# Insight Browser — Extensible, private browsing

> Extensible, private, and customizable iOS browser with mobile extensions and advanced ad blocking. (iPhone/iPad app by Laso Technologies Inc.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/insight-browser/id1531407280 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Laso Technologies Inc](https://appshunter.io/developer/1449295971)
- Category: Productivity, Utilities
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Rating: 4.70/5 from 339 App Store ratings · 60 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 17+
- Requires: iOS 12.0 · 120 MB
- Languages: American English, Afrikaans, Albanian, Angika, Arabic, Aragonese, Armenian, Asturian, Azerbaijani, Basque and 77 more
- Released: 2020-11-04
- Data updated: 2026-06-10
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/insight-browser/id1531407280/reviews.md

## What is Insight Browser?

Insight is lightning fast, completely private and the most easily customizable browser built just for iOS.

FIRST IOS BROWSER WITH MOBILE EXTENSIONS 
Explore hundreds of mobile extensions or build your own powerful, no-code extensions with a few taps. With Insight, build your own search engines, add handy tools to your favorite sites (e.g. open a price tracker on any Amazon product page), and much more. 

BLOCK EVEN THE UNBLOCKABLE ADS
Plus, access the best ad blocker on mobile, including the ability to block ads on Google, Facebook and Amazon.

THE BEST SEARCH EXPERIENCE
Search once and swipe between multiple search engines. Never worry about not having the right extensions. They're suggested automatically as you browse. 

DISTRACTION-FREE READING
With reader mode, get the most beautiful reading experience. No ads, no clutter.

SAVE MONEY WHILE SHOPPING
Dozens of shopping extensions that help you comparison shop, set price alerts & find the best deals on the products you love.

MAXIMUM PRIVACY
Insight disables trackers by default and gives you complete control on your privacy settings.


Get the Insight browser for iOS today! 

Privacy Policy: https://insightbrowser.com/privacy
Terms of Use: https://insightbrowser.com/terms

## Key features

- Mobile extensions
- No-code extension builder
- Advanced ad blocker
- Customizable search engines
- Reader mode
- Shopping extensions
- Tracker blocking

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Insight Browser Pro Monthly | $3.99 | per month |
| Insight Browser Pro Yearly | $39.99 | per year |


## What do users think of Insight Browser?

Overall sentiment: mixed

**Pros**

- 🚀 Fast loading speeds and performance
- 🌙 Excellent dark mode implementation
- 🛡️ Effective ad blocking functionality
- 💡 Innovative custom extensions system
- 🔒 Strong privacy features
- 👍 User-friendly interface and UI
- 📱 Lightweight and memory efficient
- 🎯 Accurate search results

**Cons**

- ⚠️ App no longer actively maintained/updated
- 🌐 Developer's website and domain abandoned
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and freezing issues
- ⏱️ Slow initial load times on startup
- 🔐 Misleading ad-blocking claims
- 📺 YouTube full-screen functionality broken
- ⚙️ Limited browser customization options
- 🔗 Broken help pages and documentation links

**Commonly reported bugs**

- App crashes when opening more than 3 tabs
- Crashes on startup/frozen first screen
- YouTube links in new tabs show blank pages
- YouTube pre-roll ads not blocked despite claims
- Twitch ads not blocked
- Dark mode doesn't work on Wikipedia
- Bright flash before dark mode activates
- Bookmarks don't open when clicked
- Bookmarks default to Unsorted
- Bookmark cards not showing all saved bookmarks
- YouTube limited to 720p resolution
- Reload/Apple Pay popup appears constantly while shopping
- iPad crashes frequently
- Extensions occasionally stop working
- Invalid security certificate on developer website
- Help page returns 404 error

**Most requested features**

- Full ad blocker like uBlock Origin integration
- Domain blacklist/exclusion feature for search results
- Easier extension toggle per-page without leaving page
- Apple Pay support for online shopping
- Text size adjustment easier than Safari
- Mobile mode option for iPad viewing
- YouTube 1080p+ quality support
- Unsecure website bypass option
- Custom top sites extension
- Tampermonkey/userscript support
- Open all bookmarks option
- Safer tab clearing UI placement

## Recent user reviews (10 of 60)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/insight-browser/id1531407280/reviews.md

### 1/5 — DO NOT INSTALL THIS

*2024-08-24*

THIS BROWSER IS NO LONGER BEING UPDATED. THE OWNERS DO NOT EVEN HAVE THEIR OWN DOMAIN/WEBSITE OPERATIONAL ANY LONGER.

This browser was great a year ago, one of the best new app only browser mods. It has not been updated for over a year however. The extensions that rely somewhat on their homepage have issues now.  Seeing as it is quite difficult to reacquire a lost domain it could be dangerous to trust any new owner of the domain to be the same operators as the previous. Best to move onto a newer app with continuous operation.

### 5/5 — Insight Browser iOS app

*2024-06-14*

Insight Browser iOS app version

### 5/5 — Needs an extension function to exclude domains from search results

*2024-04-04*

Often I find certain sources always popping up in search results, and I really don’t want them, because those sites force “upsell” to app lockdowns on their content. I would rather exclude these from mobile searches. In the create extensions function, we can whitelist domains, but there’s no function to blacklist domains. I was able to implement a sort of blacklist for certain hard-coded domains with regex, but that’s a bit convoluted, hard to manage or modify. Actual domain exclusions (with a list, or at least a dedicated function) would be much more useful for extensions than hard-coding specific offenders with custom regex for each search engine.

