Quick Search - Search Anything

Teja Karlapudi

About this app

Quick Search lets you search apps, shortcuts, contacts, files, calendar events, notes, and settings — plus the internet with 25+ search engines — all from one search bar. It comes with an optional overlay mode that works similar to Spotlight on macOS.

Privacy First: Quick Search is completely ad-free and open source. Your data stays on your device. Built for speed and flexibility — whether you want a clean launcher-style search or a powerful all-in-one tool, Quick Search adapts to your workflow.

Key Features:
- Search apps, contacts, files, calendar events, notes, and device settings with near-zero lag
- 25 search engines – Google, ChatGPT, Perplexity, YouTube, DuckDuckGo, Gemini, Grok, Claude, and more
- Overlay mode: Pull up search over any app (Spotlight-style)
- WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal & Google Meet integration for contact results
- AI Search: Gemini, OpenAI, Claude, Groq — configure your preferred AI provider for answers right inside the app
- Built-in tools: Calculator, Unit Converter, Currency Converter, World Clock, and Date & Time Calculator — all from the search bar
- Aliases to quickly trigger any search engine, section, or tool
- Pin apps, contacts, files, and settings to your home screen for one-tap access
- In-app browser option to keep you in the app
- One-handed mode for easier use
- Home screen widget, Quick Settings tile, and launcher support
- Backup & Restore your settings when switching devices
- Completely ad-free and open source

Fully Customizable:
- Material You support and multiple themes (Mono, Forest, Aurora, Sunset) with light/dark mode
- Wallpaper or custom image as search screen background
- Adjust layout, appearance, font size, and icon style to match your setup
- Filter which file types appear in results, with folder whitelist/blacklist
- Add custom search engines and custom AI providers
- Icon pack support

Permissions: All permissions are optional and are only used to unlock more features. Quick Search continues to work if you decline them.

- Accessibility service: Used only for the optional double-tap Home gesture to perform Android's system Lock Screen action. Quick Search does not read, collect, store, or share screen content or other personal data through this service.
- Usage access: Shows recently used apps and improves app suggestions.
- Contacts and phone: Lets you search contacts and start calls or messaging actions.
- Files and calendar: Includes device files and calendar events in search results.
- Display over other apps: Enables the optional Spotlight-style overlay.
- Notifications: Enables notification-based features such as pinned items.

Ratings and reviews

I have been looking for an app like this for a long time. I used Sesame for a while, but it was always a little buggy and didn't quite do everything that I wanted, leaving me wanting for more. Quick Search is everything that Sesame could have been. This app changes the way that I use my phone. The operation of my phone is all in one place, making it lightning quick to access any app, setting, file, or function just by typing a few letters in the search bar. Keep up the good work!

Really cool and has a lot of potential. Great UI and customization options, too. But I'd like to see the search functionality improved. Selecting an auto suggestion option should go right to search, not make me hit enter again. Also, if I type something in and an app is the first option, I'd like a setting to have it do a web search anyway. And it looks like the mic icon on the widget does nothing but open the search bar? I'd like to set that to opening another search provider (e.g Perplexity)

edit: developer added color changes and now this is my preferred app for search :) ty. original review: pretty decent replacement for sesame, though it doesn't seem to have as deep integrations yet. I also really wish I could change the colors of the widget as it doesn't match my set up at all and my only choices are black or white

What’s new

- Introducing SpeedBump: Long-press any app and select SpeedBump to add a short delay before it opens, giving you time to think before opening it out of habit.
- Double-tap gesture to lock your screen
- New AI provider: Meta AI
- New search engine: F-Droid
- Set WhatsApp Business as your default app for messaging and calling
- Option to show Quick Search in your recent apps. Enable it in More options.
- Widget panel optimizations
- Bug fixes