Hide my phone number vs Watch Web Browser
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hide my phone number
This app allows you to selectively hide your phone number when making calls by adding a prefix. It's a time-saving solution for users who prefer not to reveal their personal number to clients or colleagues. You can customize the prefix for different contacts.
- Selective number hiding
- Customizable call prefix
- Time-saving solution
- Contact-based settings
- Prefix adjustment for USA users
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This application gives you the occasion to set your phone in hidden phone number mode selectively depending on your contacts by adding a prefix to the phone numbers. This is a huge time saving solution for those who don't want to show their personal details to their customers or collaborators. You can change the prefix used by the application to set yourself hidden. Already thousands of users of this application. For USA users don't hesitate to change the prefix to *67 instead of #31# if any issue. Feel free to give us your feedbacks or suggestions on the facebook group : Hide my phone number / HideMe !
Watch Web Browser
Browse the internet directly from your wrist. Access websites, conduct searches, and manage online documents without needing your phone. Features include keyword shortcuts for search engines and bookmarking for quick access.
- Effortless internet searches with keyword shortcuts
- Streamlined content access and bookmarking
- Centralized online document management
- Personalized bookmark management with tags
- Document transfer to Apple Watch
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Watch Web Browser is a web browser for Apple Watch. Search the web, open your bookmarks and jump to your Top Sites from your wrist, with an iPhone companion app to get you started. SEARCH Type a site and it opens, or type a question and search. Keyword shortcuts pick the engine: >g banana searches Google for "banana", and >b searches Bing. TOP SITES Your most-visited websites appear on the watch home screen for one-tap access. Visit counts are saved on your watch and cleared whenever you clear history. BOOKMARKS AND FAVORITES Save a page as a bookmark, add tags to find it faster, and keep your favorite sites one tap away. You can set a favorite from the iPhone app. GOOGLE DOCS ON YOUR WRIST Paste the link to a Google Doc, Sheet or Slides file and open it from your watch. Watch Web Browser runs on your Apple Watch, so everyday searches do not need your phone.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Watch Web Browser at fortnightly against Hide my phone number's every 3 months. Watch Web Browser also leads on price ($0.99 vs $1.99). Hide my phone number's advantage is review sentiment (27% vs 0%) and iOS requirement (7.1 vs 16.2). On rating, ratings volume, 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
Hide my phone number costs $1.99 and Watch Web Browser $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 2.6 for Hide my phone number against 2.5 for Watch Web Browser. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 2 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 27% of Hide my phone number's written reviews are positive against 0% of Watch Web Browser's.
Hide my phone number ships an update every 3 months, Watch Web Browser fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hide my phone number | Watch Web Browser |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | $0.99 — better |
| Rating | 2.6 (5 ratings) — better | 2.5 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 27.3% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 7.1 — better | 16.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | LouisAUTHIE | Hemal Modi |
Customer experience
Hide my phone number
Watch Web Browser
In-app purchases
Hide my phone number
No in-app purchases
Watch Web Browser
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Hide my phone number free?
Is Watch Web Browser free?
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