Which browser do you use on iOS?
Which browser do you use on iOS?
What is your favourite browser for iPhone or iPad? What features make it your top choice?
WebKit. It’s all WebKit.
As long as Apple forces webKit for browsing, any third party browser will more or less be a safari wrapper. Until that changes, I will keep using safari in iOS.
Safari because all other "browsers" are basically wrappers for Safari and yes even Google Chrome.
I don't know why you're being down voted. You're right. Other than other browsers like Brave having built in adblocking and being able to sync with desktop Firefox for example, there is literally no difference in terms of performance.
People don’t like hearing the truth but who am I to judge. Let them live in a bubble and think that downloading a different browser changes anything. It’s just Safari with extra steps (and maybe a little bit more features).
Yup…but I use Firefox for the syncing
Firefox. Google never.
Yep, Firefox for me as well on all devices.
How do you deal with ads? I'm running Adguard on my device but from experience it only seems to work in Safari :/
I use firefox focus as a content blocker. Works well
safari because it’s the only browser compatible with extensions (I’m using AdGuard with it) and because all the other browsers are basically safari anyways.
I use Firefox Focus as a backup tho
If you’r you have Firefox focus installed, you can just use that as a content blocker
Safari here as well. Haven't found a compelling reason to switch thus far.
Yeah it’s definitely Safari for me, most of the time. I do switch to Brave whenever I want to watch YouTube though, since it actually blocks ads there.
Firefox. I love how it integrates with Firefox on the other half dozen devices and computers I use daily.
Firefox Focus if it's just a one-off thing. Firefox if I want to keep track of it. I use Firefox everywhere though.
Firefox is my favorite browser. Best feature is the sync, which let's me access everything on my phone, personal laptop and work laptop.
Interesting, I've had major website loading issues on Firefox for iOS for some reason. I keep wanting to love it, but websites will just fail to load and I end up switching back to Safari
lol is someone just downvoting anyone who doesn’t use brave? i don’t use brave, come downvote me
Safari, only because of the extensions. I like being able to use custom ad block filters and userscripts.
Yeah. Extensions are a must have and the reason I use Safari on iOS, even though I use Firefox everywhere else.
Do Safari extensions work as well as Firefox's?
Firefox for syncing with my other devices, but all the iOS web browsers are different skins over WebKit. I do like that Safari has support for extensions and wish Apple would allow other browsers to utilize them as well.
Safari.
I love the tab bar to the moon and back. Every other browser is just Safari with an asterisk, since Apple makes everybody use WebKit.
I don’t use Chrome on any of my devices, so I’m not worried about missing out on sync. The fewer Google products I use, the better.
Safari, but waiting on Vivaldi to get out of beta/testflight.
I use the Vivaldi browser everywhere and would be nice to have it on iOS to.I’m eager to see what Vivaldi’s iOS browser ends up being. I’ve flipped back and forth on desktop between Firefox and Vivaldi a lot. I always end up back on Firefox just for “screw chromium” resins, but Vivaldi gets used for Google Hangouts for “silly work” reasons. A good mobile app could push me back to Vivaldi on the desktop.
@TwinTurbo Safari all the way. You can adjust the font and scaling without losing the orginal way the site your visting is on. Love that. currently on android though
Firefox. Even though it doesn't have all the nice privacy and, particularly, ad-blocking capabilities as on other platforms, I use it for those reasons on my Android and Windows devices, so I like having it all synced.
Orion Browser which comes with a built-in add blocker.
Also using Orion! It’s the only one that’s convinced me it’s better than Safari, primarily because it’s actually more aggressive with power savings than Safari. The implementation to kill idle tab processes almost immediately is very effective imo.
+1
Been using this on my iPad pro for several months. I love the flexibility for extensions. It's not perfect but I enjoy the trade offs even if it does randomly slowdown sometimes.
Cool tip, thanks! I see it blocks cookie prompts, that is huge. Any further tips for setup or extensions more specifically for iOS? On mobile I have been using Safari + Firefox Focus for the Adblock extension and Nextdns filtering on the back. Do I understand all of these are redundant interms of ad blocking while using Orion?
Safari, because adblock worked before anything else did. I also use the bing app and that has its own embedded browser.
A moment of silence for Camino and OmniWeb… excellent Mac browsers that couldn’t join us in the modern era.
