CloudSurfer Free (Web Browser) vs Keep Up
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CloudSurfer Free (Web Browser)
A web browser designed for iPad, offering powerful gesture recognition, seamless Firefox and Dropbox synchronization, and the ability to save web pages as eBooks. Enjoy a clean interface with advanced features for a superior browsing experience.
- Gesture recognition
- Firefox Sync
- Save web pages as eBooks
- Bi-directional Dropbox Sync
- Download all images
- File manager
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CloudSurfer is a web browser supporting Firefox Sync, bidirectional Dropbox Sync, saving web page as eBook and many other features with a beautiful and clean design. No complex configuration and setting page. Simple, elegant and just works. Web surfing on iPad never like this before. ● Unique Features ● ★ POWERFUL GESTURE RECOGNIZER The unique gesture recognition user interface gives you the closest experience and operation of the mouse gesture of all the popular PC browsers. It is quick, precise and intuitive ★ FIREFOX SYNC CloudSurfer brings all your bookmarks from your Firefox back to iPad. No import and export anymore. Just input your account settings and the bookmarks will be automatically synced ★ SAVE AS EBOOK CloudSurfer is the only browser can save webpages as ebooks and view them in iBooks or other ebook readers. Reading web pages, news site, is just as comfortable as reading ebooks on your iPad. All the saved ebooks can be read anytime with your favourite eBook reader, online or offline and the images of the page are included too. ★ TRUE BI-DIRECTIONAL DROPBOX SYNC Unlike other browsers just give you 1-way uploading to Dropbox. CloudSurfer provides true Dropbox sync. All the downloaded files can be synced to Dropbox. The built-in file manager can even view documents, images and play media files on your Dropbox. ★ DOWNLOAD ALL IMAGES CloudSurfer can download all the images and automatically save in a new folder. The newly downloaded images can be viewed as thumbnails and slide show too. ● Even more Features ● - Top Sites - History in calendar view - Reading view - Share page on Facebook - Full screen - Explorer like file manager - iOS 4.2 AirPrint - URL and search suggestions - Unique kinetic scrollbar - Guided tours
Keep Up
Stay informed about changes to your favorite blogs and websites. Enter any URL to receive notifications when content is updated. Never miss a new blog post or a website modification again.
- Website change notifications
- New blog post alerts
- Track any URL
- Customizable alerts
- Never miss updates
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Be notified of updates to your favorite blogs and websites! Enter any URL, and Keep Up will notify you if the site changed since you were last on the app. If you track a blog, Keep Up will notify you only when there is a new blog post. Never miss an update again to your favorite websites and blogs! ~ Use cases ~ • Keep updated with the latest blog posts • Ever been on a website that says, "Coming Soon", but you don’t know when? Let Keep Up tell you when it's updated. • Track changes to your favorite websites ~ Features ~ • Checks for changes to websites or blogs, and notifies you • For blogs: Notifies you of a new post • For websites: Notifies you of a content change Now you can easily keep up with updates to all your favorite websites and blogs!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Keep Up at 4.0 against CloudSurfer Free (Web Browser)'s 2.5. Keep Up also leads on device support (3 vs 1). CloudSurfer Free (Web Browser)'s advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On price, 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. Keep Up sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. CloudSurfer Free (Web Browser) asks for nothing beyond the download.
Keep Up holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 2.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CloudSurfer Free (Web Browser) has 52 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 47% of CloudSurfer Free (Web Browser)'s written reviews are positive against 50% of Keep Up's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CloudSurfer Free (Web Browser) | Keep Up |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.5 (52 ratings) | 4.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 47.1% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 52 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 3.2 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 24 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | TouchUtility.com | Lukas Rossi |
Customer experience
CloudSurfer Free (Web Browser)
Keep Up
In-app purchases
CloudSurfer Free (Web Browser)
No in-app purchases
Keep Up
- Keep Up Premium$0.99
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