# Night Web Browser by Alex — user reviews

> 134 indexed App Store user reviews of Night Web Browser by Alex by Apps by Alex AB.

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/night-web-browser-by-alex/id659125750/reviews
- App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/night-web-browser-by-alex/id659125750.md

## What do users think of Night Web Browser by Alex?

Overall sentiment: mixed

**Pros**

- 💡 Effective screen dimming beyond iOS limits
- 😴 Perfect for nighttime reading and sleep
- 👍 Simple and intuitive user interface
- ⚡ Fast browser performance compared to Safari/Chrome
- 🎨 Red/warm filter reduces eye strain
- 💰 Affordable one-time purchase at $0.99
- ⌨️ Keyboard dimming included
- 📖 Works well for web browsing and PDF reading
- 🔖 Bookmark functionality available

**Cons**

- 🚫 Only works within the app, not system-wide
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and app instability
- 📱 Incompatible with iPhone X and some devices
- ⚠️ Misleading app description causes confusion
- 🔍 Poor browser functionality compared to Safari
- 📡 Requires location services unnecessarily
- 🎯 Limited to web browsing only
- 🔧 Lacks basic browser features (tabs, loading bar)
- 🌐 Language settings issues (defaults to non-English)
- 📊 Outdated - infrequent updates
- 🛡️ Installs trackers and unwanted ads

**Commonly reported bugs**

- App crashes on launch or during use
- Blank screen with no functionality
- Crashes when opening certain websites (Imgur, etc.)
- Keyboard malfunction in certain conditions
- Bookmarks tab not working properly
- Videos load in bright mode instead of dimmed
- Incompatible with iPhone X (blank screen)
- App stops working after updates
- Poor page loading reliability
- Slow page loading times
- Glitchy tab switching

**Most requested features**

- System-wide dimming for all apps and functions
- Multiple tabs support
- Auto-scroll to top functionality
- Page position memory when navigating back
- Reading mode with larger text
- Loading progress bar
- Full-screen mode option
- Scheduled auto-dim by time of day
- Motion-detection based brightness adjustment
- Language selection settings
- Private/incognito browsing mode
- Hide status bar option
- Improved tab switching stability

## Newest reviews (12 of 134)

### 1/5 — Horrible

*2021-06-03*

What good is an app that dims your phone to the same level as it can on its own? Money scam! Don’t do it people especially owning an iPhone, your dark mode with the brightness all the way down is the same!

**Developer response:** That’s not true.. 😕 This app can dim the screen way more then iOS normally can. There is a sun symbol in the button. Just click on that an enjoy the dark mode. ☀️😉 😃

### 1/5 — 能申请退款吗？真的难用

*2021-02-15*

你好能申请退款吗？只是浏览器可以调暗，但是不能把手机系统调暗，不好用！

**Developer response:** 您好！退款请到 reportaproblem.apple.com 直接向 Apple 申请（付款由 Apple 处理，开发者无法直接退款）。您说得对：iOS 不允许任何 App 调暗系统或其他 App，这是系统限制。本 App 能调暗的是它自己的整个界面——网页、工具栏、全屏视频——可以暗到远低于系统最低亮度。介绍文字现在把这一点写在了最前面。—— Alex

### 2/5 — Poor

*2021-01-14, version 8.3*

Doesn’t apply the darkness filter to the whole phone, only the browser itself. Browser has poor functionality

### 1/5 — 没法用

*2021-01-10*

根本用不了出来亮度就恢复了而且里面什么也打不开

**Developer response:** 谢谢 ✅🙏😊😃😍

### 1/5 — Crashing

*2020-11-09*

I enjoyed using the app for a little while, but now it will not open and keeps crashing. I tried restarting my phone but nothing would work. I am disappointed because I paid my money for this and I can’t even access it. Please create a solution and fix this.

**Developer response:** Sorry to hear that! Can you please try to delete it and then download it again? 🙂

### 1/5 — Difficult

*2020-10-18*

Not functioning properly, no instruction on use, not intuitively designed or user friendly, not anything but a waste of time and money. So bad I wrote a review for an app, for the first time ever. Please stop taking advantage the customers by profiting off profit margins generated through the inconvenience of apples return policy, this is corrupt on a corporate level.

### 1/5 — Dims only if your using app.

*2020-09-06*

It’s only a dollar but I should have read more of the reviews and saw that this app only works if your using google on the app you can’t dim the screen while using your phone regularly.

