Vivid Browser vs Freedom Search
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Vivid Browser
Browse the web at your iPhone's maximum screen brightness, ideal for reading articles or social media in sunlight. An action extension allows quick opening and returning from other apps.
- Full brightness web browsing
- Action extension for quick access
- Optimized for reading in sunlight
- Seamless switching between apps
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Use Vivid to browse the web at your iPhone's full brightness. Wether you're reading a long article in the sun or you're browsing through your Twitter feed, with Vivid you'll be able to utilise the full brightness of your screen. Use the Action Extension to quickly open pages in Vivid from Safari or other apps and quickly go back to Safari as well. Note that Vivid Browser does not work make full screen videos brighter.
Freedom Search
This browser prioritizes your privacy by minimizing website requests and automatically blocking third-party trackers and ads. It also assigns a privacy score to each site, offering transparency about data usage.
- Privacy-first browsing
- Blocks third-party trackers
- Blocks unwanted ads
- Assigns website privacy scores
- Minimizes website requests
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Freedom Search - Privacy Browser The Freedom browser was built from the ground up with privacy in mind. The moment you open the Freedom browser, the application aims to enhance security by sending the fewest requests possible to other websites. In addition, Freedom blocks third-party trackers and unwanted ads automatically. The privacy-based search engine, Freedom, also offers a privacy-first mobile browser. This browser blocks trackers and assigns each website a privacy score, providing a transparent view of what each site does or tries to do with your data.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Freedom Search at 5.0 against Vivid Browser's 3.9. Freedom Search also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 8 months). 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.
Freedom Search holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 17 and 7 respectively.
Vivid Browser ships an update every 8 months, Freedom Search every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Vivid Browser | Freedom Search |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (17 ratings) | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 64.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 17 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 51 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Lumen Digital | HUMAN RIGHTS & FREEDOM |
Customer experience
Vivid Browser
Freedom Search
In-app purchases
Vivid Browser
No in-app purchases
Freedom Search
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Vivid Browser free?
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