AI app categories

Search & Research

Find it, and see where it came from.

560 tools · updated Oct 1, 2026

Search and research tools answer questions with sources instead of just links. This category spans AI search engines, deep-research agents, academic and patent search, and document Q&A over your own files. Citations are the whole product here — if you cannot click through and verify a claim, treat the answer as a draft.

Search & Research apps

560 reviewed tools

pixserp

pixserp is the AI-native search engine for builders.

ClayHog

See what ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Claude & AI Overviews really say about your brand.

Brew Finder

Discover the best coffee shops around you.

WhoAmILookingFor

WhoAmILookingFor turns your LinkedIn connection CSVs into a private semantic search engine.

NomNak

NomNak helps you find restaurants through people you trust.

Dotient

Dotient is a local-first desktop application that helps you organize and search through your personal files using ML-powered visual search.

Rixx

Most tools solve one part of thinking.

Stella

You know the file exists.

Moodloom

Moodloom is an ad-free visual discovery platform for those fed up of Pinterest.

Clipto

Like Google Photos, but fully local.

Nimt

Nimt lives in Slack and handles AI search for you, end to end.

AnySearch

A search tool for agents, not a search box.

JustVibe

JustVibe is a free search engine, built to help get things done.

DocuSmart AI

DocuSmart AI lets you search all your internal documents using plain English — across Google Drive, SharePoint, Dropbox and more — from one place.

Sidedoor

Sidedoor searches your Gmail, LinkedIn, Instagram, Twitter, Outlook, and friends' connections to find who can refer you to any job.

Webhound

Webhound builds long-running AI research agents that scale quality with time and budget.

Oasis Browser

Fall in love with the privacy-first ai browser that you can train.

YC has it

Describe your problem in plain English.

Detourmap

A free interactive world map of 70,520 places worth going out of your way for — ancient ruins, beaches, caves, waterfalls, volcanoes, monuments, sacred sites, castles, museums, gardens, theme….

TravelMind

You land in a new city.