SurlfBird vs Nixly
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SurlfBird
This utility app extracts URLs from .url files on your iPhone or iPad. It then opens the URL directly in Safari, streamlining the process of accessing saved web links from your desktop.
- Extracts URLs from .url files
- Opens URLs directly in Safari
- Supports shared file storage integration
- Simple and lightweight utility
- No extra internet traffic
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SurlfBird solves a long-standing problem. You run a Windows desktop computer and an iPhone/iPad side by side. You use a shared file storage like ownCloud, Nextcloud, Dropbox, WebDAV or something similar to transfer your data between the devices. This works fine for office documents, text documents. If, like me, you like to save URLs from internet sessions in your shared storage for later reading or as a reminder, you will find a .url file when viewing the replicated storage on the iOS device. You can copy its contents to the Notes application and click the link there. Now you have SurlfBird to help you. Just share the url file with SurlfBird and it will grep the URL from the .url file and open Safari with that URL. Very small and simple application, no extra internet traffic or anything.
Nixly
This app helps you reclaim storage space by identifying and deleting duplicate photos, similar shots, screenshots, and large videos. It offers an honest approach to cleaning your device, ensuring your memories are preserved while freeing up gigabytes.
- Finds exact duplicate photos
- Identifies similar shots and bursts
- Detects and removes screenshots
- Locates and shrinks large videos
- Swipe-to-clean interface
- On-device photo analysis
- Privacy-focused design
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Your photo library is quietly eating your storage. Nixly finds what's actually reclaimable and shows you the real gigabytes you can free, with none of the fake "boost" tricks other cleaners use. Nixly is the honest photo cleaner. Photo analysis runs on your device. Your photos never leave your phone. WHAT NIXLY FINDS - Exact duplicates: true byte-for-byte copies - Similar shots: bursts and near-identical photos, kept separate so counts are never inflated - Screenshots: the ones you never look at again - Large videos: the real storage hogs SWIPE TO CLEAN Flick through your camera roll: keep the best, clear the rest. Nixly pre-picks the highest-quality shot in each group so you never lose the good one. SHRINK VIDEOS, KEEP MEMORIES Re-encode storage-hogging videos to a smaller size on-device and reclaim real space. RADICALLY HONEST Deleting photos moves them to your Recently Deleted album for 30 days, so storage isn't truly freed until you empty it. Nixly tells you this clearly and shows you exactly where the space really goes. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account. Your photos and videos stay on your device. FREE TO START Scan your whole library and see everything for free, including a set of free deletions. Upgrade to Nixly Pro for unlimited cleaning, video shrinking, Smart Clean, and unlimited swipe-to-clean. Nixly Pro subscription options: - Weekly, with a 3-day free trial - Yearly (best value) Payment is charged to your Apple Account. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use (Apple standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://nixly-app.vercel.app/privacy.html Recommendations for our other apps load online. Their views and taps are counted as daily totals, without personal profiles or user/device identifiers. See our privacy policy.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SurlfBird at none against Nixly's 2. On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Nixly sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. SurlfBird asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for SurlfBird against 5.0 for Nixly. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 5 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
| Parameter | SurlfBird | Nixly |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dokumenta (LU) | Levin David Schwab |
Customer experience
SurlfBird
Nixly
In-app purchases
SurlfBird
No in-app purchases
Nixly
- Weekly3 Days trial$4.997 Days
- Yearly$29.991 Year









