Private Browser vs Sundial Browser
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Private Browser
A minimalist web browser designed for simplicity and a unique user experience. It offers essential features like tabs and bookmarks with an interface that adapts to your needs.
- Minimalist interface
- Adaptive UI elements
- Tabbed browsing
- Bookmark management
- Search suggestions
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Loopius is an extremely simple browser with nothing superfluous. Interface elements can seamlessly transform into one another depending on the context, creating a unique user experience. The browser supports basic features such as tabs, bookmarks, and search suggestions.
Sundial Browser
This browser helps you regain control of your internet usage. It introduces intelligent friction to addictive websites, allowing you to browse without losing hours. Features include session limits, cooldown periods, and daily budgets for mindful web consumption.
- Session limits for browsing time
- Cooldown periods between site visits
- Daily usage budgets
- High-visibility countdown timers
- Private browsing with no tracking
- Full-featured browser experience
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The internet was built to keep you scrolling. Sundial Browser gives it a rhythm. Every other browser opens a door and walks away. You go in for one thing and surface an hour later, not sure where it went. Sundial Browser is a full web browser that wraps the sites that pull you in — Reddit, X, YouTube, the news — in timed sessions with a beginning, a middle, and an end. You still get everywhere you need to go. You just stop disappearing into it. HOW IT WORKS 1. Pace the sites that pull you in. Pick the sites you want to manage. When you open one, a session begins. You browse freely — you just stop scrolling on autopilot. 2. Built-in rest. When the session ends, the site locks. A short rest period follows before you can return. No override. No "just five more minutes." The boundary holds itself. WHAT WE DON'T DO No accounts. No tracking. No data collection. Your history never leaves your device. Sundial Browser paces how you browse — it doesn't watch what you browse. THE FULL BROWSER YOU EXPECT Tabs, bookmarks, search suggestions, and private mode. Everything a modern browser does, without the part that does it to you. Restore your rhythm online. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.thesundial.app/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Private Browser at none against Sundial Browser's 3. Sundial Browser's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs monthly) and ratings volume (10 vs 2). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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. Sundial Browser sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Private Browser asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Private Browser against 5.0 for Sundial Browser. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sundial Browser has 10 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Private Browser ships an update monthly, Sundial Browser weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 9, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Private Browser | Sundial Browser |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (10 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 10 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Maxim Frolov | Joseph Casey |
Customer experience
Private Browser
Sundial Browser
In-app purchases
Private Browser
No in-app purchases
Sundial Browser
- Monthly Premium Access$2.991 Month
- Annual Premium Access$9.991 Year
- Intentional Premium$34.99
Questions
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