Lion Browser (Old Version) User Reviews

Name: Lion Browser (Old Version)
Rating: 4.6 (587 reviews)

Lion Browser (Old Version)

Patrick Adams

🔧 Utilities

🌟 Lifestyle

What users say

Summarized from real user reviews of Lion Browser (Old Version). Based on 587 reviews and a 4.6/5 average, it highlights the 9 positives and 9 negatives reviewers mention most about this Utilities app.

Positive things

🚀Fast and responsive browser performance
👍Easy to use and intuitive interface
🔒Strong accountability features with partner notifications
💰Affordable one-time payment model ($9.99)
📧Effective accountability email reports
🎨Clean and modern design
👤Responsive and helpful customer support
🔐Privacy-focused alternative to competitors
📱Lightweight and quick to download

Negative things

🐛Frequent app crashes and freezing
🔋Phone overheating issues reported
⚠️Inaccurate content tagging and false positives
❌No ad-blocking capability
📊Limited browser functionality compared to Safari
🔄Outdated - hasn't been updated in over a year
🎯Navigation bar frequently disappears
⚡Poor performance on some popular websites
🔌Apple AirPlay incompatibility

Top reviews

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Best accountability browser out today.

I started using Lion browser in 2018 during a very stressful time in my life.
It is fast to download, and easy to use. The accountability emails work, and the bookmark feature is easy to use.

Most of all, the owner himself has responded multiple times to questions I have had and has fixed them. I will be following this browser to see the next steps.

This is a must have for christian iphone users.

David19850

3 years ago

Good but needs a lot of updating

This browser is nice to have but has not been updated in over a year. It doesn’t give you the ability to block anything either. Apple airplay does not work with it. No Adblock either. But this is a very useful and needed type of browser for millions of people.

Adam1230

4 years ago

Functional But Buggy

Popular websites like YouTube will not display correctly but there are work arounds.

Browser apps that have something like a “submit” button permanently attached to the bottom of your screen can be obstructed by the browsers interface.

Jakeduvvjtsb

4 years ago

A few suggestions….

I’ve been using Lion for a few months now, and overall, I really like it. I would like to make a few suggestions though and mention a few bugs. It would be great to be able to put a website as a Home Screen app rather than only being able to save it under Bookmarks and Quick Links. It would make it a lot easier to get to those that we really want to get quickly if we could select “Add to Home Screen” as an option. I also wish we could reorder Quick Links. Last thing on suggestions, please put a forward button at the bottom. There’s a back button but no forward button. Both would be nice.

As far as bugs, sometimes when trying to go through all web pages open, if you click on one to bring it up, it doesn’t bring the webpage up. It basically gets stuck to where when tapping on it to select it, it acts like it’s already pulled up. Hard to explain but this happens when the dots appear at the bottom as you’re trying to go through webpages that are already open. Sometimes tapping on one won’t bring it up. And lastly, sometimes it’s hard to get the bottom navigation bar to come back up when on a page. You have to scroll all the way to the top and sometimes tap incessantly to get it to show back up.

Just some suggestions/feedback. Overall, very thankful for this web browser.

WVWTH

4 years ago

Great, just one bug

Works almost perfectly for anything I’ve needed. Only issue is sometimes the bar at the bottom is in the way of a website’s bar at the bottom, and there is no way to hide that bar to access the website’s bar.

spcase101

5 years ago

Please help

My iPhone 12 is constantly overheating.
Pages crash - often.
Phone crashes constantly as well.

Simple things like google send it on a crazy refresh.

All of my phone issues start at Lion.

I appreciate that it’s helping me but my work is suffering particularly when I’m on the field and I can’t get on my laptop to research and verify information.

As the app is frozen and overheating my phone I came to the AppStore to share this. I’m so defeated by my constant inability to get the simplest bit of information pulled up on lion.

ObiDanKanobi

5 years ago

Will not open

As of today, every time I try to use the app it crashes without starting. I have a lot of very important bookmarks so I am afraid to delete the app and lose them but am frustrated as the app is useless

Jstras26d

6 years ago

Wondering why more people don’t use this

Absolutely fantastic accountability app! Having used Covenant eyes, X3watch, Accountable2You, this one takes the cake... finally an accountability app that looks nice and runs smooth as a browser.

TrevorC10

6 years ago

Response from developer

Thank you for your kind words Trevor!

Did not work. Very poor assistance.

I purchased the accountability partners function and added two valid email addresses. Neither email address received confirmation. I contacted customer service which went unanswered. After my second request, someone got back with me with additional questions. There was an endless amount of questions which took 24 hours for each question. Finally after about 10 days of going back and forth, I was told that they could not access their email provider. Buyer beware.

jfhhhb

6 years ago

Response from developer

For whatever reason, hotmail.com email addresses do not play nicely with SendGrid, the email provider we use. Otherwise everything should work fine. We suggest using a different email address than hotmail.com

Doable

I have really wanted to make Lion work for me here’s some things that would be great if it had.

