What are the best iOS browsers?

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Best iOS browsers	Price	License	Based On
-- Brave	free	OpenSource (MPL)	Chromium core
-- Opera Mini	free	-	-
-- Safari	0	Proprietary	N/A

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Brave

Top Pro

Very Fast and built in adblock.

The fastest browser out there. With the latest update Brave is my favorite browser on my PC and on my Phone. The built in adblock and the rewards system are amazing. See More

Top Con

Hypocritical/deceptive stance on privacy and advertisement

Brave is advertised as a browser that respects your privacy and blocks ads while still supporting content creators. However, at the same time the company is making deals with Facebook, Twitter and others to whitelist their trackers and ads. See More

MellowZipacna's Experience

Perfect Browser, Privacy respecting Browser! See More

Specs

License:OpenSource (MPL)

Based On:Chromium core

Browser Engine:Blink

Top Pro

Safety and privacy well taken care of

Things like https everywhere and no tracking are standard with Brave. In most other browsers, things like these are optional at best. See More

Top Con

Dumbed down in the latest versions

In previous versions, Brave felt more like Firefox. Now it's been dumbed down, it feels more like Chrome/Chromium. For example: There's no menu-bar. See More

RespectfulEpimetheus's Experience

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Top Pro

Faster than Google Chrome

Brave consistently beats Chrome in speed, might have to do with less tracking being run in the background See More

Top Con

Brave is an Ad company

They do not respect your privacy. See More

Top Pro

Very fast

The fastest browser out there. See More

Top Con

Download package is very large considering it as a browser

Brave takes on a lot of roles besides just browsing so it is understandably a larger file. See More

Top Pro

Built in Adblock

Contains an optional "Allow Brave Acceptable Ads" So you can support the site you truly enjoy. See More

Top Con

Power hungry, uses much more battery power than other browsers

Per default Brave enables hardware acceleration which results in a much higher energy (battery) consumption than the most other web browsers. See More

Top Pro

Tor is available right in the browser

Top Con

Sync issues

Unable to sync extensions, no cloud sync (only device sync). See More

Top Pro

Developed by creator of Mozilla and Javascript

Top Con

No search engine adding (iOS)

You can't add another search engine, but to be fair, Firefox is the only one who can. See More

Top Pro

Now supports Chrome Webstore

It's now a faster, less intrusive Chrome. See More

Top Pro

Takes care of privacy and security

Takes privacy seriously by blocking ads and trackers and not tracking people's searches. Things like https everywhere and no tracking are standard with Brave. In most other browsers, things like these are optional at best. See More

Top Pro

Built-in adblocking

Other apps make it difficult to block ads without rooting your phone or going through unoptimized add-on stores, but Link Bubble blocks them out of the box, making browsing much less crowded. Contains an optional "Allow Brave Acceptable Ads" So you can support the site you truly enjoy. See More

Top Pro

Option to disable additional privacy concerns

Like fingerprint tracking. See More

Top Pro

Built in torrent client

Top Pro

Free/libre software

Released to the community under the Mozilla Public License (MPL), this software respect the FSF's four freedoms, including the freedom to use, modify, and redistribute with or without modification freely. See More

Top Pro

Sync is now available

The CON from below (no sync) is now added. See More

Top Pro

Built-in torrent client

Top Pro

Tab bar

Great tab bar at the top, but under the address bar, which can help a lot on tab management. See More

Top Pro

Optional feature for you to get reimbursed for viewing ads

Basic Attention Token; you can decide to opt into a new blockchain-based digital advertising system, giving publishers a better deal and users a share of the ad revenue for their attention. See More

Top Pro

Option to pay supported sites based on view time percentage

Set up automatic micro-donations. Brave will automatically divide a monthly donation among the top sites you visit. And/or, you can decide which sites get what percentage of your donation. It’s called pinning. See More

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Opera Mini

Top Pro

Very light weight

Great for phones with lower RAM or performance issues. See More

Top Pro

Completely free

Top Pro

Has built-in ad blocker

Top Pro

Has a data saver

Opera mini's data saver has two modes - regular and extreme. great for people with smaller data plans when not on wifi. Has also the ability to control the quality of downloaded images and some video optimizations. See More

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Safari

Top Con

Outdated Rendering engine

All other browsers and toolkits (Qt/GTK) have shifted to Googles Blink-fork of KHTML/Webkit so Apple is currently the only main contributor left. See More

Top Pro

Reader view

Specs

License:Proprietary

Based On:N/A

Browser Engine:WebKit

Platforms:macOS, iOS, iPadOS

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Top Con

Proprietary

While Safari er is currently available gratis (without monetary charge) on Mac OS X, it is currently not libre (meaning that it does not allow users to view the source code used to create, to modify that code, or to redistribute modifications) and is therefore neither free nor open-source software. See More

Top Pro

iCloud syncing

Tabs, passwords, bookmarks and, history all sync across devices. See More

Top Con

Poor support for new web technologies

Safari usually takes its time when it comes to adopting new and useful web technologies meaning that the user gets an inferior experience compared to other modern browsers. See More

Top Pro

Sleek design

– No distraction stuff like favicons in tabs, all that borders, bevels and embosses in panels like in other browsers, no ugly shaped tabs. – Neat adress bar. – Good looking start “show all tabs” screen. See More

Top Pro

Extremely fast

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What are the best iOS browsers?

3 Options Considered

Brave

My Recommendation for Brave

My Recommendation for Brave

Very Fast and built in adblock.

Hypocritical/deceptive stance on privacy and advertisement

Safety and privacy well taken care of

Dumbed down in the latest versions

Faster than Google Chrome

Brave is an Ad company

Very fast

Download package is very large considering it as a browser

Built in Adblock

Power hungry, uses much more battery power than other browsers

Tor is available right in the browser

Sync issues

Developed by creator of Mozilla and Javascript

No search engine adding (iOS)

Now supports Chrome Webstore

Takes care of privacy and security

Built-in adblocking

Option to disable additional privacy concerns

Built in torrent client

Free/libre software

Sync is now available

Built-in torrent client

Tab bar

Optional feature for you to get reimbursed for viewing ads

Option to pay supported sites based on view time percentage

Opera Mini

My Recommendation for Opera Mini

My Recommendation for Opera Mini

Very light weight

Completely free

Has built-in ad blocker

Has a data saver

Safari

My Recommendation for Safari

My Recommendation for Safari

Outdated Rendering engine

Reader view

Proprietary

iCloud syncing

Poor support for new web technologies

Sleek design

Extremely fast

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