Web Browsers

Simple & Lightweight Web Browsers

2020-01-07

Ninja (5@2) 7 LastUpdate: 2015-06-27 Github
Phoenix Browser -Video Download, Private & Fast (4.6@213,007) Ǥ 39
Alpha Browser: A Different Web Browser For Android (4.6@34) 12
CM Browser - Ad Blocker , Fast Download , Privacy (4.5@2,402,004) Ǥ 19 Vorstellung 7/2014; this is a Cheetah-Mobile-App. You never know where it surfs without you!
Opera Mini - fast web browser (4.4@6,595,725) Ǥ 21 Vorstellung 9/2015
Web Browser & Explorer (4.4@259,269) 19
Dolphin Zero Incognito Browser - Private Browser (4.4@25,959) 6 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ Vorstellung 12/2013 | 12/2013; Testbericht 1/2014; Test 3/2014; incl. ad-blocker
Naked Browser web browser (4.4@8,778) 5 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ / Naked Browser Pro / NB Pro web browser (4.4@1,874; ~EUR 7.25) 11 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ Review 3/2013; Intro 4/2013
Ace Browser – Fast (4.3@134,930) Ǥ 35 incl. download manager, VPN support & more
Via Browser - Fast & Light - Geek Best Choice (4.3@67,114) 9 Vorstellung 8/2017
Web Browser & Web Explorer (4.3@64,922) 18 incognito mode, ad blocker (but comes with ads itself?) and more
Web Browser - Secure Explorer (4.3@20,743) 15 / Web Browser & Fast Explorer (4.4@79,796) 18
UC Browser Mini- Download Video Status & Movies (4.2@4,280,747) Ǥ 41
Boat Browser Mini (4.2@40,562) 16 LastUpdate: 2016-05-04 Video Demo 8/2013
InBrowser - Incognito Browsing (4.2@30,439) 5 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ / InBrowser Beta (3.7@1,421) 5
Insta Browser (4.2@3,857) 18 LastUpdate: 2017-06-12 Incognito mode, ad blocker, download manager
Halo Browser Downloader (4.2@2,120) 12 LastUpdate: 2017-03-06 incognito mode, ad blocking
BeHe Pro (4.2@15) 6 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-06-10
Frost - Private Browser (4.1@3,660) 6 / Frost+ Incognito Browser (4.4@692; ~EUR 2.00) Ǥ 6
Monument Browser: Ad Blocker, Privacy Focused (4.1@1,971) Ǥ 13 Video Intro 8/2019; small, lightweight and yet feature-rich; incl. ad blocking, incognito mode, download manager & more
Ultrasurf Plus web browser (4.1@266) 8 LastUpdate: 2016-08-26
Dolphin Browser Mini (4.1@11) 13 LastUpdate: 2016-02-04
APUS Browser - Fast Browsing & Video Downloader (4@287,972) Ǥ 30 Kurzvorstellung 8/2015
Tint Browser (4@1,237) 3 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2014-02-01 / Tint Browser Mobile View addon (4.2@139) 1 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2014-06-28
Frog Browser (4@758) 6 LastUpdate: 2014-10-23
Lite Speed Browser Super Fast (4@656) 9 LastUpdate: 2018-05-28
Old But Gold Internet Browser (4@131) 3 LastUpdate: 2015-02-16 IE 6.1 for Android Vorstellung 11/2014
Lightning Browser - Web Browser (3.9@13,096) 9 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ / Lightning Browser Plus - Web Browser (3.7@1,453; ~EUR 1.50) 9 Github; Review 1/2013; Vorstellung 11/2014; Kurzvorstellung 12/2014
Rocket Browser (3.9@7,979) Ǥ 16 LastUpdate: 2016-12-19
Firefox Klar: The privacy browser (3.9@2,943) 9 / Firefox Focus: The privacy browser (4.2@54,335) 10 Github; Vorstellung 6/2017 | 6/2017 | 6/2017; Mikes Einschätzung 6/2017; Intro 6/2017 / Github; Review 8/2017
Ghost Browser - Incognito (3.9@120) 7 LastUpdate: 2014-10-13
Omega Web Browser for Android! (3.9@40) 7 LastUpdate: 2016-07-26
Yuzu Browser: web browser (3.8@1,055) 13 Github
Ninesky Browser (3.7@42,938) Ǥ 14 LastUpdate: 2017-11-10
Lucid Browser (3.6@709) 6
WADA Browser: fast browser (3.3@2,331) 12 LastUpdate: 2017-07-21
Next Browser - Fast & Private (0@16) Ǥ 32 Vorstellung 6/2013 | 9/2013; Review 6/2013
G - Web Browser 🌐 - Privacy internet browser (0@0) Ǥ 7 Github; includes ad blocker
jQuarks (0@0) 7 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ GitLab; includes ad blocker; features offline reading
FOSS Browser (0@0) 7 / FOSS Browser (3.6@287) 5 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ Github; Vorstellung 9/2018

