Freedom Search vs Yulia
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
Yulia
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Have you ever wanted to read an article but were blocked by a paywall? With Yulia, you never have to worry about that again! Yulia is the powerful extension that helps you access the content you want, when you want it. Whether you come across a news story, a research article, or a blog post behind a paywall, Yulia fetches the archived version of the article for you, directly in your browser. What makes Yulia so special? Easy to use: With just one click on the Yulia button, you get instant access to the archived version of the article. Compatible across multiple platforms: Yulia works seamlessly on Safari for Mac and iOS, as well as on Chrome and Firefox across all platforms. Fast and reliable: Yulia ensures you quickly get access to what you're looking for, hassle-free. Never miss an article again and read without limits. Download Yulia today and experience the web as it was meant to be – freely accessible!
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Verdict
Freedom Search and Yulia are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 9, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Freedom Search | Yulia |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 51 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | HUMAN RIGHTS & FREEDOM | Manfred Witteman |
In-app purchases
Freedom Search
No in-app purchases
Yulia
No in-app purchases









