Web Browsers

Simple & Lightweight Web Browsers

2020-09-17

Ninja (5@2) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2015-06-27 Github
CM (Clean Master) Browser-Fast (4.8@85) Ǥ 18 4 Vorstellung 7/2014; this is a Cheetah-Mobile-App. You never know where it surfs without you!
Next Browser - Fast & Private (4.6@16) Ǥ 32 2
Opera Mini - fast web browser (4.4@7,145,319) Ǥ 21 12 Vorstellung 9/2015
Phoenix Browser -Video Download, Private & Fast (4.4@509,350) Ǥ 39 9
Web Browser & Explorer (4.4@269,609) 19 2
Web Browser - Secure Explorer (4.4@25,717) 18 2 / Web Browser & Fast Explorer (4.4@93,584) 18 2
Midori: Light, Fast & Safe (4.4@61) 10 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ GitLab
Web Browser & Web Explorer (4.3@71,767) 18 2 incognito mode, ad blocker (but comes with ads itself?) and more
Naked Browser web browser (4.3@8,940) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ / Naked Browser Pro / NB Pro web browser (4.5@1,883; ~EUR 7.25) 11 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Alpha Browser: A Different Web Browser For Android (4.3@49) 12 3
Via Browser - Fast & Light - Geek Best Choice (4.2@81,738) 10 1 Vorstellung 8/2017
Boat Browser Mini (4.2@40,562) 16 6 LastUpdate: 2016-05-04
InBrowser - Incognito Browsing (4.2@32,357) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ / InBrowser Beta (3.9@1,502) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Dolphin Zero Incognito Browser - Private Browser (4.2@27,280) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-08-27 Vorstellung 12/2013 | 12/2013; Testbericht 1/2014; Test 3/2014; incl. ad-blocker
Insta Browser (4.2@3,857) 17 LastUpdate: 2017-06-12 Incognito mode, ad blocker, download manager
BeHe Pro (4.2@15) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-06-10
APUS Browser: private browser, HD video downloader (4.1@290,681) Ǥ 30 7 Kurzvorstellung 8/2015
Ultrasurf Plus web browser (4.1@266) 8 LastUpdate: 2016-08-26
SmartCookieWeb: Secure Web Browser (4.1@224) 9 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
Dolphin Browser Mini (4.1@11) 13 LastUpdate: 2016-02-04
UC Mini-Download Video Status & Movies (4@4,558,250) Ǥ 41 3
Frost - Private Browser (4@3,732) 5 6 / Frost+ Incognito Browser (4.3@709; ~EUR 2.00) Ǥ 6 1
Firefox Klar: The privacy browser (4@3,339) 9 1 / Firefox Focus: The privacy browser (4.1@60,772) 11 2 Github; Vorstellung 6/2017 | 6/2017 | 6/2017; Mikes Einschätzung 6/2017; Intro 6/2017 / Github; Review 8/2017
Tint Browser (4@1,237) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2014-02-01 / Tint Browser Mobile View addon (4.2@139) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2014-06-28
Frog Browser (4@758) 6 LastUpdate: 2014-10-23
Lite Speed Browser Super Fast (4@656) 9 3 LastUpdate: 2018-05-28
Old But Gold Internet Browser (4@131) 3 3 LastUpdate: 2015-02-16 IE 6.1 for Android Vorstellung 11/2014
Rocket Browser (3.9@8,102) Ǥ 16 2 LastUpdate: 2016-12-19
Monument Browser: Ad Blocker, Privacy Focused (3.9@2,664) Ǥ 13 1 Video Intro 8/2019; small, lightweight and yet feature-rich; incl. ad blocking, incognito mode, download manager & more
Ghost Browser - Incognito (3.9@120) 7 LastUpdate: 2014-10-13
Omega Web Browser for Android! (3.9@40) 7 1 LastUpdate: 2016-07-26
Lightning Browser - Web Browser (3.8@13,299) 9 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ / Lightning Browser Plus - Web Browser (4@1,470; ~EUR 1.50) 9 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; Vorstellung 11/2014; Kurzvorstellung 12/2014
Ninesky Browser (3.7@42,918) Ǥ 13 3 LastUpdate: 2017-11-10
Yuzu Browser: web browser (3.7@1,188) 13 1 Github
Lucid Browser (3.6@714) 6 3 LastUpdate: 2019-01-16
WADA Browser: fast browser (3.3@2,333) 12 4 LastUpdate: 2017-07-21
G - Web Browser 🌐 - Privacy internet browser (0@0) Ǥ 7 2 Github; includes ad blocker
jQuarks (0@0) 8 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ GitLab; includes ad blocker; features offline reading
FOSS Browser (0@0) 7 / FOSS Browser (3.5@342) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; Vorstellung 9/2018

