Watch Browser with Keyboard vs Spider mini
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Watch Browser with Keyboard
Browse the web directly from your Apple Watch with a custom QWERTY keyboard. Access over 20 search engines, manage bookmarks via iCloud, and enjoy convenient features like reader mode and complications.
- Custom QWERTY keyboard for Apple Watch
- Support for 20+ search engines
- iCloud sync for bookmarks and history
- Watch Complications for quick access
- Reader mode and page navigation controls
- Extended Latin character support
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Watch Browser with Keyboard is a tiny browser with its own customized QWERTY keyboard for your Apple Watch. It's the #1 browser on your wrist when you don't have any other devices and want to browse the web. Multiple keyboards supported. Use the standard qwerty keyboard in watchOS if you use Series 7 or 8. But, there is no qwerty keyboard in older models, and there is only a scribble keyboard. But don't be disappointed! This app includes a customized QWERTY keyboard for typing web addresses or search keyboards. The customized QWERTY keyboard supports English and other Latin characters. # Features - Browse with any web address URL. - Multiple keyboards supported. The standard keyboard of watchOS or the customized QWERTY keyboard. - Search with your keyword with 20+ search engines. The supported search engines are Google, Microsoft Bing, DuckDuckGo, Amazon, Wikipedia, Baidu, AOL, Ask.com, Yandex, Brave, Ecosia, Kagi, Reddit, Mojeek, Qwant, You.com, Presearch, Swisscows, GitHub, Naver, Yahoo! Japan, and Dictionary.com. - The customized QWERTY keyboard on the watch is included for typing URLs or searching keywords. Or, you can use the standard keyboard if you want. - The customized QWERTY keyboard supports 162 extended Latin characters, including the following: à, á, â, ä, å, æ, ç, è, é, ê, ë, ì, í, î, ï, ð, ñ, ò, ..., for English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Finnish, Icelandic, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Hungarian, Romanian, Croatian, Slovenian, Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Malay, Indonesian, Turkish, Vietnamese. - Bookmarks are stored on your iCloud account; you can manage them on your watch or iPhone. - Your browsing history is stored on your iCloud account, and you can manage them on your watch or iPhone. - You can save a bookmark from history on your watch or iPhone. - Watch Complications is supported. You can launch this app or your top favorite site with only one tap from your Watch face. - All configurations are stored on your iCloud account. - Favicons are displayed on bookmarks and browsing history. - Support Reload Page, Previous Page, Next Page, Reader mode on watchOS 10 (when tapping the address bar in watchOS). - Double-tapping the spacebar adds a dot(.) to the text. - Long pressing with 2+ seconds backspace deletes all text. - All data are stored only in your device and your iCloud account. # Limitations - The browsing experience is limited, and you can have trouble on many complex sites because of the very small screen size and devices' lower power. - Most login processes do not work because of the limitation. - The session is not stored. You'll start a new session next time when you close the browsing view once. - There is no back or forward button, but you can go back or forward by swiping left or right.
Spider mini
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Mini browser for the Watch. Features of the Watch app: - Visit your favorite websites on the watch - Keyword search via popular search engines - Quick search from complications - Search or browsing history - Favorite websites - Offline website snapshots (requires the iPhone app) Features of the iPhone app: - Create website snapshot then sync to the watch for offline browsing or add as favorite P.S. Spider mini doesn't need the iPhone app to run, it works independently on the watch with WiFi or Cellular connection. However we've built an iPhone helper app (the companion app of the watch app) which you may find useful.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Spider mini at every 9 days against Watch Browser with Keyboard's every 3 months. Watch Browser with Keyboard's advantage is price ($0.99 vs $1.99) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On 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
Watch Browser with Keyboard costs $0.99 and Spider mini $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Watch Browser with Keyboard ships an update every 3 months, Spider mini every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Watch Browser with Keyboard | Spider mini |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 4.1 (12 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 12 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Bitsbaker LLC. | Kai Luo |
In-app purchases
Watch Browser with Keyboard
No in-app purchases
Spider mini
No in-app purchases
Questions
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