VanBrowser vs Video Browser
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
VanBrowser
A fast, private web browser designed for Apple devices. It prioritizes user control and transparency by avoiding AI features and data collection. Offers advanced tools for inspecting web activity and managing online identities.
- No AI features
- Advanced web inspection tools
- Persona-based identity separation
- Tracker and ad blocking
- Local data storage
- Optional iCloud sync
- Native Apple device design
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Fast, private, and built natively for Mac, iPhone, and iPad, VanBrowser puts you in control of your browsing experience instead of collecting data about it. Many browsers racing to add AI assistants, cloud services, and increasingly complicated and hidden interfaces. VanBrowser takes a different approach. It is a browser first, designed to help you browse the web with more transparency. NO AI. NONE. VanBrowser includes no AI features. No chatbot. No page summaries. No assistant watching what you browse. No prompts asking you to generate content. What you do in VanBrowser never becomes training data for us because we don't collect it in the first place. We don't collect data: You're not the product. Instead of monetizing your browsing activity, we rely on Pro subscriptions and optional tips to support continued development. SEE WHAT THE WEB IS DOING Most browsers hide what happens behind the scenes. VanBrowser puts that information in front of you. A live status bar shows page load times, transferred data, and resource counts as pages load. Open the Cookies, Network, and Page Info panels to inspect what a site sets, requests, and loads. Advanced users can also send and inspect raw web requests directly. PERSONAS: SEPARATE YOUR ONLINE IDENTITIES Keep work and personal accounts separate without juggling multiple browsers. Personas provide isolated browsing environments with their own cookies and device identities, making it easy to: • Stay logged into multiple accounts at the same time • Keep work and personal browsing separate • Open websites as a clean device • Automatically send specific websites to the correct Persona PRIVACY BY DEFAULT VanBrowser blocks many trackers and ads using maintained blocklists and is designed to give you greater control over your browsing data. History, bookmarks, passwords, and settings are stored locally on your Mac by default. If you use multiple devices, you can optionally enable iCloud sync to share supported data through your own iCloud account. VanBrowser is designed to minimize the collection of user data. We do not operate a cloud service for storing your browsing history, bookmarks, passwords, or synced data. BUILT NATIVELY FOR MAC, IPHONE, AND IPAD VanBrowser is designed specifically for macOS, iPhone, and iPad and feels at home here. Features include: • Tabbed browsing • Bookmarks and bookmarks bar • History and downloads • Reader View • Find in Page • Zoom controls • Built-in password vault • Built-in payment card vault • Per-site controls • Accessibility-focused design ACCESSIBILITY FIRST VanBrowser includes support for VoiceOver, Voice Control, and accessibility-focused customization throughout the app. FREE AND PRO VanBrowser is free to use. Upgrade to Pro to unlock iCloud sync, additional Personas, and other advanced features. A browser should work for you, not advertisers, data brokers, or AI companies. VanBrowser is a browser. That's the point. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Video Browser
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Video Browser is a web browser that keeps out of your way. It blocks trackers before a page draws, saves pages you want to keep, and never asks you to make an account. BLOCK WHAT FOLLOWS YOU A built-in list of more than 45,000 known ad and tracking hosts is applied before a page loads, so blocked requests never leave your phone. A counter on each page shows how many were stopped, and you can turn blocking off for a single site when one breaks. KEEP PAGES FOR LATER Save an article and it is stored as readable text and pictures — no layout, no scripts, no ads — and opens with no signal at all. Videos you have the right to keep can be saved the same way. Everything lands in a Library you can browse offline. BROWSE PRIVATELY Private tabs use a separate, non-persistent store: no history, no cookies, nothing written to disk. Close the tab and it is gone. You can also have the browser clear history, cookies or site data automatically every time you leave. TABS THAT SCALE Up to 100 tabs, a grid to see them all at once, and a swipe on the address bar to move between them. Tabs are restored when you come back. READ WITHOUT THE NOISE Reading mode strips a page down to its text. Adjust the text size, request the desktop version of a site, or search within a long page. CHOOSE YOUR SEARCH Twelve search engines including DuckDuckGo, Startpage, Google, Bing and Yandex — or point it at your own. Safe search filters explicit results. TOOLS THAT ARE ACTUALLY YOURS See how much space cached pages are using and clear it. See how much data the browser has moved, split by Wi-Fi and mobile. Run a privacy check-up that reviews the browser's own settings and fixes them in one tap. SHARE INTO IT Send a link from any app's share sheet and it opens here. VIDEO BROWSER PRO The free version shows two full-screen ads: one when you open the app and one after the introduction. An optional subscription removes them, and adds an offline library with no size limit and downloads that keep going in the background. Weekly, monthly and yearly plans are available. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends; manage or cancel them in your Apple account settings at any time. NO ACCOUNT, NO BROWSING DATA COLLECTED There is no sign-in. Your history, bookmarks, searches and saved pages live on your device and are never sent to us. Ads in the free version are served by Google, which receives device information but never your browsing. iOS asks on first launch whether the app may track you — decline and ads carry on, just without a profile behind them. Privacy Policy: https://videobrowserapp.blogspot.com/2026/08/privacy.html Terms of Use: https://videobrowserapp.blogspot.com/2026/08/terms-of-use.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: VanBrowser at none against Video Browser's shown. VanBrowser also leads on device support (3 vs 1). On price, in-app purchases 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. VanBrowser sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Video Browser sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | VanBrowser | Video Browser |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days | — |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Vertolini | Thuy Nguyen |
In-app purchases
VanBrowser
- VanBrowser (Monthly)$1.991 Month
- VanBrowser Pro (Yearly)$19.991 Year
- Small Tip$2.99
- Medium Tip$6.99
- Large Tip$12.99
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- VanBrowser Pro (Lifetime)$49.99
Video Browser
- Weekly$2.997 Days
- Monthly$6.991 Month
- Yearly$34.991 Year