Feature-rich Web Browsers

2020-09-17

Ecosia - Trees & Privacy (4.6@115,281) Ǥ 28 2 Video Intro 11/2018; trackt den Nutzer; Datenschutz-Test 9/2019
Opera browser with free VPN (4.5@3,382,476) Ǥ 25 12 Vorstellung 3/2014
Samsung Internet Browser (4.5@2,341,175) Ǥ 47 1 / Samsung Internet Browser Beta (4.4@59,522) Ǥ 49 1 Vorstellung 8/2017
Microsoft Edge (4.5@226,312) Ǥ 35 5 Video Review 2/2020
Opera Touch: the fast, new web browser (4.3@78,457) Ǥ 12 3 Vorstellung 4/2018 | 4/2018; Erfahrungsbericht 6/2019
Mercury Browser for Android (4.3@26,272) 14 2 LastUpdate: 2015-08-17
Pale Moon web browser (4.3@2,455) 20 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-10-07 Vorstellung 6/2014; Intro 7/2014 | 7/2014
Javelin Browser (4.2@18,692) Ǥ 13 LastUpdate: 2016-06-10 Intro 4/2014 | 6/2014; Vorstellung 4/2014
Google Chrome: Fast & Secure (4.1@24,214,677) Ǥ 31 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Vorstellung 7/2014
Dolphin Browser - Fast, Private & Adblock🐬 (4.1@2,532,668) Ǥ 24 7 Vorstellung 4/2014; Video Review 4/2014; Wikipedia DE |EN; caught multiple times to leak your private data
Boat Browser for Android (4.1@95,715) Ǥ 21 6 LastUpdate: 2016-11-29
Kiwi Browser - Fast & Quiet (4.1@31,708) Ǥ 29 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Video Intro 8/2018; Vorstellung 7/2018 | 2/2019; Intro 4/2020
Vivaldi Browser with ad blocker: fast & private (4.1@11,121) Ǥ 25 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Intro 9/2019 | 9/2019; Vorstellung 9/2019
SPIN Safe Browser: Best Filtered Website Browser (4.1@3,980) Ǥ 30 2
Maxthon Browser - Fast & Safe Cloud Web Browser (4@281,943) 29 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ / Maxthon Web Browser for Tablet (4.7@15) 14 2 LastUpdate: 2014-12-20 Vorstellung 2/2014; Wikipedia DE | EN; Security Warning 7/2016
Skyfire Web Browser 4.0 (4@20) Ǥ 16 LastUpdate: 2013-03-05 Vorstellung 11/2013; Wikipedia DE | EN
UC Browser- Free & Fast Video Downloader, News App (3.9@21,670,239) Ǥ 44 8 Vorstellung 1/2014
Firefox Browser: fast, private & safe web browser (3.9@3,592,048) Ǥ 20 4 Vorstellung 4/2014; Konfig-Tipps 5/2017 + 1/2018; Vorteile 11/2015 - 9/2020
Cake Web Browser-Free VPN, Fast, Private, Adblock (3.9@27,158) Ǥ 19 3 Vorstellung 10/2019
Osiris Browser: No Ads, Secure Hyper Speed Browser (3.9@1,125) Ǥ 25 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Review 12/2019
Habit Browser (3.8@10,214) Ǥ 14 2 LastUpdate: 2017-12-09
Surfy Browser - Best UI, AdBlock, Text-to-Speech (3.8@1,280) Ǥ 12 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Howto 3/2019; w/ ad-blocker, private browsing, passcode protection, customization & more
Puffin Web Browser (3.7@756,484) Ǥ 19 6 / Puffin Browser Pro (3.1@21,466; ~EUR 5.00) Ǥ 19 2 Video Demo 3/2014; Kurzvorstellung 7/2016; Vorstellung 4/2018; cloud-basierter Browser
Omigo Browser - Ad Blocker, Private Browser & News (3.6@1,716) Ǥ 20 9 LastUpdate: 2019-02-25
Waterfox (3.1@129) Ǥ 27 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-08-18
IceCatMobile (0@0) Ǥ 30 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ open source Firefox ESR fork with additional security features; Wikipedia; FSF (with addon list)
Fennec F-Droid (0@0) Ǥ 30 Datenmitschnitt 7/2018

Web Browsers focussed on Privacy

2020-09-17

Note: a privacy-focused browser coming with trackers is doubtful at best.

