TimeWebBrowser vs Shimmer Browser
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TimeWebBrowser
Explore how websites looked over the past seven years. Input a URL to view a gallery of historical screenshots. Select a year to navigate to that specific archived version of the site.
- View historical website screenshots
- Navigate to archived web pages
- Select specific years for viewing
- Utilizes public internet archive
- Simple and intuitive interface
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Time Web Browser is a simple tool to show how did a web site appeared in the latest 7 years. You can insert your favorite web site url and press the button to open a gallery composed by the screenshots of this site during years. You can select an year to the right side and tap to the screenshot to open a web browser and navigate to it (as appeared in this particular year). This service is made possible thanks to the public internet archive.
Shimmer Browser
This web browser offers customizable visual styles and a resizable sidebar for a personalized experience. It includes features to manage tabs, set time limits, block web annoyances, and organize saved links. Homescreen widgets provide quick access to selected tabs.
- Customizable visual styles
- Resizable sidebar
- Tab saving and organization
- Time limits on saved tabs
- Web annoyance blocking
- Homescreen widgets
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Introducing Shimmer Browser - The focus browser! Your style - 3 visual styles to choose from, resizable sidebar with a compact icon-only made, and all buttons are fully customisable. Arc-like - save tabs, organise them into folders, sync via iCloud. No more doom-scrolling - set time limits on saved tabs. Clutter-free - block annoyances on the web, quickly clean up unsaved tabs, or set them to auto-close! Tab triage - saved tabs detect links to other sites, and present them in tab triage with options to save for later. Tabs on your homescreen - add widgets to your homescreen and select the tabs they show. Give it a try! It’s free up to 4 tabs at once, so you can get a sense of the browsing experience. If you like it, you can unlock the full experience and help me add more features!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Shimmer Browser at 50% against TimeWebBrowser's 0%. Shimmer Browser also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.3) and update cadence (every 6 days vs every 42 months). TimeWebBrowser's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 26.0). On price, ratings volume, ads and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Shimmer Browser sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. TimeWebBrowser asks for nothing beyond the download.
Shimmer Browser holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of TimeWebBrowser's written reviews are positive against 50% of Shimmer Browser's.
TimeWebBrowser ships an update every 42 months, Shimmer Browser every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TimeWebBrowser | Shimmer Browser |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 42 months | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 45 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Alessandro Ornano | Jamie Froggatt |
Customer experience
TimeWebBrowser
Shimmer Browser
In-app purchases
TimeWebBrowser
No in-app purchases
Shimmer Browser
- Small Tip$0.99
- Medium Tip$3.99
- More Tabs$7.99
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- Generous Tip$9.99
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