Comparison

Puma Browser vs XR Browser

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Puma Browser

This private browser integrates advanced AI models like GPT-4 and Claude to help you discover and interact with new web content. It offers enhanced search capabilities and supports decentralized identity and storage solutions.

Highlights
  • AI-powered content summarization
  • GPT-4 and Claude API integration
  • Private browsing by design
  • Decentralized identity support (HNS, ENS)
  • IPFS storage integration
  • Customizable default search engines
Features
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Puma is a cutting edge mobile browser powered by Private Local LLMs and options to use best cloud AI models from OpenAI (GPT-5.5), Anthropic (Claude) and Google (Gemini). Our mission is to help more people benefit from AI. We're private by design. We're super excited to explore what local private LLMs can do – first step is private chat experience where models are downloaded on your phone. No data leaves your phone in this case and they even work offline! Try and let us know what you think. We've bundled LFM2.5 1.2b in the app since it offers a great 80 tps and decent download size. OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini preview: The newest version includes first integration of OpenAI & Anthropic that allow you to summarize content of the pages you're reading and ask follow-up questions. Powered by GPT-5.5, Gemini and Claude APIs you can also ask follow-up questions or just have a conversation. BETTER SEARCH Take ownership of your online activity from big corporations. Select a default search engine you love most and perform à la carte searches from today’s top sites: • DuckDuckGo: simple, private search with contextual rather than personalized ads. Puma Browser’s default. • Ecosia: go green while you surf! One tree gets planted for about every 45 searches. • Google: available for those who want it. • Twitter: search trends, hashtags, and topics that are happening and being discussed by the world right now. • Wikipedia: the free online encyclopedia built and nurtured by volunteers around the world and hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation. BETTER COMMUNITY Help us guide the web to a better future with your ideas, feedback, and questions. Tweet at: @puma_ai | Join the conversation on Discord: chat.puma.tech | Email: ios@pumabrowser.com. Made with love by the Puma Browser Team.

About

XR Browser

Explore augmented reality experiences directly from your web browser. This open-source tool allows developers to test and run web-based AR applications on iOS devices.

Highlights
  • Augmented reality viewer
  • WebXR support
  • Open-source project
  • Developer focused
  • iOS compatibility
Features
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XR Browser is an augmented reality (AR) viewer and browser for iOS that lets you run AR experiences built with web technologies. XR Browser is an experimental product targeted at developers wanting to develop and test web-based AR applications on iOS. WebXR is a cross-platform Web API for augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR). XR Browser is an open source project. If you'd like to view the source code, build upon our code, or contribute to our open source repository, the repo is found here: https://github.com/conix-center/XRBrowser If you'd like to request features, report problems, or otherwise discuss XR Browser, please create an issue on our open source repository: https://github.com/conix-center/XRBrowser/issues

Screenshots

Puma Browser4 screens
XR Browser4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Puma Browser at 4.3 against XR Browser's 3.6. Puma Browser also leads on ratings volume (147 vs 12). XR Browser's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 66%) and iOS requirement (12.1 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Puma Browser holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Puma Browser has 147 ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 66% of Puma Browser's written reviews are positive against 100% of XR Browser's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Puma Browser versus XR Browser: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPuma BrowserXR Browser
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (147 ratings) — better3.6 (12 ratings)
Positive reviews66.2% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings147 — better12
Update frequencyEvery 11 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.012.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size872 MB79 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperPuma Technologies, Inc.Anthony Rowe

Customer experience

Puma Browser

All ratings146 ratings
Positive80.1%
Neutral4.8%
Negative15.1%
Written reviews74 reviews
Positive66.2%
Neutral9.5%
Negative24.3%

XR Browser

All ratings11 ratings
Positive63.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative36.4%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Puma Browser

No in-app purchases

None

XR Browser

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Puma Browser free?
Puma Browser is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is XR Browser free?
XR Browser is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Puma Browser or XR Browser?
Puma Browser is rated higher. Puma Browser averages 4.3 out of 5 from 147 ratings, while XR Browser averages 3.6 from 12 ratings.
Do Puma Browser or XR Browser have ads?
Neither Puma Browser nor XR Browser shows ads.

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