# Orion Browser by Kagi — Fastest mobile browser

> Fast, private, ad-free mobile web browser with anti-tracking technology. (iPhone/iPad app by Kagi Inc..)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/orion-browser-by-kagi/id1484498200 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Kagi Inc.](https://appshunter.io/developer/1478239470)
- Category: Utilities, Productivity
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Rating: 4.00/5 from 1,173 App Store ratings · 913 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 17+
- Requires: iOS 17.0 · 91 MB
- Languages: Russian, Galician, Slovenian, American English, Arabic, Flemish, Greek, Danish, European Spanish, Italian and 12 more
- Released: 2020-05-28
- Data updated: 2026-08-28
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/orion-browser-by-kagi/id1484498200/reviews.md

## What is Orion Browser by Kagi?

Orion is a fast, free, web browser for iPhone and iPad with no ads, no telemetry. Check also Orion for your Mac desktop.

Orion has been engineered from ground up as a truly privacy-respecting browser. We did it by embracing a simple principle - Orion is a zero telemetry browser. Your private information will never leave Orion by default.

And to protect your privacy on the web, Orion comes with industry-leading anti-tracking technology as well as a powerful built-in ad-blocker.

## Key features

- Fast web browsing
- No ads
- No telemetry
- Privacy-respecting design
- Industry-leading anti-tracking
- Built-in ad-blocker

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Small Tip | $5.00 | one-time |
| Large Tip | $20.00 | one-time |
| Generous Tip | $30.00 | one-time |
| Super Tip | $50.00 | one-time |
| Medium Tip | $10.00 | one-time |
| Amazing Tip | $100.00 | one-time |


## What do users think of Orion Browser by Kagi?

Overall sentiment: neutral

**Pros**

- 🚀 Fast and snappy
- 🔒 Great privacy features
- 👍 Familiar Safari-like interface
- 💡 Supports Chrome and Firefox extensions
- 🚀 Smooth browsing experience
- 👍 Customizable options
- 👍 Effective ad-blocking

**Cons**

- 🐛 Buggy and unstable
- 🐛 Extensions not always working as expected
- 🐛 Tab management issues
- 🐛 Crashes and freezes
- 🐛 Rendering problems on some websites
- 🐛 Sync issues between devices

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Frequent crashes and freezes
- Extensions not working properly
- Tab management issues (tabs disappearing, not loading correctly)
- Rendering problems on certain websites
- Sync issues between devices

**Most requested features**

- Dark mode option
- Improved tab management and organization
- Better extension compatibility and customization
- Seamless cross-device sync
- Ability to disable specific features (e.g., ad-blocker)

## Recent user reviews (10 of 913)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/orion-browser-by-kagi/id1484498200/reviews.md

### 3/5 — Lacks Functionality

*2026-08-24, version 1.5.2*

Good browser but using the features breaks the websites when searching. The inability to use the “vertical tabs” option is also a hindrance. I do appreciate the soft update to the UI, but customization options are still subpar compared to competitors. The performance has improved but could be contributed to the iOS 26.6.1 update.

### 4/5 — Swiping left to right to close tab in the grid view not working

*2026-08-23, version 1.5.2*

Overall good desige, just unable to close tab by swiping from left to right on the tab in the grid view, which most browsers can do.

### 5/5 — Great browser, yet it needs more customization options

*2026-08-20, version 1.5.1*

Fast, lightweight, reliable and private. Yet it would be nice to have an option to change the Home Page background and some alternative app icons too.

### 3/5 — Good but not consistent

*2026-08-17, version 1.5.1*

I’ve used this browser for over 6 months but I’m switching back to Brave. It had weird slowness navigating to new pages on existing tabs. I like it but not stable enough for every day use.

### 1/5 — Totalverlust ohne Vorwarnung – zweimal hintereinander

*2026-08-15*

Handy kurz aus der Hand gelegt, wieder aufgenommen: Browser komplett zurückgesetzt. Alle offenen Tabs weg, kompletter Verlauf weg, sämtliche Lesezeichen weg, alle gespeicherten Daten weg. Wie frisch installiert. App neu gestartet, iPhone neu gestartet – nichts kommt zurück. Keine Fehlermeldung, keine Warnung, keine Nutzeraktion.

