Comparison

Basic Browser vs Keep Browser

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

Head to head
About

Basic Browser

Features
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Download the new Basic Browser for your iPhone and iPad. Simple and Fast Browser. Enjoy! Features: • Tap to add or remove bookmark easily. • Request desktop, tablet or phone website. • Tap to zoom content.

About

Keep Browser

This browser organizes your browsing sessions into a tree-like structure, making it easy to compare information and manage multiple tabs. It offers private browsing and ad-blocking for a more secure and comfortable experience.

Highlights
  • Tree-style tab management
  • Tab management with labels
  • Private browsing mode
  • Ad blocking
  • Restoring closed tabs
  • Organizing bookmarks
Features
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Keep Browser turns search results, comparison pages, and research links into organized tree-style tabs. Open links at the top level, in the same group, or in a subgroup so research, shopping, travel planning, work, and study pages stay connected and easy to find. Organized tab groups can be sent as shared links. Share tab groups across supported devices, making it easier to continue research across devices. Useful when you want to: • Open multiple search results and compare them later • Organize products, hotels, restaurants, properties, or other candidates • Keep frequently used pages and pages to read later in groups • Manage many open tabs with hierarchy and labels • Share a group of tabs with family, friends, or another device Main features • Tree-style tab management: Keep related pages in a clear hierarchy. • Tab group sharing: Send selected tab groups as shared links and open them across supported devices. Private tabs are not shared. • Keep Mode: Open tapped links as new tabs in a subgroup and preserve your research flow. • Labels: Add names and colors to tab groups. • Tab List, Tab Map, and related-node preview: Review open tabs and related groups, then jump to the page you need. • Pinned tabs: Keep important pages from being closed by mistake. • Closed tab restore: Restore closed tabs from the list. • Ad blocking: Choose the blocking strength and adjust settings per site to balance cleaner pages with site compatibility. • Private Mode: Browse without saving history or cookies. • Fast scroll: Move quickly through long pages and large tab lists by dragging the scroll bar. • Backup and restore: Back up and restore regular tabs, bookmarks, browsing history, search history, and settings across supported devices. Private tabs, cookies, and login state are not restored. • Bookmarks, history, downloads, page translation, find in page, PDF search, desktop site display, and zoom are also supported. Keep Browser is built not only to open pages, but to organize and preserve them. Manage research, comparison, saving, sharing, and backup in one place.

Screenshots

Basic Browser3 screens
Keep Browser4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Basic Browser at every 4 days against Keep Browser's every 2 weeks. Keep Browser's advantage is iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Basic Browser ships an update every 4 days, Keep Browser every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on May 17, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Basic Browser versus Keep Browser: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBasic BrowserKeep Browser
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—4 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Ad-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB91 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperKit Hoong NgauRSA TECHNOLOGIES, LIMITED LIABILITY CO.

In-app purchases

None

Basic Browser

No in-app purchases

None

Keep Browser

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Basic Browser free?
Basic Browser is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Keep Browser free?
Keep Browser is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Basic Browser or Keep Browser have ads?
Both Basic Browser and Keep Browser show ads.
Which is updated more often, Basic Browser or Keep Browser?
Basic Browser ships an update every 4 days, and Keep Browser every 2 weeks. Most recently, Basic Browser was updated on May 17, 2026 and Keep Browser on September 18, 2026.

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