RedApp Lite vs Fend
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
RedApp Lite
This browser offers a fast, secure, and private online experience with extensive customization options. It includes advanced tracking protection, built-in ad blocking, and a media player for seamless video and audio playback. Manage downloads, files, and share them easily with nearby devices.
- Fast and secure private browsing
- Tracking and privacy protection
- Integrated media player
- Download and file manager
- Customizable interface and toolbars
- Set as default browser
- Widgets for quick access
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RedApp Lite is a private browser, simply provides the fastest, most secure private browsing experience available and is especially more customizable than other private browsers. Main features: • Fast, smart, integrates many great add-ons, security and energy efficiency than other browsers. • Search intelligently. Easily access shortcuts to search providers including Wikipedia, Twitter, YouTube, Amazon etc. • Private browsing. Using Passcode/TouchID or FaceID protection helps you keep more privacy and security in your business. • Tracking Protection. Let you identify advertisers and others who track your online behavior, and remove the cross‑site tracking data they leave behind. • Privacy Protection. Be protected with leading privacy and security features such as HTTPS Everywhere (encrypted data traffic), script blocking, cookie blocking, and private tabs. • Player Manager. You can play video links from YouTube, Vimeo while browsing. Play audio in background and without any annoying ads. • Download Manager, File Manager and Sharing Manager. Let you download, manage files or links and share them to nearby devices. Use Wi-Fi or WebDAV sharing to let you transfer files directly to other nearby devices (mobile or PC). • Widgets. Supports many useful widgets such as Calendar, Top Sites, Your Library, Video Meetings, Tracking Protection, Website Redirects, URL Shortcuts... • Default Browser. From iOS 14, set RedApp Lite as your default browser! Select Settings - scroll down to select RedApp Lite - select RedApp Lite as the Default Browser App. Additional Features: • Appearance. Use system Light/Dark mode or choose a predefined theme. • Theme Color. Change any text color you want. • Toolbar Color. Select a color-coded predefined toolbar. • Customize the toolbar. Allows adding or removing menu buttons. • Address Bar. Displayed at Top or Bottom. • Wallpapers. Set background image for New Tab. • Allows customization of font-size. • Reader Mode. Always on. • Require Passcode/TouchID or FaceID when the screen is locked. • Pop-up blocker. • Saves battery and data. • HTTPS everywhere (for security). • Script blocking. • Browsing history/Reading List/Bookmarks. • Private tabs. • Night Mode. Easily read in low light. • Blocks cookie consent notifications by default. • Use voice search in the browser. • Import/export bookmarks to another browser. AND you can explore other useful features in Settings. RedApp Lite is a compact version of the RedApp browser. Therefore, if you want to experience all the other useful features, you can download RedApp here: https://apps.apple.com/vn/app/redapp-web-browser/id1409063862 Love the app? Rate us! Your feedback is music to our ears, and it helps us make RedApp Lite even better. Got a question? Please drop us a line at: mqmedia29@gmail.com
Fend
This app is a high-security private web browser that protects your online privacy and security. It blocks ads and trackers, loads websites faster, and keeps your browsing data on your device.
- Private browsing, no data stored on servers
- Built-in ad and tracker blocker
- Loads websites up to 3x faster
- Secure SSL connections by default
- Private mode to clear history easily
- Customizable features
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Fend is an award-winning high-security private web browser for iOS. Voted "App of the Month", Fend is designed to protect your online privacy and security along with providing a world-class web browsing experience. What is a "high-security" private browser? Most private browsers rely on sending a portion of your browsing data to a server to check if a website is safe. Fend is a high-security private browser because it privately checks for threats right in the app, so your data stays on your device. Fend loads websites up to 3 times faster and has a built-in ad blocker to block ads and trackers. It even blocks video ads on many popular video sites for a better viewing experience. Get Fend for free right now! ----- ■ Features • Private - Fend is designed to protect your privacy. Fend does not collect or store any private data in its servers, ever. It privately checks for threats right on your device without the need of sending your browsing data to an external server. • Ad Blocker - Fend has a built-in adblocker to block 3rd-party ads, pop-ups, and even video ads. Picture-in-picture is also often allowed on sites that disable it. • Highly Secure - Fend is built from the ground up to provide a level of security and protection that no other browser can match. With Fend, you have the best online protection available. • Lightning Fast Browsing - Supercharge your browsing speed. Fend is made to start up quickly and load web pages super-fast, especially with ads being blocked. • Save Battery Life & Data - Fend cuts down on data usage and improves your battery life by loading web pages more efficiently. • SSL Everywhere - Browse with peace of mind knowing that Fend defaults to secure connections on all websites. • Fast Tabs - Jump between multiple tabs with speed and ease using the tab bar, just like on desktop. • Private Mode - Browse in private mode when you don't want your history, tabs, or private data to be saved in the app. Fend makes clearing data very easy. • Customize – Turn any of the features on or off. Add bookmarks, favorites, request desktop sites, see history, share links, and more! ----- ■ About Pie Technologies Inc. Our mission is to protect user privacy and security online. We're funded by Y Combinator Startup School and headquartered in Atlanta, GA as a Delaware US corporation. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://fend.me/privacy Made with (heart) in Atlanta. © 2023 Pie Technologies Inc.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: RedApp Lite at free against Fend's free with in-app purchases. Fend's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 77%) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. RedApp Lite sells 8 one-off in-app purchases and Fend sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for RedApp Lite against 4.7 for Fend. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 393 and 233 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 77% of RedApp Lite's written reviews are positive against 100% of Fend's.
RedApp Lite ships an update every 5 days, Fend every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | RedApp Lite | Fend |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (393 ratings) | 4.7 (233 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 77.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 393 — better | 233 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 8 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 77 MB | 136 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Minh Tran | Pie Technologies Inc. |
Customer experience
RedApp Lite
Fend
Bugs and requests
RedApp Lite
Reported bugs
10 issues- Hangs when trying to switch videos in YouTube playlist
- Crashing when opening new tap
- App crashes/uninstalls after update
- Does not save logins
- Pages load in mobile version by default
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- Translation feature shows untrusted connection
- Video quality issues and no sound in player
- Code-password keyboard issues (alphabetic first)
- YouTube not opening for some users
- App not installing after update
Requested features
19 requests- Remove data not linked to you
- Add data not linked to you
- Remove diagnostics
- Add digital fingerprinting blocking
- Option to open links in same tab, new tab, or background
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- More icon versions for home screen
- Speed Dial feature
- One-click new tab creation
- Manual quality selection for YouTube videos
- Save YouTube user profile when browser closes
- Ad block for YouTube
- Dark mode for submenus
- Ability to set as default browser
- Copy text from Facebook pages
- Save images from Facebook without difficulty
- Multi-threaded download
- Bypass DPI
- Improve sharpness
- Download various files
Fend
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
RedApp Lite
- Small Tip$1.99
- Medium Tip$4.99
- Large Tip$9.99
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- Large Tip II$24.99
- Large Tip III$49.99
- Large Tip IV$99.99
- Large Tip V$249.99
- Large Tip VI$499.99
Fend
- Advanced Protection (Monthly)$14.991 Month
- Advanced Protection (Yearly)7 Days trial$49.991 Year






