Comparison

Cydog Browser vs Vimlike

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

Head to head
About

Cydog Browser

This mobile browser enhances security with customizable features and an offline database for storing internet content. It offers a dedicated search with numerous engines and advanced encryption technologies to protect against cyber threats. An iMessage extension allows for secure, encrypted messaging.

Highlights
  • Enhanced mobile browser security
  • Offline database for internet content
  • Encrypted bookmarks and pictomarks
  • 40+ search engine integration
  • Proprietary anti-cookie and firewall tech
  • Deterrence decryption feature
  • Secure iMessage extension
Features
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TL;DR - Here's the bottom line on how our iOS Security & Social Browser works: Enhanced mobile browser security with easy customization. An offline database solution to store and catalog the internet safely, including Bookmarks and Pictomarks with bookmarks encrypted automatically. A dedicated search with over 40+ search engines. An option to purchase our proprietary anti-cookie potentiation and firewall technologies, including: the Walled Garden and the Wall Watcher. A deterrence decryption feature that allows users to view webpages relying on our new deterrence encryption technology. An iMessage extension to send encrypted text and picture messages securely. L;WR - Here's our long(er) explanation version: Mobile browsing can be a scary place. Hackers and Cyber Criminals have found innovative ways to target you on the devices and applications you use the most. Cydog Browser is a company which provides the world's leading web security for the masses. Our browser automatically blocks all non-secure http connections, leveraging Apple's App Transport Security (ATS) technology. This is the same technology Apple uses for its lockdown mode when users are being attacked by sophisticated hackers. Because we use this mode, you can't add code to reenable access to insecure connections, making your web connections more secure in the event of an application sandbox compromise. Our obfuscation mode creates web browsing entropy to make certain cyber-hijacks more difficult, decreasing Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) attacks, and our anti-cookie potentiation and web firewall technologies block insecure events, making a user's clicks an active cybersecurity technique to trick sophisticated hackers. This browser is meant for minimalists who want automated features without the cybersecurity hassles. We hope you enjoy better mobile browser security with Cydog Browser! Want to know more about Cydog Browser? Visit: cydogbrowser.com

About

Vimlike

Enhance your Safari browsing with Vim-like keyboard navigation, link labeling, and an AI assistant for page interaction. Customize shortcuts and clean up web pages for a more efficient and personalized experience.

Highlights
  • Vim keybindings for navigation
  • Link labeling for quick access
  • AI assistant for page interaction
  • Customizable shortcuts and site clean-ups
  • Search bar for tabs, history, and web
  • Keyboard editor for command mapping
Features
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Vimlike puts vim's keys on every page in Safari. j and k scroll, f labels every link, o opens one bar for tabs, history, search and the AI. Version 2.0 adds an assistant that works the page, shortcuts and clean-ups the AI makes for each site, signed site packs and a keyboard editor. Free. No in-app purchases, no account, no tracking. iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Vision Pro. KEYBOARD h j k l, gg, G, d, u. Link hints turn every link on screen into a one- or two-letter jump: f labels them, type the label to open, ⇧F opens in a background tab. t new tab, x close, q and w previous and next, ⇧Z reopen, g1…g9 by number. ⇧H back, ⇧L forward, gu up one URL level, yy copy the URL. Normal mode to navigate, Insert to type; Esc returns, and ` or § can stand in for it on iPad keyboards. Video full screen and picture in picture, zoom, and ? for the cheat sheet. SEARCH BAR Press o and type. The bar searches your open tabs, your local history, your top sites and the web in one list. ↩ opens the highlighted row; ⌘↩ sends the text to the AI instead. ↑ on an empty bar walks back through what you ran, like a shell. : opens your saved commands; / finds a link on the page by name. AI ASSISTANT Ask about the page, or have it do the work. It clicks, types, picks from menus, pulls tables out, opens tabs and reads your other tabs, with 28 tools. It asks before anything it cannot undo. Saved commands like :sum, :table, :translate and :links, plus your own. Five kinds of tool, each Allow, Ask or Deny, and a step limit per run. A long answer opens as a page you can copy as Markdown or print. Pick Apple Intelligence as the provider and it runs free on Apple's Private Cloud Compute, nothing to sign up for, nothing kept (iOS 27, iPadOS 27 or macOS 27 with Apple Intelligence on). Or use your own key for Claude, OpenAI, Gemini or DeepSeek; the key goes in the Keychain. Or Open in browser mode, which opens ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity or DeepSeek in a new tab with your prompt and the page's text already typed in. SHORTCUTS AND CLEAN-UPS FOR EACH SITE Suggest shortcuts reads the page's places and proposes keys: gj JavaScript, gl Learn, gb the blog. The keys work while you try them; Save keeps them, Esc discards. A key is a click or an address, never a script. Clean up this page hides ads, banners, the sidebar or comments with styles you can remove later; the main text can never be hidden. By hand, gk on any page: click an element, press a key, name it. KEYBOARD EDITOR Settings › Keyboard lists every command. Pick a command, record a key, exclude it on sites where it gets in the way. Conflicts are flagged as you go. Script mode keeps the settings script for anyone who prefers to write it. SITE PACKS One signed file for one website: keys for its places, a few AI commands, CSS, and the Vimlike keys it hands back so the site's own shortcuts still work. YouTube, Gmail, Google Search and News, Reddit, Wikipedia, GitHub, Hacker News, Netflix and more. Verified on your device each time it runs, no JavaScript. Updates keep your switches and re-keyed keys. VISUAL AND CARET MODE v starts a selection, ⇧V selects by line, c places a caret you move first. Then vim's motions: hjkl, w b e, 0 $, f and t to a character, aw a word, as a sentence. y copies, / finds text, : asks the AI about the selection. PRIVACY No account and no server. Nothing about your browsing is collected. The bar's history is stored on the device and can be deleted in Settings. API keys live in the Keychain, never given to the page. Settings sync through your own iCloud, or stay on one device. With an AI provider, your prompt and the page's text go to the provider you chose and nowhere else. Languages: English, Korean, Japanese, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Cantonese, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese. Requires iOS and iPadOS 16.6 or later, or macOS 13 or later. Vimlike needs access to websites to take over the keyboard shortcuts; you choose which sites in Safari.

