Dark Mode for browser vs Dark Surf
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Dark Mode for browser
Enhance your browsing experience by automatically applying a dark theme to all websites. You can easily toggle this feature on or off, and choose to apply it to a single page or all pages.
- Automatic dark mode for all websites
- Toggle dark mode on/off
- Apply to single page
- Apply to all pages
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Automatically added dark mood to every website you visit Shipley tap on turn on allow only one page Allow for all page
Dark Surf
Enhance your browsing experience with a customizable dark theme for Safari. Adjust shade, contrast, saturation, and image settings. Schedule dark mode or set it per-site.
- Customizable dark theme
- Adjustable shade and contrast
- Saturation and image handling
- Scheduling for dark mode
- Per-site theme controls
- Preset themes (Midnight, Warm, AMOLED, Gray)
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Dark Surf gives Safari a thoughtful dark mode for every website. Instead of painting over pages, Dark Surf reads each site’s own design and rebuilds it in the dark. Backgrounds and cards turn deep and calm, text stays crisp, and the colors that carry meaning, like buttons, links, warnings and highlights, keep their character. Photos stay natural. SMART BY DEFAULT • Leaves websites that already have a dark design alone • Keeps dark logos, icons and formulas visible • Keeps text on top of photos readable • Handles modern websites built with CSS variables, Tailwind, Bootstrap and web components MAKE IT YOURS • Six themes: Midnight, Ocean, Dim, Warm, Graphite and true-black AMOLED • Build your own palette from any colors • Fine-tune brightness and contrast, and choose how images look • See every change instantly in a live preview that runs Safari’s own Dark Surf engine YOUR RULES • Switch any website between Dark, Invert and Off right from Safari • Keep lists of websites that are always dark, inverted or never themed • Follow a schedule or your device’s Dark Mode, or pause for an hour PRIVATE BY DESIGN Pages are recolored on your device. Dark Surf has no account, no analytics, no ads and no tracking, and never sends the pages you visit to anyone. Dark Surf is a Safari extension. After installing, turn it on in Settings › Apps › Safari › Extensions. The app shows you how.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Dark Mode for browser at 3.9 against Dark Surf's 3.0. Dark Mode for browser also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 4 months) and ratings volume (64 vs 2). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Dark Mode for browser holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Dark Mode for browser has 64 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Dark Mode for browser ships an update fortnightly, Dark Surf every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Dark Mode for browser | Dark Surf |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (64 ratings) — better | 3.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 64 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Samsuddin Ahmed Sohag | Vali Mikayilov |
Customer experience
Dark Mode for browser
Dark Surf
In-app purchases
Dark Mode for browser
No in-app purchases
Dark Surf
No in-app purchases
Questions
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