Mono Browser vs 1ID
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mono Browser
Experience a unique browsing journey with a focus on a monochromatic interface, customizable themes, and enhanced privacy. Enjoy features like an integrated ad blocker, an option to keep the screen on, and anonymous browsing.
- Monochromatic browsing experience
- Integrated ad blocker
- Anonymous browsing (invisible mode)
- Keep screen on while browsing
- Customizable themes and app icons
- Long tap to open links without leaving current page
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Mono — a browser built for how you actually browse. Designed for iPhone and iPad, Mono strips away the clutter of modern browsers and gives you a clean, monochrome experience — or add a splash of colour, your call. FEATURES - Long-press any link to open it without leaving the page - Built-in ad blocker - No-image mode for faster, lighter browsing - Keep-screen-on while browsing - Favourites, reimagined - Custom themes, app icons and accent colours - Invisible mode for private browsing - Search with DuckDuckGo, Google, Yahoo, Bing, Ecosia or Baidu COMPLETELY FREE Every feature in Mono — ad blocker, no-image mode, keep-screen-on, invisible mode, all of it — is free, full stop. No ads, no data selling, and no visibility into your browsing activity, favourites, or usage. Ever. If you'd like to support development, you can leave an optional donation from within the app. THE STORY Mono started as a personal project to fix what I felt was missing from other browsers, and grew into a full-featured mobile browser along the way. It's built and maintained solo, so bugs can happen — please reach out via the support page with issues or ideas. I read every message. Mono is developed by Nubliq, an independent software studio building simple, honest apps. CREDITS Search icons by Royyan Wijaya (Flaticon) Premium icons by Mayor Icons (Flaticon) Clean icons by smalllikeart (Flaticon) Photo & shopping bag icons by Freepik (Flaticon)
1ID
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1OLI can only be used if you already are a 1ID app user with a 1ID digital profile. 1OLI is an app to be used for on location identification of 1ID app users on behalf of 1ID Partners. 1ID is a digital profile to be used for personal identification and sharing of data. When you create a digital profile we NFC read your Passport, OCR scan your Driver Licence, and display designed versions in the app. Be aware that these designs serve as illustrations ONLY, and are VOID as government issued IDs, and as such NOT validated NOR certified by issuing authorities. We process your data to deliver the app and services to you. This includes: - Registering and identifying you as a user, - Creating your account and setting up your profile in the app, - Giving you access to the 1ID app, - Ensuring that you can log into your account, - Sending you notifications and contacting you about your 1ID account, - Processing your ID and other identification documents, - Giving you the ability to have a digital profile, - Enabling specific account and product features, log and save the actions you take when you use our app, - Responding to your questions and providing you with customer service and support, including sending service related messages to you and to carry out other services that can be ordered through the app or website. The data we process about you in that regard is: Ordinary personal data: - Your contact details, incl. your name, email, mobile number, address, country, picture - What partners you allow to verify your identity, - Purchase history, subscription information and payment and billing Information, e.g. your credit or debit card details and billing address, - Your requests and actions, e.g. sign-up and use of the app, when you accepted our Terms of Service, when you signed up, when you used the app for identification purposes, and when you contacted us for support etc. If you email us, we will collect the content of your message, - Login details and verification and information about what choices you made when you set up your account, when you became a user, your user role, when you are logging into our product, - Other types of interactions you will have with us and our service, e.g account, app and product setup, user interviews, UX research, customer feedback etc. - Information about how you use our product and services. Sensitive / confidential information: - Your passport or driver licence or other identification document that you choose to scan via our app and the information related to those IDs. You choose if and what document you want to scan. You can at any time delete your scanned document. We ONLY process your sensitive information on the basis of your consent / permission and it is only used for providing the functionality of the app. YOU CAN WITHDRAW YOUR CONSENT AT ANY TIME. This data is regarded as confidential and also regulated as a special category of data as we are helping you with making the identification process easier. We limit the collection and processing of this type of directly acquired through our app to purposes directly related to providing and improving the features of the app. We collect your personal data directly from you and will not share it with third parties unless you have given your explicit consent.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: 1ID at none against Mono Browser's 4. Mono Browser's advantage is update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 16 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
Both are free to download. Mono Browser sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. 1ID asks for nothing beyond the download.
Mono Browser ships an update every 5 weeks, 1ID every 16 months. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and March 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mono Browser | 1ID |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 16 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 40 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Lorenzo Lombardo | 1ID ApS |
In-app purchases
Mono Browser
- PremiumFree
- Donation Small$0.99
- Donation Medium$2.99
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- Donation Large$4.99
1ID
No in-app purchases









