Comparison

Lion Browser vs qikfox

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Lion Browser

This web browser offers built-in parental controls to help teens explore the internet safely. Adults can also use it for personal accountability, setting limits and receiving reports on flagged content. It provides a familiar browsing experience while ensuring responsible online activity.

Highlights
  • Blocks explicit websites
  • Detects inappropriate images
  • Customizable detection sensitivity
  • Whitelist mode
  • PIN-protected settings
  • Weekly accountability reports
  • Personal browsing limits
Features
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The best browser for teens. A powerful accountability tool for adults. Lion is a web browser with parental controls built in. Give your teen the freedom to explore the internet responsibly — while staying informed about what they're seeing. For parents & teens: • Blocks explicit websites and detects inappropriate images automatically • Customize detection sensitivity, block specific sites, and manage media access • Whitelist mode for complete control over which websites can be visited • PIN-protected settings prevent unauthorized changes • Weekly accountability reports summarize any flagged content For adults who want accountability: • Set personal browsing limits and stay accountable to a trusted partner • Private and secure — your logs stay on your device, never stored on servers • Customize what to track, block, or filter based on your needs How it works: 1. Set Lion as the default browser 2. Disable Safari using Screen Time 3. Add an accountability partner — a parent, mentor, or trusted friend 4. Browse the web — Lion logs activity based on your settings 5. Receive weekly reports on flagged content A browser you'll actually want to use Lion is fast, smooth, and familiar. Bookmarks sync across devices. Tabs work like you'd expect. It's a real browser — not a locked-down kids app. Subscription required for full access. Choose an Individual or Family plan. Privacy Policy: https://www.lionfamily.org/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.lionfamily.org/terms

About

qikfox

This browser prioritizes your online safety, security, and privacy with real-time scam protection. It verifies website legitimacy and employs multiple security layers to block threats like phishing links and rogue ads. Enjoy a faster, more private browsing experience with an integrated AI assistant.

Highlights
  • Real-time online scam protection
  • Website legitimacy verification (KYB)
  • Advanced Safe Browsing
  • Comprehensive Ad-blocker
  • Automatic do-not-track signals
  • PIN and Biometric protection
  • AI Chat assistant
Features
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Qikfox Smart Browser has been designed from the ground-up with your online safety, security, and privacy in mind. It is the only browser that provides real-time online scam protection. It can warn consumers of rogue websites, online scams, phishing links, and other types of online threats. It is different from other privacy based browsers as it is the only browser that takes a multidimensional approach to safety, security, and privacy. Other browsers tackle privacy, but fail miserably as privacy is directly related to safety, and security features. It is the only browser that takes ownership of keeping you safe from online scammers. Every website allowed to pass through is verified via KYB for legitimacy. Multiple layers of security work in tandem to make it difficult for online scammers to reach you via online searches, fake ads, phone numbers, and rogue links. It even blocks rogue links on legitimate websites. Safety: Advanced Safe Browsing anonymously verifies the links and uses proprietary digital signatures to ensure scammers or hackers cannot hijack the domain name. It also checks multiple attributes of the site to distinguish a real website from a phishing link. Qikfox is the only browser that has this capability. Security: A comprehensive Ad-block, Realtime Link Protection, along with automatic do-not-track signals, provide an unprecedented level of security. PIN protection and Biometrics work together to keep the prying eyes away. Privacy: Most browsers claim to provide privacy protection but fail miserably as privacy is a function of comprehensively safeguarding consumers from online scammers, identity theft, and malware. None of the browsers have the advanced safety features of qikfox. In qikfox Browser, Safety, Security, and Privacy features work in tandem. Safe Browsing blocks the fake businesses from reaching you, privacy shield blocks websites from abusing your privacy, the Ad-blocker strips the ads and trackers. Perception of privacy is not the same as delivering on privacy comprehensively. Qikfox Smart Browser succeeds where other browsers fail. Speed: qikfox Browser is on an average 3x faster than any browser that serves ads, downloads additional resources. It also enhances speed with accelerated mobile-first pages. It can auto-adapt any web experience into a lightweight mobile experience to save on bandwidth. Bandwidth: Many websites are littered with ads, trackers, and extra resources that are not required by the mobile webpage. Ad-blocker works in tandem with other security features to download and cache resources at first time use so that resource downloads are minimized. Privacy Guarantee: We do not collect any consumer information, web browsing history, or product analytics. We do not sell tokens to show ads. We do not have sponsors or affiliate links. We care about consumer privacy and will never compromise it. AI Assistant: Access AI Chat directly from the browser. Use it to answer questions, recommend navigations, summarize, compose essays, and research live web results. Search your past conversations and pick up where you left off. Chats can be limited to a specific domain when accessed from a website.

Screenshots

Lion Browser4 screens
qikfox4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: qikfox at none against Lion Browser's 6. qikfox also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 87%). Lion Browser's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 4 months) and ratings volume (113 vs 10). On price, rating, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Lion Browser sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. qikfox asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Lion Browser holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Lion Browser has 113 ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 87% of Lion Browser's written reviews are positive against 100% of qikfox's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lion Browser ships an update every 5 days, qikfox every 4 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Lion Browser versus qikfox: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLion Browserqikfox
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (113 ratings) — better4.5 (10 ratings)
Positive reviews87.1% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings113 — better10
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationSubscriptionFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size66 MB252 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperLion Software, LLCQikfox Cybersecurity Systems, Inc.

Customer experience

Lion Browser

All ratings110 ratings
Positive93.6%
Neutral2.7%
Negative3.6%
Written reviews31 reviews
Positive87.1%
Neutral6.5%
Negative6.5%

qikfox

All ratings10 ratings
Positive90.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative10.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Lion Browser

Subscriptions6
  • Individual Plan$4.991 Month
  • Family Plan$8.991 Month
  • Premium Family Plan7 Days trial$9.991 Month
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  • Individual Plan (Annual)$49.991 Year
  • Family Plan (Annual)$79.991 Year
  • Premium Family Plan (Annual)14 Days trial$99.991 Year
None

qikfox

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Lion Browser free?
Lion Browser is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is qikfox free?
qikfox is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Lion Browser or qikfox?
Lion Browser is rated higher. Lion Browser averages 4.7 out of 5 from 113 ratings, while qikfox averages 4.5 from 10 ratings.
Do Lion Browser or qikfox have ads?
Neither Lion Browser nor qikfox shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Lion Browser or qikfox?
Lion Browser ships an update every 5 days, and qikfox every 4 months. Most recently, Lion Browser was updated on October 24, 2026 and qikfox on October 24, 2026.

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