**Developer response:** Yes it's just a Web browser... But it's a Web browser that saves your eyes in the dark. 😉🙂

### 1/5 — Only for google search

*2020-08-06*

I wanted something for my phone, to darken the screen more at night- this only works for google web browsing. Wasted 99 cents.

**Developer response:** You can browse any site you would like and even watch YouTube if you want! 🙂

### 1/5 — Used to work great

*2020-05-27*

The browser just stoped working and it crashes every time instantly. I hope they fix it.

**Developer response:** Thnx for the bug report. The crash is now fixed. 🙂

### 1/5 — Waste of money

*2020-05-25*

Useless app.

**Developer response:** No it's not useless? 🤔 Maybe just not super good? 🙄
However it's a good web browser if you want to watch some YouTube in the dark while your partner wants to sleep or you are putting your baby to sleep. 🥰

### 1/5 — Waste of $$$

*2020-05-12*

Bought this in an attempt to watch Netflix in the night without blinding myself. Paid for it and it did nothing.  The app opens as a google chrome page...don’t waste your time. Just search for how to make iPad extra dim. There are steps you can actually take on iPad to change settings and get it much darker than it currently is and it will cost you $0 additional dollars.

**Developer response:** Hi, sorry to hear that you are not happy with my app. Seems like Netflix doesn't allow us to watch series and movies directly in the webbrowser on iOS. 😏 I will see if I can fix this. 
You can of course dim the screen a lot without this app. But not nearly as much as this app can. 🙂

### 3/5 — Did not change my screen brightness

*2020-04-07*

I have an iphone. I turned my brightness all the way down, put my settings to dark mode, applied a low light filter on my accesibility zoom short cuts, and still though the screen was too bright, so I searched for this app. 

Perhaps it works for people who did not already adjust every setting on the phone first, but I found no difference in brightness in this app. 

Is there no way to further turn down the light?

Thank you for developing this app, 
but it not work for me. 
Please accept my $1 for your hard work😀 It was worth a try

**Developer response:** Hi! Thanks for the feedback! 🙂
Have you put the slider at max level? You click on the sun buttom to find the slider. 
Because I can nearly not see anything when I have the darkest level on. 🙂

## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated)

### 1/5 — 难用

*2026-08-10*

不是？这合理吗？其他app都用不了这个功能，一点用都没有，没用两分钟就卸载了还扣我八块钱？无良，千万别下载

**Developer response:** 抱歉让您失望了。iOS 不允许任何 App 调暗其他 App 或系统本身——这是系统的硬性限制，任何浏览器都绕不过。本 App 是一款浏览器：在它里面浏览网页、看视频时，整个屏幕（包括工具栏和全屏视频）都能暗到远低于系统最低亮度。这一点我们之前在介绍里写得太靠后了，现在已经放到最前面。退款可以在 reportaproblem.apple.com 直接向 Apple 申请，通常很快到账。—— Alex

### 1/5 — Waist of money

*2023-11-12*

This basically just stole my money. They know what we want n this ain't it!

**Developer response:** ❤️ That's not true! I built the app when I was at home with our first baby so I could browse the internet while she slept in the bed next to me. ❤️

### 1/5 — 坑死我了～不能用的

*2023-07-31*

坑，手快付款了～擦～

**Developer response:** ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 这个应用程序工作得很好。它使屏幕变暗，并比iOS正常功能做得更好。 😃😘🤩

### 1/5 — Trackers and other gimmicks

*2023-07-04*

I wanted to like this app - I really did. But then I started getting notifications of it installing trackers, click bait and ads/commercials. I quickly decided to delete it.  
The app just isn’t worth the trash it installs. 
Recommend avoiding. Removing the trackers is a long and tedious process even after deleting the app.

**Developer response:** That's not true! I built the app when I was at home with our first baby so I could browse the internet while she slept in the bed next to me. 
There are absolutely no ads or any other junk in the app. It's my first app ever and it's really built with love!! ♥️😃♥️

### 1/5 — 太垃圾了

*2023-05-27*

无语了，也不说清楚，根本控制不了手机暗下来，还花费8元，垃圾软件。

**Developer response:** 对不起听到这个，但在这种情况下，您可能在做一些错误的事情。点击太阳图标并拖动滑块，它应该就会工作。 ⭐️❤️🍾😃🙏

### 1/5 — Not what I thought

*2022-04-15*

I really thought this would dim my screen more than it's already dimmed but I realised it only opens a webpage that I guess will dim more there. It didn't really explain where to dim it once it's opened unfortunately. I get migraines and being able to call or message someone can be a pain because of how bright the dimmest setting still is. Useful for the internet if you can figure it out (coming off migraine brain to be fair, really hard to think) I guess but I'd like to navigate my whole phone with a dimmer setting. Cool idea though, it was going the right direction.

