Comparison

Dark Surf vs Orbit Tap

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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)
Features
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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.

About

Orbit Tap

Navigate web pages in Safari with intuitive taps and gestures. This app offers a floating button for quick back/forward actions and gesture controls for tab management and refreshing.

Highlights
  • One-tap back/forward navigation
  • Customizable floating button
  • Gesture controls for tab actions
  • Hard refresh functionality
  • Gesture guide display
Features
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SWIFT - Go Back and Forward with One Tap No more stretching your fingers to swipe from the screen edge. Just tap the floating button to go back to the previous page. Floating Button - 1 tap: Go to previous page - 2 taps: Go to next page - 3 taps: Activate gesture mode - Hold 2 seconds: Show gesture guide - Freely move the button anywhere 4 Gestures (in gesture mode) - X shape: Close current tab - L shape: Open new tab - Circle: Search text on page - C shape: Hard refresh (bypass cache) How to Use 1. Settings - Safari - Extensions - Enable SWIFT 2. A floating button appears in Safari 3. Tap the button to go back/forward 4. Triple tap for gesture mode - draw shapes on screen Privacy Policy: https://moonkj.github.io/Swift/privacy.html Terms of Service: https://moonkj.github.io/Swift/terms.html

Screenshots

Dark Surf4 screens
Orbit Tap4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Dark Surf at Free against Orbit Tap's $1.99. Dark Surf also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1). Orbit Tap's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 4 months). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Dark Surf is free to download; Orbit Tap costs $1.99 up front. Orbit Tap sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per month. Dark Surf asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Dark Surf ships an update every 4 months, Orbit Tap every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Dark Surf versus Orbit Tap: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDark SurfOrbit Tap
PriceFree — better$1.99
Rating3.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB17 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperVali Mikayilovkyeongju Moon

Customer experience

Dark Surf

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Orbit Tap

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Dark Surf

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Orbit Tap

Subscriptions1
  • SWIFT Pro$0.991 Month

Questions

Is Dark Surf free?
Dark Surf is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Orbit Tap free?
Orbit Tap costs $1.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Do Dark Surf or Orbit Tap have ads?
Neither Dark Surf nor Orbit Tap shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Dark Surf or Orbit Tap?
Dark Surf ships an update every 4 months, and Orbit Tap every 2 months. Most recently, Dark Surf was updated on October 13, 2026 and Orbit Tap on October 8, 2026.

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