Feature-rich Web Browsers

2020-01-07

Ecosia - Trees & Privacy (4.7@95,496) Ǥ 28 Video Intro 11/2018; trackt den Nutzer; Datenschutz-Test 9/2019
Opera browser with free VPN (4.6@3,067,801) Ǥ 25 Vorstellung 3/2014
Microsoft Edge (4.5@88,930) Ǥ 35
Google Chrome: Fast & Secure (4.4@18,407,101) Ǥ 31 Vorstellung 7/2014
Firefox Browser: fast, private & safe web browser (4.4@3,346,290) Ǥ 30 Vorstellung 4/2014; Konfig-Tipps 5/2017 + 1/2018; Vorteile 11/2015 - 5/2019
Samsung Internet Browser (4.4@1,252,557) Ǥ 44 / Samsung Internet Browser Beta (4.4@47,636) Ǥ 45 Vorstellung 8/2017
UC Browser- Free & Fast Video Downloader, News App (4.3@20,784,757) Ǥ 44 Vorstellung 1/2014
Opera Touch: the fast, new web browser (4.3@56,784) Ǥ 13 Vorstellung 4/2018 | 4/2018; Erfahrungsbericht 6/2019
Mercury Browser for Android (4.3@26,272) 14 LastUpdate: 2015-08-17 Review 10/2013; Vorstellung 11/2013
Pale Moon web browser (4.3@2,455) 20 LastUpdate: 2016-10-07 Vorstellung 6/2014; Intro 7/2014 | 7/2014
Cake Web Browser—Fast, Private, Ad blocker, Swipe (4.2@22,184) Ǥ 18 Vorstellung 10/2019
Kiwi Browser - Fast & Quiet (4.2@20,948) Ǥ 28 Video Intro 8/2018; Vorstellung 2/2019
Javelin Browser (4.2@18,692) Ǥ 13 LastUpdate: 2016-06-10 Intro 4/2014 | 6/2014; Vorstellung 4/2014
SPIN Safe Browser: Best Filtered Website Browser (4.2@3,386) Ǥ 29
Dolphin Browser - Fast, Private & Adblock🐬 (4.1@2,530,971) Ǥ 24 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 LastUpdate: 2016-11-29 Vorstellung 9/2013; Intro 9/2013
Puffin Web Browser (4@697,922) Ǥ 17 / Puffin Browser Pro (3.9@20,274; ~EUR 5.00) Ǥ 14 Video Demo 3/2014; Kurzvorstellung 7/2016; Vorstellung 4/2018; cloud-basierter Browser
Maxthon Browser - Fast & Safe Cloud Web Browser (4@281,967) 29 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ / Maxthon Browser for Tablet (4.7@15) 19 LastUpdate: 2014-12-20 Vorstellung 2/2014; Wikipedia DE | EN; Security Warning 7/2016
Vivaldi Browser Beta (4@4,587) Ǥ 24 Intro 9/2019; Vorstellung 9/2019
Skyfire Web Browser 4.0 (4@20) Ǥ 16 LastUpdate: 2013-03-05 Vorstellung 11/2013; Wikipedia DE | EN
Surfy Browser - Best UI, AdBlock, Text-to-Speech (3.9@1,108) Ǥ 11 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ Howto 3/2019; w/ ad-blocker, private browsing, passcode protection, customization & more
Osiris Browser: No Ads, Secure Hyper Speed Browser (3.9@550) Ǥ 25 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ Review 12/2019
Habit Browser (3.7@10,166) Ǥ 14 LastUpdate: 2017-12-09
Omigo Browser - Latest Video Status, News, Adblock (3.6@1,716) Ǥ 19
Waterfox (3.1@129) Ǥ 27 $Contains no known trackers \o/$
IceCatMobile (0@0) Ǥ 28 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ 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

