Install Brave, set default browser
This is the only one browser you must install and then set as default Browser on iPad and iPhone. Brave sync works awesome. Ad free browsing is life changing. Truly. Ditch all other Browsers who will show ada on your face on every sites and pixels.
Perfect Browser!
I stopped using this browser a couple of years ago because it didn’t seem too user friendly, and other browsers I was used to using were much easier to navigate. My thing was being able to tap on a phone number or an address and it just be automatically calling or navigating to wherever I’m trying to get. Well after hearing a highly notable figure mention Brave, I decided to give it another go. And they’ve made this app PERFECT! It’s really incredibly smooth! I love how I can customize my experience to the point where I can choose if want to see ads, and how aggressive I want my ad blocker to be. There’s much I haven’t mentioned. What sold me was the moment I searched for the local sushi spot in my town to see if I could tap the phone number to make the call, and IT WORKED! Deleted my other browsers on the spot.
If you value privacy, and being able to tailor your own experience without big tech forcing ads down your throat, then you need to download this browser right now!!
If you value privacy, and being able to tailor your own experience without big tech forcing ads down your throat, then you need to download this browser right now!!
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A privacy-focused alternative, but not without its flaws
Brave is a better browser than the likes of Chrome in that it is more privacy-friendly, and its business model doesn’t revolve around gathering and selling your data.
The built-in ad blocker works well and rarely breaks, even bypassing annoying video ads by default. This can be further improved by setting the privacy options to "strict."
While they’ve done a good job of delivering a user-friendly interface, the browser is packed with so many features that it almost tries to be more than just a simple browser. Their built-in AI cannot easily be blocked, let alone removed completely, and their crypto rewards, while understandable, are a questionable business practice that can’t be ignored. To use the rewards, which don’t work as well on iOS as they do on the Chromium versions, you must set up a crypto wallet, exposing your data to their partners.
The offline video feature is a nice touch, but their syncing system is weak and unreliable compared to Safari or Firefox.
Overall, it’s a good product, but it’s heavily bloated and less reliable than Safari with Wipr or Firefox Focus.
The built-in ad blocker works well and rarely breaks, even bypassing annoying video ads by default. This can be further improved by setting the privacy options to "strict."
While they’ve done a good job of delivering a user-friendly interface, the browser is packed with so many features that it almost tries to be more than just a simple browser. Their built-in AI cannot easily be blocked, let alone removed completely, and their crypto rewards, while understandable, are a questionable business practice that can’t be ignored. To use the rewards, which don’t work as well on iOS as they do on the Chromium versions, you must set up a crypto wallet, exposing your data to their partners.
The offline video feature is a nice touch, but their syncing system is weak and unreliable compared to Safari or Firefox.
Overall, it’s a good product, but it’s heavily bloated and less reliable than Safari with Wipr or Firefox Focus.
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Better functionality for integrated software
Hello, I am back again writing another review and suggestion. I really appreciate the work that has been done with the Brave app, and it is really clear that the developers take the time to look at the reviews and make the changes necessary to making this app better.
I am a college student, and so I use Canvas. Canvas allows schools to integrate other programs into it, such as Edpuzzle, RedShelf, Pearson+ Access Learning, MyLab and Mastering, and so many other integrated programs. The problem that I am having is that these integrated problems simply don’t work with mobile software. For example, RedShelf, an electronic textbook library, cannot be accessed from the Canvas webpage, as it tells me that cookies have to be enabled. Even going through the settings and fully turning off Brave Shields cannot solve the issue.
I am not sure if this is a limit that exists simply because of the mobile platform that has been morphed into this pseudo-desktop feel, but I believe that the ability to use the iPad like a desktop will really help it feel productive.
I am a college student, and so I use Canvas. Canvas allows schools to integrate other programs into it, such as Edpuzzle, RedShelf, Pearson+ Access Learning, MyLab and Mastering, and so many other integrated programs. The problem that I am having is that these integrated problems simply don’t work with mobile software. For example, RedShelf, an electronic textbook library, cannot be accessed from the Canvas webpage, as it tells me that cookies have to be enabled. Even going through the settings and fully turning off Brave Shields cannot solve the issue.
I am not sure if this is a limit that exists simply because of the mobile platform that has been morphed into this pseudo-desktop feel, but I believe that the ability to use the iPad like a desktop will really help it feel productive.
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One of the better mobile browsers
Generally mobile browsers aren’t very customizable or private, but this one is one of the better ones. I primarily use Brave because it’s adblocking features seem to work better than other mobile browsers, and I appreciate the ease of use. The playlist feature, night mode, and the reading list are all useful.
However, there’s been one caveat recently- the integration of AI has not been done well. Procedurally generated text will appear every time you search something, and it clogs up the top of the search page, so if you don’t want to read it, you need to scroll past it, and it tends to be long. The other, much more aggravating thing is that the text doesn’t generate all at once. That means that as you scroll through the results, they move down, creating an effect that makes it seem like your FPS has dropped significantly. Because the results move down the page, you can’t click them until the procedurally generated text has completed. The text only shows up sometimes, and often will take a few seconds to start generating, so I can’t really tell when it’s fine to click a link and when it’s not. There’s no way to hide it, either. I’ve used Brave for the past few years and I’m considering switching to another browser because of this.
