Text Browser vs Gan Jing Browser
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Text Browser
Browse the web efficiently on slow networks by selectively downloading content. Choose to download only HTML, scripts, or the full page to save data and time. Offers features like adjustable font size, bookmarks, and a download counter.
- Selective content download (HTML, scripts, full page)
- Adjustable font size
- Bookmarks
- Download counter
- Full screen mode
- Configurable start page
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If you prefer text browsing, try this app. Select if images and scripts should be used. Change the font size with an easy click on an icon.
Gan Jing Browser
This free web browser offers robust online privacy protection. Built on a Chromium base, it provides a full-featured browsing experience while safeguarding user data.
- Privacy protection
- Chromium-based
- Full-featured browsing
- Free to use
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The Gan Jing Browser app is free. It’s a full-featured, chromium-based web browser that prioritizes the online privacy protection of its users.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Gan Jing Browser at 4.4 against Text Browser's 3.9. Gan Jing Browser also leads on update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 31 months). Text Browser's advantage is review sentiment (66% vs 47%) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 18.0). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Gan Jing Browser holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 36 and 25 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 66% of Text Browser's written reviews are positive against 47% of Gan Jing Browser's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Text Browser ships an update every 31 months, Gan Jing Browser every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on August 15, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Text Browser | Gan Jing Browser |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (36 ratings) | 4.4 (25 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 65.6% of reviews — better | 47.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 36 — better | 25 |
| Update frequency | Every 31 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 132 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | MochaSoft | Ganjingworld Corporation |
Customer experience
Text Browser
Gan Jing Browser
In-app purchases
Text Browser
No in-app purchases
Gan Jing Browser
No in-app purchases
Questions
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