Caravel vs HC Browser
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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.
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.
- Customizable top screen
- Bookmark management
- Simple interface
- Easy to use
- Comfortable browsing
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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.
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
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.
| Parameter | Caravel | HC Browser |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Pro Gamma Spa | Makoto Nishimoto |
Customer experience
Caravel
HC Browser
In-app purchases
Caravel
No in-app purchases
HC Browser
No in-app purchases









