Android apps that search for text in files compared to their Windows analogues
Everyone stocks a number of files on their Android devices, phones or tablets. When files pile up, it is hard to search for text and to find the right file, which eventually becomes a daunting task. People usually search for text in their devices on a daily basis, be it for business reasons or to find some important information they have stored to share with their nearest and dearest.
When it is some business information, finding the right file containing the information that is urgently needed is of crucial importance. Luckily, there is a range of free Android apps that can offer a convenient and help to turn searching into fast and hassle free activity.
Android apps for text search
Let us consider the apps able to search for text in Android devices, to examine their benefits.
aGrep is an open source app which is handy for searching for text in files on SD cards. It displays the results by file names, as well as shows line numbers and content. The program has an internal text viewer, and it can also detect multi-character codes. However, it cannot search in System Directories.
Document Search is another app that helps you easily search for text. The program can implement full text search of all the files on the device, including Word documents, Excel files, text files, etc.
By using Searcher, yet another Android device app that can search for text, users get a full text searching engine. They can search for documents, including plain text, as well as for PDF files, and the app also supports large file searching. It responds quickly to queries, and indexing is fast too.
It can be summarized that apps for searching for text in Android devices are relative newcomers to the family of searching programs of that type. We have yet to see fully fledged apps that have capabilities for searching tantamount to the capabilities that searching programs for text developed for Windows boast.
Programs searching text on Windows systems
For fast searching for text on computers using Windows, FileSeek is a popular choice. The fast pace of searching, because FileSeek uses no indexing, as well as the small size of the program, are definite benefits. The program can also be integrated into the Windows Explorer menu to be right clicked on wherever searching for text is needed.
Another popular searching tool when certain text needs to be found is Harddisksearch. It is a powerful text searching engine offered for free. It is the preferred program for web developers, programmers, and computer professionals. Users can specify many search terms at a time, and they can add infinite numbers of files to be searched. Harddisksearch also displays additional columns in search results, one for each search term used.
One of the most popular tools that search for text is SeekFast. As its name shows, it is fast, easy to use and very smart. The program uses no indexing, so there is no slowing down of your PC. Users can start using the free version and then go on to the full paid version, which enables searching of as many as 7,000 files. SeekFast is a great choice for searching in all sorts of Microsoft Word documents, as well as in RTF, Excel, PDF, OpenOffice, PowerPoint, Text files, as well as in files of most programming languages. The results obtained are similar to the results displayed in Google searches, with opportunities for a quick overview of the searched text.
Ultrafilesearch is a program which allows users to specify more than one file name and multiple drives simultaneously. It can sort files and folders in accordance with properties, such as modified dates. The results can be exported in different file formats – text, CSV, HTML, or XML files. It is yet another text searching program which does not run background indexing and is offered with shareware and freeware version.
The bottom line
Compared to the Windows “search for text” programs which boast vast capabilities, Android apps that search for text on Android devices are still developing. But even in their initial stages they can offer lots of convenience when specific texts need to be found, without waiting long or having to delve through the multitude of files available on these devices.
