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Best Web Browsing Apps for iPhone (2026)

40 apps ranked S through F · · Ranked by AppTierList, computed, never sold · JSON

Brave Browser & Search Engine is the top-ranked of 40 web browsing apps on iPhone, at S tier with 4.8/5 from 665,527 ratings.

  1. 1
    Brave Browser & Search EngineS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 665,527 ratings · score 99
  2. 2
    DuckDuckGo, optional Duck.aiS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 2,411,870 ratings · score 98
  3. 3
    Opera Browser with VPNS
    Free download · ★ 4.7 · 262,531 ratings · score 97
  4. 4
    Firefox Fast & Private BrowserS
    Free · ★ 4.6 · 218,511 ratings · score 97
  5. 5
    Microsoft EdgeS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 590,245 ratings · score 97

What belongs in this list

Browse websites on an iPhone using an alternative browser app.

Not here: a search box that only returns results alone; a general chatbot that can answer questions about websites alone; a meme or wallpaper feed alone; a VPN with no browser alone; a private browsing mode with no other browser features alone

More lists: Best Private Browsing Apps · Best Proxy Apps

How we pick

For this list we ask the App Store the same searches a person would, in several countries, and keep every app it returns. A model reads each app's listing and rejects the ones that only mention the use case. Every app that stays is scored out of 100 from four parts, each 0 to 100 and averaged with no weights: its App Store rating, how many people rated it, where the App Store itself ranks it for this list's searches, and how recently its current version shipped. An app showing Apple's Editors' Choice badge gets a fifth part of 100, which can only lift its score. Tiers follow fixed score bands: S from 90, A from 80, B from 70, C from 60, D from 50, F below. The list's leader is S if it scores 80 or more. On a list of 20 or more ranked apps, a tier from S to D takes in new apps only up to a quarter of the top 40: an app pushed out of a full tier falls to the next tier with room, and F takes the rest. An app already in a tier keeps its place while the tier is at most 2 apps over a quarter; past that, only the apps over that margin go down, lowest score first. Equal scores share a tier, and no app has a better tier than an app ranked above it. An app keeps its tier until its score passes the band edge by more than 1 point, or a full tier or the order above moves it. Only the top 40 of a list get a tier. Read the full method →

S
BraveDuckDuckGoOperaFirefox FastMicrosoft EdgeAloha BrowserGoogle ChromeOpera GXArc SearchFirefox Focus
A
YandexVivaldiCometTOR Browser: OrNET Onion + VPNSafariSmart SearchUC BrowserPrivate Browser DeluxeSnowbunnyStartpage
B
UPX PrivateTOR Browser: Onion VPN & OrbotDarkwebPhantomTOR Browser: VPN+Onion BrowserPrivate Browsing Web BrowserOnion BrowserOfflineDesktop Browser
C
Private WebPrivate Browsing WhiteBolt BrowserAlook BrowserRedApp BrowserOffline ProMT BrowserPhoenixPi BrowserDesktop Browser • Zoomable
D
Puffin Cloud
F
None at F yet

