What are the best Android web browsers?

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Best Android web browsers	Price	Platforms	Browser Engine
91 Firefox	-	Windows, MacOS, Linux, Android, iOS	Gecko
-- Brave	Free	Android; iOS; macOS; Windows; Linux	Blink
82 Chrome	Free	-	-
-- Firefox Focus	FREE	-	-
-- Opera Mini	free	-	-

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25 Other Options Considered

Brave

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. See More

Top Con

Can't copy text

This is a limitation of Android service overlays. See More

Specs

Platforms:Android; iOS; macOS; Windows; Linux

Default Search Engine:Google

Browser Engine:Blink

Price:Free

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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

No dark theme / theming whatsoever

There is no ability to theme the browser, meaning that people who use dark themed Linux desktops will just have to live with clashing colors between the rest of their desktop and the brave menu bar. 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

No find on page function

Top Pro

Option to disable additional privacy concerns

Like fingerprint tracking. See More

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

Tor is available right in the browser

Top Pro

Planned optional feature for you to get reimbursed for viewing ads

Basic Attention Token; you will be able 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

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 Pro

Very fast, with built-in adblock

The fastest browser out there. The built-in adblock and the rewards system are amazing. See More

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Chrome

Top Pro

Syncs with desktop browser

Chrome for Android will sync bookmarks, passwords, history, and open tabs from your desktop. See More

Top Con

Allows Google to track essentially everything you visit with your browser

Chrome sends usage data to Google. See More

fifn2's Experience

It was very adapted to phones, and you can even download websites for offline. See More

Top Pro

Supports the latest web standards

Chrome for Android supports HTML5, CSS3, and many APIs. See More

Top Con

Proprietary

Peter J. Mello's Experience

It should come as no surprise that the developers of the Android operating system (Google) are also leading the pack at browser development on it. I've used over two dozen browsers on devices large and small since the days of Gingerbread, and eventually always come back to Chrome. It will drive you nuts, but nothing else renders the pages as well or as usefully for a touch-screen interface. See More

Top Pro

Backed by Google

Like Android, Chrome is a Google product, which means the two technologies can be expected to grow together and remain compatible. See More

Top Con

More resource hungry

TactfulChalchiuhtotolin's Experience

browsing is chrome See More

Top Pro

Very user friendly UI

Top Con

Lacks ad-blocking features

Chrome mobile does not support ad-blocking features unlike the Chrome desktop app. See More

Top Pro

Use websites offline

Top Con

Chrome favors Google's products and tries to satiate Google's data appetite, what hurts the user experience

Top Pro

No competition for chrome on android

Some says firefox, actually firefox is completely numb and buggy. Opera, firefox, uc browser this all are very much slower in front of chrome. O.K one and only faster browser than chrome is Puffin, but this one is very sticky and ugly user inerface. See More

Top Con

SSL Nanny

It is nice that Chrome is strict about SSL warnings, but it would be nice to have an option to connect anyway without needing a secondary browser. See More

Top Pro

Same Product from Google

Best integration solution with OS #MadeByGoogle See More

Top Con

Slightly heavier than other options

Chrome uses more system resources than most other browsers, which means it will run slower especially on lower end hardware. See More

Top Con

Lacks a download manager

Unlike most competitors, Chrome has no built-in download manager. See More

Top Con

Excessive permissions

The permissions required are excessive and intrusive (including record audio) - a few browsers require this, but there are several available that don't See More

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Firefox Focus

Top Pro

Keeps your activities private

It automatically blocks any ad trackers and erases your browsing history which includes your passwords and cookies. See More

Top Con

Notification spam

Tells you to clean the browser every single time you open it. See More

MerryResheph's Experience

At this moment for me this is the best android web browser, I like automatically blocks any ad track, it's my predefined browser See More

Top Pro

Good loading speed

Since it blocks ads, trackers and other things that can slow down web pages, you'll be able to browse the web faster. See More

Miroslav's Experience

Private, fast and easy to use, elegant browser! Open-sourced and developed by Mozilla. My browser of choice! As it is very fast and private it can be used for everyday use together with a browser with your passwords and login information. See More

Top Pro

Suitable as a secondary browser for everyday use

As it is very fast and private it can be used for everyday use together with a browser with your passwords and login information. See More

Top Pro

Simple to use

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Opera Mini

Top Pro

Very light weight

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

Top Con

Many bugs

In extreme data saving mode, it sometimes won't load page correctly. See More

Top Pro

Completely free

Top Con

Doesn't support some common modern browsers functionalities

Some web pages might look a bit broken but from personal experience it doesn't happen often enough (or at all) to be a major issue. See More

