Vimlike vs Surfingkeys
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Vimlike
Enhance web browsing with keyboard shortcuts, mimicking a Vim-like editor experience. Navigate pages, manage tabs, and interact with links using customizable key bindings. Offers features like dark mode and reader view for a streamlined workflow.
- Keyboard shortcuts for navigation
- Customizable key mappings
- Link interaction (open, new tab)
- Tab management (new, close, switch)
- Insert and normal modes
- Reader view and dark mode
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Vimlike is a Safari extension to browse the web by keyboard shortcuts like a vim-editor. See the default key binding below and you can customize every key mapping. Page Navigation: j Scroll down k Scroll up h Scroll left l Scroll right ctrl+f Page down ctrl+b Page up d Half page down u Half page up g g Go to bottom of the page g Go to top of the page i Go to the first edit box a Open the link below the cursor s Open the link below the cursor in a new window Mode: Esc/`/§ Normal mode ctrl+i Insert mode ctrl+d Dark mode shift+r Reader view ? Help History: shift+h Go back shift+l Go forward Link: f Toggle links shift+f Toggle links (open a link in a new tab) n Move to next link shift+n Move to previous link Tab: t New tab q Previous tab w Next tab x Close tab shift+x Undo close tab r Reload tab Search Bar o Open Search Bar / Search links Video: ctrl+u Play video in a fullscreen ctrl+p Play video in a PIP cmd+. Exit fullscreen video Privacy Policy: • Vimlike requires access to the websites to override the keyboard shortcuts • Vimlike never collects any data from your browser. None of the data will leave your device.
Surfingkeys
Enhance your browsing experience with a Safari extension that adds powerful search engine helpers to selected text. It offers additional shortcuts when an external keyboard is connected.
- Versatile search engine helpers
- Search selected text
- External keyboard shortcuts
- Safari extension
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A Safari extension to add versatile search engine helpers to search selected text. * More shortcuts are available when external keyboard is attached.*
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Vimlike at Free against Surfingkeys's $9.99. Vimlike also leads on ratings volume (30 vs 7). Surfingkeys's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and review sentiment (100% vs 85%). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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
Vimlike is free to download; Surfingkeys costs $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Surfingkeys holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 30 and 7 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 85% of Vimlike's written reviews are positive against 100% of Surfingkeys's.
Vimlike ships an update every 2 months, Surfingkeys every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Vimlike | Surfingkeys |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $9.99 |
| Rating | 4.7 (30 ratings) | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 84.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 30 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jasmine Studios | 钊岗 洪 |
Customer experience
Vimlike
Surfingkeys
Bugs and 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
Surfingkeys
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Vimlike
No in-app purchases
Surfingkeys
No in-app purchases
