# Lens: Simple, Private Browser — The web, without the noise

> The web, without the noise (iPhone/iPad app by Maximos Angelakis.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/lens-simple-private-browser/id6817076945 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Maximos Angelakis](https://appshunter.io/developer/1809161226)
- Category: Utilities, Productivity
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 17+
- Requires: iOS 26.0 · 58 MB
- Languages: American English, Dutch, French (France), German (Germany), Greek, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Brazilian Portuguese and 4 more
- Released: 2026-10-30
- Data updated: 2026-10-31

## What is Lens?

Lens is a web browser that stays out of your way. Open it and type: search comes first, your favourite sites are one tap away, and there's nothing else to learn. No ads, no trackers, no account, and nothing collected about you. Free.

SEARCH FIRST
• Lens opens straight to search, with your pinned sites one tap away.
• Pick your search engine: DuckDuckGo, Brave, Kagi, Ecosia, Google or Bing.

THE WEB, WITHOUT THE NOISE
• Ads, trackers and most cookie pop-ups don't load.
• Hide anything that bothers you on a page, and it stays hidden next time.

PRIVATE ON ITS OWN
• No account, no analytics, no tracking. Lens doesn't know who you are.
• Lock private tabs with Face ID.
• Forget This Website clears everything a site saved.
• Secure connections everywhere, and tracking codes are cleaned from links.

TABS THAT TIDY THEMSELVES
• Tabs you haven't opened in a day move to the Archive. Nothing is lost.
• A tab with a half-filled form stays open until you send it.
• Pinch a page to see your tabs, swipe along the bar to switch, flick a tab up to close it.

SMALL THINGS THAT HELP
• Mini Player: keep listening while you browse, with Picture in Picture.
• Downloads that keep going in the background.
• Reader, in seven soft colours.
• Translate pages right on your iPhone.
• Press and hold a link to preview it, and scroll it, before you open it.
• Buttons for Reader, Translate, video and Downloads show up only when you need them.
• Zoom, fullscreen, desktop site and blocking, set for each site.
• Swipe anywhere on a page to go back or forward.
• Copy an article as clean Markdown.

MADE FOR iPHONE DUO
• Open, the page gets the whole big screen, with the bar down the side.
• Half-fold it in landscape, and Reader becomes a book you turn page by page.
• Closed, it's the same Lens you know from iPhone.

WORKS WITH YOUR iPHONE
• Make Lens your default browser.
• iCloud Passwords, passkeys, one-time codes, Apple Pay and Wallet passes.
• iCloud sync for pins, history and tabs, end-to-end encrypted.
• Buttons for Control Center and the Lock Screen, and Siri and Shortcuts.

FOR DESIGNERS AND DEVELOPERS
Select any text to see which font draws it. Tap anything to see its box, colours and contrast, measure the gap between two elements, or pause the page to look at a menu. Turn on Developer Tools in Settings.

LENS FOR MAC
A free menu bar app with your pins, your iPhone's tabs and the pages you send from your iPhone.

No feeds, no clutter, no AI you didn't ask for. If you like Lens, you can leave a tip and unlock extra app icons.

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Coffee | $2.99 | one-time |
| Coffee & Snack | $5.99 | one-time |
| Lunch | $12.99 | one-time |
| Big Thank-You | $24.99 | one-time |


## Is Lens safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Lens.

## Is Lens legit?

Lens: Simple, Private Browser has limited verification signals. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Lens is 58 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 1 release)

### 1.0 — 2026-10-30

No release notes.

## More apps by Maximos Angelakis

- [In Season: Seasonal Produce](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/in-season-seasonal-produce/id6744747939)
- [Things: Personal Inventory](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/things-personal-inventory/id6758863208)

All apps by Maximos Angelakis: https://appshunter.io/developer/1809161226

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