2020-01-07

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

DuckDuckGo Privacy Browser (4.7@335,231) 8 Github; Intro 6/2013; 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 (4.6@151,283) Ǥ 18 ugh… sure it’s private with those trackers?
Dolphin Zero Incognito Browser - Private Browser (4.4@25,959) 6 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ Vorstellung 12/2013 | 12/2013; Testbericht 1/2014; Test 3/2014; incl. ad-blocker
Brave Privacy Browser: Fast, safe, private browser (4.3@133,675) Ǥ 23 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ Werbe-Austauscher
Privacy Browser (4.3@156; ~EUR 1.00) 4 trackable; Kurzvorstellung 10/2019
InBrowser - Incognito Browsing (4.2@30,439) 5 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ / InBrowser Beta (3.7@1,421) 5
Tor Browser (4.2@19,290) 11 / Tor Browser (Alpha) (4.1@11,160) 10 Vorstellung 9/2018; Review 5/2019; Guide 6/2019
Orweb: Private Web Browser (4.1@11) 2 LastUpdate: 2015-12-01
Private Browser (4@3,514) 4
Dee Browser (4@1,205) 7 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ incl. ad-blocker
OH Web Browser - One handed, Fast & Privacy (4@1,131) Ǥ 8 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ / OH Private Web Browser - Privacy by design (4.1@156) Ǥ 6 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ Video Intro 5/2019
Stealth Browser - Fast Private (4@431) Ǥ 15 „super fast, private, ad-free“ (but contains AdMob?)
Private Browser : VPN Proxy - Fast & Small (4@225) 11
Super Privacy Browser And VPN (4@124) Ǥ 15
Orfox (3.9@52,379) 0 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ Vorstellung 8/2015
Lightning Browser - Web Browser (3.9@13,096) 9 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ / Lightning Browser Plus - Web Browser (3.7@1,453; ~EUR 1.50) 9 Github; Review 1/2013; Vorstellung 11/2014; Kurzvorstellung 12/2014
Firefox Klar: The privacy browser (3.9@2,943) 9 / Firefox Focus: The privacy browser (4.2@54,335) 10 Github; Vorstellung 6/2017 | 6/2017 | 6/2017; Mikes Einschätzung 6/2017; Intro 6/2017 / Github; Review 8/2017
Ghost Browser - Incognito (3.9@120) 7 LastUpdate: 2014-10-13
JumpGo Browser (3.9@75) Ǥ 12 LastUpdate: 2017-09-15
Cliqz – the Privacy Browser (3.8@4,011) Ǥ 8 Vorstellung 3/2016; Advertorial 10/2016; Anti-Tracking, Ad-Blocking; also available for iOS, Linux, Mac, Windows; verbindet sich selbst mit Amazon, Facebook & Co?
Keepsafe Browser: Stay Private with a VPN & Vault (3.8@670) Ǥ 10 Vorstellung 6/2018
Adblock Browser for Android (3.3@131,062) Ǥ 32 Vorstellung 9/2015; Intro 9/2015 (with video)
Ghostery Privacy Browser (3.2@15,709) Ǥ 29 Kurzvorstellung 1/2015

Bookmark Manager

2020-01-17

Bookmark Thumbnails & Folders (4.1@3,948) Ǥ 10
NEO Bookmark (4.1@599) 6 / NEO Bookmark Pro (4.3@62; ~EUR 1.75) Ǥ 8 bookmark manager & backup; per-bookmark memos
Bookmark App (4@497) 5 LastUpdate: 2015-05-16 With cloud sync
PinDroid (3.8@569) 9 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-03-03 Github; cloud-based
My Bookmarks (Free) (3.7@1,856) Ǥ 11 LastUpdate: 2017-03-04 / MyBookmark Pro add-on (4.1@104) Ǥ 1 LastUpdate: 2013-11-12
Bookmark App (3.7@101) Ǥ 10 LastUpdate: 2017-09-20
Mobile Bookmarks: Free bookmark manager (3.5@46) 5
xBrowserSync (3.4@48) 6 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ Github; cross-browser bookmark synchronisation
Bookmark Folder (3.3@3,227) Ǥ 7 / Bookmark Folder (Key) (4.4@133; ~EUR 3.00) 0 $Contains no known trackers \o/$
Bookmarks Atavi (3.1@381) 3 LastUpdate: 2017-11-05 bookmarks in the cloud
Nextcloud Bookmarks (3.1@27; ~EUR 0.75) 1 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-05-12 Github
Save to Nextcloud Bookmarks (2.6@8) 1 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-09-02 Github
NC Bookmark Viewer (2.3@4) 2 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ GitLab; view, add and edit bookmarks in your Nextcloud

Offline Reader

2020-01-19

Article Reader Offline (4.6@1,500) Ǥ 8 local Read-it-Later
Pocket: Save. Read. Grow. (4.5@269,285) Ǥ 14 Testbericht 1/2014; Review 2/2015 | 6/2015; Video Review 3/2019
wallabag (4.2@416) 6 Github; Open Source Read-it-later
Save For Offline (0@0) 4 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-02-12 Github; Open Source read-it-later; downloads entire page for offline reading

Various Web Browser Tools

2020-01-07

URLander (4.5@101) 0 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ 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
Lynket Browser (previously Chromer) (4.3@8,749) Ǥ 11 Github; Intro 12/2015 | 12/2015
Link Bubble (4.2@32,227) 8 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 LastUpdate: 2018-03-05 Link shortener/expander
Browser Auto Selector Free (4.2@193) 4 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-05-29 Review 3/2014; auto-select browser based on URL/domains
WebApps Sandboxed Browser (4@103) 3 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ Github; sandbox web applications
Browser Swap Lite (3.9@495) 4 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2012-05-22 auto-select browser based on connection type (WiFi/2G/3G) and URL
App Redirect (3.5@826) Ǥ 5 LastUpdate: 2018-05-10
ShareToBrowser (0@0) 0 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-11-01 Github; Switch browsers via the share function
Save (0@0) 4 Github; Save links to read them later

Further Readings:

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)

2020-01-19

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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