Tool IPA Binary Search by ProHex

ProHex TutorialsProfessional · August 30, 2025

Sometimes you want to find strings in your IPAs, but not open every single file to do so. Using other search methods have been super unreliable for me, so I made a python script that allows you to exactly do that, search whatever string you are looking for, recursively, in the whole IPA files files and subfolder.

The script is a lot more extensive than I want to describe, so feel free to just try it.

Usage:

usage: ipa-string-search.py [-h] [-s SEARCH] [-c] [-e] [-o OUTPUT] [-f {json,txt,csv}] [--min-length MIN_LENGTH]
                            [--max-length MAX_LENGTH] [-i]
                            ipa_path

IPA String Scanner - Search and extract strings from iOS apps

positional arguments:
  ipa_path              Path to extracted IPA directory

options:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -s, --search SEARCH   Search for specific string
  -c, --case-sensitive  Perform case-sensitive search (default: case-insensitive)
  -e, --export-all      Export all found strings
  -o, --output OUTPUT   Output file path (default: strings_output.json)
  -f, --format {json,txt,csv}
                        Output format (default: json)
  --min-length MIN_LENGTH
                        Minimum string length (default: 4)
  --max-length MAX_LENGTH
                        Maximum string length (default: 1000)
  -i, --interesting     Find interesting strings (API keys, URLs, etc.)

Examples:
  # Search for specific string (case-insensitive by default)
  python ipa_scanner.py /path/to/extracted/ipa -s "api_key"

  # Case-sensitive search
  python ipa_scanner.py /path/to/extracted/ipa -s "ViP" -c

  # Export all strings to JSON
  python ipa_scanner.py /path/to/extracted/ipa -e -o strings.json

  # Export all strings to CSV with custom length
  python ipa_scanner.py /path/to/extracted/ipa -e -o strings.csv -f csv --min-length 10

  # Find interesting strings (API keys, URLs, etc.)
  python ipa_scanner.py /path/to/extracted/ipa -i

  # Search in Unity games
  python ipa_scanner.py /path/to/extracted/unity_app -s "PlayerPrefs"

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Updated August 30, 2025 by Rook
Updated so it shows the Address in IDA as well, just copy, go to IDA, press g, paste, enter.