Comparison

Surge Browser vs Happy Browser by WokCode

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

Head to head
About

Surge Browser

Features
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People capitalize tech companies with their online activity. We at User Cooperative believe it’s time for a tech company to return all its value to its users in proportion to their use, and that’s what we do. User Cooperative is a 100% user-owned and -governed tech company, and by extension, all tech we build belongs to our users. We therefore consider ourselves the people’s tech company. Our mission is as bold as we are unique, and that’s to put all meaningful tech power and profits into the people’s hands. We start with Surge, a web browser. State-of-the-art in its design. Revolutionary in how it counts your activity so we can share our profits with you. When you create an account on Surge, you become a User Cooperative owner. While you're signed in, Surge counts the sites you visit, which you can see in-browser, and that count is how we share our profits with you. Indeed, each click builds your equity in User Cooperative, and the value of your browsing activity flows back to you as patronage dividends, the way cooperatives have shared their profits for centuries. Not interested in equity for your clicks? You can browse without signing in or go incognito, and Surge won’t count your activity. SURGE HIGHLIGHTS - Equity page to view your stake in User Cooperative - Import tool so you can bring your data from Safari and Chrome and get equity for it - Search engine selector so you can ditch the default - Tab switcher for easy toggling; tabs and their history survive restart - Autofill for your passwords, addresses, and IDs that only live on your device and are secured by Face ID - Bookmarks and Reading List - On-device page translation and voice search - No analytics and no third-party trackers in the app - Delete your browsing data or your whole account at any time right in the app - Incognito mode - Dark mode

About

Happy Browser by WokCode

Features
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Happy Browser is a focused private browser for iPhone and iPad. It opens into a clean WokCode welcome page, accepts websites and DuckDuckGo searches from one address field, and keeps website data in a temporary WebKit session. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No WokCode account • No browsing analytics sent to WokCode • No persistent local browsing history • Temporary cookies and website data • Clear the complete private session in one step BUILT-IN BROWSING TOOLS • Multiple tabs • Find on Page • Share Page with the iOS share sheet • Back, forward, reload, and home controls • Per-site camera and microphone choices PRIVACY CONTROLS • On-device blocking for known advertising and tracking domains • A session Privacy Report with blocked-request counts • HTTPS-only navigation • iOS fraudulent-website warnings Compatible web media can use AirPlay when supported by the website, media format, network, and receiving device. Happy Browser cannot control the content, availability, privacy practices, or compatibility of third-party websites. DuckDuckGo and sites you visit operate under their own policies. Requires iOS or iPadOS 17 or later.

Screenshots

Surge Browser4 screens
Happy Browser by WokCode3 screens

Verdict

The call

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

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Surge Browser versus Happy Browser by WokCode: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSurge BrowserHappy Browser by WokCode
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 6 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size21 MB3 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperUser Cooperativephakin chatngamapichat

In-app purchases

None

Surge Browser

No in-app purchases

None

Happy Browser by WokCode

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Surge Browser free?
Surge Browser is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Happy Browser by WokCode free?
Happy Browser by WokCode is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Surge Browser or Happy Browser by WokCode have ads?
Neither Surge Browser nor Happy Browser by WokCode shows ads.

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