Comparison

Caravel vs HC Browser

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

Head to head
About

Caravel

This browser offers enhanced browsing with mobile/desktop view switching, full-screen mode, and an advanced incognito feature for privacy. It also includes font resizing, full-page screenshots, and voice annotation capabilities.

Highlights
  • Mobile/desktop view switching
  • Full-screen browsing
  • Advanced incognito mode
  • Font size adjustment
  • Full-page screenshots
  • Voice annotations
  • Tabbed sidebar for quick access
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Caravel is a browser that brings you many useful features, easily accessible through the toolbar. Switch seamlessly between mobile and desktop view, browse full screen, and protect your personal data with an exclusive incognito browsing mode. 1) Browse sites in mobile or desktop view. 2) Full screen view that allows you to enjoy the entire device display area. 3) An original incognito browsing mode: use the toolbar button for enabling it and suddenly the whole browsing session becomes private, even the pages you had opened before entering this mode! Also, if you close Caravel by returning to the home menu when this mode is enabled, the browser switches back to its start page automatically, hiding the contents you were browsing. 4) You can increase or decrease the size of the fonts displayed on many sites, besides zooming with your fingers as usual. 5) You can switch back to the search page by simply tapping a button. 6) Tap a button to take a screenshot of the entire page you are browsing, not only the visible part! 7) Enable the voice recording feature to record audio annotations linked to the page you are browsing. 8) Send the links you like via email, along with the screenshots and the audio annotations you created. 9) Use the tabbed sidebar for quick and easy access to your favorite sites, the archive of your audio annotations and screenshots, and your history. 10) Use the settings page to change your default home page or search engine or even to delete on the fly the contents you created. This is all yours for free! Only a small ads banner will be displayed, which will be hidden a few seconds after enabling full screen mode: you won't lose a single pixel of your device display.

About

HC Browser

A highly customizable browser designed for efficient bookmark management. Personalize your top screen for a streamlined browsing experience. Simple, easy, and comfortable to use.

Highlights
  • Customizable top screen
  • Bookmark management
  • Simple interface
  • Easy to use
  • Comfortable browsing
Features
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`HC Browser` is a browser specialized for bookmarks. Very simple, very easy, and very comfortable. You can customize the top screen as you like. If only the top screen changes, everything will change. Let's try it.

Screenshots

Caravel1 screens
HC Browser3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: HC Browser at 9.0 against Caravel's 12.0. On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Caravel against 5.0 for HC Browser. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Caravel versus HC Browser: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCaravelHC Browser
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 6 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS12.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB17 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperPro Gamma SpaMakoto Nishimoto

Customer experience

Caravel

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

HC Browser

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Caravel

No in-app purchases

None

HC Browser

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Caravel free?
Caravel is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is HC Browser free?
HC Browser is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Caravel or HC Browser?
Caravel and HC Browser are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Caravel or HC Browser have ads?
Neither Caravel nor HC Browser shows ads.

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