.6@8,116) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
image search for google (3.6@7,158) Ǥ 9 5 LastUpdate: 2018-09-29
ImgFinder-Image Search (3.6@366) 10 2 LastUpdate: 2017-03-18
Image Search (3.3@83,149) Ǥ 6 2
CamFind (3@17,899) 14 8 reverse image search
Super Image Search (3@16,292) 5 3 LastUpdate: 2016-04-07
Image Hunter - Search By Image (2.5@230) Ǥ 10 7 LastUpdate: 2017-12-16
SauceNAO (0@0) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; reverse image search

Further Readings:

The 10 Best Reverse Image Search Apps (3/2020)
Android-Apps ersetzen: Suche (2/2020)
Hintergrund: Was Suchmaschinen über uns verraten (9/2019)
Suchen ohne Zuschauer: DuckDuckGo, Qwant, StartPage und Swisscows (4/2018)

2020-09-22

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