Text Browser vs Duo Browsers
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.
Duo Browsers
This app allows for simultaneous web browsing on a single device, enabling users to multitask across different websites. It offers dynamic window resizing and a customizable interface for an enhanced browsing experience.
- Dynamic resizable browser windows
- Multi-website browsing simultaneously
- Customizable interface colors
- Horizontal or vertical split view
- Fast switching between single/multi windows
- iCloud bookmark backup
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Enable multi-tasking web browsing in the iPad amazing screen with Duo Browsers. Productivity, entertainment, communication can be happened at the same time. Great experience with browsing multi websites simultaneously. Unlike other apps, Duo Browsers allow to resize browser width or height dynamically. Features: • Dynamic resizable windows by dragging the splitter • Maximum browsing area with fullscreen window • Customizable browser interface color • Easy switch between horizontal or vertical • Fast switch between a single window or multi windows • Reverse browser windows with a single click • Built-in browser bookmarks • Support iCloud bookmarks backup • Choose last web URL or home page at startup • Access multi home pages at startup • Unified website address bar and search bar • Secure SSL web access • Web cache support • Fast search with Google, Yahoo or Bing • Easy sharing the URL • Save and copy image • Open link in another web page window • Capture screenshot of whole web page * Note: To enable iCloud bookmark backup & restore, please turn on iCloud setting for Duo Browsers via: ->Settings app -> (If you don't sign-in your iCloud account yet, please sign-in) -> select your Apple ID -> iCloud -> turn on Duo Browsers in the list.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Text Browser at none against Duo Browsers's 1. Text Browser also leads on review sentiment (66% vs 50%) and ratings volume (36 vs 5). Duo Browsers's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 31 months) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.6). On price, rating 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. Duo Browsers sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Text Browser asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.9 for Text Browser against 4.0 for Duo Browsers. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Text Browser has 36 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 66% of Text Browser's written reviews are positive against 50% of Duo Browsers's.
Text Browser ships an update every 31 months, Duo Browsers monthly. The most recent releases landed on August 15, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Text Browser | Duo Browsers |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (36 ratings) | 4.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 65.6% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 36 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 31 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | MochaSoft | Ratha Sou |
Customer experience
Text Browser
Duo Browsers
In-app purchases
Text Browser
No in-app purchases
Duo Browsers
- Remove Ads$1.99
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