Cydog Browser vs Knack
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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
Knack
This secure work browser for iOS focuses on human-centric security to prevent threats at the point-of-click. It analyzes how information is presented and user interaction to create a safer browsing experience for professionals.
- Human-centric security approach
- Threat prevention at point-of-click
- Analysis of information presentation
- Analysis of user interaction
- Designed for iOS devices
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Knack by Keep Aware is the safe work browser built for iOS. While traditional, technology-based security solutions are designed to prevent attacks from machine processes, events, and connections, Keep Aware focuses on threats that target people where they work, the web browser. Keep Aware combines the analysis of how information is presented to people, and how they interact with it, to create a human-centric solution that prevents threats at the point-of-click. To connect Knack to your organization's Keep Aware environment, contact your organization's IT security team.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Knack at 100% against Cydog Browser's 44%. Knack also leads on rating (4.8 vs 3.5) and in-app purchases (none vs 4). Cydog Browser's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 2 months) and device support (4 vs 2). On price, ratings volume, ads 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
Both are free to download. Cydog Browser sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Knack asks for nothing beyond the download.
Knack holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 11 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 44% of Cydog Browser's written reviews are positive against 100% of Knack's.
Cydog Browser ships an update every 10 days, Knack every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 9, 2026 and July 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cydog Browser | Knack |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (11 ratings) | 4.8 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 44.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 80 MB | 114 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Matthew Benchimol | Keep Aware, Inc. |
Customer experience
Cydog Browser
Knack
In-app purchases
Cydog Browser
- Cydog Walled Garden$0.99
- Cydog Wall Watcher$0.99
- Cydog Injector$0.99
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- Cydog Iconography$0.99
Knack
No in-app purchases








