Comparison

Private Full Screen Browser vs Maxthon Browser

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Private Full Screen Browser

This app offers a private, full-screen browsing experience by hiding interface elements for more screen real estate. It defaults to incognito mode, clearing history and cookies upon exit, and allows users to control privacy settings. Enjoy enhanced viewing and secure surfing.

Highlights
  • Full-screen browsing
  • Incognito mode by default
  • Clears history, cookies, and cache on exit
  • Customizable privacy controls
  • Bookmark management
  • Multipage support
  • Multiple search engine options
Features
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The Full Screen Private Web Browser Incognito is available for the iPhone/iPod Touch & iPad. This app gives you up to 40% of your screen's real estate back by hiding the buttons, address and even the status bar when you don't need them. Now you can take full advantage of the screen of your device. Private Browser is a web browser that is focused mainly on your privacy. Private Browser Incognito provides a secure browsing experience with safe internet surfing. It gives a default incognito mode with no tracking and history record. The user has complete control over his privacy as he can control whether to save bookmarks and history. History, Cookies, Cache, All completely clear deleted when you exit the Safe Browser. No one will know where you've been. Surf the web exactly like you do in Safari: tap on links, swipe to scroll, double-tap or even pinch and spread your fingers to zoom in or out also for fast internet browser users. •• Orientation •• You can browsing in both orientation Portrait & Landscape. •• Full screen web browser •• - 25% more viewable area than Safari in portrait mode - Almost 40% more viewable area than Safari in landscape mode! •• Private Web Browser Incognito •• Securely browsing features you expect at any time. •• Bookmarks •• Bookmark your favorite webpages for easier navigation. Add, delete, reorder and edit bookmarks just like in Safari. •• Homepage •• Have your favorite page load when Full Screen first launches. This is easily set by tapping the action button and then the "Set as Home Page" button while you are on the page. The homepage address can also be set in the iPhone Settings app. •• Sharing •• You can share your favorite link via Facebook, Twitter & Email. •• Multipage Support •• You can browsing on multiple page at a time as in safari. •• Reset Browser •• You can clear your browsing history at any time. •• Search Engine •• Google, Bing, Yahoo, DuckDuckGo, Yandex, Baidu, Ecosia, Ask.com •• Choose your language •• You can choose your preferred language from English, Vietnamese, Khmer, French, Spanish, German, Japanese, Italian, Chinese(Simplified), Chinese(Traditional), Dutch, Portuguese, Russian, Korean, Swedish, Norwegian, Arabic, Polish, Danish, Turkish, Hebrew, Greek, Finnish, Vietnamese, Khmer, Hindi, Burmese, Thai, Indonesian, Sinhala, Filipino, Malay •• Theme •• Light & Dark Mode Support •• In-App Purchase •• One-time In-app purchase for Sharing, Bookmarks & Multipage features. Support retina display images for New iPad. This free application contains all features as above but you can use only surfing the web & full screen features. If you want to access all features please buy using In-app purchase. Don't wait! Download now and enjoy! We love to hear from the fans! Please write a review and help us make the Full Screen Web Browser even better. Stay tuned for a more updates soon! Here is EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://full-screen-web-browser-app.web.app/privacy-policy.html

About

Maxthon Browser

A mobile web browser designed for a streamlined and personalized experience. It offers a fresh interface, enhanced features like customizable favorites, and tools for privacy and eye comfort.

Highlights
  • New UI design
  • Re-planned homepage layout
  • Optimized feature layout
  • Enhanced favorites with text and images
  • Personalized data treasure chest
  • Incognito mode
  • Night mode
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The world changes every day but our beliefs remain the same. We firmly believe that good interaction is less while good product is neither more nor less, and good experience always comes from the heart. A fresh new Maxthon Browser for iPhone will become the treasure chest for you on mobile Internet. We made great efforts in this revision in a visual sense to get rid of complicated design. According to a large amount of users' feedback, we perfectly combined design and practical features to build a browser that suits you like no one does. Named “The Best Browser” by famous North American and European agencies many times : Download82 2017 Software 5-Star Award DEAL crunch 2017 Editor’s Choice About.com Most Popular Browser Award Share Networks Full-Stars Recommendation Award ...... All Awards can be checked here: http://www.maxthon.com/awards New Features: 【Video Enhancement】Support video speed adjustment, floating pop-up video and background video playback for a better viewing experience. 【Userscript Support】Tampermonkey userscript engine available to customize web pages and unlock more possibilities. 【Webpage Read Aloud】Text-to-speech for web content, free your eyes and listen to articles on the go. 【New design】Global UI interaction、fresh new design style; 【New Homepage】Re-planned page layout from traditional two-stage to three-stage, easily to view. 【New Layout】Optimized on overall features level, which highlighted the often used main features according to users feedback, greatly improved the convenience of operations. 【New Favorites】Breaking the traditional Favorites structure that can only save URL, re-identifying the favorites feature that can conclude pictures and text content. 【Personal Customized】 The new Maxthon Browser will not only be your information access platform, but rather your personal customized treasure chest for data that comes with a powerful edition of notes, password management, and numerous extensions. Others feature: 【Incognito mode】Browsing on the incognito mode will never record your cache, Cookie, history, and download record. 【Night mode】Make adjustments to brightness to reduce the damage to the eyes when browsing at night. More Info: Report Bug: http://www.maxthon.com/mx/bug/post/ Help Center: http://www.maxthon.com/mx5/help/question/ Contact us:contact@maxthon.com Website: http://www.maxthon.com/ Maxthon Community: http://www.maxthon.com/ Facebook:www.facebook.com/maxthon Twitter:www.twitter.com/Maxthon YouTube:www.youtube.com/MaxthonCloudBrowser LinkedIn:www.linkedin.com/company/maxthon-international-limited

