Browser Note vs SpeedZip
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Browser Note
Add reminders and notes directly to any website to help you pause and think before acting. Block specific pages or entire sites, customize snooze timers, and sync notes across your Apple devices. Improve mental health and break habits by adding prompts to news or shopping sites.
- Add reminders to any website
- Block websites or specific pages
- Customizable snooze timer
- Sync notes via iCloud
- Text and video tutorials
- Privacy-focused, no data collection
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Put a pause between you and bad browsing habits. The web is full of places we open without thinking. Browser Note lets you place your own reminder directly in front of a website, giving you a moment to reconsider before doomscrolling, ordering another takeaway, checking social media, or making an impulse purchase. Your reminder appears whenever you visit the chosen page or website in Safari. It can be a gentle prompt, an important instruction, or simply a note you want to have close at hand. USE BROWSER NOTE TO: • Interrupt websites you open on autopilot • Add reminders to product pages and checkouts • Leave useful context on websites you return to • Create a pause before distracting or time-consuming browsing • Put frequently copied information exactly where you need it POWERFUL, SIMPLE CONTROLS • Add notes using the Safari extension or the iOS share sheet • Apply a note to one page or an entire website • Begin with an emoji to give each note its own icon • Choose whether a note can be temporarily snoozed • Set your preferred snooze duration • Adjust the note text size • Tap a note to copy its text • Manage all your notes from the app AVAILABLE EVERYWHERE Browser Note works across iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Your notes sync through iCloud, so a reminder created on one device can appear on all the others without needing to create a new account. Step-by-step instructions inside the app make installing and using the Safari extension straightforward. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Browser Note contains no advertising, analytics, or browsing tracking. Your notes remain on your devices and in your iCloud account. TRY IT FOR FREE Create up to three notes for free. A single one-off purchase unlocks unlimited notes forever on all of your supported devices. There is no subscription. Browser Note was created by independent developer Ben Dodson.
SpeedZip
This utility allows users to inspect, extract, and create compressed archives on their devices. It supports various archive formats and offers features like password protection and file splitting.
- Inspect archive health before extraction
- Browse and extract multiple archive formats
- Create password-protected ZIP archives
- Split ZIP archives into volumes
- Manage files via Share sheet and App Shortcuts
- On-device archive processing
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SpeedZip Pro brings archives, file management, scanning and media tools together on iPhone and iPad. Find your files, work with their contents and share the results from one app. EVERYDAY FILE TOOLS Browse by category, search and organize files. Scan documents to PDF, recognize text from scans and export images or editable TXT. Merge and compress PDFs, convert images or TXT to PDF, and export PDF pages. Compress images and videos with adjustable settings while keeping the originals. Text recognition supports Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean and English. OPEN COMMON ARCHIVE FORMATS Read and extract DZIP (.dz), ZIP, ZIPX, 7Z, RAR, TAR, TAR.GZ, TAR.BZ2, TAR.XZ, GZ, BZ2, XZ, LZMA and ZLIB. Open compatible password-protected archives and complete multipart sets. CREATE, ENCRYPT AND SPLIT Create DZIP, ZIP, 7Z, TAR and TAR.GZ from files, folders, photos and videos. Choose compression settings and whether to preserve folder structure. ZIP and 7Z support AES-256 encryption and split volumes, including custom volume sizes. 7Z can also encrypt filenames and offers Copy, Deflate, BZip2, LZMA, LZMA2 and PPMd methods. LOOK INSIDE BEFORE EXTRACTING Browse folders, search filenames and sort by name, size or date. Preview supported files, extract an entire archive or select just the items you need. Choose a destination and how to handle existing files. WORK IN BATCHES Extract multiple archives into separate folders, or create a separate archive for each selected item. Track progress and results in the task center, cancel running work and retry eligible failed or interrupted tasks. Live Activities show progress where supported and enabled. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Archive processing does not upload file contents or passwords. No account is required, and archive passwords are not saved or recoverable. Compatibility depends on the format, compression method and encryption used. RAR and ZIPX support browsing and extraction, not creation. Archive checks assess structure and data integrity; they are not antivirus scans. File management, common archive formats and scanning to PDF are free. OCR, PDF tools, image compression, video and audio tools, and certain advanced archive formats require Pro access. EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: SpeedZip at 5.0 against Browser Note's 4.3. SpeedZip also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 6 months). Browser Note's advantage is ratings volume (4 vs 1). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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.
SpeedZip holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Browser Note ships an update every 6 months, SpeedZip weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Browser Note | SpeedZip |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 106 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dodo Apps | 耀 陈 |
Customer experience
Browser Note
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In-app purchases
Browser Note
No in-app purchases
SpeedZip
No in-app purchases









