Quiche Browser vs anyPWA
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Quiche Browser
A private, fast, and highly customizable web browser designed for a focused and beautiful browsing experience. It offers built-in ad and tracker blocking, a unique dark mode for all websites, and one-handed usability features. The app is independently developed and funded by its users.
- Customizable toolbars and menus
- Address bar customization
- Built-in ad and tracker blocking
- Website dark mode
- One-handed comfort mode
- Support for custom search engines
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An independent browser thoughtfully designed by a single human, and funded by its users. WHAT THE PRESS SAYS “A very robust, exquisitely designed, stunningly handsome web browser. […] It’s just so thoughtful. So utterly modern in its appearance and features, but old-school in its hyperfocus on serving you, the user, through craftsmanship.” — Daring Fireball “My favorite iOS browser these days is Quiche Browser. It’s somehow both incredibly simple and one of the most customizable browsers I’ve ever tried.” — The Verge “Quiche Browser has clearly been designed with care.” — MacStories “If you want a lightweight, private, minimalistic, yet customizable web browsing experience on your iPhone – [Quiche Browser] might be the perfect answer for you.” — 9to5Mac “Quiche Browser is unique, engaging, and fully customizable.” — Lifehacker BROWSER CUSTOMIZATION DESIGNED TO STAY SIMPLE AND BEAUTIFUL • Choose and place every toolbar and menu button. • Customize the address bar’s appearance and contents. • Choose from a list of ready-to-use toolbars, which you can then adapt to your needs. • Use a Liquid Glass toolbar, or switch to a Classic one if Liquid Glass isn’t your thing. • Manage tabs with multiple display and sorting options. • Read web pages in full screen for focused, distraction-free browsing. BUILT-IN BLOCKING Ads, trackers, and cookie banners are blocked by default. Pages load faster and feel less cluttered. DARKEN ALL WEBSITES Pick a unique dark mode theme and apply it to every website. No more blinding white pages at night. COMFORT MODE Adjust the interface so your tabs, favorites, and search suggestions are always easy to reach with one hand. UNIQUE QUALITY-OF-LIFE IMPROVEMENTS EVERYWHERE • Use any search engine, even Kagi or your own SearXNG instance. • Enhance your toolbar with a wide range of tools: disable JavaScript, switch to desktop mode, close all tabs and clear data, translate pages, and more. • Estimated read time for every page. • Open new tabs on the website of your choice. • Extreme energy saving in Low Power Mode. MY PRIVACY STANCE: KEEP YOUR DATA FOR YOURSELF • Zero data tracking or usage monitoring. • Never connects to any first-party or third-party servers, except to RevenueCat for managing purchases and preventing fraud. • No sign-up, obviously. LIGHTWEIGHT, FAST, AND ORIGINAL Quiche Browser is not another bloated clone of Firefox, Brave, or Chrome. I built it entirely from scratch for performance and to keep it lightweight. FULLY INDEPENDENT • No investors dictating growth or influencing product direction. • No search engine deals, data monetization, or partner agreements shaping the browser. • It’s just me, building the browser of my dreams. 100% FUNDED BY USERS Subscribing to Quiche PLUS unlocks additional features such as Website Darkening, Comfort Mode, all app icons, and all button styles. Building a web browser alone is a full-time job, and subscribing also allows me to: • Keep the app up to date with new iOS releases and features. • Build more unique features. • Start working toward a macOS version. — greg@quiche.industries threads.net/quicheindustries instagram.com/quicheindustries bsky.app/profile/quiche.industries mastodon.social/@quicheindustries Terms and Conditions https://quiche.industries/browser/terms/
anyPWA
Transform websites into dedicated apps with features like ad blocking, background audio playback, and Picture-in-Picture video. Organize your favorite sites for easy access and manage multiple accounts per website.
