Web Browsers

Simple & Lightweight Web Browsers

2021-03-26

Ninja (5@2) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2015-06-27 Github
FOSS Browser (5@1) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ / FOSS Browser (3.3@390) 7 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; Vorstellung 9/2018
CM (Clean Master) Browser-Fast (4.8@85) Ǥ 19 4 LastUpdate: 2019-06-05 Vorstellung 7/2014; this is a Cheetah-Mobile-App. You never know where it surfs without you!
Next Browser (4.6@16) 24 2 LastUpdate: 2019-03-19
Phoenix Browser -Video Download, Private & Fast (4.4@934,649) Ǥ 49 11
Web Browser & Explorer (4.4@274,843) 19 4
Web Browser - Secure Explorer (4.4@29,818) 18 4 / Web Browser & Fast Explorer (4.1@1,290) 18 4
Opera Mini - fast web browser (4.3@7,474,045) Ǥ 27 13 Vorstellung 9/2015
Naked Browser web browser (4.3@239) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2019-08-24 / Naked Browser Pro / NB Pro web browser (4.4@1,899; ~EUR 7.25) 11 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2019-08-11
Alpha Browser: Fast and secure with article reader (4.3@53) 10 3
APUS Browser: private browser, HD video downloader (4.2@293,185) Ǥ 25 7 Kurzvorstellung 8/2015
Via Browser - Fast & Light - Geek Best Choice (4.2@90,312) 11 1 Vorstellung 8/2017
Web Browser & Web Explorer (4.2@80,160) 18 4 incognito mode, ad blocker (but comes with ads itself?) and more
Boat Browser Mini (4.2@40,562) 16 6 LastUpdate: 2016-05-04
InBrowser - Incognito Browsing (4.2@33,539) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ / InBrowser Beta (3.8@1,534) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Dolphin Zero Incognito Browser - Private Browser (4.2@27,932) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-08-27 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
Frost - Private Browser (4.1@3,753) Ǥ 7 7 / Frost+ Incognito Browser (4.3@717; ~EUR 2.00) Ǥ 7 1
Firefox Klar: The privacy browser (4.1@3,576) 11 1 / Firefox Focus: The privacy browser (4.1@64,193) 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) 11 LastUpdate: 2016-02-04
UC Mini-Download Video Status & Movies (4@4,667,882) Ǥ 42 3
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
SmartCookieWeb: Secure Web Browser (4@337) 9 Github
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@13,380) 11 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ / Lightning Browser Plus - Web Browser (4@1,474; ~EUR 1.50) 11 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; Vorstellung 11/2014; Kurzvorstellung 12/2014
Rocket Browser (3.9@8,135) 7 4
Yuzu Browser: web browser (3.9@1,279) 14 3 Github
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
Monument Browser: Ad Blocker, Privacy Focused (3.8@2,859) Ǥ 13 1 Video Intro 8/2019; small, lightweight and yet feature-rich; incl. ad blocking, incognito mode, download manager & more
Midori Browser: Light, Fast & Safe (3.8@18) 11 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ GitLab
Ninesky Browser (3.7@42,918) Ǥ 13 3 LastUpdate: 2017-11-10
Lucid Browser (3.7@719) 6 3 LastUpdate: 2019-01-16
WebMonkey (0@0) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; simple WebView with GreaseMonkey built-in
Styx (0@0) 10 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; incl. ad-blocker, dark mode, print mode, TTS and more
G - Web Browser 🌐 - Privacy internet browser (0@0) Ǥ 7 2 Github; includes ad blocker
jQuarks viewer (0@0) 8 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ GitLab; includes ad blocker; features offline reading
EinkBro (0@0) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; optimized for E-Ink devices
SWeb (0@0) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; with ad-blocker & night-mode