1 please make a upfront price and don’t penalize users for adding accountability partners.
(I do appreciate there is no subscription)

2 I’d like to search with DuckDuckGo but as far as I can see Google is my only built-in search option.

3 my accountability partner/s may like to see ALL the websites I’ve been on, not just what Lion thinks they should see.

Godscarbonsteward

6 years ago

Response from developer

Hi Godscarbonsteward, In response to your first concern, we do not penalize users for adding accountability partners. After you pay the one-time fee of $10 you can add unlimited accountability partners forever. We will never charge you again. For your second concern, we can look into allowing users to set default browsers inside of the app search bar, but for now I suggest setting DuckDuckGo as your homepage. And for the last concern, we haven't come across many users who have partners that want to see ALL the websites, but we can definitely look into adding that feature. All the best, Patrick

No QR code

The app is great other then unable to view QR code’s. My job uses them for covid screening

nicumurse

6 years ago

Pretty solid browser

Browser looks great with the dark theme. Browser is fast and tabs reload quickly.

Some nice to haves would be:
Having auto complete searches in the browser bar.
Something about flick scrolling seems a tiny bit off. I usually notice this when changing directions in scrolling.

dhfjbgfbejjd

6 years ago

Response from developer

Our latest update (4.0) adds Google search auto-complete suggestions. Enjoy!

Bookmarks/Downloading

I love this app so far. Fast and Clean Design! Something that always hold me back is Bookmarks and the UI. If this can sync across my devices awesome and if the bookmarks were cleaner such as folders perfect. Thank you for this.

I can’t save anything to my files app or to my Dropbox. Links from my email app don’t open in web browser even if I hit share to lion button it errors out.

AlejandroWirth

6 years ago

Response from developer

If you set Lion as your default browser that should take care of links in email opening correctly. As for the Files/Dropbox app we can look into those issues. All the best, Patrick

App works sometimes

Purchased the option for partners a few months back and has really worked well but recently have been having issues with it not searching at all. Remains on google.com as a blank, white page. Not sure what’s going on. I have cleared the caches and uninstalled twice with no luck. I have tried going 4G alone and on WiFi with the same issue persisting. Might have to look at other options because I can’t use this now.

Ashton406

6 years ago

Tags unexplained

I have had this accountability web browser for a few weeks and my accountability report had some shocking tags for common websites. Like WSBTV has inappropriate stuff tagging as orgies, lesbians etc. oh and using Google for anything will tag almost everything sex. It has pretty much made me not want to use the internet.

Medic496

7 years ago

Response from developer

The tag algorithm has been improved. We also removed the tags from the email so it's less alarming. If you have any other concerns please reach out to us at contact@lionapp.io. We want Lion to be the best experience it can be for you. All the best, Patrick

Sometimes no navigation, Links from texts

I often get links to webpages from friends, which I have to copy and paste into the browser; if I tap the link in the message, the link will not open. If anything, it only allows opening the link in either Google or Safari, both of which I have deleted.

Also, oftentimes I will be browsing and there simply won’t be any navigation toolbar (history, back, forward, etc), which means I have to close out the browser and reopen it.

Otherwise, the app is worth it. I require the accountability and I am happy this browser is available.

C.D. Boldt

7 years ago

Response from developer

Hey C.D., iOS now has the option to set a default browser. This will fix all of the issues you have with opening a link from another app. If you go into Lion's settings and tap "Change Default Browser" you can set the default browser to Lion. Please let me know if you have an issues with this by emailing me at contact@lionapp.io. All the best, Patrick

Annoying Bug Requiring Force Close

Good app, one bug that is really annoying and happens frequently is all the all controls (such as the back button) will disappear and the only way to get it back is to force close the app and re-open it. Please fix this!

Wizholt7

7 years ago

Response from developer

Hey Wizholt, Tapping the top of the screen where it shows the website name should bring back the bars. Please let me know if you have anymore issues.

Beats Covenant Eyes!

Ever since Covenant eyes broke their service with the IOS VPN ‘upgrade’, I’ve been looking for an alternative that works well. I’ve found it now. The internet is fast again, I still have the accountability I desire, and I’m happy to be with a company that values data privacy and security. Thank you Lion!

Waller63839

8 years ago

Some glitches but works well

Pros: the accountability partner is a must and it’s what makes the app desirable. Fast browser.

Cons: can’t open as default when clicked on a link in other apps, must use the “share” function; unable to type in the URL box to search in google when the search term is in a different language (Chinese)

orion hunters

8 years ago

Response from developer

Orion, You can now set Lion as your default browser. This fixes all of the problems with opening links from other apps. Please let me know if you need help setting it up. All the best, Patrick

Can’t add partners

An error keeps occurring every time I try to add the in-app $9.99 partner option. It says to contact Apple support. I wanted to check here first if there was a known issue. Thank you.

WantToAddPartner