Screenshots

Cydog Browser4 screens
Vimlike4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Vimlike at 4.7 against Cydog Browser's 3.3. Vimlike also leads on review sentiment (85% vs 44%) and in-app purchases (none vs 4). Cydog Browser's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 2 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Cydog Browser sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Vimlike asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Vimlike holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 30 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 44% of Cydog Browser's written reviews are positive against 85% of Vimlike's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cydog Browser ships an update every 10 days, Vimlike every 2 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Cydog Browser versus Vimlike: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCydog BrowserVimlike
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.3 (10 ratings)4.7 (30 ratings) — better
Positive reviews44.4% of reviews84.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1030 — better
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size80 MB37 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperMatthew BenchimolJasmine Studios

Customer experience

Cydog Browser

All ratings11 ratings
Positive54.5%
Neutral9.1%
Negative36.4%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive44.4%
Neutral11.1%
Negative44.4%

Vimlike

All ratings30 ratings
Positive93.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative6.7%
Written reviews52 reviews
Positive84.6%
Neutral11.5%
Negative3.8%

Bugs and requests

Cydog Browser

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Vimlike

Reported bugs

14 issues
  • Default mode setting does not work
  • Scrolling bug on iPadOS
  • Cannot use 'f' to press buttons on webpage
  • Hitting F again does not cancel navigation
  • Extension not working after a while, requires reinstallation
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  • Scrolling no longer works on iPadOS
  • Memory leak after Ventura update
  • Issues with custom bindings in Gmail
  • Scrolling animation feels choppy
  • Scrolling stuttery on iPad Pro with ProMotion
  • Cannot get out of YouTube fullscreen with control+u
  • Reconfigs don't work
  • Safari no longer inserts username/passwords
  • Extension not working on Google Domains

Requested features

15 requests
  • Open search result in current tab
  • Customized new tab URL
  • Support for opening bookmarks/favorites
  • Visual mode for highlighting text
  • Custom search URL support
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  • Ability to move tabs left/right
  • Option to disable scrolling animation
  • More subtle color scheme for link selection
  • Website specific settings to exclude key bindings
  • Simulate 'o' and 'O' from other Vim plugins
  • Command focus the URL of the page
  • Specify keys for ACTIVATE_LINK command with 'Ignore keyboard layout'
  • Command for changing tab order
  • Easy in-app config for exclusion list
  • Dark mode option

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Cydog Browser

One-time4
  • Cydog Walled Garden$0.99
  • Cydog Wall Watcher$0.99
  • Cydog Injector$0.99
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  • Cydog Iconography$0.99
None

Vimlike

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Cydog Browser free?
Cydog Browser is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Vimlike free?
Vimlike is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Cydog Browser or Vimlike?
Vimlike is rated higher. Cydog Browser averages 3.3 out of 5 from 10 ratings, while Vimlike averages 4.7 from 30 ratings.
Do Cydog Browser or Vimlike have ads?
Neither Cydog Browser nor Vimlike shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Cydog Browser or Vimlike?
Cydog Browser ships an update every 10 days, and Vimlike every 2 months. Most recently, Cydog Browser was updated on November 3, 2026 and Vimlike on November 3, 2026.

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