DuckDuckGo Privacy Browser (4.7@620,538) 12 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; Vorstellung 1/2018 | 4/2018; Kurzvorstellung 5/2015; Intro 10/2018 | 3/2019; Datenschutz-Test 9/2019 incl. tracking protection, site rating & TOSDR
Aloha Browser - private fast browser with free VPN (4.5@190,279) Ǥ 18 9 ugh… sure it’s private with those trackers?
Tor Browser (4.4@49,490) 11 1 / Tor Browser (Alpha) (4.2@14,144) 10 1 Vorstellung 9/2018; Review 5/2019; Guide 6/2019
Privacy Browser (4.4@200; ~EUR 1.00) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ trackable; Kurzvorstellung 10/2019
Brave Private Browser: Fast, safe web browser (4.3@206,425) Ǥ 23 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Werbe-Austauscher; Wikipedia DE | EN
Epic Privacy Browser with AdBlock, Vault, Free VPN (4.3@7,419) Ǥ 18 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Snap Search: Incognito Browser & Secure Search (4.3@573) Ǥ 7 1 Video Review 4/2020
Adblock Browser: Block ads, browse faster (4.2@144,317) Ǥ 27 3 Vorstellung 9/2015; Intro 9/2015 (with video)
InBrowser - Incognito Browsing (4.2@32,357) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ / InBrowser Beta (3.9@1,502) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Dolphin Zero Incognito Browser - Private Browser (4.2@27,280) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-08-27 Vorstellung 12/2013 | 12/2013; Testbericht 1/2014; Test 3/2014; incl. ad-blocker
Private Browser (4.2@4,763) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
OH Web Browser - One handed, Fast & Privacy (4.2@2,042) Ǥ 9 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ / OH Private Web Browser - Privacy by design (4.1@274) Ǥ 9 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Video Intro 5/2019
Orfox (4.2@11) 0 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Vorstellung 8/2015
Cliqz – the Privacy Browser (4.1@4,241) Ǥ 8 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Vorstellung 3/2016; Advertorial 10/2016; Anti-Tracking, Ad-Blocking; also available for iOS, Linux, Mac, Windows; verbindet sich selbst mit Amazon, Facebook & Co?
Firefox Klar: The privacy browser (4@3,339) 9 1 / Firefox Focus: The privacy browser (4.1@60,772) 11 2 Github; Vorstellung 6/2017 | 6/2017 | 6/2017; Mikes Einschätzung 6/2017; Intro 6/2017 / Github; Review 8/2017
Dee Browser (3.9@1,212) 7 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ incl. ad-blocker
Ghost Browser - Incognito (3.9@120) 7 LastUpdate: 2014-10-13
JumpGo (3.9@74) Ǥ 12 1 LastUpdate: 2017-09-15
Lightning Browser - Web Browser (3.8@13,299) 9 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ / Lightning Browser Plus - Web Browser (4@1,470; ~EUR 1.50) 9 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; Vorstellung 11/2014; Kurzvorstellung 12/2014
Keepsafe Browser: Stay Private with a VPN & Vault (3.8@670) Ǥ 10 4 LastUpdate: 2018-11-25 Vorstellung 6/2018
Stealth Browser - Fast Private (3.7@444) Ǥ 16 2 „super fast, private, ad-free“ (but contains AdMob?)
Ghostery Privacy Browser (3.5@16,115) Ǥ 33 5 Kurzvorstellung 1/2015

Browsers for „alternative networks“

2020-09-21

deedum (4.9@9) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; Project Gemini
ZeroNet Mobile - Open, Free and Uncensorable Sites (4.6@32) 7 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; ZeroNet Network

Bookmark Manager

2020-09-09

VisiMarks: Bookmark Manager (4.2@4,587) Ǥ 9 3
NEO Bookmark (3.9@627) 6 1 / NEO Bookmark Pro (4.2@65; ~EUR 2.00) Ǥ 8 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ bookmark manager & backup; per-bookmark memos
Bookmark Folder (3.8@3,441) Ǥ 7 4 / Bookmark Folder (Key) (4.6@147; ~EUR 3.00) 0 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
My Bookmarks (Free) (3.8@1,875) Ǥ 11 5 LastUpdate: 2017-03-04 / MyBookmark Pro add-on (4.1@104) Ǥ 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2013-11-12
PinDroid (3.8@576) 9 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-03-03 Github; cloud-based
Bookmark App (3.8@109) Ǥ 10 2 LastUpdate: 2017-09-20
Mobile Bookmarks: Free bookmark manager (3.6@56) 5 4
xBrowserSync (3.5@75) 7 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; cross-browser bookmark synchronisation
Bookmarks Atavi (3.3@405) 3 5 LastUpdate: 2017-11-05 bookmarks in the cloud
Nextcloud Bookmarks (3.1@27; ~EUR 0.75) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
Save to Nextcloud Bookmarks (2.6@10) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-09-02 Github
NC Bookmark Viewer (2.3@4) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-08-03 GitLab; view, add and edit bookmarks in your Nextcloud

