PersistentPage vs Strait
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PersistentPage
A minimalist browser designed for full-screen display. It automatically loads a specified URL or the last used one, making it ideal for dedicated kiosk or signage applications.
- Full-screen web page display
- Automatic URL loading
- Kiosk mode functionality
- Signage application support
- Simple user interface
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It's a very simple browser app. At startup you may enter a URL, if not the last one entered is used. The web page is displayed full screen. The app is intended for kiosk or signage uses.
Strait
Inspect your browser tab's network path with this privacy-focused tool. It reveals exit IP details, iCloud Private Relay status, DNS comparisons, and WebRTC leak checks. Generate shareable reports for debugging and verification.
- Tab exit IP details (IPv4/IPv6, ASN, owner, location)
- Native/system exit IP comparison
- iCloud Private Relay status
- VPN-like interface and system proxy state
- TLS snapshot
- DNS comparison (system vs. DoH)
- WebRTC leak check
- One-tap copyable report
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Strait is a privacy-first network path inspector for your active browser tab. WHAT YOU SEE - Tab exit IP — IPv4 and IPv6, with ASN, owner, and coarse location - Native/system exit IP — for side-by-side comparison - iCloud Private Relay verdict — active, shadowed by VPN, or not observed, classified against Apple's published egress IP ranges - VPN-like interface and system proxy state — based on the default route, not just utun presence - TLS snapshot — version, ALPN, certificate leaf, issuer, and expiry from a native probe (clearly labeled as Strait's probe, not the browser's reused connection) - DNS comparison — system resolver vs. DNS-over-HTTPS - WebRTC leak check — surfaces public srflx candidates that bypass the tab's exit ONE-TAP COPYABLE REPORT Every check produces a clean text report you can paste into a bug ticket, a forum post, or a chat with your network admin. The copy report is the power-user source of truth. HONEST UNCERTAINTY Strait labels every value with its source and confidence. When timing data is hidden, when a probe is from the companion instead of the tab connection, or when a result is inferred — the UI says so. PRIVACY BY CONSTRUCTION - No analytics, no telemetry, no remote logging - No account, no sign-in - No browsing history or per-host log leaves the device - External calls are limited to documented probe endpoints and only run when you check a tab - Strait does not route your traffic — it is not a VPN WHO IT'S FOR - iCloud+ subscribers who want a readable answer to "is Private Relay doing anything here?" - Privacy-sensitive users who run VPNs and want to verify them - Web, SRE, and security debugging users who need a compact browser-side network report WHAT STRAIT IS NOT Not a VPN. Not a packet sniffer. Not a passive collector of browsing history. Not a replacement for Web Inspector. Strait is a focused, on-demand path inspector. TO ENABLE Strait ships as a Safari Web Extension. After installing, open Settings > Apps > Safari > Extensions and turn on Strait. Then tap the Strait icon in the browser toolbar on any page.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: PersistentPage at 12.1 against Strait's 17.0. On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for PersistentPage against 5.0 for Strait. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.
| Parameter | PersistentPage | Strait |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 2 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.1 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Simon Berg | Jiawei Ye |
Customer experience
PersistentPage
Strait
In-app purchases
PersistentPage
No in-app purchases
Strait
No in-app purchases









