# Lumo Browser — Sidebar browser: spaces & AI

> Sidebar browser: spaces & AI (iPhone/iPad app by 耀 刘.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/lumo-browser/id6794906429 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [耀 刘](https://appshunter.io/developer/6790664597)
- Category: Productivity, Utilities
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 17+
- Requires: iOS 18.0 · 57 MB
- Languages: American English, French (France), German (Germany), Japanese, Korean, Chinese (Simplified, China), European Spanish, Chinese (Traditional, Taiwan)
- Released: 2026-08-07
- Data updated: 2026-10-26

## What is Lumo Browser?

Lumo is a browser for phones, tablets and foldables. On a tablet or an unfolded foldable, pages load as their full desktop versions — the whole site, not a phone layout. On a phone, pages load in their mobile versions and fill the screen, with the controls where your thumb is. Beside the page is an assistant that has already read it: ask it something, or have it do the work.

AT HOME ON EVERY SCREEN
· Tablet and unfolded foldable: a sidebar beside the page, a toolbar on top, side panels and two pages side by side
· Phone and folded foldable: the address bar and buttons at the bottom, a sidebar that slides out from the left edge, panels that rise from below
· Fold or unfold and the layout follows without reloading the page
· Choose the desktop or mobile version for any single site, on that device only
· Right-click menus, link hover, keyboard shortcuts; trackpad and mouse scrolling ride the system's own path
· Per-site zoom, appearance, fonts, camera and microphone permissions, remembered for each site

A NEW START PAGE
· Pure white or pure black, with your search field and favorite sites
· An optional character-art background — fish, spaceships, or two people who meet and walk on hand in hand — drawn on your device with no network access

AN ASSISTANT BESIDE THE PAGE
· It has read the page before you open it
· Ask in your own language about a page in another, and the lines it found light up
· What is not on the page, it says is not on the page
· Say what you want done: export a PDF or a long screenshot, download an image, save a table, open and close tabs, put two pages side by side, write a note
· Answers can come as charts, tables and cards
· Bring your own key, or sign in with a subscription you already have. Lumo has no server; questions do not pass through us.
· Part of Lumo Pro

SPACES
· Each Space owns its tabs and pinned sites, color-coded and a swipe apart
· Pages you use stay alive; when the system needs memory back, tabs keep their address and scroll position
· Closing a tab or clearing a whole Space can be undone

PINNED SITES AND FOLDERS
· Everyday sites in a grid; the rest in folders within folders, arranged by dragging
· Rename any of them

WEB EXTENSIONS
· Compatible Web Extensions from extension stores or files you have; pin three to the toolbar. Browsing the store is free; installing needs Lumo Pro.

AD AND TRACKER BLOCKING
· Engine-level rules stop requests before they download — faster, lighter pages
· Third-party requests only, so sign-ins keep working; one switch, or allow a single site

NOTES, TRANSLATION, PASSWORDS
· A notes panel beside the page, synced to your other devices
· Select text to translate it; in a text field, replace the original
· Passwords in the system's secure storage, filled after you unlock; backups encrypted with a passphrase only you know

ALSO
· PDFs, downloads, temporary link previews, history by date with search and delete, your own background, several app icons, light and dark

LUMO PRO (lifetime purchase or auto-renewable subscription — buy once, use it on all your devices)
· Web extensions, the translation lens (whole-page translation is free) and the assistant
· Page markup with a pen or a finger, kept for when the page comes back
· Media grid for every picture and video in one or several tabs
· Video speed and picture in picture for any site, with ambient light
· Professional Web Toolkit: extract images, links, tables and videos; inspect resources and storage; export PDFs and long screenshots; custom CSS per site
· User scripts, sessions, page monitors, avatar ornaments, daylight and a daily line

Browsing history stays on your device. It is never uploaded.

Privacy Policy: https://greatgithubfish.github.io/Lumo-Browser-Support/privacy.html
Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Lumo Pro Monthly | $1.99 | per month |
| Lumo Pro Yearly | $6.99 | per year |

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Lumo Pro | $9.99 | one-time |


## Is Lumo Browser safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Lumo Browser.

## Is Lumo Browser legit?

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


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 6.0 — 2026-10-26

Lumo 6.0 is our biggest update yet: Lumo comes to iPhone for the first time, and the start page, the sidebar and Settings have all been redesigned.

NOW ON IPHONE
• One Lumo for iPhone and iPad. Lumo Pro bought with the same account works on both.
• Pages fill the whole screen, with the top and bottom bars taking the page's own color. The address bar and the back, forward and reload buttons sit at the bottom within reach of your thumb, and rise with the keyboard as you type.
• Swipe in from the left edge and the page slides aside under your finger to reveal the sidebar. Swipe across the sidebar to change Spaces; tap the page or pull it back to close.
• The assistant, Notes, the Toolkit and translation rise from the bottom, and their text fields stay just above the keyboard. Every tool is in More.
• iPhone opens the mobile version of websites and iPad the desktop version. Switch any site from More, on this device only. Sites with a separate mobile address, such as YouTube, Bilibili and Wikipedia, open their desktop page on iPad automatically.

IPHONE DUO
• Folded, Lumo uses the phone layout; unfold it and the full iPad-style layout appears, with the sidebar, the top toolbar, side panels and two pages side by side. Both open desktop websites.
• Folding and unfolding never reloads the page, and the page runs right under the side status bar.