Offline Reader

2020-09-10

Pocket: Save. Read. Grow. (4.6@275,648) Ǥ 15 5 Testbericht 1/2014; Review 2/2015 | 6/2015; Video Review 3/2019
Article Reader Offline (4.3@1,770) Ǥ 8 2 local Read-it-Later
wallabag (4.1@437) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; Open Source Read-it-later
Save For Offline (0@0) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-02-12 Github; Open Source read-it-later; downloads entire page for offline reading

Various Web Browser Tools

2020-09-17

HTTP Request Shortcuts (4.8@1,096) 9 1 Github
Memex Go (4.7@7) Ǥ 12 3 sync bookmarks; also available for iOS, Firefox, Chrome
URLander (4.5@101) 0 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2015-02-19 auto-select browser OR APP based on URL (e.g. always open FB links in the FB app)
URL Shortener (4.4@9,011) Ǥ 12 2 LastUpdate: 2019-01-29
Link Bubble (4.2@32,227) 8 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-11-02 Vorstellung 3/2014 | 8/2015; Video Demo 9/2014; Intro 8/2015; Github
Lynket Browser (previously Chromer) (4.2@8,769) Ǥ 11 1 Github; Intro 12/2015 | 12/2015
Open Link With... (4.2@2,205) 3 2 open links in native apps when you're stuck in the browser
URL Manager (4.2@1,398) Ǥ 8 1 LastUpdate: 2018-03-05 Link shortener/expander
Browser Auto Selector Free (4.2@196) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-05-29 Review 3/2014; auto-select browser based on URL/domains
WebApps Sandboxed Browser (4.1@141) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; sandbox web applications
Browser Swap Lite (3.8@509) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2012-05-22 auto-select browser based on connection type (WiFi/2G/3G) and URL
App Redirect (3.5@839) Ǥ 5 2 LastUpdate: 2018-05-10
Bonjour Browser (3.2@26) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; Discover web portals of devices in your local network and connect with one click
UntrackMe (0@0) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ transform Youtube and Twitter links into Invidious and Nitter links
ShareToBrowser (0@0) 0 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-11-01 Github; Switch browsers via the share function
Save (0@0) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-09-22 Github; Save links to read them later
NotifyAvailability (0@0) Ǥ 16 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2019-01-07 Github; check when a string has appeared on a webpage
NeoLinker (0@0) 0 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ choose which browser to open a link with

Further Readings:

5 Bookmark Apps to Organize Links, Save Social Posts, and Read It Later (6/2020)
Free as in Smash the Surveillance State: Alison Macrina on Library Freedom Project and Tor Browser (5/2020)
Are Xiaomi browsers spyware? Yes, they are... (5/2020)
10 best privacy web browsers for Android (2/2020)
Android-Apps ersetzen: Browser (2/2020)
Web Browsers For Android (6/2019)
Best Android browsers (5/2019)
Add-on „uBlock Origin“ richtig einstellen (Firefox für Android) (5/2019)
Best Private Browser Apps for Android & iOS Users (3/2019)
Private Browser & incognito Browsers (1/2019)
Read-It-Later App Showdown: Instapaper vs. Pocket (1/2019)
Best private browser apps for anonymous and safe web browsing (12/2018)
7 Unique Android Browsers That Offer Something Special (9/2018)
Anonym surfen mit Tor – so geht’s (2/2018 - 8/2019)
Surfen mit Tor (Android) (1/2016-2/2018)
Die besten Browser für Android (7/2017 - 5/2018)
uBlock Origin konfigurieren (11/2016)
Security-Add-ons für Firefox (Android) (1/2016 - 11/2017)
The Best Web Browser for Android (8/2015)
Android-Browser schneller machen: Tipps für Chrome, Firefox & Co. (6/2015 - 5/2016)
Sicher surfen trotz Android 4.3 (2/2015)
Anonym Surfen mit Android: Der Inkognito-Modus und warum er wichtig ist (9/2014 - 2/2016)
Die Top 5 der gratis Android Internet Browser (8/2014)
Die besten Browser für Android (4/2014 - 8/2018)
3 Tips for Private Browsing on Android (2/2014)
Need for speed – What’s the fastest Android browser? (1/2014 - 5/2018)
Die besten Android-Browser auf einen Blick (5/2013 - 1/2018)

2020-09-21

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