Comparison

Surfed Pro Browser & Bookmark vs Levin

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

Levin

Features
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Levin — For people with too much on their mind You're not unorganized. You just have too many things that matter. Your brain is not a to-do list. Most apps expect you to structure everything upfront. That's not how real life works. You think in fragments — half a plan in the shower, a deadline while cooking, a idea you'll forget by tomorrow. Levin catches all of it. Voice, text, image — whatever form it takes. You don't file it, tag it, or decide what it is. You just send it. Levin listens, pulls out tasks and deadlines, and keeps the rest as thoughts you can revisit later. It learns how you think. Over time, Levin understands your priorities, your patterns, what you care about. Suggestions get sharper. Your morning view shows only what matters now — not everything, just what's ready. What Levin does for you: Captures thoughts instantly in any format — no structure required Extracts tasks, deadlines, and priorities from what you say Organizes everything into topics automatically Gives you a calm morning focus view of what actually needs attention Connects related thoughts so nothing exists in isolation Gets smarter the more you use it — your context, your world Extracts payment details from bills and invoices — IBAN, amount, reference — ready to copy This is not another productivity app that makes you feel behind. There are no streaks, no inbox zero, no guilt. Just a place where your thinking accumulates into something useful — and progress happens without forcing it. You don't need more discipline. You need a system that works the way you think. Terms of Use: https://getlevin.com/terms

Screenshots

Surfed Pro Browser & Bookmark4 screens
Levin4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Levin at Free against Surfed Pro Browser & Bookmark's $17.99. Levin also leads on update cadence (every 10 days vs every 2 months). Surfed Pro Browser & Bookmark's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and device support (5 vs 3). On in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Levin is free to download; Surfed Pro Browser & Bookmark costs $17.99 up front. Surfed Pro Browser & Bookmark sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Levin sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Surfed Pro Browser & Bookmark ships an update every 2 months, Levin every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Surfed Pro Browser & Bookmark versus Levin: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSurfed Pro Browser & BookmarkLevin
Price$17.99Free — better
Rating3.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 10 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Vision Pro — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size51 MB87 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperHOsy - intelligent software.JANNIS ALEXANDER BUSCH

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
1 purchases

Levin

Subscriptions1
  • Levin Plus$3.991 Month

Questions

Is Surfed Pro Browser & Bookmark free?
Surfed Pro Browser & Bookmark costs $17.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Levin free?
Levin is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Surfed Pro Browser & Bookmark or Levin have ads?
Levin shows ads; Surfed Pro Browser & Bookmark does not.
Which is updated more often, Surfed Pro Browser & Bookmark or Levin?
Surfed Pro Browser & Bookmark ships an update every 2 months, and Levin every 10 days. Most recently, Surfed Pro Browser & Bookmark was updated on October 7, 2026 and Levin on October 18, 2026.

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