Web Browsers

Simple & Lightweight Web Browsers

2020-07-03

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 19 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 Vorstellung 9/2013
Phoenix Browser -Video Download, Private & Fast (4.5@408,053) Ǥ 39 6
Midori Next (4.5@27) 4 GitLab
Opera Mini - fast web browser (4.4@6,987,661) Ǥ 21 13 Vorstellung 9/2015
Web Browser & Explorer (4.4@266,666) 19 4
Web Browser - Secure Explorer (4.4@24,167) 18 4 / Web Browser & Fast Explorer (4.5@89,581) 18 4
Via Browser - Fast & Light - Geek Best Choice (4.3@77,494) 9 1 Vorstellung 8/2017
Web Browser & Web Explorer (4.3@69,037) 18 3 incognito mode, ad blocker (but comes with ads itself?) and more
Naked Browser web browser (4.3@8,892) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ / Naked Browser Pro / NB Pro web browser (4.4@1,879; ~EUR 7.25) 11 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Alpha Browser: A Different Web Browser For Android (4.3@48) 12 3
Boat Browser Mini (4.2@40,562) 16 6 LastUpdate: 2016-05-04 Video Demo 8/2013
InBrowser - Incognito Browsing (4.2@31,770) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ / InBrowser Beta (3.8@1,474) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Dolphin Zero Incognito Browser - Private Browser (4.2@26,960) 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) 18 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@289,795) Ǥ 30 7 Kurzvorstellung 8/2015
Firefox Klar: The privacy browser (4.1@3,209) 9 1 / Firefox Focus: The privacy browser (4.2@58,818) 11 2 Github; Vorstellung 6/2017 | 6/2017 | 6/2017; Mikes Einschätzung 6/2017; Intro 6/2017 / Github; Review 8/2017
Ultrasurf Plus web browser (4.1@266) 8 LastUpdate: 2016-08-26
Dolphin Browser Mini (4.1@11) 13 LastUpdate: 2016-02-04
UC Mini-Download Video Status & Movies (4@4,498,469) Ǥ 41 3
Frost - Private Browser (4@3,722) 5 7 / Frost+ Incognito Browser (4.3@704; ~EUR 2.00) Ǥ 6 1
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
Lightning Browser - Web Browser (3.9@13,258) 9 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ / Lightning Browser Plus - Web Browser (3.9@1,470; ~EUR 1.50) 9 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; Vorstellung 11/2014; Kurzvorstellung 12/2014
Rocket Browser (3.9@8,083) Ǥ 16 2 LastUpdate: 2016-12-19
Monument Browser: Ad Blocker, Privacy Focused (3.9@2,524) 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
Ninesky Browser (3.7@42,918) Ǥ 13 3 LastUpdate: 2017-11-10
Lucid Browser (3.7@716) 6 3
Yuzu Browser: web browser (3.6@1,158) 13 1 Github
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@325) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; Vorstellung 9/2018

Feature-rich Web Browsers

2020-07-03

Opera browser with free VPN (4.6@3,285,136) Ǥ 25 9 Vorstellung 3/2014
Ecosia - Trees & Privacy (4.6@110,239) Ǥ 28 1 Video Intro 11/2018; trackt den Nutzer; Datenschutz-Test 9/2019
Samsung Internet Browser (4.5@1,815,825) Ǥ 47 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ / Samsung Internet Browser Beta (4.4@55,718) Ǥ 47 1 Vorstellung 8/2017
Microsoft Edge (4.5@182,159) Ǥ 35 6 Video Review 2/2020
Firefox Browser (4.4@3,465,735) Ǥ 30 3 Vorstellung 4/2014; Konfig-Tipps 5/2017 + 1/2018; Vorteile 11/2015 - 5/2019
Google Chrome: Fast & Secure (4.3@22,089,587) Ǥ 31 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Vorstellung 7/2014
Opera Touch: the fast, new web browser (4.3@72,150) 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 Review 10/2013; Vorstellung 11/2013
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
Vivaldi Browser with ad blocker: fast & private (4.2@8,691) Ǥ 25 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Intro 9/2019; Vorstellung 9/2019
Osiris Browser: No Ads, Secure Hyper Speed Browser (4.2@1,062) Ǥ 25 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Review 12/2019
Dolphin Browser - Fast, Private & Adblock🐬 (4.1@2,531,993) 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 Vorstellung 9/2013; Intro 9/2013
Kiwi Browser - Fast & Quiet (4.1@27,651) Ǥ 29 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Video Intro 8/2018; Vorstellung 2/2019
SPIN Safe Browser: Best Filtered Website Browser (4.1@3,762) Ǥ 30 2
Maxthon Browser - Fast & Safe Cloud Web Browser (4@281,968) 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@21,551,571) Ǥ 44 7 Vorstellung 1/2014
Puffin Web Browser (3.9@738,482) Ǥ 19 6 / Puffin Browser Pro (3.7@20,924; ~EUR 5.00) Ǥ 19 2 Video Demo 3/2014; Kurzvorstellung 7/2016; Vorstellung 4/2018; cloud-basierter Browser
Cake Web Browser-Free VPN, Fast, Private, Adblock (3.9@26,021) Ǥ 18 3 Vorstellung 10/2019
Habit Browser (3.8@10,196) Ǥ 14 2 LastUpdate: 2017-12-09
Surfy Browser - Best UI, AdBlock, Text-to-Speech (3.8@1,229) Ǥ 12 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Howto 3/2019; w/ ad-blocker, private browsing, passcode protection, customization & more
Omigo Browser - Ad Blocker, Private Browser & News (3.6@1,716) Ǥ 20 9
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