Feature-rich Web Browsers

2021-03-26

Fennec F-Droid (5@1) 17 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Datenmitschnitt 7/2018
Ecosia - Trees & Privacy (4.7@127,031) Ǥ 30 1 Video Intro 11/2018; trackt den Nutzer; Datenschutz-Test 9/2019
Opera Browser: Fast & Private with latest news (4.6@3,630,676) Ǥ 25 11 Vorstellung 3/2014
Microsoft Edge: Web Browser (4.5@312,728) Ǥ 35 4 Video Review 2/2020
Samsung Internet Browser (4.4@3,549,879) Ǥ 50 1 / Samsung Internet Browser Beta (4.5@67,025) Ǥ 50 1 Vorstellung 8/2017
Firefox Browser: fast, private & safe web browser (4.3@3,916,658) Ǥ 20 3 Vorstellung 4/2014; Konfig-Tipps 5/2017 + 1/2018 | 11/2020; Vorteile 11/2015 - 9/2020
Opera Touch: fast, new & modern web browser (4.3@93,164) Ǥ 17 4 Vorstellung 4/2018 | 4/2018; Erfahrungsbericht 6/2019
Mercury Browser (4.3@26,272) 13 2 LastUpdate: 2015-08-17
SPIN Safe Browser: Best Filtered Website Browser (4.3@4,376) Ǥ 30 2
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
Kiwi Browser - Fast & Quiet (4.2@41,078) Ǥ 29 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; Video Intro 8/2018; Vorstellung 7/2018 | 2/2019; Intro 4/2020
Google Chrome: Fast & Secure (4.1@29,453,475) Ǥ 33 1 Vorstellung 7/2014; Tipps 5/2016-12/2020
Dolphin Browser - Fast, Private & Adblock🐬 (4.1@2,533,967) Ǥ 22 7 Vorstellung 4/2014; Video Review 4/2014; Wikipedia DE |EN; caught multiple times to leak your private data
Boat Browser (4.1@95,715) 15 6 LastUpdate: 2016-11-29
Vivaldi Browser with ad blocker: fast & private (4.1@19,863) Ǥ 31 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Intro 9/2019 | 9/2019; Vorstellung 9/2019
Maxthon browser (4@281,897) 31 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ / 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 (4@20) 15 LastUpdate: 2013-03-05 Wikipedia DE | EN
UC Browser-Secure, Free & Fast Video Downloader (3.9@21,858,926) Ǥ 49 9 Vorstellung 1/2014
Cake Web Browser-Free VPN, Fast, Private, Adblock (3.9@29,265) Ǥ 19 4 Vorstellung 10/2019
Surfy Browser - Best UI, AdBlock, Text-to-Speech (3.9@1,370) Ǥ 12 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Howto 3/2019; w/ ad-blocker, private browsing, passcode protection, customization & more
Habit Browser (3.8@10,235) Ǥ 14 2 LastUpdate: 2017-12-09
Osiris Browser: No Ads, Secure Hyper Speed Browser (3.8@1,235) Ǥ 25 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Review 12/2019
Omigo Browser - Ad Blocker, Fast & Private Browser (3.6@1,716) Ǥ 20 9 LastUpdate: 2019-02-25
Puffin Web Browser (3.4@790,870) Ǥ 22 7 / Puffin Browser Pro (3.3@788; ~EUR 4.75) Ǥ 19 2 Video Demo 3/2014; Kurzvorstellung 7/2016; Vorstellung 4/2018; cloud-basierter Browser
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)

Web Browsers focussed on Privacy

2021-03-26

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

DuckDuckGo Privacy Browser (4.8@1,062,360) 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
Brave Private Browser: Fast, secure web browser (4.7@391,788) Ǥ 27 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Werbe-Austauscher; Wikipedia DE | EN
Epic Privacy Browser - AdBlocker, Vault, Free VPN (4.5@9,296) Ǥ 22 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Privacy Browser (4.5@240; ~EUR 1.00) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ trackable; Kurzvorstellung 10/2019
Aloha Browser - private fast browser with free VPN (4.4@213,294) Ǥ 19 12 ugh… sure it’s private with those trackers?
Adblock Browser: Block ads, browse faster (4.4@157,522) Ǥ 38 2 Vorstellung 9/2015; Intro 9/2015 (with video)
Tor Browser: Official, Private, & Secure (4.4@85,415) Ǥ 19 3 / Tor Browser (Alpha) (4.3@17,013) Ǥ 16 4 Vorstellung 9/2018; Review 5/2019; Guide 6/2019
InBrowser - Incognito Browsing (4.2@33,539) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ / InBrowser Beta (3.8@1,534) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Dolphin Zero Incognito Browser - Private Browser (4.2@27,932) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-08-27 Test 3/2014; incl. ad-blocker
Snap Search: Incognito Browser & Secure Search (4.2@737) Ǥ 7 2 Video Review 4/2020
Orfox (4.2@11) 0 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2019-09-06 Vorstellung 8/2015
Private Browser (4.1@5,614) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Firefox Klar: The privacy browser (4.1@3,576) 11 1 / Firefox Focus: The privacy browser (4.1@64,193) 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@2,437) Ǥ 9 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ / OH Private Web Browser - Privacy by design (4.1@322) Ǥ 9 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Video Intro 5/2019
Cliqz – the Privacy Browser (4@4,309) Ǥ 8 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Vorstellung 3/2016; Anti-Tracking, Ad-Blocking; also available for iOS, Linux, Mac, Windows
Lightning Browser - Web Browser (3.9@13,380) 11 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ / Lightning Browser Plus - Web Browser (4@1,474; ~EUR 1.50) 11 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; Vorstellung 11/2014; Kurzvorstellung 12/2014
Dee Browser (3.9@1,219) 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) 10 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-09-15
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 (3.8@453) Ǥ 16 2 LastUpdate: 2019-06-18 „super fast, private, ad-free“ (but contains AdMob?)
Ghostery Privacy Browser (3.2@1,226) Ǥ 20 4 Kurzvorstellung 1/2015