However, there’s been one caveat recently- the integration of AI has not been done well. Procedurally generated text will appear every time you search something, and it clogs up the top of the search page, so if you don’t want to read it, you need to scroll past it, and it tends to be long. The other, much more aggravating thing is that the text doesn’t generate all at once. That means that as you scroll through the results, they move down, creating an effect that makes it seem like your FPS has dropped significantly. Because the results move down the page, you can’t click them until the procedurally generated text has completed. The text only shows up sometimes, and often will take a few seconds to start generating, so I can’t really tell when it’s fine to click a link and when it’s not. There’s no way to hide it, either. I’ve used Brave for the past few years and I’m considering switching to another browser because of this.
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Great browser! But about night mode..
I have been using Brave on Windows and iOS, I’m very happy with what it has done especially its ad blocking features which is a selling point for me as no other browser does this so fluently as well as privacy too.
But one feature I find very lazily implemented is the night mode, all it does is invert the colours of the website and images too and just looks awful so I avoid it but would prefer to have dark themed browser pages throughout the internet. Please consider replacing this into something like the dark reader extension which works a lot better even on stock settings.
But one feature I find very lazily implemented is the night mode, all it does is invert the colours of the website and images too and just looks awful so I avoid it but would prefer to have dark themed browser pages throughout the internet. Please consider replacing this into something like the dark reader extension which works a lot better even on stock settings.
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Response from developer
Thanks for your feedback. We have an updated version of night mode coming in a few weeks, so please stay tuned for that
Moronic features that can’t be disabled.
Not sure what the benefits of being able to swipe to close a sheet are. I do it 10 times a day I intentionally and it’s so frustrating. If many users like it then at least add a setting to disable this highly annoying feature.
This extends to moving between tabs. If I want to change tabs I can click on
The view and select a different one. A slight spasm of a finger moves me to another tab ( or closes it) and I don’t even notice sometimes and it’s really annoying and dumb. Again. Include a setting to disable this highly frustrating feature. Take the star rating from 1 to 5.
It’s like designing a car with wheels that have no wheel nuts so the wheels fall off the whole time and you need to go find them and put them back on.
This extends to moving between tabs. If I want to change tabs I can click on
The view and select a different one. A slight spasm of a finger moves me to another tab ( or closes it) and I don’t even notice sometimes and it’s really annoying and dumb. Again. Include a setting to disable this highly frustrating feature. Take the star rating from 1 to 5.
It’s like designing a car with wheels that have no wheel nuts so the wheels fall off the whole time and you need to go find them and put them back on.
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Best browser.
Hey I love the app. The simplicity of blocking excessive cookies and trackers is amazing. I recently learned about the bridge feature for pc, I haven’t had a chance to get on my computer yet but I was curious if it is a feature offered on mobile. Privacy is going to become more and more important with the explosion of AI, we are seeing an explosion of exploitation of data rights and loopholes that violate our bill of rights, most people are a bit naive with their data and have no problem sharing their location with Google or apple 24/7 is AOK. I don’t want to be one of them. (For anyone reading, bridging won’t stop this you need Google these for yourself, bridging is more of a protection from internet suppliers and network monitoring by network admins or hackers. Similar to a vpn but with less protection, It also slows your internet browsing significantly.) If the app offers bridging, can you tell me how to navigate to it? Thanks. Every tool I can get my hands on to keep my data and my family’s data safe:) power to the people! P.S. wish there was a button to create a tab library so I could open all my windows on my pc and continue where I left off from my phone instead of doing it 1 by 1. It exist on pc, can you add this to the app too?
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Http compatibility and missing video player
Issue 1: Http compatibility: On the iOS mobile browser version of Brave, there’s a function that lets you enable or disable a forced switch from http to the more secure https Protocol. However, the function that lets you disable it doesn't work. Even if you slide to have it disabled, webpages are still forcefully redirected to use https. The issue is that some websites are http only and will not function without that protocol. Even if shields in general are turned off, webpages still redirect to using https. It would be nice if the function to disable the switch was worked upon, or if a reason for why it can’t work is stated. I could accept if it’s just an iOS thing that nothing can be done about on Brave’s end. Issue 2: Missing video player: Some video players are completely missing when trying to play a video through the Brave browser. There’s just a black square where the player should be. To check whether it was a website issue or a Brave issue, I tested it by going to the exact same website and watching the same exact video through Brave, Google Chrome, and Mozilla Firefox. It worked on both chrome and Firefox, but not with Brave. I then turned off the shields to see if it work work then. Still a black square. I don’t know all too much about web development or what the specifics are, but I know that I love using Brave, and would love to see this issue resolved, if possible. Thank you!
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Best browser in privacy.
I don’t know why people don’t admit Firefox track you and not give you the privacy you need it. Just because Brave created the browser with software Chromium? All websites are created by chromium. Anyway the thing is Brave have everything in privacy, block ads, tracking, not sell your data and stop malicious websites before access to them. I use Brave all the time. But I only use Microsoft edge Collection to save my links there. If Brave make this, everything is completely for me. I hope soon to see a Collection. Anyway Brave you don’t need account it is better for privacy in that way but you can saved everything. How is that works? Check that in their websites or go to settings and Sync and follow the instructions. You will not use google search engine, Brave have own search engine and get better including the browser. Thanks developer for care privacy and keep improving and adding more features, I hope to see a collection soon, I want transfer my collection of Microsoft edge to Brave. And for people who talk bad about Brave, yes it is based on chromium but google can’t collect data from Brave dude. Give up in Firefox and use Brave. I was user of Firefox by years from my childhood and today I’m adult and Firefox is not like was before in privacy.
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