Comparison

Surfed Pro Browser & Bookmark vs Refresh | Web

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

Head to head
About

Surfed Pro Browser & Bookmark

A unified browser and history manager for Apple devices. It offers smart bookmark collections, tags, notes, and automations to organize browsing across multiple platforms. Ideal for both casual users and professionals needing to manage research and debug web applications.

Highlights
  • Unified multi-browser history
  • Smart bookmark collections
  • Tags, notes, and reminders
  • Web Inspector and Network Monitor
  • Automated Web Triggers
  • Dedicated browsing workspaces
  • Media Viewer
Features
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Surfed is a browser and unified history + bookmark manager for iOS, macOS, and visionOS that keeps a global, multi-browser history with smart bookmark collections, tags, notes, and reminders synced across devices. Search any session with powerful filters across all the context Surfed captures, then save those queries as personal, self-updating smart bookmark lists that surface the right pages at the right moment. The browser includes a built-in Web Inspector, Network Monitor, HTML Playground, JavaScript Console, and Web Triggers automations that run as you browse and can be built from extensive actions or installed from a gallery—so casual readers, normal users, and everyday browsers get a friendly UI while researchers, students, and professionals can organize knowledge and debug complex web apps. ### A Browser for Every Workflow - Create dedicated browsing workspaces with unique profiles, search engines, and automations for each context. - Use the Media Viewer to surface every image, video, and audio asset found on the current page. - Open a split browser view to compare sources or multitask across two sites at once. - Use the enhanced download manager with Live Activities, URL clean-up tools, and Share Sheet support. - Extend Surfed’s features directly inside Safari with the Surfed Safari extension for quick history, bookmarks, and automations. ### Smart Bookmark & History Manager - Keep a complete history of all your browsers across iOS, macOS, and visionOS that is fully searchable. - Build dynamic collections, reminders, and saved searches that update automatically as you browse. - Tag everything, track time-on-page, surface statistics, and protect sensitive sessions. ### Made for Power Users & Developers - Inspect layouts, watch network calls, test snippets, or prototype ideas inside the HTML Playground without leaving the page. - Edit source code live with Web Inspector + HTML Playground to test changes. - Automate repetitive steps with Web Triggers, Shortcut Actions, and JavaScript or AI-generated code—there are actions for everything. - Build browsing automations that trigger as you surf, either by composing your own Web Triggers from the extensive action catalog or installing prebuilt recipes from the gallery. - Customize search engines, clean URLs in one tap. ### Organize Research, Work, and Study - Capture ideas with notes, website tags, and Spaces dedicated to each project. - Attach Markdown notes to individual webpages and jot down per-Space notes to track decisions and next steps. - Turn history into personalized research dashboards that stay in sync across devices. - Listen Later and Read Later queues keep long-form content accessible whether you are commuting or studying. - Capture and annotate articles with Markup Mode, then share them using tons of built-in browser actions or Shortcuts workflows. ### Optional AI Assistance - Ask questions about your current browsing session or a single webpage inside the AI Chat to extract the answers you need. - Let AI tagging classify websites automatically so your collections stay organized. - Summarize long-form articles with one tap to save time during research or study. ### Privacy-First Sync - Your browsing data lives only on your devices and is protected with Face ID, Touch ID, or passcode. - Surfed does not collect analytics or diagnostics. Sync happens via secure, native Apple services. In-app purchases unlock Surfed Pro features on iOS, macOS, and visionOS. App Privacy: All browsing history is stored locally on your device and cannot be viewed by anyone else, including us. We do not collect analytics or diagnostic data. Follow @surfedapp on X and @Surfed@indieapps.space on Mastodon for updates. Privacy Policy: http://surfed.app/privacy.html Terms of Service: http://surfed.app/terms.html

About

Refresh | Web

This Safari extension helps you stay updated by automatically reloading web pages at set intervals or with a single tap. It's ideal for monitoring breaking news, inventory, or dashboards, and offers features like random interval refreshing and multi-tab management.

Highlights
  • One-tap quick reload
  • Auto refresh at chosen interval
  • Random interval support
  • Multi-tab refresh (iPad, Mac)
  • On-device privacy
Features
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Keep pages up to date. Set a timer in Safari. Refresh takes care of the reloading. Safari · iPhone · iPad · Mac Included • Fixed or random timing • Stop when you interact • Stop when text appears • One page at a time, with on-page controls and a countdown. Refresh Pro Keep several pages up to date, each on its own timer. Add Glass Design for your page controls. Additional purchase. Choose lifetime access or a monthly subscription. Start in Safari Settings → Safari → Extensions and enable Refresh. Safari → Settings → Extensions and enable Refresh. Open a webpage and tap Refresh. Choose your interval, then start. Refresh settings stay on your device. Browsing history is not sent to the developer. Safari, site restrictions or device memory can pause refresh. Try a longer or random interval on heavy pages. Terms of Service: https://paran.app/refresh/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://paran.app/privacy-policy/

Screenshots

Surfed Pro Browser & Bookmark4 screens
Refresh | Web3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Refresh | Web at $0.99 against Surfed Pro Browser & Bookmark's $17.99. Refresh | Web also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). Surfed Pro Browser & Bookmark's advantage is rating (3.0 vs 1.0) and chart position (#170 vs unranked). On review sentiment, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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

Surfed Pro Browser & Bookmark costs $17.99 and Refresh | Web $0.99 up front. Surfed Pro Browser & Bookmark sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Refresh | Web sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Surfed Pro Browser & Bookmark holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 33% of Surfed Pro Browser & Bookmark's written reviews are positive against 40% of Refresh | Web's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Surfed Pro Browser & Bookmark ships an update every 2 months, Refresh | Web fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Surfed Pro Browser & Bookmark versus Refresh | Web: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSurfed Pro Browser & BookmarkRefresh | Web
Price$17.99$0.99 — better
Rating3.0 (2 ratings) — better1.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews40.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank#170 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Vision Pro — betteriPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size51 MB2 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperHOsy - intelligent software.Paran

Customer experience

Surfed Pro Browser & Bookmark

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral33.3%
Negative33.3%

Refresh | Web

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive40.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative60.0%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Surfed Pro Browser & Bookmark

One-time4
  • Small Tip$0.99
  • Medium Tip$2.99
  • Large Tip$8.99
Show 1 more
  • Ultra Tip$44.99
2 purchases

Refresh | Web

Subscriptions1
  • Refresh Pro3 Days trial$0.991 Month
One-time1
  • Refresh Pro$4.99

Questions

Is Surfed Pro Browser & Bookmark free?
Surfed Pro Browser & Bookmark costs $17.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Refresh | Web free?
Refresh | Web costs $0.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Surfed Pro Browser & Bookmark or Refresh | Web?
Surfed Pro Browser & Bookmark is rated higher. Surfed Pro Browser & Bookmark averages 3.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Refresh | Web averages 1.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Surfed Pro Browser & Bookmark or Refresh | Web have ads?
Neither Surfed Pro Browser & Bookmark nor Refresh | Web shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Surfed Pro Browser & Bookmark or Refresh | Web?
Surfed Pro Browser & Bookmark ships an update every 2 months, and Refresh | Web fortnightly. Most recently, Surfed Pro Browser & Bookmark was updated on October 7, 2026 and Refresh | Web on October 14, 2026.

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