Userscripts vs Desktop Browser
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Userscripts
This open-source Safari extension allows you to run custom JavaScript and CSS code on any website. Enhance your browsing experience with personalized styling, automatic redirects, and ad-blocking.
- Run custom JavaScript
- Inject custom CSS
- Automatic page redirection
- Website page manipulation
- Custom ad-blocking
- Open source
- No user tracking
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Userscripts is an open source Safari extension that lets you save and run arbitrary bits of JavaScript (and CSS) code for the websites you visit. Features: - Open source - No user tracking Use cases: - Automatic page redirection - Website page manipulation (styling, element creation) - Custom ad-blocking - Custom code injection - Custom style injection If you're looking for a way to easily create quality of life Javacript code snippets for your web browsing experience, give Userscripts a try. Visit the GitHub repository for help or to report bugs: https://github.com/quoid/userscripts/
Desktop Browser
Experience a full desktop web on your mobile device. This browser simulates a large, resizable screen to display desktop versions of websites, avoiding mobile-optimized layouts. Enjoy features like zoom control, full-screen mode, and privacy-focused data collection.
- Desktop website rendering
- Zoomable screen (1x-3x)
- Full screen mode
- Portrait/landscape transitions
- Favorites management
- UI customization
- Multiple tabs (Pro)
- Theme customization (Pro)
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Zoomable is a browser that provides a full desktop web experience. It simulates a large and resizable screen and shows the desktop version of websites, so you can stay away from those bad mobile web experiences. • Zoom freely between 1x and 3x. • Seamless transitions between portrait and landscape mode. • Supports full screen mode. • Save and manage favorites. • Lightning fast and super small install size. • Supports UI customization for both portrait and landscape mode. • Respects user privacy; the app only collects anonymous diagnostic data unrelated to browsing, and you can opt out. • [Pro] Multiple tabs. • [Pro] Customize themes. The app is designed for everyone, it works great with many websites. However, it is particularly useful for developers. For example, accessing App Store Connect and Firebase Console works great in this app because of the screen scale feature.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Userscripts at none against Desktop Browser's 3. Userscripts also leads on review sentiment (78% vs 65%). Desktop Browser's advantage is ratings volume (3.3K vs 181) and rating (4.5 vs 4.3). On price, update cadence, ads and chart position 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. Desktop Browser sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Userscripts asks for nothing beyond the download.
Desktop Browser holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Desktop Browser has 3.3K ratings behind it against 181, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 78% of Userscripts's written reviews are positive against 65% of Desktop Browser's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Userscripts ships an update monthly, Desktop Browser every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Userscripts | Desktop Browser |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (181 ratings) | 4.5 (3.3K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 78.1% of reviews — better | 64.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 181 | 3.3K — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #23 | #22 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Justin Wasack | Actowise LLC |
Customer experience
Userscripts
Desktop Browser
User reviews
Userscripts
From 181 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Works well to inject CSS on iPad in Safari
- 👍 Best thing since sliced bread
- 💡 Allows you to do thousands of things that were previously desktop only
- 🔒 Very stable and works flawlessly with Safari
- 👍 Excellent Safari extension
Room to improve
- 🐛 Satisfactory to an extent, stops working sometimes
- 🐛 Broke until reinstall
- 🐛 Slowed my Safari down to a crawl
- 🐛 Unpredictable when it applies scripts, but still useful
- 🐛 It's been way too unpredictable for a while now
Desktop Browser
From 3.3K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Fast and efficient
- 👍 Intuitive user interface
- 🔍 Effective desktop mode
- 💡 Useful zoom feature
- 🔒 Secure browsing
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and reloads
- 🔍 Inconsistent desktop mode performance
- 📱 Incompatible with some mobile apps
- 💸 Paid version required for full functionality
- 🔌 High battery consumption
Bugs and requests
Userscripts
Reported bugs
4 issues- Failed to load user data
- Saying there's an error when trying to download something
- Won't work, keeps saying there's an issue and retry
- Disappeared from Safari preferences and won't return after troubleshooting
Requested features
5 requests- Add support for Safari Tech Preview
- Allow editing of userscripts from the browser extension popup
- Allow creation of a new script from the Safari Extension for the current site
- Allow specifying the order in which scripts should be loaded
- Add support for running scripts in normal mode, private mode or both
Desktop Browser
Reported bugs
4 issues- Issues connecting to local IP addresses
- Inability to use Google account login
- Blank pages when resizing or zooming
- Redirects to search engine instead of desired site
Requested features
5 requests- Add ad-blocking capabilities
- Implement local network access
- Allow setting as default browser
- Introduce a virtual trackpad mode
- Improve bookmark management
In-app purchases
Userscripts
No in-app purchases
Desktop Browser
- 2 Extra Tabs$2.99
- Pro Lifetime$9.99
- Pro Lifetime$14.99