Screenshots

Private Full Screen Browser4 screens
Maxthon Browser4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Maxthon Browser at none against Private Full Screen Browser's 1. Maxthon Browser also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 4 months). Private Full Screen Browser's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, ratings volume 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Private Full Screen Browser sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Maxthon Browser asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Maxthon Browser holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 247 and 701 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 52% of Private Full Screen Browser's written reviews are positive against 71% of Maxthon Browser's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Private Full Screen Browser ships an update every 4 months, Maxthon Browser every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Private Full Screen Browser versus Maxthon Browser: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPrivate Full Screen BrowserMaxthon Browser
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (247 ratings)4.5 (701 ratings) — better
Positive reviews51.8% of reviews70.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings247701 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size30 MB62 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperAnkur DiyoraMaxthon Technology Limited

Customer experience

Private Full Screen Browser

All ratings247 ratings
Positive80.6%
Neutral5.7%
Negative13.8%
Written reviews83 reviews
Positive51.8%
Neutral6.0%
Negative42.2%

Maxthon Browser

All ratings701 ratings
Positive88.9%
Neutral3.4%
Negative7.7%
Written reviews217 reviews
Positive70.5%
Neutral5.1%
Negative24.4%

User reviews

Private Full Screen Browser

From 247 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Full screen view
  • 🚀 Fast loading
  • 👍 Simple and easy to use
  • 👍 Good for older devices
  • 👍 Reliable performance

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Limited to 2 tabs
  • 🐛 Annoying ads
  • 🐛 Paid features required
  • 🐛 Does not work with Remote Desktop
  • 🐛 Bug with local host URLs

Maxthon Browser

From 701 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Fast and efficient browsing
  • 👍 Intuitive and user-friendly interface
  • 🔒 Secure and private browsing
  • 💡 Useful features like cloud sync and note-taking

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes and stability issues
  • 🔋 High battery consumption
  • 👎 Cluttered and confusing UI after updates
  • 🚫 Forced login/account creation

Bugs and requests

Private Full Screen Browser

Reported bugs

10 issues
  • Bug with resolving local host URLs
  • App crashes on iOS 12
  • App closes on open with iOS 12
  • App forgets saved sites
  • Cannot clear cookies without uninstalling
Show 5 more
  • Cannot access some bookmarks
  • App shuts down when trying to open bookmarked websites
  • Cannot emulate desktop browser
  • Cannot clear history
  • Opens on last page instead of home screen

Requested features

7 requests
  • Add custom start pages
  • Edge swipe for moving through pages
  • Option to put bottom menus at the top
  • Change search engine
  • Add text size option
Show 2 more
  • Add hand gestures
  • Remove all icons in full mode

Maxthon Browser

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Freezing and unresponsiveness
  • Bookmark and history sync issues
  • Incompatibility with older devices
  • Problems with file downloads and attachments

Requested features

4 requests
  • Dark mode option
  • Improved tab management
  • Ability to customize homepage and bookmarks
  • Better video/audio playback support

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Private Full Screen Browser

One-time1
  • All Features$0.99
None

Maxthon Browser

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Private Full Screen Browser free?
Private Full Screen Browser is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Maxthon Browser free?
Maxthon Browser is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Private Full Screen Browser or Maxthon Browser?
Maxthon Browser is rated higher. Private Full Screen Browser averages 4.2 out of 5 from 247 ratings, while Maxthon Browser averages 4.5 from 701 ratings.
Do Private Full Screen Browser or Maxthon Browser have ads?
Private Full Screen Browser shows ads; Maxthon Browser does not.
Which is updated more often, Private Full Screen Browser or Maxthon Browser?
Private Full Screen Browser ships an update every 4 months, and Maxthon Browser every 2 weeks. Most recently, Private Full Screen Browser was updated on September 24, 2026 and Maxthon Browser on September 20, 2026.

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