2020-07-03

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

DuckDuckGo Privacy Browser (4.7@519,138) 10 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ 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@177,416) Ǥ 18 8 ugh… sure it’s private with those trackers?
Tor Browser (4.3@40,225) 11 1 / Tor Browser (Alpha) (4.2@13,343) 10 1 Vorstellung 9/2018; Review 5/2019; Guide 6/2019
Snap Search: Incognito Browser & Secure Search (4.3@460) Ǥ 7 1 Video Review 4/2020
Privacy Browser (4.3@187; ~EUR 1.00) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ trackable; Kurzvorstellung 10/2019
Brave Private Browser: Fast, safe web browser (4.2@176,839) Ǥ 23 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Werbe-Austauscher
InBrowser - Incognito Browsing (4.2@31,770) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ / InBrowser Beta (3.8@1,474) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Dolphin Zero Incognito Browser - Private Browser (4.2@26,960) 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@4,403) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Firefox Klar: The privacy browser (4.1@3,209) 9 1 / Firefox Focus: The privacy browser (4.2@58,818) 11 2 Github; Vorstellung 6/2017 | 6/2017 | 6/2017; Mikes Einschätzung 6/2017; Intro 6/2017 / Github; Review 8/2017
OH Web Browser - One handed, Fast & Privacy (4.1@1,862) Ǥ 9 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ / OH Private Web Browser - Privacy by design (4@250) Ǥ 9 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Video Intro 5/2019
Cliqz – the Privacy Browser (4@4,181) 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?
Dee Browser (4@1,208) 7 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ incl. ad-blocker
Orfox (3.9@52,379) 0 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Vorstellung 8/2015
Lightning Browser - Web Browser (3.9@13,258) 9 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ / Lightning Browser Plus - Web Browser (3.9@1,470; ~EUR 1.50) 9 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; Vorstellung 11/2014; Kurzvorstellung 12/2014
Ghost Browser - Incognito (3.9@120) 7 LastUpdate: 2014-10-13
JumpGo (3.9@74) Ǥ 12 1 LastUpdate: 2017-09-15
Adblock Browser: Block ads, browse faster (3.8@140,000) Ǥ 27 2 Vorstellung 9/2015; Intro 9/2015 (with video)
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@442) Ǥ 14 2 „super fast, private, ad-free“ (but contains AdMob?)
Ghostery Privacy Browser (3.5@15,947) Ǥ 29 2 Kurzvorstellung 1/2015

Bookmark Manager

2020-06-25

VisiMarks: Bookmark Manager (4.2@4,403) Ǥ 9 2
Bookmark Folder (3.9@3,394) Ǥ 7 4 / Bookmark Folder (Key) (4.5@142; ~EUR 3.00) 0 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-09-23
NEO Bookmark (3.9@615) 5 1 LastUpdate: 2018-10-20 / NEO Bookmark Pro (4.3@63; ~EUR 1.75) Ǥ 8 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-09-12 bookmark manager & backup; per-bookmark memos
My Bookmarks (Free) (3.8@1,872) 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@572) 9 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-03-03 Github; cloud-based
Bookmark App (3.7@106) Ǥ 10 2 LastUpdate: 2017-09-20
Mobile Bookmarks: Free bookmark manager (3.6@52) 5 4
xBrowserSync (3.5@67) 7 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; cross-browser bookmark synchronisation
Bookmarks Atavi (3.3@397) 3 5 LastUpdate: 2017-11-05 bookmarks in the cloud
Nextcloud Bookmarks (3.1@27; ~EUR 0.75) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ 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

2020-06-26

Pocket: Save. Read. Grow. (4.6@273,845) Ǥ 15 3 Testbericht 1/2014; Review 2/2015 | 6/2015; Video Review 3/2019
Article Reader Offline (4.4@1,724) Ǥ 8 2 local Read-it-Later
wallabag (4.2@428) 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

2020-07-03

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
Lynket Browser (previously Chromer) (4.3@8,756) Ǥ 11 1 Github; Intro 12/2015 | 12/2015
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
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
Open Link With... (4@1,961) 3 2 open links in native apps when you're stuck in the browser
WebApps Sandboxed Browser (4@131) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; sandbox web applications
Browser Swap Lite (3.8@512) 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 (3.4@833) Ǥ 5 2 LastUpdate: 2018-05-10
Bonjour Browser (3.3@22) 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
NeoLinker (0@0) 0 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ choose which browser to open a link with
Memex Go (0@0) Ǥ 12 1 sync bookmarks; also available for iOS, Firefox, Chrome

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) * 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)

2020-07-11

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Web Browsers

Simple & Lightweight Web Browsers

Feature-rich Web Browsers

Web Browsers focussed on Privacy

Bookmark Manager

Offline Reader

Various Web Browser Tools