Compare every app

  1. 1
    Brave Browser & Search EngineS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 665,527 ratings · score 99 · best in class
  2. 2
    DuckDuckGo, optional Duck.aiS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 2,411,870 ratings · score 98 · best in class
  3. 3
    Opera Browser with VPNS
    Free download · ★ 4.7 · 262,531 ratings · score 97 · best in class
  4. 4
    Firefox Fast & Private BrowserS
    Free · ★ 4.6 · 218,511 ratings · score 97 · best in class
  5. 5
    Microsoft EdgeS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 590,245 ratings · score 97 · best in class
  6. 6
    Aloha Browser - Private VPNS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 314,214 ratings · score 97 · best in class
  7. 7
    Google ChromeS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 3,989,401 ratings · score 97 · best in class
  8. 8
    Opera GXS
    Free download · ★ 4.8 · 97,810 ratings · score 94 · best in class
  9. 9
    Arc Search - Find it, FasterS
    Free · ★ 4.9 · 25,038 ratings · score 93 · best in class
  10. 10
    Firefox Focus: Privacy browserS
    Free · ★ 4.7 · 82,821 ratings · score 92 · best in class
  11. 11
    Yandex Browser with Alice AIA
    Free · ★ 4.6 · 33,775 ratings · score 92 · excellent
  12. 12
    Vivaldi Powerful Web BrowserA
    Free download · ★ 4.7 · 4,444 ratings · score 91 · excellent
  13. 13
    Comet - AI Browser & AssistantA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 7,806 ratings · score 90 · excellent
  14. 14
    TOR Browser: OrNET Onion + VPNA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 71,527 ratings · score 89 · excellent
  15. 15
    SafariA
    Free download · ★ 4.4 · 181,381 ratings · score 89 · excellent
  16. 16
    Smart Search & Web BrowserA
    Free download · ★ 4.5 · 11,752 ratings · score 88 · excellent
  17. 17
    UC BrowserA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.4 · 4,889 ratings · score 87 · excellent
  18. 18
    Private Browser DeluxeA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 13,743 ratings · score 87 · excellent
  19. 19
    Snowbunny Private Web BrowserA
    Free download · ★ 4.7 · 6,665 ratings · score 86 · excellent
  20. 20
    Startpage - Private BrowserA
    Free download · ★ 4.8 · 7,318 ratings · score 85 · excellent
  21. 21
    UPX Private BrowserB
    Free download · ★ 4.6 · 8,844 ratings · score 83 · good
  22. 22
    TOR Browser: Onion VPN & OrbotB
    Free download · ★ 4.6 · 14,184 ratings · score 82 · good
  23. 23
    Darkweb Browser for TOR sitesB
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 23,904 ratings · score 81 · good
  24. 24
    TOR Browser: PhantomB
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 13,496 ratings · score 80 · good
  25. 25
    TOR Browser: VPN+Onion BrowserB
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 19,540 ratings · score 80 · good
  26. 26
    Private Browsing Web BrowserB
    Free · ★ 4.7 · 128,118 ratings · score 79 · good
  27. 27
    Onion Browser : Private VPNB
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.3 · 13,364 ratings · score 79 · good
  28. 28
    Offline: Files, Browser, VPNB
    Free download · ★ 4.6 · 137,748 ratings · score 78 · good
  29. 29
    Desktop BrowserB
    Free download · ★ 4.4 · 16,041 ratings · score 77 · good
  30. 30
    Private Web Browser IncognitoC
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 5,771 ratings · score 71 · situational
  31. 31
    Private Browsing WhiteC
    $4.99 · ★ 4.8 · 4,375 ratings · score 68 · situational · provisional
  32. 32
    Bolt Browser and DocumentsC
    Free download · ★ 4.8 · 225,939 ratings · score 67 · situational
  33. 33
    Alook Browser - 8x SpeedC
    $0.99 · ★ 4.6 · 2,636 ratings · score 67 · situational · provisional
  34. 34
    RedApp BrowserC
    Free download · ★ 4.6 · 2,449 ratings · score 67 · situational · provisional
  35. 35
    Offline Pro: Files, MusicC
    Free download · ★ 4.5 · 4,607 ratings · score 63 · situational · provisional
  36. 36
    MT Browser - File Manager, IDMC
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.4 · 2,119 ratings · score 63 · situational · provisional
  37. 37
    Phoenix - Fast & Safe BrowserC
    Free · ★ 4.3 · 15,294 ratings · score 62 · situational
  38. 38
    Pi BrowserC
    Free download · ★ 4.3 · 3,599 ratings · score 61 · situational · provisional
  39. 39
    Desktop Browser • ZoomableC
    Free download · ★ 4.5 · 3,812 ratings · score 61 · situational · provisional
  40. 40
    Puffin Cloud BrowserD
    Free download · ★ 3.9 · 6,703 ratings · score 55 · weak

Beyond the top 40

10 more, not ranked yet

  1. Qwant Private Search
  2. Private Browser - VPN Proxy
  3. SPIN Safe Browser
  4. TOR Web Browser Dark Onion
  5. Secret Browser
  6. Web Messenger for Dual Chat
  7. Weex - Web Browser & File Manager
  8. File Browser and Manager
  9. Browser & File Manager
  10. Prime Browser and Documents

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Questions people ask

What is the best web browsing app for iPhone?
Brave Browser & Search Engine, S tier, ranked #1 of 40, rated 4.8 by 665,527 people.
Which web browsing apps are free?
38 of 40 are free to download: Brave Browser & Search Engine (S), DuckDuckGo, optional Duck.ai (S), Opera Browser with VPN (S), Firefox Fast & Private Browser (S) and more. 15 of them sell in-app purchases. 6 report no in-app purchases.
Which web browsing app has the best App Store rating?
Arc Search - Find it, Faster at 4.9 from 25,038 ratings.
How many web browsing apps reach S or A tier?
20 of 40. Tiers follow fixed score bands: S from 90, A from 80, B from 70, C from 60, D from 50, F below. The list's leader is S if it scores 80 or more. On a list of 20 or more ranked apps, a tier from S to D takes in new apps only up to a quarter of the top 40: an app pushed out of a full tier falls to the next tier with room, and F takes the rest. An app already in a tier keeps its place while the tier is at most 2 apps over a quarter; past that, only the apps over that margin go down, lowest score first. Equal scores share a tier, and no app has a better tier than an app ranked above it. An app keeps its tier until its score passes the band edge by more than 1 point, or a full tier or the order above moves it. Only the top 40 of a list get a tier.

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