A NEW START PAGE
• Pure white in light mode, pure black in dark, with Lumo at the center and your search field and favorite sites below. Site icons adapt to light and dark.
• An optional moving ASCII background: just a faint grid until something passes by in tiles of characters — fish, spaceships, or two people who pass, look back and walk on hand in hand. Touch it and it responds. Drawn entirely on your device with no network access; adjust or turn it off in Settings.

A REDESIGNED SIDEBAR
• Color-coded Spaces with an icon of your choice. Switch from the capsule at the top, the bar at the bottom, or by swiping sideways.
• Compact one-line tabs: long titles fade out softly and glide into view when a pointer rests on them, with a card showing a page preview.
• Swipe a tab to pin or close it, and undo a closed tab.
• Clear now closes every open page in the Space, pinned sites' pages included. The pins stay, and one tap undoes it.
• A new search button finds tabs, pinned sites, history and commands in one place.
• Clearer pinned-site folders, simpler site icons and smoother sidebar scrolling.

TWO PAGES SIDE BY SIDE
• Drag a tab onto the left or right half of the page area to open two pages side by side, or open a tab or pinned site on the other side directly.
• Choose “Show Only This Page” to fill the page area while the other page stays in your tabs.

AND MORE
• Temporary link previews: touch and hold a link or use its context menu. Close it without adding a tab, or keep it as one.
• The AI assistant can answer with charts, tables and cards (turn it on in the assistant's settings).
• Frosted glass for Settings and Lumo Pro, with clearer layers as you go deeper into Settings.
• The History page reads better on narrow screens, and browsing data can be deleted right there.
• Prism is the new default app icon; the original stays available as Classic, with Aqua Glass as another option. Toolbar icons, press feedback and typography are refined throughout.

This release also pays tribute to the design explorations that made the sidebar central to browsing.

### 5.6 — 2026-10-19

Lumo 5.6 brings a cleaner Settings experience and broader user-script support.

• Refreshed Settings: more consistent icons, layouts, and descriptions; expandable long descriptions and a copy action for password entries.
• More capable user scripts: support for script resources, commands in the address bar, tab data, and downloads managed in Lumo. Failed dependencies now identify the URL. Installation can continue when an optional resource is unavailable, with a warning about affected features.
• External-app links: websites ask for confirmation before opening supported meeting and messaging apps.
• Desktop-site compatibility: improves sites that mistake an iPad for a phone. Chaoxing stays on its desktop site by default; the behavior can be enabled per site elsewhere.

Also includes Settings alignment and interaction refinements.

### 5.5 — 2026-10-18

Lumo 5.5 introduces in-place translation.

• Translate whole pages for free. Text appears in its original position while preserving the page’s layout as much as possible. Translation continues as you scroll or new content loads.
• Translate more than page text. Lumo can recognize text in images and visible subtitles in videos. Each option has its own switch in the translation menu.
• Choose your languages. Select the source language or detect it automatically, then choose a target language supported by the system. Tap Show Original to end translation.
• Focus with Translation Lens, a Lumo Pro feature. Move and resize the lens to translate only what is inside it.

For new installations, Media View, Page Markup, and In-Place Translation now appear on the default toolbar. Web Toolkit, Page Notes, and the AI Assistant remain available under More. Existing custom toolbar layouts stay as you arranged them.

### 5.4 — 2026-10-16

Lumo 5.4 makes it easier to find pages, manage browsing data, and enjoy videos.

A NEW HISTORY EXPERIENCE
Open history from the bottom of the sidebar to find recently visited pages and recently closed tabs, and reopen them with a tap.
Full history opens in its own tab, with browsing by date, search, bulk deletion, and up to 30 days of history.

MORE FLEXIBLE DATA CLEARING
Clear data from the last 15 minutes, hour, 24 hours, 7 days, or all time. Choose browsing history, cookies and site data, and cached images and files to suit your needs.

IMPROVED VIDEO VIEWING
Improved playback on sites where videos previously started muted, and reduced unexpected autoplay audio from background pages.
Better blending between video ambient lighting and player letterboxing makes viewing feel more natural.

A CLEANER BROWSING INTERFACE
A more compact top toolbar leaves more room for pages. The address bar can show both the domain and page title, with quick sharing and website pinning.
Sidebars and panels open and close more smoothly, with softer toolbar highlights. The AI assistant can now be added to your custom toolbar.

MORE DIRECT NEW TABS
Tap New Tab in the sidebar to open your start page directly. Your selected home page or new-tab extension still applies.

PRIVACY AND RELIABILITY IMPROVEMENTS
Strengthened private-space data protection and isolation of private tabs from extensions and the AI assistant. Improved password filling and user-script permission checks.
Improved backup restoration, download file management, extension reimporting, and recovery from page errors. Fixed input-method editing issues in notes and other details.

### 5.3 — 2026-10-15

Lumo 5.3 makes the sidebar easier to use.

NEW KEYBOARD CONNECTION GLOW
A soft glow appears around the page when you connect or disconnect an external keyboard, giving you a clear visual cue. When Reduce Motion is enabled in system settings, the effect is simplified.

IMPROVED SIDEBAR TOUCH CONTROLS
Fixed an issue where finger swipes could fail to scroll the sidebar when many tabs were open. Scrolling, holding to reorder, and long-press menus now work better together.

STEADIER TAB REORDERING
Fixed tabs jumping back and forth while being dragged, keeping their positions and the reordering process more stable.

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