When comparing Bromite vs Puffin Secure Browser, the Slant community recommends Bromite for most people. In the question“What are the best Android web browsers?” Bromite is ranked 6th while Puffin Secure Browser is ranked 34th. The most important reason people chose Bromite is:
Installation size 88 to 105 MB (depends upon OEM manufacturer & usage by user).
Specs
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Pros
Pro App optimization
Installation size 88 to 105 MB (depends upon OEM manufacturer & usage by user).
Pro Respects your privacy better than all other Chromium based browsers
DNS over https (require more flexibility if possible).
Pro Optimizated RAM usage
Average (depends upon web page complexity).
Pro Excellent bookmarks management
Import & Export Bookmarks, very few browsers have this rare functionality.
Pro Up to date with the Chromium releases
Pro Developer options
Can be enabled.
Pro Browser aside app
Browser has “optional (additional app)” functionality of acting as SYSTEM WEBVIEW support (but requires rooting Android).
Pro Customizable adblock filters
Pro AV1 codec support
Pro Allows playing videos in background tabs and disable pause on switching tabs
Pro Shows warnings for TLSv1.0/TLSv1.1 pages
Pro Removes click-tracking and AMP from search results
Pro Supports DNS over HTTPS
Help in detail by guide on "Enter a correctly formatted url" (require more flexibility if possible), check clarification for more.
Pro Fully encrypted
The data between the browser and the cloud sandbox is encrypted.
Pro Cloud-Computing
Websites are preloaded in the cloud.
Cons
Con Still contains spyware
Default homepage is spyware and searches are enabled by default.
Con Big target for hackers
Bromite is a big target for hackers because it's a Chromium fork.
Con Not secure
Bromite lacks ad blocking and other privacy protecting features.
Con Eats up battery life
Because it's very fast, which puts pressure on the RAM & hence ultimately on battery.
Con Bromite = Google Chrome
It uses Chrome for the query.
Con Uses its own rendering engine
The most webpageds are designed with Webkit/Blink in mind so expect rendering issues.
Con Proprietary
It is proprietary software.