This seems like it should be a poll. Safari.
Brave for sure
Brave. Privacy good and it uses its own search engine. Used to be handy because it showed Reddit in search results but, well, stuff happened!
Safari. Nothing else has enough unique features to feel worth it. I use Arc on Mac but the iPhone app is missing too many features. Also, it’s lack of support for 2FA from passkeys (prob not their fault) and some other small features make me consider switching back to safari on Mac. I’d miss adblockers though.
Edge. Only way I found to easily send websites to and from my surface.
Safari, with Wipr for ad blocking.
I use Safari as my main browser for Mac as well so everything is synced.
If the App Store rules are ever relaxed by Apple willingly or by regulation I would likely use a proper port of Firefox too.
Safari
Arc at the moment
The spaces and auto tab cleaning are so helpful in managing my chaos
Chrome to sync all my browser stuff across platforms.
Currently I use safari and duckduckgo. I'm waiting for apple to allow other browsers to actually use their own software rather than basically be safari in new clothes and without access to extensions. Sadly.
Safari to facilitate the interactions with my MacBook.
Yeah the handoff feature is slick. I like being able to switch between devices.
Mostly safari. But when i need to move a website from my iPhone to Windows i will open it on firefox.
Chrome. I would love to use Firefox but it doesn’t have translate.
Brave, because of the built-in adblocking.
I use Safari but if Firefox was like how it is on Android with addons then I'd be using that instead.
Safari ...and FYI every browser on iOS uses Safari's WebKit.
Chrome. Used to be Safari for continuity across my Macbook but then a bunch of extensions I used got killed and I never went back. Chrome has all my account info saved across all my devices so it's easiest to just use that.
Safari, but I’m trying out Vivaldi. Looks good, scrolling is not as smooth as expected for a browser, but it’s just a beta.
Firefox
I’ll definitely be in the tiniest minority, but I use Edge on both my laptop and iPhone. Despite the general hate towards Microsoft I see online, their browser is really well made and so behaved better than Firefox or Chrome in the past ~3 years.
Just standard Safari. I use NextDNS to block ads.
I don't see the purpose in using other browsers currently considering they all use WebKit.
Safari does everything I need.
brave
Same… blocks all YouTube ads
Safari for the privacy/ adblocking
Duckduckgo with NextDNS and somehow it works well and fasts with my old iPhone.
Safari
Safari. I know a lot of people don’t like the UI but I do. It also is the most performant of the three big ones and it’s not a google product, so I don’t have to worry about it getting killed tomorrow.
Chrome, just because I use it on the desktop and like how it syncs like safari does. I still keep safari on my mac and my iphone but most of my usage is chrome now, I would switch back to Safari or even Firefox, but the extensions I use are only in chrome for my day to day work.
Safari due to extensions.
I have tried out Orion since it can use chrome/firefox extensions (though its hit/miss)
Used to use firefox until it somehow became shit and was forced to change to safari. Super annoying. Used to be a great app.
Always end back on safari. Solid privacy defaults while still working perfectly for most websites.
Other browsers, like Orion, keeps stopping important websites from workingSafari. It's the best for battery life and performance and I think all iOS browsers use Safari's WebKit rendering technology anyway.
Safari, because it never gave me a reason to look for alternatives.
Safari. I really like Hide my email (and private relay is a nice bonus). Not sure if those are available on the other browsers.
WebKit because its the only browser allowed on iOS/iPadOS.
Edge lately. Don’t sleep on edge.
I'll second this. I really like it. Apple just added the privacy feature of FaceID locking incognito tabs that Edge has had for a long time.
@Blakerboy777
SOMEBODY hates Edge so much that this is the only downvoted comment in the thread. Crazy the amount of hate Microsoft gets, I also use Outlook just because it’s a better email experience than iPhone’s built in app.
@TwinTurbo
Edge on desktop is wicked, but on iOS and ipadOS it just feels clunky. The way safari lets you navigate it like an iphone with swipes instead of button presses is unparalleled imo
Won’t disagree that there is some clunkiness on iPhone, but it’s such a better experience on desktop for me that I still favor it on iPhone because it allows me to access my spaces and other features and I just hope the mobile experience smooths out. I don’t like using safari, and opening what I was looking at on my phone quickly and easily on desktop is nice.
Chrome all the way!