Fapelo vs Ghost
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.
Ghost
Browse the web faster, smarter, and more privately with this all-in-one browser. It offers robust privacy tools, efficient media playback, and convenient download management for a streamlined online experience.
- Private browsing mode
- Tracker protection
- Picture-in-Picture video
- Background video playback
- Built-in download manager
- Page summarization
- Reader Mode
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Ghost is a private web browser with a built-in ad blocker, Split Screen for two websites at once, Background Play and Picture-in-Picture video. SPLIT SCREEN – NEW • Open two websites side by side on iPhone and iPad • Watch a video while you search or read • Compare pages without switching tabs PRIVATE BROWSING & AD BLOCK • Incognito mode that leaves no history • Block ads, trackers and pop-ups • Cookie and cache controls, per-site settings • Privacy dashboard and safe browsing tools • Adult content filter • Shake to clear browsing history instantly VIDEO & MEDIA • Picture-in-Picture for supported videos • Background audio playback • Fullscreen video player OFFLINE & DOWNLOADS • Save web pages to read offline • Built-in download manager with progress tracking AI & PRODUCTIVITY • Ask AI about the page on your screen • Summarise, simplify and translate pages • Listen to web pages read aloud • Reader Mode, Find on Page, QR reader, quick notes FAST, CLEAN, EASY Tabs with tab search, recently closed tabs, session restore, custom homepage and home screen quick actions. Some websites limit background playback or downloads. Please respect each website's terms and local laws.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Fapelo at Free against Ghost's $6.99. Fapelo also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1). Ghost's advantage is rating (4.8 vs 3.0) and ads (none vs shown). On update cadence, device support and iOS requirement 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
Fapelo is free to download; Ghost costs $6.99 up front. Ghost sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Fapelo asks for nothing beyond the download.
Ghost holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ghost has 13 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Fapelo ships an update weekly, Ghost every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Fapelo | Ghost |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $6.99 |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) | 4.8 (13 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 13 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 10 days |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 71 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Duc Pham | Pinki . |
Customer experience
Fapelo
Ghost
In-app purchases
Fapelo
No in-app purchases
Ghost
- Ghost Premium Lifetime$6.99








