Wayline Browser vs Show Browser.
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
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.
Show Browser.
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Show Browser keeps what you do on your own iPhone. There is no account to create and nothing to sign in to. Your history, bookmarks, downloads and per-site permissions live on this device and are never uploaded anywhere. The app sends nothing about you to us: there is no analytics library inside it, no crash reporter, no advertising, and nothing watching how you use it. WHAT YOU GET β’ Private tabs that keep no history, no cache and no site storage, and are never written to disk β not even when the system closes the app. β’ Your tabs come back. Reopen the app and the session is where you left it. Private tabs are the deliberate exception: those do not return. β’ Add your own shortcuts to the new tab page. Long press to remove one. β’ HTTPS first, with a full-screen warning when a site cannot do it β not a small icon that is easy to scroll past. β’ A certificate warning that never quietly accepts on your behalf. β’ Camera, microphone and location decided per site, reviewable and revocable. β’ Clear browsing data by time range. β’ Reader mode, find in page, and request the desktop version of a site. β’ Report an objectionable page from the menu; it reaches us directly. β’ Block any site from the menu, and manage the list in Settings. PERMISSIONS Camera, microphone and location are requested only when a site you are on asks for them, and only after you have allowed that site. The app itself never uses them. WORTH KNOWING BEFORE YOU DOWNLOAD Show Browser renders pages with Apple's WKWebView, as the App Store Review Guidelines require of every iOS browser. Pages therefore look and behave as they do in Safari. What differs is everything around the page: how tabs are managed, how security is surfaced, and the fact that nothing leaves your device. Show Browser is made by Sage. https://showbrowser.sage.show
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Verdict
Wayline Browser and Show Browser. 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Wayline Browser | Show Browser. |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | β | Every 4 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad β better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 β better | 17.0 |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Olga Sharkova | Natthaphat Chanthasen |
In-app purchases
Wayline Browser
No in-app purchases
Show Browser.
No in-app purchases





