Text Search

Name: Text Search
Rating: 3.8095238 (514 reviews)
Author: Point Blank

By: Point Blank

Fast search for text in documents, spreadsheets, epub, and pdf files

This app was removed from Google Play Store on 2025-05-06

Features & Capabilities

Text Search is a powerful Chrome extension designed for swift and efficient text searches across various file formats including PDFs, ePub ebooks, Microsoft Office documents, Open Office files, and programming language source codes. With a sleek and user-friendly interface, it allows users to perform complex searches using whole words, partial matches, exact text, and Regex expressions.

Key features include filtering options by date and file size, integrated mini readers for PDFs and ePubs, and a convenient text viewer. The extension supports an extensive range of file formats such as DOC, DOCX, XLS, XLSX, PPT, PPTX, DOT, DOTS, DOTP, plain text, and multiple programming languages like HTML, PHP, Java, C++, Python, Kotlin, and more. Ideal for students, professionals, and developers, Text Search streamlines the process of locating specific text within large collections of documents and code files efficiently and effortlessly.

User Growth & Download Statistics

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Version:

2.07 Last updated: 2024-08-28

Version code:

207

Creation date:

2012-07-15

Permissions:

android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE Low risk
android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_DATA_SYNC Low risk
android.permission.INTERNET Low risk
android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS Low risk
android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED Low risk
android.permission.WAKE_LOCK Low risk
android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE Safe
com.okythoos.android.searchbeta.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION

Size:

63.63MB

Email:

su*****@gmail.com

URLs:

Website ,Privacy policy

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Source:

Google Play Store

Data ingested on:

2025-05-06

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Developed by:

Point Blank

Google Play Store

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.okythoos.android.searchbeta

Email:

su*****@gmail.com

Website:

http://pointblankstudio.weebly.com

User Reviews

Text Search is appreciated for its efficient and fast search capabilities across multiple files and folders with a simple and effective interface. Users like the ability to jump directly to relevant keywords and utilize grep-like search features. Common complaints include app crashes, persistent error messages during searches, loss of cached results after closing the app, and limited support for some file types. Users also desire features such as search scope customization to improve speed and usability. Despite its power, reliability issues and missing features prevent it from being a perfect solution.

Pros

Efficient and fast search functionality, allowing quick access to keywords within large text or PDF files.
Supports search across multiple files and subfolders, making it useful for extensive document collections.
Simple, minimalistic, and easy to use UI with useful grep-like search options including word, exact, and regex searches.
Ability to index files which aids in faster subsequent searches.
Ability to jump directly to relevant keywords within files, enhancing usability over other apps that only show line numbers.

Cons

Frequent crashes reported in some versions, especially after updates, causing search function to fail.
Error messages like 'Error while searching, check your search terms' occur often, even with simple or correct search queries.
Loss of cache upon closing the app, forcing repeated searches without an option to save or retrieve previous results.
Limited or unclear support for certain file types; some users report it cannot read or search .txt or .wiki files properly.
Lack of options to limit search to specific subfolders leads to longer search times and inefficiency.
App sometimes resets to default settings after each search, causing inconvenience.
Inability to search entire Android device storage is a limitation for some users.