ChiroBrowser vs Telescopure
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ChiroBrowser
Access full desktop websites on your mobile device with a digital trackpad. Navigate your favorite sites, including CHIROSPRING, with a familiar desktop browsing experience.
- Full desktop browser experience
- Digital trackpad for navigation
- Access to CHIROSPRING
- Mobile website browsing
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Use a full desktop browser and digital trackpad to access your favorite websites including CHIROSPRING.
Telescopure
A minimalist web browser for iOS offering essential browsing features like full-screen browsing, page zoom, and pull-to-refresh. It allows users to select their preferred search engine and supports both light and dark themes. This open-source application can also be set as the default browser.
- Full-screen browsing
- Page zoom
- Pull to refresh
- Bookmark favorite pages
- Selectable search engines
- Light and dark themes
- Set as default browser
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Telescopure is a browser for iOS which has minimal functions. Functions - Open an HTTP or HTTPS link. - Search by keywords. - Browse a page in the full screen. - Pull to refresh. - Page Zoom. - Bookmark user's favorite page. - Open a link of other app in Telescopure. - User can select a search engine (Google/Bing/DuckDuckGo). - Support light and dark themes. You can set Telescopure as your default browser app. You can use Telescopure to debug your application that work with the browser. Telescopure is an open source software. Developer may end support for older iOS without notice.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Telescopure at 100% against ChiroBrowser's 0%. Telescopure also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.4). ChiroBrowser's advantage is ratings volume (5 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Telescopure holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ChiroBrowser has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of ChiroBrowser's written reviews are positive against 100% of Telescopure's.
ChiroBrowser ships an update every 2 months, Telescopure monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ChiroBrowser | Telescopure |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Brian Albery | Takuto Nakamura |
Customer experience
ChiroBrowser
Telescopure
In-app purchases
ChiroBrowser
No in-app purchases
Telescopure
No in-app purchases
