Touchless Browser vs VanBrowser
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Touchless Browser
Control your web browsing experience using only hand gestures detected by your device's camera. Ideal for situations where touching the screen is inconvenient or impossible, allowing for remote navigation and interaction with websites.
- Hand gesture recognition
- On-screen pointer
- Pinch-to-click functionality
- Gesture-based scrolling
- Back/Forward navigation via gestures
- Web search via audio input
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"Touchless Browser" is a browser that can be operated remotely by using the recognition of hand gestures by the camera. When you eat a hamburger and don't want to touch the screen with your dirty hands, When you want to move the recipe screen while cooking, When you want to operate from a distance such as the back seat of a car, When you want to operate the screen placed next to you from the bed, etc. Let's browse freely in various situations. App features - The camera recognizes the hand and the position appears as a pointer. - Pinching is equivalent to left-clicking the mouse. You can tap the link etc. - Moving while pinching is equivalent to dragging. You can scroll the screen. - You can perform the "back" operation by bending the ring finger and little finger and raising the other finger. - You can check the above operations at any time from the help in the app. - Twitter Live: display new tweets about the set word. What you can do remotely - Scroll - Click the link - "Back" "Forward" - Web Search using Audio Input Things that cannot be done remotely - Operation of special elements such as seek bar of video site Some websites do not work well with remote control, so try the websites you want to use during the free trial. - Recommended distance from screen to hand 30 cm to 200 cm - Recommended device Devices with A12bionic or higher chips (older models may not work) - Term of Use https://www.akikan.llc/remote_hand_browser/term_of_use.html
VanBrowser
A private web browser that prioritizes user control and transparency. It offers features like isolated browsing environments, detailed network inspection, and built-in privacy tools without AI integration. Data is stored locally by default, with optional iCloud sync.
- No AI features
- Isolated browsing environments (Personas)
- Detailed network and cookie inspection
- Tracker and ad blocking
- Local data storage with optional iCloud sync
- Native macOS, iPhone, and iPad design
- Accessibility-focused
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Fast, private, and built natively for Mac, iPhone, and iPad, VanBrowser puts you in control of your browsing experience instead of collecting data about it. Many browsers racing to add AI assistants, cloud services, and increasingly complicated and hidden interfaces. VanBrowser takes a different approach. It is a browser first, designed to help you browse the web with more transparency. NO AI. NONE. VanBrowser includes no AI features. No chatbot. No page summaries. No assistant watching what you browse. No prompts asking you to generate content. What you do in VanBrowser never becomes training data for us because we don't collect it in the first place. We don't collect data: You're not the product. Instead of monetizing your browsing activity, we rely on Pro subscriptions and optional tips to support continued development. SEE WHAT THE WEB IS DOING Most browsers hide what happens behind the scenes. VanBrowser puts that information in front of you. A live status bar shows page load times, transferred data, and resource counts as pages load. Open the Cookies, Network, and Page Info panels to inspect what a site sets, requests, and loads. Advanced users can also send and inspect raw web requests directly. PERSONAS: SEPARATE YOUR ONLINE IDENTITIES Keep work and personal accounts separate without juggling multiple browsers. Personas provide isolated browsing environments with their own cookies and device identities, making it easy to: • Stay logged into multiple accounts at the same time • Keep work and personal browsing separate • Open websites as a clean device • Automatically send specific websites to the correct Persona PRIVACY BY DEFAULT VanBrowser blocks many trackers and ads using maintained blocklists and is designed to give you greater control over your browsing data. History, bookmarks, passwords, and settings are stored locally on your Mac by default. If you use multiple devices, you can optionally enable iCloud sync to share supported data through your own iCloud account. VanBrowser is designed to minimize the collection of user data. We do not operate a cloud service for storing your browsing history, bookmarks, passwords, or synced data. BUILT NATIVELY FOR MAC, IPHONE, AND IPAD VanBrowser is designed specifically for macOS, iPhone, and iPad and feels at home here. Features include: • Tabbed browsing • Bookmarks and bookmarks bar • History and downloads • Reader View • Find in Page • Zoom controls • Built-in password vault • Built-in payment card vault • Per-site controls • Accessibility-focused design ACCESSIBILITY FIRST VanBrowser includes support for VoiceOver, Voice Control, and accessibility-focused customization throughout the app. FREE AND PRO VanBrowser is free to use. Upgrade to Pro to unlock iCloud sync, additional Personas, and other advanced features. A browser should work for you, not advertisers, data brokers, or AI companies. VanBrowser is a browser. That's the point. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: VanBrowser at 5.0 against Touchless Browser's 4.7. Touchless Browser's advantage is iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Touchless Browser sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $3.49 per month and VanBrowser sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
VanBrowser holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 7 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Touchless Browser | VanBrowser |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (12 ratings) | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 12 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days | Every 3 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 60 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | akikan LLC | Vertolini |
Customer experience
Touchless Browser
VanBrowser
In-app purchases
Touchless Browser
- Monthly Usage Fee1 Month trial$3.491 Month
- 1 month ticket$0.99
- Touchless Browser Lifetime Access$1.99
- 1 year ticket$7.99
VanBrowser
- VanBrowser (Monthly)$1.991 Month
- VanBrowser Pro (Yearly)$19.991 Year
- Small Tip$2.99
- Medium Tip$6.99
- Large Tip$12.99
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- VanBrowser Pro (Lifetime)$49.99
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