Comparison

Surf vs Fullsite

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

Head to head
About

Surf

Features
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Browse, read and keep useful pages in one place. Surf Pro brings your bookmarks, history, Reading List and open tabs across iPhone, iPad and Mac. START WITH A COMPLETE BROWSER Browse for free, with no Surf account required. โ€ข Multiple tabs and private browsing โ€ข Webpage ad and tracker blocking, with per-site exceptions โ€ข Bookmarks, folders and history search โ€ข Reader with adjustable text and light, sepia or dark appearance โ€ข A file library with folders, tags, search and Recently Deleted โ€ข Import, rename, move and share ordinary documents, and create or open ZIP archives READ NOW, KEEP FOR LATER Save a readable article from Reader to keep its archived content for offline reading. Open it later from Reading List, even without a connection. Pages saved only as links still need the web. KEEP MORE WITH SURF PRO One subscription covers iPhone, iPad and Mac. โ€ข Sync bookmarks, history, Reading List and open tabs through your own iCloud โ€ข Keep an unlimited reading list and remember more website sign-ins โ€ข Remove the daily file-saving limit and save several files at once โ€ข Remember desktop mode and text size for each site Free includes up to five reading-list entries and five remembered sign-ins. Saved articles and sign-ins remain accessible if Pro ends. Browser-data sync requires Pro, iCloud sign-in and iCloud Sync enabled in Surf. File-library iCloud sync is available on every plan when those iCloud settings are enabled. CHOOSE YOUR PLAN Monthly and Yearly subscriptions offer a 3-day free trial for eligible new subscribers. Surf shows your localized price, billing period and applicable trial before you confirm with Apple. Membership shows your current plan and renewal or expiry details when available, with Restore Purchases and Manage Subscription. PRIVACY WITH CLEAR BOUNDARIES Surf includes no advertising or analytics SDK. Websites and your chosen search engine receive the requests needed to browse. Private tabs, cookies and form contents do not participate in browser-data sync. Saved sign-ins use the device keychain, with optional iCloud Keychain sync separately. Payment is charged to your Apple Account. Eligible free trials convert to a paid subscription unless cancelled. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Manage or cancel in your Apple Account settings. Privacy Policy: https://mwsupplylimited.github.io/surf/privacy.html Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

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Fullsite

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Mobile sites hide things. Buttons that exist on a computer are missing, tables lose columns, and sometimes the content you came for simply is not there. Fullsite fixes that by making websites believe they are talking to a desktop computer. Most "request desktop site" features change one line โ€” the user-agent string โ€” and stop. That fools a server and nothing else: the page still renders through a narrow phone viewport, so every responsive stylesheet takes its mobile branch anyway, and the site still hides what it hides. Fullsite goes after the part that actually decides the layout. It forces a real desktop-width viewport, so the rules that hide content stop matching. It removes the touch interfaces that tell a page it is on a phone. It supplies the request headers a desktop browser sends. And it keeps all of that consistent, so nothing contradicts anything else. WHAT YOU GET โ€ข The desktop version of sites that would otherwise force you to mobile โ€ข A built-in ad and tracker blocker โ€” over 130,000 rules, on by default โ€ข Any tab can be switched to mobile on its own, without changing the others โ€ข Tabs that survive being closed, with your place on the page kept โ€ข Swipe the address bar to change tabs; pinch out to see them all โ€ข Private tabs kept in their own strip, so you never swipe out of private browsing by accident โ€ข Bookmarks and history, and a page width you can set yourself โ€ข Pages that load faster, because the ads never download SITES ON YOUR OWN NETWORK An intranet page, a router, a NAS, something behind a VPN. Most browsers on a phone fail these silently and leave you with a blank screen. Fullsite tells you what actually went wrong โ€” the name did not resolve, nothing answered on that port, the certificate is not one this device trusts โ€” and does something about it. It will try plain HTTP for a machine on a private network, ask before accepting a certificate from a company's own authority, and remember only that exact certificate, listed in Settings where you can take it back. BUILT FOR SPEED Fullsite is a few megabytes. Blocking runs inside the system networking layer with no JavaScript per request, so pages get faster, not slower. HONEST ABOUT LIMITS No browser on iOS can be undetectable โ€” Apple requires every browser to use the same web engine, and a determined site can still find signals. Fullsite closes the ones that decide your layout, which is what changes what you see. You can check any page yourself: "What do sites see?" shows exactly which signals are still reachable. FULLSITE PRO โ€” REMOVE THE ADS Fullsite is free and supported by ads of its own. Fullsite Pro removes every one of them. โ€ข Fullsite Pro Monthly โ€” 1 month, $1.99 โ€ข Fullsite Pro Yearly โ€” 1 year, $9.99, with a 3-day free trial โ€ข Fullsite Pro Lifetime โ€” one payment, $19.99, no subscription Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. A subscription renews automatically unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours of the end of that period. You can manage or cancel a subscription in your Apple Account settings after purchase. Any unused part of a free trial is forfeited when you buy a subscription. Terms of Use: https://fullsite-5hy.pages.dev/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://fullsite-5hy.pages.dev/privacy/

Screenshots

Surf4 screens
Fullsite4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Surf at none against Fullsite's shown. Surf also leads on update cadence (weekly vs fortnightly). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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. Surf sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Fullsite sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Surf ships an update weekly, Fullsite fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
Surf versus Fullsite: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSurfFullsite
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyWeekly โ€” betterFortnightly
AdsNo โ€” betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac โ€” betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size6 MB6 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperMatthew WongMinh Nguyen

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Surf

Subscriptions2
  • Surf Pro (Monthly)3 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Surf Pro (Yearly)3 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Surf Pro (Lifetime)$59.99
3 purchases

Fullsite

Subscriptions2
  • Fullsite Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Fullsite Pro Yearly3 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Fullsite Pro Lifetime$19.99

Questions

Is Surf free?
Surf is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Fullsite free?
Fullsite is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Surf or Fullsite have ads?
Fullsite shows ads; Surf does not.
Which is updated more often, Surf or Fullsite?
Surf ships an update weekly, and Fullsite fortnightly. Most recently, Surf was updated on October 31, 2026 and Fullsite on October 31, 2026.

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