Comparison

Basic Browser vs Rain

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ€” 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: โ€ข Tap to add or remove bookmark easily. โ€ข Request desktop, tablet or phone website. โ€ข Tap to zoom content.

About

Rain

Features
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Browse the web with ads and trackers blocked on your device. Rain is a browser for iPhone and iPad, with familiar navigation, private tabs and a Playlist for videos you open on the web. Make the start page yours. Open Favorites, Playlist and Reading List from their own sections. Choose the sections you want, arrange their order, and choose a background or a photo from your library. Reading List brings article links and previews together. Swipe up from the address bar to see your tabs, or swipe sideways to switch between them. Ordinary tabs return when you reopen Rain. Profiles separate browsing sessions, Favorites and history. Named tab groups organize tabs inside a profile. Private tabs use a temporary session and do not add browsing history. Reader presents the main text of supported articles with a choice of fonts, text sizes and backgrounds. Adjust text size on other sites too. Choose your search engine in Settings, or use voice search when on-device speech recognition is available for your language. Shields block ads and trackers on the device. Per-site controls let you adjust protection for an individual page. Filter lists are included for first launch and refresh from their publishers. The Shields panel shows blocking counts for the current page. Add a video you open in the browser to Playlist and play it in Rain. Organize items in folders, resume playback, adjust speed, shuffle, repeat or set a sleep timer. AirPlay and Picture in Picture are available when supported by the system and the media. If a stream link expires, Rain can revisit its source page to recover playback; some sites require opening the page again. Playlist holds 10 items. Rain has no account requirement or in-app purchases.

Screenshots

Basic Browser3 screens
Rain4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Rain at none against Basic Browser's shown. On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 5 level
Basic Browser versus Rain: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBasic BrowserRain
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 4 daysEvery 4 days
AdsYesNo โ€” better
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 โ€” better18.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size4 MB39 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperKit Hoong NgauRoman Marchenko

In-app purchases

None

Basic Browser

No in-app purchases

None

Rain

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Basic Browser free?
Basic Browser is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Rain free?
Rain is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Basic Browser or Rain have ads?
Basic Browser shows ads; Rain does not.
Which is updated more often, Basic Browser or Rain?
Basic Browser ships an update every 4 days, and Rain every 4 days. Most recently, Basic Browser was updated on November 7, 2026 and Rain on November 13, 2026.

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