Comparison

Toolio vs Crest Browser

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

Head to head
About

Toolio

Features
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Toolio is a little box of handy tools for Safari — dark mode, ad blocking, decluttering, word count, copy-all-links, and QR codes. All free, with no accounts and no data collection. DARK MODE FOR ANY SITE Turn any website dark and easy on the eyes at night. Your choice is remembered per site and re-applied automatically the next time you visit. BLOCK ADS & TRACKERS A fast, native content blocker stops ads, popups, and trackers across the web — including Vietnamese sites — using 100,000+ filter rules. Turn it on or off, or allow ads on a specific site, right from the popup. DECLUTTER Remove cookie banners, popups, and sticky overlays with one tap so you can read in peace. WORD COUNT & READING TIME Instantly see the word count, character count, and estimated reading time of any page. COPY ALL LINKS Grab every link on a page as a clean Markdown list. QR CODE Turn the current page into a QR code to open it on another device. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No accounts. No analytics. No tracking. Nothing you do leaves your device — settings are stored locally only. HOW TO TURN IT ON Open Toolio and tap "Open Settings", then enable the extensions under Settings › Safari › Extensions and allow access to websites. Toolio is free, with no ads and no in-app purchases.

About

Crest Browser

Organize your online life with distinct browsing contexts for work, personal use, and private browsing. Each context has its own tabs, history, and data, ensuring a clean separation of your digital activities.

Highlights
  • Isolated browsing contexts (Spaces)
  • Separate tabs, history, and cookies per Space
  • Customizable Space identity
  • Focused sidebar for tabs and history
  • Peek for temporary link previews
  • Optional iCloud sync
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Work, personal life, and everything between deserve their own Space. Crest is a native browser for iPhone and iPad that keeps your accounts separate, your tabs organized, and your browsing distinctly yours. KEEP YOUR ACCOUNTS SEPARATE Each Space has its own tabs, cookies, website data, history, passwords, and site permissions. Stay signed in to different accounts on the same website. Switch from work to personal browsing without carrying the wrong session with you. GIVE EVERY TAB A PLACE Pin the sites you use every day. Save pages in folders. Keep today's tabs close and completed work in the archive. Select and move tabs, folders, and Split View groups together. On iPhone, bring in the sidebar with a gesture; on iPad, keep it beside your page. MAKE IT YOUR OWN Start with a Winter, Lion, or other crest template in Crest Studio, then change the colors, artwork, and background. Choose a crest, emoji, monogram, or symbol. Look and Feel lets you adjust the sidebar's edge, tab appearance, borders, icon colors, and default page zoom, with a live preview. KEEP RELATED PAGES TOGETHER Group two to four pages in Split View. On iPad, browse them side by side and resize the columns. On iPhone, swipe across the compact toolbar to move between pages in the group. Peek lets you check supported links without losing your place, then keep the page as a tab when you need it. TOOLS FOR EVERYDAY BROWSING Translate webpages on device with Apple's Translation framework. Read supported articles in Reader, find text on a page, adjust zoom, share links, and export pages. Content blocking and site permissions give you control over each Space. Language availability varies, and translation may require a language download. PRIVATE WHEN YOU NEED IT Private Browsing uses temporary website storage. Private tabs stay out of saved history, restoration, archive, and sync. Crest does not run an advertising SDK, collect browsing analytics, or require a Crest account. PICK UP ON ANOTHER DEVICE Optional iCloud sync keeps supported Space and tab organization available across your Apple devices through your private iCloud database. Crest is also available for Mac. Crest is free and open source, built with Apple's WebKit. Requires iOS 26.1 or iPadOS 26.1 or later. Some website features and integrations vary by device.

Screenshots

Toolio4 screens
Crest Browser4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Toolio at 15.0 against Crest Browser's 26.1. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Toolio versus Crest Browser: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterToolioCrest Browser
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.3 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequency—Every 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better26.1
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB57 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperTECHNICAL CONSTRUCTION AND GREEN ARCHITECTURAL SOLUTION JOINT STOCK COOMPANYPaul Davis

In-app purchases

None

Toolio

No in-app purchases

None

Crest Browser

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Toolio free?
Toolio is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Crest Browser free?
Crest Browser is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Toolio or Crest Browser have ads?
Neither Toolio nor Crest Browser shows ads.

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