Browsers for „alternative networks“

2021-04-01

Ariane (4.9@33) 3 Project Gemini
deedum (4.7@22) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; Project Gemini
ZeroNet (4.5@38) 7 1 Github; ZeroNet Network
Thor - IPFS Browser (4.1@9) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ GitLab; with focus on IPFS
Phaedra (0@0) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Codeberg; Project Gemini; client supporting older devices (Android 2.3+) via Conscrypt

Bookmark Manager

2021-04-07

Bookmark Folder (4.3@3,791) Ǥ 7 4 / Bookmark Folder (Key) (4.6@162; ~EUR 3.00) 0 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
VisiMarks: Bookmark Manager (4.1@5,132) Ǥ 10 4
NEO Bookmark (3.9@647) 7 1 / NEO Bookmark Pro (4.2@68; ~EUR 2.00) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ bookmark manager & backup; per-bookmark memos
PinDroid (3.8@576) 9 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-03-03 Github; cloud-based
Bookmark App (3.8@118) Ǥ 10 4 LastUpdate: 2018-06-14
xBrowserSync (3.8@99) 7 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; cross-browser bookmark synchronisation
My Bookmarks (Free) (3.7@1,896) Ǥ 12 6 / MyBookmark Pro add-on (4.1@112) Ǥ 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2013-11-12
Mobile Bookmarks: Free bookmark manager (3.7@65) Ǥ 10 4
Bookmarks Atavi (3.3@427) 3 7 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 (2.5@11) 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
Anchr - Bookmarks Manager (0@0) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github

Offline Reader

2021-04-08

Pocket: Save. Read. Grow. (4.7@288,346) Ǥ 15 5 Review 2/2015 | 6/2015; Video Review 3/2019
Save as Web Archive (4.4@20,981) Ǥ 11 3
Article Reader Offline (4.4@1,923) Ǥ 8 2 LastUpdate: 2019-04-22 local Read-it-Later
wallabag (4.2@460) 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

2021-03-26

HTTP Request Shortcuts (4.8@1,224) 10 1 Github
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
Memex Go (4.4@14) Ǥ 12 3 sync bookmarks; also available for iOS, Firefox, Chrome
Link Bubble (4.2@32,227) 8 1 LastUpdate: 2016-11-02 Vorstellung 3/2014 | 8/2015; Video Demo 9/2014; Intro 8/2015; Github
Lynket Browser (previously Chromer) (4.2@8,797) Ǥ 11 1 Github; Intro 12/2015 | 12/2015
URL Manager (4.2@1,398) 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@2,567) Ǥ 7 3 open links in native apps when you're stuck in the browser
WebApps Sandboxed Browser (4.1@165) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; sandbox web applications
Browser Swap Lite (3.9@521) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2013-02-02 auto-select browser based on connection type (WiFi/2G/3G) and URL
Easy Open Link (3.6@206) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Codeberg
App Redirect (3.5@851) Ǥ 5 2 LastUpdate: 2018-05-10
Bonjour Browser (3.2@34) 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) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ / UntrackMe Lite (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
URLSanitizer (0@0) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; strip tracking parameter from shared URLs
liteshort (0@0) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; link shortener

Further Readings:

The 8 Best Android Apps to Save Content for Offline Viewing (3/2021)
General guideline: Welcher Browser ist auf Android empfehlenswert? (11/2020)
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)

2021-04-08

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