Balance Browser vs Nenrin
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Balance Browser
A modern web browser designed for productivity and privacy. It offers built-in tools like notes, AI assistance, split view, and an RSS reader to enhance focus and organization while browsing.
- Productive sidebar with notes, history, and RSS
- Split View for side-by-side browsing
- Local AI chat assistant
- Command Palette for quick actions
- Reader Mode for distraction-free reading
- Password Manager
- Profile separation for work and personal use
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Balance Browser is a modern web browser that combines fast and native browsing with powerful productivity tools and private AI. Stay focused, organize your work, and browse more efficiently with built-in notes, AI assistance, Reader Mode, Split View, maps, and more. Productivity Command Palette Quickly search browser commands, switch tabs, and perform actions with a single keyboard shortcut. Productive Sidebar Access Notes, History, Downloads, RSS feeds, and your favorite pinned websites from one customizable sidebar. Split View Browse and interact with two websites side by side in a single window. Built-in Notepad Capture ideas, snippets, and to-do lists without leaving your browser. AI Local AI Chat Chat with a private, on-device AI assistant for writing, coding, brainstorming, and everyday questions. Your conversations stay on your Mac. Interactive Map Workspace Extract locations from your open tabs and visualize them on an interactive map. Smart Address Bar Automatically recognizes URLs, domains, and search queries, so you can get where you're going faster. Reader Mode Enjoy a clean, distraction-free reading experiences. RSS Reader Subscribe to RSS feeds and access them directly from the sidebar. Password Manager Securely save and autofill passwords while browsing. Profiles Separate work and personal browsing with independent profiles. Optionally connect an IMAP account to view unread email counts for each profile. Chrome Extension Support Install compatible extensions from the Chrome Web Store to personalize your browsing experience. Flexible Tabs Choose horizontal tabs, vertical tabs, or hide the tab bar entirely to create the browsing experience that works best for you. More Features • Native macOS interface • Privacy controls and content blocking • Native PDF viewer • Customizable homepage • User Agent switching Balance Browser is designed for people who spend their day on the web and want a browser that helps them stay productive, organized, and focused.
Nenrin
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Nenrin (年輪, "tree rings") is a diary made of just 365 files: one Markdown file for each day of the year. Whatever you write on a given day goes into that day's file under a "## year" heading — so every year's entry for today stacks on the same page. Write today, and next year's you opens this page and reads it. The more years you keep it, the better it gets. TODAY The app opens on today's page. Past years sit in a row of chips above the entry; tap one to switch, or hold the text and pull down to go back a year. Years you skipped on this day are pointed out, and you can fill them in any time. The entry is a Markdown editor: headings, lists, quotes and bold are highlighted as you type, with a row of marks above the keyboard for quick insertion. Photos you took on this day appear below the entry — read from your library, never written into the file. YEAR A heatmap of all twelve months. Each cell is one file; the darker it is, the more years that day has been written in. One ring a year, deeper each time. Full-text search covers every year in all 365 files: search a word and watch it cross the years. ON THIS DAY A home-screen widget that shows what you wrote on today's date in past years. NIGHTLY REMINDER A nudge at the time you choose to write today's lines. YOUR FILES, YOUR RULES • Plain Markdown you can open in any editor • Keep it on your iPhone (visible in the Files app) or point it at a folder in iCloud Drive • Point Nenrin for Mac at the same folder and both write the same diary; saves replace only the current year's section, so writing on two devices never overwrites the other • No account, no server of ours — your diary lives only on your devices and in your own iCloud Drive
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Balance Browser at every 2 days against Nenrin's every 5 days. Balance Browser also leads on device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Balance Browser ships an update every 2 days, Nenrin every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Balance Browser | Nenrin |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Every 5 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 — better | 27.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bryce Agostini | 鹏鹏 任 |
In-app purchases
Balance Browser
No in-app purchases
Nenrin
No in-app purchases









