Perplexity
People use it to get real-time answers to any question they have.
In their words: “Perplexity is a free AI-powered answer engine that provides accurate, trusted, and real-time answers to any question.” — perplexity.ai ↗ · read 9 Aug 2026
Our score — we tested it
We don’t score research tools yet. Scoring them fairly needs a different test than the written ones, and we won’t publish a number we can’t stand behind.
Public score — what users say
4.63★#12 of 14 we track — behind Canva AI, Suno, NotebookLM
across 2.6m reviews on App Store + Google Play · ranked by rating weighted by review count
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- app version date2026-08-10Apple App Store (iTunes Lookup API)17 Aug 2026verified
- appstore rating4.82 stars (of 5)Apple App Store (iTunes Lookup API)17 Aug 2026verified
- appstore rating count495904 ratingsApple App Store (iTunes Lookup API)17 Aug 2026verified
- playstore rating4.59 stars (of 5)Google Play (google-play-scraper)17 Aug 2026verified
- playstore rating count2078151 ratingsGoogle Play (google-play-scraper)17 Aug 2026verified