Comparison

HootArk Browser vs Bium Browser

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

Head to head
About

HootArk Browser

Features
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HootArk is a mobile browser with AI inside. Use it like any browser. Use it for Web3 when you need to. BROWSE AS USUAL Open sites, search, switch tabs. Fast, familiar, made for one hand. AI WHEN YOU WANT IT Long page? Get a short summary. Unsure about a site? Get a clearer read before you go further. Help is there; it does not take over. READY FOR WEB3 Built for the open web — including Web3 — without making crypto the whole product. If you never need that, HootArk still works as a clean everyday browser. Simple. Private by design. No extra apps for the basic job of opening the internet. Learn more: https://hootark.com

About

Bium Browser

Features
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We make apps that empty out the ads and the things that pull at your attention, and give your time back to you. Bium Browser opens pages with the ads and trackers taken out. The blocklists live inside the app. It never contacts a server to decide what to block, so the addresses you open do not leave your device. There is no account, no sync server, and no analytics SDK. ■ It stays on the device · 219,964 rules ship inside the app; 143,148 of them are on by default (lists sourced 2026-10-11). · Ads, trackers, cookie banners, and Korea-specific rules are separate lists you can switch on and off. · The count of what was blocked on this page is shown in place. · Where declarative rules cannot reach, bundled corrections fill the gap — still without asking anything outside. ■ Kid mode · Turning it off takes the parent passcode. · It switches on an adult and gambling list of 76,816 rules and blocks those sites. · It forces SafeSearch, and a child cannot switch it off in the search engine's own settings. · The sites a child searched are not shared with the parent. It is not a way to watch a child; it is a way to block. ■ The basics of a browser · Reader mode — body text only · Put the address bar at the top or the bottom, and let it hide while you read down the page · Profiles — cookies, history and bookmarks are kept per profile. A profile's name and passcode are set inside that profile, and a locked one asks before you enter · Password vault — kept in the Keychain and filled only when you tap a login field. Banking, brokerage and government sites are never stored in the first place · Multiple tabs and windows, reopen closed tabs, private tabs · Per-site text size, remembered · Put the places you visit often on your Home Screen · Set it as your default browser and links tapped in other apps open here ■ What it cannot do, written down · Ad lists do not block adult sites. Kid mode is what covers that. · Because it blocks ad traffic relayed through first-party addresses, some sites will ask you to allow ads. Turning off that one list opens them. · Blocking applies inside this app's own views only. A browser embedded in another app belongs to that app and is out of reach — set Bium as the default browser and the links those apps hand off will land here. The rest is Screen Time's job. Note: the app's interface is in Korean.

Screenshots

HootArk Browser4 screens
Bium Browser3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: HootArk Browser at 13.0 against Bium Browser's 18.0. 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 · 5 level
HootArk Browser versus Bium Browser: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHootArk BrowserBium Browser
PriceFreeFree
Update frequency—Daily
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size46 MB6 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperX Browser LimitedHyunsuk Kang

In-app purchases

None

HootArk Browser

No in-app purchases

None

Bium Browser

No in-app purchases

Questions

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

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