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

Top Pro

Optimized for Facebook

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Free Adblocker Browser

Top Pro

Blocks all ads

You don't get interrupted or annoyed while browsing. See More

Top Con

Not really free

To use advanced options you have to pay. See More

Specs

Platforms:Android (Browser)

Blocking:Browser Only

Top Pro

Blocks trackers and keeps your online privacy protected

Because no trackers are downloaded to your device, advertisers and third parties can't track what you are doing online. See More

Top Pro

Keeps you safe from malware, viruses, and other scams

The Browser warns you if the website can bring some damage to your device. See More

Top Pro

Less data consumption - therefore, less money for mobile traffic

Almost 50% of data consumption goes to downloading ads and trackers. And you have to pay for this. With Free Adblocker Browser, you don't have this problem. You get more at a lesser cost. See More

Top Pro

Ensures fast browsing

Because no ads and trackers are downloaded, pages load very quickly. See More

Top Pro

Friendly interface

Top Pro

Doesn't ruin the page when it refreshes

It reloads the last loaded webpage when it tries to refresh and you don't have internet service. See More

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Flynx

Top Pro

Articles can be saved for offline reading

A simple double-tap will save an article that can be pulled up at any time. All this is done in the background as to not interfere browsing. See More

Top Con

Asks for unnecessary permissions

Asks for phone state permission which is not required for the app to function. See More

Top Pro

Built-in reading mode

Blogs and articles can be opened in a distraction-free mode that even removes ads, saves memory and uses up less data. See More

Top Con

No desktop sync

Although there's a sync option to sync across devices, it has no web client. If you want to view the links on your desktop, there's no feature for that. See More

Top Pro

Loads links in the background

Flynx can open up to 4 links simultaneously in the background. This can eliminate having to wait for each page to load. See More

Top Con

Messes with any video played full screen

The screen flickers in full screen video mode if any Flynx bubble is open. See More

Top Con

Could be a little buggy sometimes

Slows down your phone occasionally. See More

Top Con

Doesn't support drop down menus

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Opera

Top Pro

Data saving 'off-road' mode

Off-road mode compresses web pages to increase performance, and Opera claims it can help reduce data usage by around 80%. See More

Top Con

Adblock are not customizable

Adblock list is not customizable, so it not available for users to add custom filter list or 3rd parties Adblock filter list URL. See More

Jim S's Experience

Fast with built-in adblocker. Syncs to desktop. See More

Specs

Default Search Engine:Google

Default Adblocker:Adblocker

Built-in VPN:Opera's own free VPN

Top Pro

Reflows text on zoom

So you don't have to scroll sideways on every line. See More

Top Pro

Save webpages for offline viewing

Tapping the "+" icon in the address bar gives you the option to save a webpage offline. See More

Top Pro

Builtin Ethereum wallet and web3 compatability

Top Pro

Multiple layouts

Opera has three different layouts to choose from: Phone, Classic for one-handed use, and Tablet. See More

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Dolphin

Top Pro

Faster speeds with 'Jetpack' engine

Installed separately, Dolphin Jetpack uses a special rendering engine which claims speeds 2x faster than Chrome. See More

Top Con

No way to hide the address bar

Most browsers will automatically hide the address bar once you start scrolling down to increase display realestate available for the page. Dolphin does not do that. See More

ResourcefulXucau's Experience

Excellent See More

Top Pro

User Agent support

Aside from requesting to display the desktop version of a website, Dolphin Browser also includes requesting to show the iPad, iPhone or custom version. See More

DetailedCizin's Experience

The best. End of See More

Top Pro

Plugins

Plugins for Xmarks, Lastpass and other. Easy to turn them on and off. See More

Top Pro

Gesture recognition

Dolphin Browser allows you to create gestures for over 50 different actions, including launching your favorite sites. See More

Top Pro

Flash Player support on Android 4.4 KitKat (Unofficial)

Using a workaround, you can watch Flash-based videos in Dolphin Browser on devices running Android 4.4 KitKat. See More

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Samsung Internet

Top Pro

Picture-in-picture (PIP) video

Samsung Internet supports picture-in-picture (PIP) video, which means the video that played in this web browser can be pop-out and visible in the Android screen even if the browser is minimized. See More

Top Con

Not supported by Password Managers

BitWarden and LastPass do not work with the browser See More

Jim S's Experience

Accepts all usual ad-blockers. Works on phones and tablets. Excellent GUI. Syncs to Firefox on desktop and to Chrome in the Beta version. See More

