Fapelo vs Web Roulette!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Fapelo
Experience a fast, private, and distraction-free web browsing experience on iOS. This browser focuses on performance and usability, offering features like ad blocking and integrated media playback to enhance your online activities.
- Built-in ad blocker
- Fast web performance
- Integrated media playback
- Cast-compatible video
- Privacy-focused design
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Fapelo — Fast, Private Browser with Ad Blocker & TV Cast Browse with built-in ad blocking, protect your privacy, and send compatible web videos to the big screen. Fapelo is a full-featured mobile browser built for speed, focus, and streaming. CAST TO YOUR TV • Stream supported web videos to Chromecast, AirPlay, or DLNA Smart TVs (Samsung, LG, Sony...) • Keep control on your phone: play, pause, seek, volume • Cast keeps playing while you keep browsing • Compatibility depends on the website, video format and TV. DRM-protected content may not cast. BUILT-IN AD BLOCKING • Built-in ad blocker helps reduce banners, popups and video ads • Pages load faster and use less data • Whitelist sites you want to support PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Passcode lock for the whole app • Incognito tabs for private browsing • Free built-in proxy for extra privacy MADE FOR MEDIA • Powerful video & audio player with background playback • Download manager • Manga mode for supported comic pages • Home screen widgets and RSS news on your start page EVERYDAY BROWSING, DONE RIGHT • Fast tabs, bookmarks, history, desktop mode • Multiple search engines • Restores your session when you come back Download Fapelo and enjoy the web — clean, private, and on the big screen.
Web Roulette!
Discover new webpages with a simple shake or swipe through your favorite sites. This app offers a unique browsing experience by eliminating typing and page loading times, making web surfing a fun and convenient game.
- Swipe through favorite sites
- Shake for surprise webpage
- No typing required
- Pre-cached pages for fast loading
- Simplified browsing experience
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Web Roulette is simple and fun to play with like all good toys. Just swipe and shake. 1. Swipe through your favorite sites 2. Shake when bored for a surprise webpage! But it's also your new main mobile browser. NO typing your next page NO page loading times (precached!) NO tab management NO baggage from Netscape Navigator's branch of desktop web browsers Take it out for a spin and we hope you enjoy. “Silly and simple and I kind of love it” - THE VERGE “Simple, addictive, and fun” - TECHCRUNCH “It’s just plain dumb fun” - JOHN GRUBER “Makes surfing your top sites a fun game” - APPADVICE “Browsing websites this way is quick and convenient” - MACRUMORS “Restores… the kind of random nature of “flipping through channels” on the internet.” 9TO5MAC
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Web Roulette! at 75% against Fapelo's 0%. Web Roulette! also leads on rating (4.7 vs 3.0) and ads (none vs shown). Fapelo's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Web Roulette! holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Web Roulette! has 125 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Fapelo's written reviews are positive against 75% of Web Roulette!'s.
Fapelo ships an update weekly, Web Roulette! every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Fapelo | Web Roulette! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) | 4.7 (125 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 125 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 71 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Duc Pham | Impending |
Customer experience
Fapelo
Web Roulette!
Bugs and requests
Fapelo
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Web Roulette!
Reported bugs
4 issues- App says 'out of shakes'
- Swiping clashes with website gestures
- Stops audio playback on device
- Websites are blank or outdated
Requested features
9 requests- Dedicated iPad app
- Option to disable roulette animation
- Clearer onboarding for 'shake' feature
- Ability to open articles in Apple News
- Separate wheels for different website categories
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- More onboarding guidance
- Option to mute sound effects
- Adjustable swipe sensitivity
- Zone-based swiping for UI navigation
In-app purchases
Fapelo
No in-app purchases
Web Roulette!
No in-app purchases
Questions
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