2Guard vs Side Browser
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
2Guard
Protect your online privacy and security with this app. It blocks ads and trackers, checks for data leaks, and secures sensitive media. Enjoy a safer, cleaner browsing experience.
- Email and password leak checker
- Advanced tracking protection
- Ad blocking
- Secure browsing and site filtering
- Secure media storage
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2Guard brings practical privacy tools together on iPhone. Block ads, trackers, and unsafe content in Safari with 2Guard's filter rules. Browse in a fresh Private Browser session that discards local website data when you leave. Check an email address or password against known breach data. Keep copies of selected photos and videos in Private Media, stored locally behind a PIN. Ask the AI Assistant for short, practical answers, with buttons that open the right feature. Manual leak checks are free. Premium adds regular checks of saved email addresses, run when you open or return to 2Guard, at most once every 24 hours. Safari blockers, Private Browser, and Private Media require Premium. Free AI messages have a daily limit; local FAQ answers remain available. 2Guard is not a VPN, antivirus, password manager, or device scanner. Blocking works in Safari only, not in every app. Private Browser is not anonymous: websites and network providers may still see your traffic. Imported originals stay in Photos until you delete them yourself. Privacy Policy: https://2guard.app/privacy.html Terms of Service: https://2guard.app/terms.html Standard EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Side Browser
Organize your favorite websites and browse them with fewer distractions. Save links with visual previews and group them into custom collections. Features split-screen browsing and app lock for privacy.
- Organize daily content in one place
- Browse with reduced ads and clutter
- Visual bookmarks with screenshots
- Collections for custom organization
- Split View browsing for multitasking
- App Lock for privacy
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Too many tabs? Bookmarks you can never find again? Pages buried in ads? Side Browser keeps the sites you visit every day in one clean place — videos, articles, news, comics, web novels, forums, tools, and research pages, all a tap away. Open them faster, with fewer distracting ads and a cleaner layout. ■ Browse your daily content in one place Keep your favorite videos, articles, news, comics, novels, forums, work tools, and research pages in one simple browser. ■ Browse with less clutter Side Browser helps reduce ads and distracting elements on web pages so you can focus on the content you want to view. Effectiveness may vary depending on the website. ■ Visual bookmarks with screenshots Bookmark pages with screenshots so you can find the right page more easily than with text-only bookmarks. ■ Collections for every use case Create folders for videos, articles, comics, novels, work, research, travel, shopping, and more. ■ Split View browsing Open two pages side by side for comparison, research, reference, or multitasking. ■ App Lock support Protect your personal browser with passcode lock when opening or returning to the app. ■ Free for 30 days, then Pro Every feature is free for the first 30 days after you install the app. After that, adding favorites, adding sites to the patrol list, Split View, and bulk add require Pro (monthly / yearly). You can keep viewing and deleting the favorites and patrol sites you already saved for free. Side Browser is a web browser and content link organizer. It does not provide comics, novels, videos, articles, or other third-party content inside the app. Users can save and browse their own URLs. Ad and clutter reduction may vary depending on the website. ――――――――――― About the subscription - Side Browser Pro (monthly / yearly) - Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. - The subscription renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. - Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. - Manage or cancel anytime in Settings > Apple ID > Subscriptions. - Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ - Privacy Policy: https://fillapps.com/privacy/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Side Browser at freemium against 2Guard's subscription. Side Browser also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). 2Guard's advantage is ratings volume (7 vs 1). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. 2Guard sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per 7 days and Side Browser sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for 2Guard against 5.0 for Side Browser. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: 2Guard has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
2Guard ships an update every 3 weeks, Side Browser weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | 2Guard | Side Browser |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (7 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Subscription | Freemium — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 49 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | DIGITAL SOURCING & STAFFING LLC | Seiya.k |
Customer experience
2Guard
Side Browser
In-app purchases
2Guard
- Full Protection3 Days trial$9.997 Days
- Al Secure Annual Special1 Year trial$199.991 Year
Side Browser
- Pro (Monthly)$0.991 Month
- Pro (Yearly)$9.991 Year
- Pro (Lifetime)$11.99









