Comparison

Wayline Browser vs RC Slate

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

Head to head
About

Wayline Browser

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Wayline Browser is a clean, general-purpose web browser for iPhone. It opens HTTP and HTTPS links directly, lets you search or enter a web address from the start page, and gives you familiar controls for tabs, bookmarks, history, private browsing, and downloads. Designed around local-first privacy, Wayline keeps browsing tools understandable. Bookmarks, history, regular tabs, and website data are managed on your device. Private tabs are not restored after relaunch. The Website Data screen lets you review stored website data by site and remove it when you choose. What you can do: - Search or enter any web address - Open HTTP and HTTPS links directly - Use regular and private tabs - Save bookmarks and revisit browsing history - Review and clear website data by site - Export downloads with the iOS share sheet - Clear browsing data from Settings Wayline uses Apple's WebKit engine on iPhone and is built for a quiet, predictable browsing experience without accounts, ads, or in-app analytics.

About

RC Slate

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**RC Slate โ€” the browser that opens your documents, built for people who work with AI.** Tap a document link while browsing โ€” Markdown, DOCX (Word), PDF, JSON, YAML, images โ€” and it opens right there, rendered as a clean page. No downloading, no switching to another app, no wondering what a file looks like before you can see it. **Convert anything to Markdown for AI** Turn documents and web pages into clean, token-efficient Markdown โ€” the same content in a fraction of the prompt size. DOCX converts through the app's own parser; web pages by pulling out the article text. Need the images too? Embed them into a single self-contained Markdown file, with quality presets and a live token estimate. Export any view as PDF, PNG, or HTML. (Markdown conversion is not lossless; full page layout is not preserved.) **Read your Obsidian vault** Add a vault folder and read it as it was written โ€” wikilinks between notes and embedded images. Links resolve inside the folder you added, so a note opens the note it points to. And a vault note leaves as one piece: export it as a single self-contained Markdown file with its images embedded, or as HTML, PNG, or PDF โ€” ready to hand to an AI. Reading only; RC Slate never edits or syncs your vault. **A real browser underneath** Documents are grouped by the site they came from. Switch any article to Reader Mode for a clean, distraction-free reading layout with dark mode. iPhone and iPad layouts, with a sidebar and tab strip on iPad. **Clean pages for every format** - Markdown with tables, syntax highlighting, Mermaid diagrams, and LaTeX math - JSON and YAML: colour-coded, with their keys in the table of contents so you can jump straight to one - DOCX (Word) page by page, view-only (the document's own fonts are not included) - PDF and images **Open files from anywhere** Files on your device open from the Files app โ€” or send a file from any app through the share menu, straight to RC Slate. SelfDrop syncs a file across your devices (up to 20 MB per file). **Works offline** Viewing local files works offline on your device.

Screenshots

Wayline Browser3 screens
RC Slate4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Wayline Browser at none against RC Slate's shown. Wayline Browser also leads on iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). On price, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

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

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
Wayline Browser versus RC Slate: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWayline BrowserRC Slate
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyโ€”Every 9 days
AdsNo โ€” betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad โ€” better
Requires iOS16.0 โ€” better18.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size1 MB20 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperOlga SharkovaJaehong Lim

In-app purchases

None

Wayline Browser

No in-app purchases

None

RC Slate

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Wayline Browser free?
Wayline Browser is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is RC Slate free?
RC Slate is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Wayline Browser or RC Slate have ads?
RC Slate shows ads; Wayline Browser does not.

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