Comparison

Emerald Browser vs Pi

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Emerald Browser

Browse the web with a clean, distraction-free experience. This browser includes a built-in ad blocker and smart organization tools to help manage your online life. It's designed for professionals and students alike, offering enhanced privacy and customization.

Highlights
  • Ad blocker
  • Smart organization
  • No spyware
  • Customization options
  • Secure browsing
Features
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Emerald is a browser that you can organize. Thanks to Spaces, Folders, Pinned Tabs, Tabbies and Profiles, you can organize your whole internet life. ORGANIZE YOUR WHOLE INTERNET LIFE SPACES - split your browsing into separate Spaces, each with its own name, icon, and custom theme, so different parts of your life stay visually distinct. FOLDERS - group your tabs into folders to keep related work together and your Sidebar clutter-free. PRIVATE FOLDERS - lock sensitive folders behind a password, protected by Face ID, Touch ID, or your passcode. PINNED TABS - pin your most-used tabs to any Space or Folder so they're always one tap or drag away. TABBIES - keep your open tabs organized and accessible without losing track of what you're working on. PROFILES - assign shared or separate accounts and data across your Spaces, so work data stays separate from personal browsing, or shared where you want it. BROWSE WITHOUT DISTRACTIONS NO SPYWARE, NO CLUTTER - a built-in ad blocker and a clean interface keep your browsing focused on what matters. SEARCH THAT KEEPS UP WITH YOU SMART SUGGESTIONS - search across the web, your recents, pinned tabs, and open tabs all at once. SITE SEARCH - search directly within your favorite websites just like you would with a search engine, with built-in and customizable options. SWITCH TO TABS & SPACES - jump straight to an open tab or Space right from the search bar, no digging required. RENAME & EDIT URLs - access all of Emerald's search features even while editing a URL. BUILT FOR EVERY SCREEN SIDEBAR - on iPad, a dedicated sidebar keeps your Spaces, Pinned Tabs, Folders, Tabbies, and Recents within easy reach. FLOATING SEARCH PANEL - a larger search bar on bigger screens with all the same smart features as iPhone. RECENTS - quickly revisit what you were browsing, accessible as a sheet. Terms of Service: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Pi

Features
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Your Pi-hole, in your pocket. Pi-hole Remote finds the Pi-hole on your network and puts it under your thumb — the blocking switch, the numbers, and the log of everything your devices ask for. No IP address to hunt down, no account to create, and nothing about you leaves your phone. Set up in seconds Tap once. The app sweeps your network, finds your Pi-hole, and all that's left is your password. If it lives somewhere unusual — a custom port, HTTPS with a self-signed certificate, a path behind a reverse proxy — you can type the address in yourself. Pause blocking, then forget about it Something won't load? Pause for thirty seconds, five minutes, an hour — and it turns itself back on. No more discovering a week later that protection has been off since Tuesday. See what your network is really asking for Every query, as it happens: which device asked, which domain, and whether it was blocked, cached or forwarded. Search it, filter it, and find out why that one app is so chatty. Block or allow with a swipe An ad slipped through? Swipe the row and it's blocked. A site broken by the blocklist? Swipe and it's allowed. The rule is written straight to your Pi-hole, with one tap to undo it if you swiped the wrong row. Your lists, your rules Check your adlists, run a Gravity update, and manage the allow and deny rules you've made — flip one to the other side or remove it, all from the phone. Built to be private No account. No analytics, no advertising, no third-party SDKs of any kind. Your Pi-hole's password lives in the iOS Keychain on your device, and your DNS data goes from your Pi-hole to your screen and nowhere else. There is no server of ours for it to sit on. == What's inside: - Automatic discovery — no IP address needed - Manual entry for custom ports, HTTPS, self-signed certificates and reverse-proxy paths - Pause blocking for 30 seconds, 5 minutes, 30 minutes, 1 hour, or until you switch it back on - Live counters and a 24-hour chart of queries, blocked, and block rate - Top blocked domains, top allowed domains, top clients, and upstream servers - Full query log with search and filtering by blocked or allowed - Swipe any query to allow or block that domain, with undo - View, flip and remove your own allow and deny rules - Adlists overview and one-tap Gravity update - Unlimited Pi-hole instances, switched instantly - App Password and two-factor authentication supported - Designed for dark mode, with full VoiceOver support - Available in 15 languages == Note: Pi-hole Remote is a remote control. It needs a working Pi-hole, version 6.0 or newer, running on your own network — the app does not block anything by itself. Pi-hole® is a registered trademark of Pi-hole LLC. This is an independent third-party app that uses the Pi-hole API, and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by the Pi-hole project. Learn more at https://pi-hole.net/ Full access is offered as an auto-renewing subscription: weekly, including a 7-day free trial for new subscribers, or yearly. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel in your Apple Account settings after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited when a subscription is purchased. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Emerald Browser4 screens
Pi4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Pi at 18.0 against Emerald Browser's 26.0. On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Emerald Browser sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.49 per month and Pi sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Emerald Browser ships an update fortnightly, Pi every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Emerald Browser versus Pi: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEmerald BrowserPi
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (12 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews83.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings12 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Vision Pro — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.018.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size218 MB17 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperDario OrtizMNB DIGITAL LLC

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Emerald Browser

Subscriptions2
  • Emerald Premium (Monthly)$3.491 Month
  • Emerald Premium (Yearly)$29.991 Year
2 purchases

Pi

Subscriptions2
  • Pi-hole Remote Premium7 Days trial$4.997 Days
  • Pi-hole Remote Premium$19.991 Year

Questions

Is Emerald Browser free?
Emerald Browser is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pi free?
Pi is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Emerald Browser or Pi have ads?
Neither Emerald Browser nor Pi shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Emerald Browser or Pi?
Emerald Browser ships an update fortnightly, and Pi every 3 weeks. Most recently, Emerald Browser was updated on October 30, 2026 and Pi on November 4, 2026.

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