Web Explorer vs Forge Playground
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Web Explorer
This app offers a robust web browsing experience with features like ad blocking, offline page saving, and a powerful downloader. It also includes an integrated media player, FTP client, and file reader for various formats.
- Super fast full screen, tabbed web browser
- Integrated text and web page translation
- Download web files and links
- Save full content web pages for offline use
- Central media player
- FTP browser with upload and download
- ADBLOCKER for automatic ads removal
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Full featured web browser, Ads Remover, Power Downloader, Complete Webpage Saver, FTP client, ....!!! "Amazing web browsing experience... " Web Explorer feature highlights: >>Super fast full screen, tabbed web browser. --- On all devices and all orientations. >>Integrated text and web page translation. --- Launch translator on a new tab. >>Download web files and links. --- Press and hold on pictures or file links to start download. >>Save full content web pages for offline use. --- Complete web page saver. >>Central media player --- Standard feature. Play all music and videos from one place. All media in App folders including iTunes File Sharing folder, iPod library and Camera Roll videos. >>FTP browser. FTP upload and download. --- Browse FTP sites, upload and download files. >>User Agent (Spoofing). By choosing Mac, Windows, iPhone, iPad or other options, you can request different content for the same site. >>Integrated text search. --- Search web with selected text in the web page. >>File reader supports all major file formats. --- View or play saved content from web or PC/MAC. >>Configurable Start Page. --- Edit quick links on Start Page for easy access. >>Power download --- Download multiple files/media/pictures from web page links or FTP directory. (In-App purchase). >>ADBLOCKER for automatic ads removal. --- Block ads from nearly 3000 ads servers.(In-App purchase) >> Document interaction. --- Open files from other apps with Web Explorer. >>iTunes File Sharing with your PC/Mac. --- Exchange content between this app and PC/MAC. >>Optimized for iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch. --- Customize interface best for different devices. Support file types: .xls,.key.zip,.numbers.zip,.pages.zip, .pdf, .ppt , .doc, .rtf,.rtfd.zip, .key,.numbers,.pages, .txt .m .h .c .js .css .cpp .php ...
Forge Playground
Create custom mobile applications without writing any code. This tool allows for offline-first, peer-to-peer app functionality, enabling you to build and deploy tailored solutions for any need, anywhere.
- Offline-first app creation
- Peer-to-peer synchronization
- No-code mobile app builder
- Fully customizable apps
- Purpose-built app deployment
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Unlock the power of offline-first, peer-to-peer mobile apps—no coding required. With the Ditto Forge Playground App, effortlessly create fully customizable mobile applications designed to work offline and sync seamlessly peer-to-peer. Powered by Ditto's advanced technology, our intuitive Mobile Application Builder puts complete control in your hands. Create, customize, and deploy purpose-built mobile apps tailored specifically to your needs, all offline-enabled out of the box. Whether you're in the office or in the field, Ditto empowers you to work anywhere, do anything, and build exactly the app you envision—without ever writing a line of code.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Forge Playground at 5.0 against Web Explorer's 3.7. Forge Playground also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and review sentiment (100% vs 73%). Web Explorer's advantage is ratings volume (33 vs 5) and iOS requirement (7.0 vs 18.0). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Web Explorer sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Forge Playground asks for nothing beyond the download.
Forge Playground holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Web Explorer has 33 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 73% of Web Explorer's written reviews are positive against 100% of Forge Playground's.
Web Explorer ships an update every 2 months, Forge Playground every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Web Explorer | Forge Playground |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (33 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 72.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 33 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 11 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 63 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Zynsoft LLC | DittoLive Incorporated |
Customer experience
Web Explorer
Forge Playground
Bugs and requests
Web Explorer
Reported bugs
10 issues- Not compatible with updates
- Crashes frequently
- Ad blocker not working properly
- User agent setting not working
- Built-in media player has no volume control or seek bar
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- Download picture functionality bug
- FTP transfer failed
- App crashes on opening after update
- Download 2i is also problematic
- Unable to change UA to show as standard browser
Requested features
13 requests- Update for compatibility with new OS versions
- Private browsing mode
- Sync bookmarks with Chrome/Safari
- Customizable start page
- Ability to edit start page links
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- Settings tab for easier navigation
- Improve download content management
- Add custom naming for power download
- Inspect element feature
- Save tabs to reopen after crash/close
- Support for Flash
- Improve ad blocker subscriptions (easylist)
- Folders within bookmarks
Forge Playground
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Web Explorer
- ADS BLOCKER$0.99
- Power Download$0.99
Forge Playground
No in-app purchases
Questions
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