Comparison

Vela Browser vs Growser

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

Head to head
About

Vela Browser

Features
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Vela Browser brings an organized browsing workspace to iPhone and iPad. BROWSE YOUR WAY Open websites, search with your preferred search engine and move between tabs. Keep useful pages in bookmarks, manage downloads and find text on a page. KEEP WORKSPACES SEPARATE Use browser profiles to organize different tasks and website sessions. Private tabs use a separate, non-persistent website data store. Content-blocking and privacy settings give you control over your browsing experience. MAKE YOUR NEW TAB USEFUL Personalize your new-tab page with themes, shortcuts, news feeds and weather. Choose your weather city, provider and units in Settings. OPTIONAL AI ASSISTANCE Ask questions or work with page text using a supported AI provider. Apple Intelligence availability depends on your device and operating system. Cloud providers require your own account or API key and process the content you send under their own policies. OPTIONAL SYNC AND SHARED PROFILES Use iCloud sync for supported browsing data across your Vela devices. Shared Profiles lets you publish selected profiles and invite collaborators using a separate Vela account. A published profile can contain website sessions and saved credentials: share only with people you trust. Account deletion is available inside the app. NEWS ON APPLE WATCH Catch up with news on your wrist. Browse categories, read supported articles, listen aloud and send a story to Vela on your paired iPhone. Your iPhone can also share its AI Brief and Vela theme with the Watch app. Basic Watch news works without an account or AI provider. Basic browsing works without a Vela account. Vela is free to download. Internet access is required for websites and online features. Website content, feeds, weather and third-party AI availability depend on their providers and your region. Private browsing does not make you anonymous to websites or your network. Privacy policy: https://velabrowser.com/ios-privacy.html Support: https://velabrowser.com/support.html

About

Growser

Features
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Growser is a browser for people who are tired of advertising and of being followed around the web. Blocking from the first launch. Ads and trackers are blocked by the built-in Brave Shields, with nothing to install. Filter lists come straight from their publishers. No telemetry. Usage statistics are compiled out of the app, and it sends no usage pings. There are no accounts to sign in to and no sync: history, bookmarks, passwords and cookies stay on your device. Translation on your device. Pages are translated by Apple's on-device translation, so the text of a page never leaves your iPhone or iPad. Crash reports are your choice. The app asks on first launch, and the answer can be changed in settings at any time. Everything that leaves the device is listed, item by item, in the privacy policy: https://growser.org/privacy.html What is inside: β€’ Ad and tracker blocking β€’ Automatic HTTPS upgrades β€’ Protection from dangerous sites β€’ Private tabs β€’ DuckDuckGo as the default search engine, changeable in settings β€’ Page translation on the device β€’ Russian and English interface β€’ Open source under the Mozilla Public License 2.0 Growser is built on Brave's open-source code. Source code: https://github.com/dsfox-idea/brave-core

Screenshots

Vela Browser4 screens
Growser4 screens

Verdict

The call

Vela Browser and Growser are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters β€” price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them β€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Vela Browser versus Growser: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVela BrowserGrowser
PriceFreeFree
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch β€” betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 β€” better18.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size49 MB225 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperCalin SirianDmitry Golubnichiy

In-app purchases

None

Vela Browser

No in-app purchases

None

Growser

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Vela Browser free?
Vela Browser is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Growser free?
Growser is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Vela Browser or Growser have ads?
Neither Vela Browser nor Growser shows ads.

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