Comparison

Maxthon Browser vs WeTab

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

Head to head
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

About

WeTab

Experience a clean and fast browsing interface with intelligent bookmark management. Quickly access your favorite websites with icon-based shortcuts on the homepage. Integrated search allows for information retrieval without leaving the application.

Highlights
  • Pure browsing experience
  • Fast and simple interface
  • Intelligent bookmark management
  • Icon-based website shortcuts
  • Integrated search engine
Features
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-纯净浏览体验:界面简单、快速. -智能书签管理:扫描或输入网址,将常用网站添加为书签,并在主页上以图标形式展示,实现一键直达。 -集成搜索引擎:内置搜索引擎,无需离开应用也能快速进行信息检索。

Screenshots

Maxthon Browser4 screens
WeTab2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Maxthon Browser at 4.5 against WeTab's 1.0. Maxthon Browser also leads on ratings volume (702 vs 1). WeTab's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, update cadence, 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

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

Maxthon Browser holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Maxthon Browser has 702 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Maxthon Browser ships an update every 3 weeks, WeTab every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Maxthon Browser versus WeTab: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMaxthon BrowserWeTab
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (702 ratings) — better1.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews69.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings702 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 4 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size62 MB31 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperMaxthon Technology Limited广 杨

Customer experience

Maxthon Browser

All ratings702 ratings
Positive88.6%
Neutral3.4%
Negative8.0%
Written reviews222 reviews
Positive69.4%
Neutral5.4%
Negative25.2%

WeTab

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Bugs and requests

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

WeTab

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Maxthon Browser

No in-app purchases

None

WeTab

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Maxthon Browser free?
Maxthon Browser is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is WeTab free?
WeTab is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Maxthon Browser or WeTab?
Maxthon Browser is rated higher. Maxthon Browser averages 4.5 out of 5 from 702 ratings, while WeTab averages 1.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Maxthon Browser or WeTab have ads?
Neither Maxthon Browser nor WeTab shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Maxthon Browser or WeTab?
Maxthon Browser ships an update every 3 weeks, and WeTab every 4 weeks. Most recently, Maxthon Browser was updated on October 15, 2026 and WeTab on October 9, 2026.

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