Max vs AI Search
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Max
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About the App Meet Max™—Australia’s private, powerful and secure browser for iOS. Max helps protect your privacy by blocking intrusive ads, trackers and unwanted content with MaxGuard™. Inspired by the echidna—private, resilient and well-defended—Max delivers a cleaner, faster browsing experience with fewer distractions. See MaxGuard working in real time, reduce unnecessary data usage and enjoy the web with greater privacy. Max does not sell or share your browsing data. Features MaxGuard content filtering Built-in ad blocking Tracker protection Private search Bookmark and favourite importing Light and dark modes Secure, encrypted connections where supported Automatic updates through the App Store Reduced data usage and improved battery efficiency Australian owned and managed Browse faster. Browse with confidence. Browse with Max™. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
AI Search
This app offers a private browser with AI-powered search capabilities. It reduces ads and tracking, organizes tabs, and provides agentic browsing tools for complex tasks. Voice search is also integrated for natural interaction.
- Private browsing
- AI-powered search
- Ad and tracker blocking
- Tab organization (Personal/Work)
- Voice search
- Agentic browsing tools
- AI text signal detection
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GuardianBrowser is a private browser and AI search experience built for people who want a cleaner, smarter, less invasive way to use the web. Search across multiple engines, reduce ads and tracking, browse privately, organize tabs into Personal and Work spaces, use voice search, and unlock agentic browsing tools with GuardianBrowser Pro. AGENTIC SEARCH, YOUR WAY GuardianBrowser combines privacy-focused search with AI-assisted browsing. Use Standard Search for everyday queries or Agent Search for a more structured, agentic search experience designed for multi-step tasks and automation workflows. GuardianBrowser is built for people looking for AI search, agentic search, AI browser tools, private search, multi-engine search, voice search, and smarter browser workflows. A CLEANER, MORE AD-FREE BROWSER GuardianBrowser includes built-in protections designed to reduce common advertising, tracking, promotional overlays, and web clutter. Features include: • Ad and tracker blocking • Cosmetic removal of common ad placements • Private browsing tabs • Per-site protection controls • Security-focused browser defaults No browser can guarantee every ad disappears on every site, but GuardianBrowser is designed to make no ad browsing and ad free browser use feel significantly cleaner. PRIVATE BROWSING BY DESIGN GuardianBrowser is a private browser designed to minimize unnecessary access to browsing activity, credentials, and sensitive information. Private tabs stay separate from agent workflows. Passwords, passkeys, verification codes, payment details, cookies, and session secrets are not designed to be exposed to GuardianBrowser's agent system. Use Apple Password AutoFill and compatible password managers such as 1Password for credential entry. GuardianBrowser Pro GuardianBrowser Pro unlocks advanced AI browser and agentic browsing features. Agent Assist Give GuardianBrowser a goal and let it help guide you through supported web tasks, including navigation, finding controls, clicking links, focusing form fields, and following multi-step workflows. Sensitive actions remain under your control. AI Text Signals GuardianBrowser can analyze visible webpage text and identify writing patterns that may indicate AI-generated content. It can highlight likely AI-written passages, show confidence indicators, filter high-confidence AI text, reveal hidden passages at any time, and read detected passages aloud. AI Text Signals are probabilistic and should not be treated as proof of authorship. BUILT FOR AGENTIC WORKFLOWS GuardianBrowser includes support for modern computer-use and coding-agent workflows, with guidance for compatible tools such as Hermes Agent, Codex, Claude Code, OpenCode, Pi, BuilderStudio.dev, and other automation systems. GuardianBrowser supports accessibility-friendly controls, deep links, Agent Assist, and browser automation entry points to make external agent workflows more reliable. VOICE SEARCH Search naturally using your voice with live microphone activity visualization so you can see when GuardianBrowser is listening. ORGANIZED TABS Keep browsing organized with separate Personal and Work spaces. Preview pages, switch tabs, create new tabs, separate work and personal browsing, and return to recently used pages quickly. GuardianBrowser In Messages Use GuardianBrowser directly from Messages to ask questions, search and share results, insert GuardianBrowser result cards, open searches in the full browser, and hand supported Agent Tasks to GuardianBrowser. You always choose when a message is sent. MADE FOR A BETTER INTERNET If you’re looking for an AI browser, private browser, ad free browser, search engine, agentic search tool, privacy search browser, secure browser, or smarter alternative to traditional browsing, GuardianBrowser brings those ideas together in one app. EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://wundercorp.co/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: AI Search at none against Max's 7. AI Search also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 3 months). On price, ads, device support 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
Both are free to download. Max sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. AI Search asks for nothing beyond the download.
Max ships an update every 3 months, AI Search every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Max | AI Search |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 167 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | DataBench | WunderCorp, Inc. |
In-app purchases
Max
- Max Personal Monthly$5.991 Month
- Community Monthly Subscription$5.991 Month
- Max Work - Monthly$8.001 Month
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- Max Personal - Annual$49.001 Year
- Community Yearly Subscription$59.991 Year
- Max Work - Annual$69.991 Year
- Top Up 10 Gb$2.99
AI Search
No in-app purchases