Top Pro

Do Not Track features

Samsung recently collaborated with Disconnect to include do not tracking features to prevent any websites to track with each other. https://medium.com/samsung-internet-dev/introducing-disconnect-for-samsung-internet-f23b29a05463 See More

Top Con

Only for Samsung Devices

While the competitors are vendor-agnostic, this browser is only limited on Samsung devices and can't be found anywhere else unless you pull the APK for the browser itself from the device. See More

Top Pro

Ad-blocking features

Samsung Internet supports Ad-Blocking features such as AdBlock Plus, AdBlock, AdGuard, Disconnect etc., but must be installed separately through Google Play, which these apps can also used in other browser which supports Ad-Blocking. See More

Top Con

No data saving mode

Unlike Google Chrome or Opera, Samsung Internet does not comes with data saving mode which is a disadvantages for users who relies on limited data usage. See More

Top Pro

Can be installed on any Android devices

Samsung allows this application to be installed to non-Samsung Android devices starting with Android 5.0 Lollipop https://www.theverge.com/2017/10/30/16576880/samsung-internet-android-mobile-tracking-blocker-privacy See More

Top Pro

Sync with Google Chrome desktop app

Samsung Internet can sync the bookmarks and history to Google Chrome desktop app, where the Samsung Internet extension for Google Chrome is available. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/samsung-internet/epejdmjgfibjaffbmojllapapjejipkh?hl=en-US See More

Top Pro

Clean GUI

Top Pro

Notifications

Samsung Internet supports web notification from various websites such as Facebook, Telegram etc. which it will also works even if the browser is closed. See More

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Yandex.Browser

Top Pro

Supports extensions

Yandex browser supports Opera and Chrome extensions. See More

Specs

Default Search Engine:Yandex

Browser Engine:Blink

Top Pro

Built-in reading mode

Top Pro

Built-in ad blocker

Top Pro

Uses blink engine

Blink is a solid and performant web browser engine that is currently used in Chrome, Opera and other Chromium based browsers. See More

Top Pro

Syncs with desktop browser

Top Pro

Great multitasking

You can switch between tabs by swipe left or right See More

Top Pro

Excellent UX even for people who use their phone one-handed

You can use the Yandex browser with one hand and it's good for phones with large screens and phablets. See More

Top Pro

Can compress website contents and load pages faster

Compress the contents on the website so it loads webpages faster on 2G. See More

Top Pro

Easy to reach the addressbar

Top Pro

Built-in ad blocker

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Puffin

Top Pro

Renders Flash

Games and videos. Most mobile browsers don't support it. See More

Top Con

Logs browsing history

According to their privacy policy, they log the URLs of all websites visited by their users. See More

Peter J. Mello's Experience

A startlingly fast mobile browser with a deep and robust interface. It would contend with the major players if it had a desktop offering with sync and plugin support. See More

Top Pro

Data savings

Puffin servers can compress pictures before you download them for faster page downloads and data savings for capped data plans. See More

Top Con

Blocked in some countries

Puffin is blocked in China, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates. See More

Top Pro

Optional touchpad and cursor

Some websites require hover. See More

Top Pro

Seriously fast

In tests performed by PhoneArena, Puffin consistently outperformed any other browser both on synthetic JavaScript speed tests as well as real world cold page loads. See More

Top Pro

Built-in reading mode

Reading mode allows removing everything on a page but the content. It removes ads, styling and anything else that could get in the way of a comfortable reading experience. See More

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Tor Browser

Top Pro

Relatively fast

Top Con

Does not guarantee perfect anonimity unlike what most users would suspect

Specs

Platforms:Windows, MacOS, Linux, Android

Default Search Engine:DuckDuckGo

Browser Engine:Gecko

Based On:Firefox ESR

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Top Pro

Provides anonymity

Tor Browser routes traffic through the Tor network and deletes all privacy sensitive information (such as the browsing history or cookies) at the end of each session. Additionally, it encrypts all traffic. See More

Top Con

Must adapt new browsing habits

It is not recommended to do several things TOR browser that users would want to do in a normal browser, such as visiting social networks and banking. See More

Top Pro

Access hidden .onion sites

Top Pro

Tor sets the standard for safe and private browsing

If you follow their instructions religiously, Tor is the nec plus ultra in terms of safety and privacy. For the time being at least. See More

Top Pro

Portable

Can be installed and run on a portable device such as a USB stick. See More

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