Dann der zweite Schlag. Synchronisation war und blieb aktiv. Über „Download aus iCloud erzwingen“ meldete die App **380 geladene Datensätze** – angezeigt wurde davon nichts, der Browser blieb blank. Nach dem offiziellen Vorgehen des Herstellers (iCloud-Schalter für Orion aus/an, Sync aus/an, Force Fetch, dann Sync deaktivieren, App neu installieren) war anschließend auch die iCloud leer. Die 380 Datensätze, die kurz zuvor noch da waren: weg.

Damit sind zwei Dinge gleichzeitig ausgefallen: der lokale Datenbestand und das Backup, das genau dafür da ist. Eine Synchronisation, die den einzigen verbliebenen Bestand vernichtet, ist schlimmer als gar keine. Man wiegt sich in Sicherheit und steht am Ende mit nichts da.

Aktuelles iOS, keine Bastelei, kein Speicherplatzproblem, kein Beta-System. Einfach weg, beides.

Ein Browser ist ein Datenspeicher, kein bloßes Anzeigeprogramm. Lesezeichen und Verlauf sind über Jahre gewachsene Arbeit. Wer die nicht verlieren darf, kann diese App nicht einsetzen – unabhängig davon, wie gut Tempo, Erweiterungen und Datenschutz ansonsten sind.

Ein Stern, weil null nicht möglich ist.

**Developer response:** Vielen Dank für den ausführlichen Bericht, und es tut uns leid, dass Sie Tabs, Lesezeichen und Verlauf verloren haben. Das ist kein erwartetes Verhalten, und eine Synchronisation, die den letzten verbliebenen Bestand löscht, ist ein Fehler, dem wir nachgehen müssen. Es wäre uns eine große Hilfe, und wir wären Ihnen sehr dankbar, wenn Sie uns alle Ihnen vorliegenden Details in unserem Forum unter orionfeedback.org mitteilen könnten.

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Thank you for the detailed report, and we're sorry you lost your tabs, bookmarks and history. That is not expected behavior, and a sync that erases the only remaining data is a bug we need to look into. It would be extremely helpful, and we would be very grateful, if you could give us all the details you have at your disposal on our forum at orionfeedback.org.

### 1/5 — Super Buggy | Blank Tabs

*2026-08-12, version 1.5.1*

Orion is horrible, particularly with the extensions. Dark Reader and other extensions will stop working once app is in background, this can happen within 60 seconds. The only fix is to completely close out the app and reopen, rinse and repeat. There is also no one to Mass-Add Tabs (Bookmark All Tabs is missing). Storage is not full, so that has nothing to do with it and this is on an iOS 18+/26 Device.

### 1/5 — Bugs don’t get fixed

*2026-08-12, version 1.5.1*

Orion has had a bug for over a year that causes search results to not be shown unless you open and close the tab switcher. There are discussions about this on Reddit from months ago but the developer is either unaware or doesn’t care. I’ve tried uninstalling and reinstalling the app but the issue persists.

I am switching to the Quiche browser

### 5/5 — Exactly what I needed!

*2026-08-11, version 1.5.1*

Been using this app for a year now. It supports Chrome, Firefox and local extensions. I tweak/create local extensions to block doom scrolling features and annoyances on social media

### 3/5 — Great But Buggy

*2026-08-11, version 1.5.1*

It's nice to be able to use real extensions.

Annoying bugs like tabs freezing make certain web based activities unusable.

### 4/5 — A promising WebKit alternative

*2026-08-10*

I’ve been using Orion across macOS, iPadOS, and iOS, and it’s very welcoming to see you guys choose WebKit instead of creating yet another Chromium-based browser. With Firefox declining every day, Orion feels like one of the few meaningful alternatives keeping the browser-engine landscape diverse.

A few suggestions:

Orion already supports Chrome and Firefox extensions well, but I think you should consider creating a WebKit-native or Orion Extension Store. This could give developers a dedicated ecosystem for building and distributing extensions specifically for Orion.

I’d also love to see a search box on the start page. Without one, the start page can feel a little too much like Safari.

Finally, the iOS and iPadOS start pages lack the background customization available on macOS. Adding this would make the experience more polished and consistent across platforms.

Overall, I really like the direction Orion is taking and look forward to future updates.

**Developer response:** Thanks for the 4-star review, and for the kind words about the engine choice. Bringing start page background customization on iOS and iPadOS in line with macOS is something we'd like to do, and a search field on the start page is a fair ask too. A dedicated extension store is a much bigger conversation, but one worth having. If you could post those three ideas at orionfeedback.org and describe how you'd want each to work, that's the kind of detail that shapes what gets built.