- Ad blocking for websites and media
- Background audio playback
- Picture-in-Picture video
- Websites as fullscreen apps
- Separate accounts per website
- Customizable home screen widgets
- Adjustable page zoom and text size
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Block ads on your favorite websites, keep music playing with the screen locked, and watch videos in Picture in Picture. Your first saved website is free. Open websites as fullscreen apps on iPhone and iPad, with separate accounts for each saved website. anyPWA also runs on Macs with Apple silicon. Your websites, ready to open Choose an example such as YouTube, Spotify or Wikipedia, or paste any website address. Open it from your library in a dedicated view, without browser bars. When you return to the library, the website stays open so you can pick up where you left off. Make websites easier to read Adjust page zoom and text size separately for each saved website. Open from your Home Screen Add an anyPWA widget and choose which saved websites it shows. Tap a website to open it directly. You can also use Apple Shortcuts to create a separate Home Screen icon with each saved website’s own name and image. The icon helper requires iOS 18 or later. For setup instructions, tap "Add to Home Screen" at the bottom of your library. Two accounts, one website Each saved web app has its own cookies and storage. Add the same website twice to stay signed in to different accounts. On iPhone Duo Browser controls and page layouts adapt to the available space, including the system side rail. Room to work on iPad Open your web apps in separate windows and use them side by side. On your Mac Open websites in separate windows on a Mac with Apple silicon. You can listen to Spotify on Mac too. Keep listening and watching Audio keeps playing when you switch apps or lock the screen. Use the Lock Screen and Control Center to play or pause, and Picture in Picture to watch compatible videos while you do something else. YouTube and YouTube Music support background playback, Lock Screen controls and Picture in Picture. Spotify supports individual tracks, full albums and next/previous controls. Playback preferences The optional Media Controls purchase saves video quality and audio-only preferences for YouTube and YouTube Music, with separate Wi-Fi and cellular profiles and an audio-only background rule. It also lets you hide YouTube Shorts. A sleep timer pauses audio and video across your open web apps after a preset or custom duration up to 12 hours. For YouTube, YouTube Music, Spotify and SoundCloud, choose whether Lock Screen and CarPlay player buttons skip within the current item or go to the previous and next track or video. Save the choice separately for each web app. Built-in ad blocking Filter ads and hide empty ad spaces using automatically updated community filter lists. Blocking also works with video and audio ads on YouTube, YouTube Music and Spotify. You can turn it off for any website. Skip YouTube sponsors SponsorBlock is a separate one-time purchase for all your saved YouTube websites. It skips sponsor segments using community timestamps, with an option to undo a skip or turn it off per website. Coverage varies by video. Free for your first website Use one web app for free, including ad blocking, background playback and Lock Screen controls. Unlimited Websites is a one-time purchase for all saved web apps and library rearranging. Media Controls is a separate one-time purchase for playback preferences, player button choices, YouTube Shorts hiding and the sleep timer. All three purchases support Family Sharing. There is no anyPWA subscription. Your library stays on your device No anyPWA account is needed. Your saved websites and sign-ins stay on your device, and anyPWA has no analytics or tracking of its own. Websites you visit have their own privacy practices. YouTube, YouTube Music and Spotify open as websites inside anyPWA. Features depend on the websites and may change. anyPWA is independent and is not affiliated with or endorsed by these services.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Quiche Browser at 902 against anyPWA's 12. On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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. Quiche Browser sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and anyPWA sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Quiche Browser against 4.8 for anyPWA. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Quiche Browser has 902 ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 95% of Quiche Browser's written reviews are positive against 100% of anyPWA's.
Quiche Browser ships an update every 4 days, anyPWA every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Quiche Browser | anyPWA |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (902 ratings) — better | 4.8 (12 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 95.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 902 — better | 12 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.5 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 139 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Gregory de Jonckheere | Adam Wallner |
Customer experience
Quiche Browser
anyPWA
Bugs and requests
Quiche Browser
Reported bugs
1 issue- Occasional issues with YouTube ad blocking
Requested features
4 requests- Swipe gestures for tab management
- Bookmark import/export functionality
- Integrated translation capabilities
- Cross-device synchronization
anyPWA
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Quiche Browser
- Quiche PLUS Monthly$3.991 Month
- Quiche PLUS Annual$29.991 Year
- Quiche Enthusiast Tip$2.99
- Quiche Connoisseur Tip$4.99
- Quiche Gourmet Tip$9.99
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- Quiche Grand Master Tip$14.99
anyPWA
- Media Controls$2.99
- SponsorBlock$2.99
- Unlimited Websites$4.99
Questions
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