Dark Surf vs KPlayer Lite
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Dark Surf
Enhance your browsing experience with a customizable dark theme for Safari. Adjust shade, contrast, saturation, and image settings. Schedule dark mode or set it per-site.
- Customizable dark theme
- Adjustable shade and contrast
- Saturation and image handling
- Scheduling for dark mode
- Per-site theme controls
- Preset themes (Midnight, Warm, AMOLED, Gray)
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Dark Surf gives Safari a thoughtful dark mode for every website. Instead of painting over pages, Dark Surf reads each site’s own design and rebuilds it in the dark. Backgrounds and cards turn deep and calm, text stays crisp, and the colors that carry meaning, like buttons, links, warnings and highlights, keep their character. Photos stay natural. SMART BY DEFAULT • Leaves websites that already have a dark design alone • Keeps dark logos, icons and formulas visible • Keeps text on top of photos readable • Handles modern websites built with CSS variables, Tailwind, Bootstrap and web components MAKE IT YOURS • Six themes: Midnight, Ocean, Dim, Warm, Graphite and true-black AMOLED • Build your own palette from any colors • Fine-tune brightness and contrast, and choose how images look • See every change instantly in a live preview that runs Safari’s own Dark Surf engine YOUR RULES • Switch any website between Dark, Invert and Off right from Safari • Keep lists of websites that are always dark, inverted or never themed • Follow a schedule or your device’s Dark Mode, or pause for an hour PRIVATE BY DESIGN Pages are recolored on your device. Dark Surf has no account, no analytics, no ads and no tracking, and never sends the pages you visit to anyone. Dark Surf is a Safari extension. After installing, turn it on in Settings › Apps › Safari › Extensions. The app shows you how.
KPlayer Lite
A streamlined media player for videos, music, audiobooks, and ebooks. Stream content from direct links or play local files across a wide variety of formats without conversion.
- Stream and play videos, music, audiobooks, and ebooks
- Supports direct link streaming
- Plays local files from device storage
- Wide range of format support (MKV, MP4, AVI, MP3, FLAC, EPUB)
- Built-in EPUB reader
- Supports live streaming protocols (RTMP, HLS, SRT)
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KPlayer Lite is a clean, lightweight media player for streaming and playing your favorite videos, music, audiobooks, and ebooks — all in one app. Stream or Play Anything Paste any direct link or open a local file and start playing instantly. Supports a wide range of formats with no conversion needed. Supported Formats • Video: MKV, MP4, AVI, MOV, TS, M4V • Audio: MP3, FLAC, M4A, M4B • Ebook: EPUB with built-in reader • Live streams: HTTP, HTTPS, RTMP, RTSP, RTMPS, HLS, SRT and more Play Local Files Open videos, audio files, and ebooks directly from your device storage. No upload or conversion required.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: KPlayer Lite at 5.0 against Dark Surf's 3.0. KPlayer Lite also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 4 months) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, ratings volume, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
KPlayer Lite holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively.
Dark Surf ships an update every 4 months, KPlayer Lite every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Dark Surf | KPlayer Lite |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 45 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Vali Mikayilov | Tuan Ngo |
In-app purchases
Dark Surf
No in-app purchases
KPlayer Lite
No in-app purchases