## Frequently asked questions about Orion Browser by Kagi

### What does Orion Browser do?

Orion Browser is a fast, free web browser for iPhone and iPad. It is engineered to be privacy-respecting, offering no ads and no telemetry. Your private information is kept secure by default.

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

Key features include fast web browsing, a zero telemetry design, industry-leading anti-tracking technology, and a powerful built-in ad-blocker. It prioritizes user privacy and prevents personal information from leaving the app.

### Is Orion Browser free to use?

Yes, Orion Browser is free to download and use. While the base browser is free, it does have in-app purchases available for additional features or enhancements.

### What devices is Orion Browser compatible with?

Orion Browser is designed for Apple devices, specifically compatible with iPhone and iPad. A desktop version for Mac is also available.

### How does Orion Browser protect my privacy?

Orion Browser protects your privacy through its zero telemetry design, meaning your private information will never leave the app by default. It also includes industry-leading anti-tracking technology and a powerful built-in ad-blocker to shield your online activity.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.5.2 — 2026-08-20

- Redesigned the toolbar options, Website Settings, and Reader Mode menus for Liquid Glass, with smoother tab-grid zoom animations
- Improved the iPad tab ribbon with a narrower minimum tab width and auto-scroll when opening a background tab
- Fixed tab sidebar layout and button alignment in landscape and near the safe area
- Tab order is rearranged when app is re-opened [#14186 by @Kooldude93]
- Orion becomes unresponsive when opening fresh tab [#14291 by @kanisama]
- Session resume frequently restores a last closed tab [#14051 by @wesinator]
- Close Tabs and Clear Data doesn't always remove website data [#12311 by @frank]
- Keyboard overlaps so I can't see what I am typing when I type [#14274 by @qxcv13]
- Tab bar and bookmarks bar disappear from top of screen in iPad portrait mode [#14284 by @Olli]
- Status Bar Overlaps Focus Mode on iPad [#14379 by @peterpan42o]
- Download progress indicator in top-right toolbar causes action buttons to stretch (iPad) [#14380 by @peterpan42o]
- Make interstitial loading page as a black background, not white [#13537 by @leono]
- Fixed an incorrect iOS 27 User-Agent that triggered "update your browser" error pages on some sites
- Fixed a crash caused by broken layout constraints
- Fixed extension fetch handling that made some sites misidentify Orion as the Honey extension
- Fixed Focus Mode not hiding the tab bar on iPad

### 1.5.1 — 2026-07-27

- Tapped links don't provide been-tapped indication [#14268 by @isocat]
- Fixed tab sidebar buttons and tabs sitting too low on iPhones without a notch

### 1.5.0 — 2026-07-23

- Adopted the Liquid Glass design on iPad
- Redesigned the tab sidebar with Liquid Glass buttons, a scrollable search field, and refreshed tab selection styling
- Added a new Liquid Glass app icon
- IPad new tab behavior [#14041 by @highbrick7089]
- IPadOS Thumbnails Cache is 5GB and can't be deleted [#14112 by @browzer]
- App crashes before it even opens due to tab number [#14073 by @KoroKara]
- Fixed top crashes related to the Liquid Glass address bar and toolbar
- Fixed the tab sidebar opening blank when reopened right after closing the last tab
- Lowered the iPad URL-editing popover so scrubbing text no longer drags the window
- Fixed square cursor hover highlight on round toolbar buttons

### 1.4.21 — 2026-06-29

- Fixed top crashes related to the Liquid Glass address bar
- LibRedirect extension not working on Orion mobile [#7124 by @0xChain]
- Fixed an issue with broken layout in the Liquid Glass address bar
- Updated the featured Bitwarden extension and enabled it on iOS
- Visual Bug in Start Page Swipe [#14002 by @joem]

### 1.4.20 — 2026-06-18

- Website Tinting - Status Bar Color Conflicts [#11021 by @YuriySamorodov]
- Dismiss keyboard when navigating to library item [#14046 by @laiz]
- iOS Bookmarks and reading list sync spinner stuck [#11402 by @Arzyk]
- Fixed bookmark and reading list sync spinner getting stuck
- Renamed "Translate with Kagi" to "Open in Kagi Translate"
- Fixed recently closed tabs not being cleared when resetting history
- Fixed iOS device tabs to open in a new tab instead of navigating the current one

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