Full Screen Web vs Bare
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Full Screen Web
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Full Screen Web turns your iPad or iPhone into a dedicated kiosk browser. Lock it to any URL and display it full-screen — no address bar, no tabs, no distractions. Perfect for: • Digital signage and information displays • Retail kiosks and point-of-sale screens • Conference room and meeting room dashboards • Museum, exhibit, and reception displays • Any scenario where one website should fill the screen Setting it up: 1. Open the iOS Settings app 2. Scroll down and tap Full Screen Web 3. Set your Start URL (e.g. https://example.com) 4. Optionally set Orientation Lock (Auto, Portrait only, or Landscape only) 5. Launch the app — it loads straight into your URL The app has no in-app navigation or chrome — it is intentionally locked down for kiosk use. All configuration lives in iOS Settings. For true kiosk lockdown, enable Guided Access (Settings → Accessibility → Guided Access) and triple-press the top button (iPad) or side button (iPhone) while the app is running. Cookies and logins persist across launches. Pull down to refresh. Swipe from the left edge to go back. Free to try: the app is fully functional in trial mode with a "TRIAL" watermark across the screen. Subscribe to remove the watermark for clean kiosk display. Subscription: Full Screen Web is a $0.99/month auto-renewing subscription that removes the trial watermark. Payment will be charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple ID account settings. Privacy Policy: https://browserfullscreen.web.app/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Bare
This browser automatically blocks ads and trackers with no setup required. It offers a reader mode, private tabs, and customizable news feeds. All features are free, with an optional tipping feature.
- Automatic ad and tracker blocking
- Reader mode with customizable text and backgrounds
- Private tabs
- Customizable news feed
- Site-specific blocking exceptions
- Desktop mode per site
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Bare is a web browser with ad and tracker blocking built in and switched on from the first launch. Nothing to configure, nothing to buy first. WHAT IT BLOCKS Five filter lists ship inside the app — about 163,000 rules covering ads, trackers, regional ads, cookie notices and page annoyances. They refresh in the background every day. If an update fails, the previous rules stay in use, so you are never left unprotected without being told. Blocking applies to pages you open in Bare. It does not reach into other apps, and your connection still goes straight to the site. WHEN A SITE BREAKS Tap the shield in the address bar and blocking is off for that site. Tap it again to turn it back on. Every site you have switched it off for is listed in Settings, so you can find them again months later. WHAT IT COLLECTS Anonymous counts of how the app is used, with a switch in Settings that stops them. Never a page you visited, a search you typed, or a page title. No account, no ad ID, no crash reporting. Your history stays on this device and is never synced. Bookmarks sync through your own iCloud, which we cannot see. READING Reader mode strips a page down to the article, with four text sizes and a light, sepia or dark background. Pages with no dark mode of their own can be forced dark, per site. Text size is remembered per site too. THE REST OF A BROWSER Tabs with no limit. Private tabs that leave nothing behind when you close them. Five search engines. Find on page. Downloads that show up in the Files app. Desktop mode per site. Swipe from the edge to go back and forward. NEWS ON THE START PAGE Headlines in the language the app is set to. All 35 languages have their own publishers, 159 feeds altogether. A phone set to Danish gets Danish papers. The requests go out from your phone. Nothing passes through a server of ours. Tap a headline and it opens in a tab like any other link. Turn it off in Settings and the requests stop. 35 LANGUAGES Bare follows your phone's language. Settings has a list if you want a different one, and the change takes effect while you are still looking at the screen. You do not have to restart anything. Menus, error messages, the news, all of it. FREE, ALL OF IT Every feature, every filter list, every update. No paid tier, no account, nothing held back. There is a tip in Settings if you want to leave one, and it unlocks nothing. This app contains no ads and never will.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Full Screen Web at none against Bare's 3. 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. Bare sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Full Screen Web asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Full Screen Web | Bare |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 8 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 0 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | CHRISTOPHER ROBERT GROOM | 岚烜 吴 |
In-app purchases
Full Screen Web
No in-app purchases
Bare
- Small tip$0.99
- Medium tip$29.99
- Large tip$59.99