### 1/5 — ⚠️Warning: Developer/Company Seems To Be Defunct

*2024-03-15*

While other users have noted that there has not been any updates to the app for a while and that the app’s privacy policy leads to an inexistent/unreachable website, I found some additional evidence that the developer is MIA (I hope they are okay).

The developer’s website and privacy policy page currently have an invalid security certificate that expired back in February 12, 2024. It was last renewed on November 14, 2023 using a Let’s Encrypt 90-day certificate, which are usually renewed automatically. This is a pretty good indicator that the website has been completely abandoned.

The same thing goes for the developer’s other app’s website for Hyper Web. Its website certificate was last issued on November 23, 2023 and expired on February 02, 2024.

I would say be careful of continuing to use the app. Hopefully the dev didn’t have something terrible happen to them.

### 5/5 — Could become the complete best browser for ios!

*2024-02-09*

I think this is very much the best browser i have (compared to safari, chrome, and for the extensions, even firefox), and the team making it has done some good work. Although i have some problems, mainly that the help page (I’m pretty sure) goes to a 404 error. The pop-up ads extension is very helpful, but the main thing I think that would make is easily the best browser is intergrating something like Ublock Origin as an extension, or just have it be intergrated into the browser from the beginning. People would flock to your app! 

tl;dr, already the best browser i’ve used, but it could be made even better with a full adblocker.

### 5/5 — ❤️ Insight Browser

*2023-04-13*

Insight browser is great!  It’s my go-to browser for shopping.  It’s fast and efficiently blocks those annoying ads.  Extensions may come in handy too.  Highly recommended.  Also check out this developer’s Hyperweb app—it’s excellent, as well!

### 5/5 — Do it..

*2023-03-28*

Took me bit to figure out the whole shortcut thimg and gettin everything set..now that I hav3…gonna sounds prob a little weird but…it’s like I been spat out the apple cacoon of Google with mandated no choice info at a drip deemed good enough for apple iOS..insight has turn that drip into a river to a sea of infomwhere there’s is those freedom to..and get this….choose..what I want!1..yea…me!…a digital choice otter then mainstream,…love this app…and you will to

### 3/5 — Please explain

*2022-10-30, version 2.2.020*

I’m not sure what I’m getting with this app. I use Hyperweb and I know I don’t use it to capacity but having ads within Amazon blocked makes it worthwhile. I’m wondering about 3 items but only remember 2 atm. Number 2 will appear when I remember. ………………….…………………………………. ……………….……… 1. Privacy. It’s not Tor. I’m still trackable but somehow not so easily? For example, when I use other “private” browsers, read my last article behind a paywall, copy the URL of another, close the browser, re-open, paste the URL, I can’t read another article. Somehow there’s sufficient data left to show I read my last article. Same with buying tickets- there’s data showing I shopped for flights and I won’t get a better price. Am I correct? …………………………. ……………………………………………… 2. …………………………. ……………………………………………… 3. Pro. What does $40/y buy? Is this functional as is? I can’t tell and don’t recall from when I tried some weeks ago. Thank you.

### 2/5 — Fast and efficient, but not completely on top.

*2022-10-28, version 2.2.020*

To begin with, extensions are limited and don’t always work. There’s also no settings to customize your browser with. It’ll just lead you to the settings app, where you can do basically nothing on. Other than that, it’s actually quite fast. It loaded my sites twice as fast as Firefox did, and thrice as fast as Safari.

### 4/5 — ❤️ Insight Browser

*2022-09-17, version 2.2.019*

2022 update:  Note:  Please fix the super-annoying "Reload/Apple Pay" message; it pops up constantly when online shopping and drives me nuts!  Then, 5 stars.  Best browser for shopping and searching; adblocker works great, too. Extensions are handy for those who know how to use them. Prior review: The more I use it, the more I LOVE this one! It blocks ads, it’s fast, and allows me to find what I’m looking for (using Google search). Way more accurate search results than with default Safari. Want a PDF? Find it here. Still learning about “extensions” and how to use them. But, I’m already extremely impressed with Insight Browser!

## Frequently asked questions about Insight Browser

### What does the Insight browser do?

Insight is a fast, private, and highly customizable browser for iOS. It allows users to install and even build their own mobile extensions, block ads effectively, and offers a distraction-free reading mode.

### What are the key features of Insight Browser?

Key features include the first mobile extensions for iOS, a no-code extension builder, advanced ad blocking (including on Google, Facebook, and Amazon), customizable search engines, a distraction-free reader mode, and shopping extensions for deals and price tracking.

### Is Insight Browser free to use?

The Insight browser is free to download and use. The application does have in-app purchases, which may unlock additional features or customization options for users who wish to enhance their browsing experience further.

### What kind of privacy features does Insight Browser offer?

Insight Browser prioritizes user privacy by disabling trackers by default. It provides users with complete control over their privacy settings, ensuring a more secure and private browsing experience on their iOS devices.

### Who is Insight Browser designed for?

This browser is designed for iOS users who value privacy, customization, and enhanced browsing capabilities. It's particularly useful for shoppers looking for deals, readers who want a clutter-free experience, and users who want to tailor their browsing tools.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 2.2.020 — 2022-10-04

- Fixes and improvements.

### 2.2.019 — 2022-04-18

- Fixes and improvements.

### 2.2.018 — 2022-02-02

- Fixes and improvements.

### 2.2.017 — 2021-09-24

Updated for better iOS 15 compatibility and crash fixes.

### 2.2.016 — 2021-06-04

- Updated adblock list
- Support for custom styles
- Fixing crashes and non user facing bugs

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## More apps by Laso Technologies Inc

- [Hyperweb](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/hyperweb/id1581824571)

All apps by Laso Technologies Inc: https://appshunter.io/developer/1449295971

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