**Developer response:** Just click the dim button and then adjust the brightness. I promise You can’t barley see anything when it’s in the darkest mode. 🙂

### 1/5 — Misleading

*2022-03-27, version 8.3*

This app only dims itself, no other aspect of the iPhone. Not worth the money, very misleading and I would like a refund.

### 1/5 — Location Services Required

*2022-01-04*

Looks like you have to have location services active to use this paid app. Kinda b/s no?

**Developer response:** Hmm a lot of users in US uses the app every day. 🙂

### 1/5 — 无语

*2021-10-24*

出软件就没用

**Developer response:** 只需单击调暗按钮，然后调整亮度。 我保证你在最黑暗的模式下什么都看不到。  🙂

### 1/5 — waste

*2021-08-13, version 8.3*

can believe i just spend money on that, yikes.

## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated)

### 5/5 — Great App

*2022-10-17*

It’s good that’s all I got to say

**Developer response:** Thank you so much! I appreciate it! 🙏😃

### 5/5 — Best spent money

*2022-08-04, version 8.3*

The night mode in the web browser is really great! 🤩

I use it almost every Night when putting my kids to bed. It’s so simple to use and works perfect. 😃

Thanks for a great (and cheap) night mode app!

### 5/5 — Best night app

*2022-08-04, version 8.3*

Maybe the best app money I have spent so far. The night mode in the browser is simple but do exactly what I need. ☺️

### 5/5 — Great on iPad and iPhone 😊

*2022-08-04*

Thanks for this amazing present to the world haha. 😘

I can honestly say that I’m using this web browser every day when I’m reading news in bed. My gf earlier hated the light from my screen but with help from Night Web browser by Alex I can finally do my daily reading routine before I’m falling a sleep. THANKS! 👌🤩🥳

**Developer response:** 😊😃❤️

### 5/5 — Great Night Mode

*2022-08-04, version 8.3*

This is a Webbrowser with a Night Mode that really works. I can dim the screen much more then my iPad/iPhone can normally. I can also watch video like YouTube, but I need to to it in the app, which is fine. 

I really recommend this web browser!! 😃😃😃

### 5/5 — Exactly what I needed

*2022-06-06, version 8.3*

Thank you so much, I’ve been looking for an app that dims the brightness as low as yours. You just made my day thank you so much.

### 5/5 — Best 0.99£ ive ever spent on an app !

*2020-10-11, version 8.3*

This app is sooo worth it ! 
Not only because you can use google or different sites with very low lighting but also because some of the sites I’ve used on google chrome always had pop ups but when I use this app for those same sites. There’s 0 pop ups and I can browse safely and smoothly I love it.! 
Definitely recommend it :) 
10/10 💞💞💞

### 5/5 — Works great

*2020-03-10, version 8.2*

I have an aftermarket iphone screen on my X.  It’s very bright.  This browser solved the problem for that.   

Works well.  Very fast. Noticeably faster than chrome and safari.  I wanted to read PDF documents from my drive, and it dimmed they white perfectly! (And could read pdf).

(Only reason I downloaded is because I saw the developer had responded to a complaint, you could see they believe in the product they sell, and that’s important because I want to keep using it the with ongoing support.)

### 5/5 — An honest review.

*2019-11-26, version 8.2*

By far and away, the best and most useful app I have ever bought, and a cheap one at that.

I'm often up late or can't sleep and my iPhone's screen just doesn't dim enough to be comfortable to read. Or if I've worked hard till 3, 4, 5AM, then I tend to have a bit of a lie in as a reward. It's the winter so sometimes I hide under my blanket (s).

And again, the same problem is there!
Screen brightness.

No problem anymore. 
Perfect!

### 5/5 — Feature request

*2019-10-04*

Auto dim by schedule. This app is great for dimming. I would love to use it for my iPads used for home automation kiosks.  I would like them to dim at a specific time. Then brighten in the morning. Or, it would be really cool to brighten if the front camera senses motion then dim after motion stops. -JY

**Developer response:** Thanks for some cool ideas! 😃

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