Comparison

OneBrowse vs tabbrowser

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

Head to head
About

OneBrowse

Features
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OneBrowse is a browser for the one or two sites you actually use: the news, sports and recipe sites that fight you on a phone. Pin a site and it becomes a button. Open it from that button and everything the site throws at you is stopped before you see it: pop-ups, pop-unders, newsletter boxes, cookie walls, scroll locks and redirect hijacks. FREE. NO ADS. NO SUBSCRIPTIONS. There is nothing to buy and nothing to unlock. OneBrowse has no server, so nothing about you is sent anywhere. HOW IT WORKS • Pop-up windows and new tabs are refused inside the page, before the page's own code runs. • Overlays that cover the page are cleared and scrolling is unlocked. • Site Lock keeps a pinned site on its own domain: redirects to other sites are dropped without asking. • Cookie banners are answered with "reject" for you, so the site stops waiting for a click. • Tracking codes are cut from links before they load. • The same filter lists the big ad blockers use ship inside the app and refresh weekly. THREE LEVELS, PER SITE Standard stops pop-ups and leaves the page alone. Strict also removes the boxes that cover a page. Nuclear strips sticky bars, chat bubbles and anything pinned over the content. Every site keeps its own level, and a site that will not work can be paused with one tap. SEE WHAT IT STOPPED What Was Blocked shows every site, every day, by kind, so you can see the protection doing something. BROWSE ANYTHING Free Browse gives you tabs, private tabs, reader view, downloads and a desktop-site switch, with the same blocking on every page. Make any page an app with one tap. ON IPHONE AND IPAD Sign in with Apple, if you want to, and your pinned sites, favourites and settings follow you over iCloud. No account is needed to use the app. A Mac version is on its way. AirPlay sends a site's video to your TV rather than mirroring the screen, so the picture stays full resolution.

About

tabbrowser

This mobile browser prioritizes speed and privacy with built-in ad and popup blocking. It offers intuitive one-handed navigation through tab swiping and customizable gestures for enhanced control. Enjoy features like in-browser media playback and reading tools.

Highlights
  • One-handed tab switching via swipe gestures
  • Built-in ad and popup blocking
  • Customizable gestures for actions
  • In-browser video and music playback
  • Reader view and read-aloud functionality
  • Private browsing mode
  • Tab grouping and management
Features
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A tab browser built for one hand: swipe anywhere on the screen for the next tab. Ad and popup blocking is on by default. ■ Swipe to switch tabs No need to open the tab list: swipe sideways on the page for the next tab, or from the screen edge to go back or forward. ■ Block ads and popups Banner ads and tracking scripts never load. Basic filters are free and update daily. ・Stops self-opening tabs, full-screen ads, and redirect ads; review what's blocked, or allow a site ・Hides cookie banners and social share buttons, and skips images to save on data ■ Stay in the browser Links to X, YouTube, Instagram, or LINE keep you in the browser; choose to stay or open the app, remembered per site. ■ Gestures ・L shape: close the tab. Reverse L: reopen it. Upward L: new tab or tab list. V shape: jump to the top or bottom ・U and sideways L shapes can be assigned too, to ten more actions such as reload, back, forward, or add bookmark ・Hold a link to open it in a background tab. Swipe the new tab button up to close the current tab ■ Tabs ・Group tabs by color, fold and expand them, and keep pinned tabs first even through "close all" ・Closed tabs are listed under Today, Yesterday, and Last Week, ready to restore, and a tab playing music keeps playing even when you switch away ・No limit on tabs. Relaunch, and every tab and its history comes right back, with thumbnails and reordering in the list ■ Bars and menu ・Toolbar top or bottom, hiding as you scroll; gaming mode leaves just the URL and tab bars, which can match the site's color ・Reorder menu items, pin favorites to the toolbar, or save sites as quick access buttons ・Open a page in a floating window you can move and resize while reading ■ Search and new tab ・Google, Bing, Yahoo!, DuckDuckGo, or Baidu, with suggestions, history, and bookmarks as you type ・A new tab page of tiles for favorite sites, echoed in a widget ・Open a copied URL on return to the app, or send a page here from any share sheet ■ Bookmarks and history ・Nest folders your way; reorder, edit, or swipe to delete ・History by day: clear the last hour, today, today and yesterday, or everything; cache and cookies clear separately ■ Video and music ・Keep playing when you switch apps or lock the screen, watch in Picture in Picture, and split the screen into up to six pages, stacked or side by side, even on iPhone (Premium) ■ Read and research ・Translate a page as is, or switch to a reader view for just the article ・Read aloud in a natural voice, highlighting each paragraph, with adjustable speed and a sleep timer, across tabs or with the screen off ・Night mode, text size, desktop view, full screen, find on page, sharing, AirPrint, save as PDF ・Capture an entire page as one screenshot (Premium) ・Download and manage files ■ Privacy No personal data is collected; your browsing and searches never reach the developer. Private tabs leave no history or cookies and stay hidden in the app switcher. Lock the app, or just private tabs, with Face ID or Touch ID and a delay you set; trackers are blocked with the ads. ■ iPad and external keyboards Three layouts for the bigger screen: popover menus, a side-panel tab list, and two-pane settings, plus shortcuts like ⌘T for a new tab. ■ tabbrowser Premium (monthly or yearly subscription) Basic ad blocking stays free. Premium unlocks: ・Advanced ad blocking: ads on video sites, clutter, "disable your ad blocker" walls, and tap-to-remove ads that slipped through ・Background playback, Picture in Picture, and split screen ・iCloud sync for bookmarks, history, and tabs ・Full page screenshots and 40 alternative app icons Your subscription is charged to your Apple ID at purchase and renews unless canceled at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage it in your App Store account settings. Terms of use: https://dkit.jp/en/terms/ Privacy policy: https://dkit.jp/en/privacy-policy/

Screenshots

OneBrowse4 screens
tabbrowser4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: OneBrowse at none against tabbrowser's 2. OneBrowse also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads 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. tabbrowser sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.89 per month. OneBrowse asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
OneBrowse versus tabbrowser: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOneBrowsetabbrowser
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—4 — better
Update frequency—Every 2 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB38 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperMichael BerinshteynSaigen inc.

In-app purchases

None

OneBrowse

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

tabbrowser

Subscriptions2
  • Premium (Monthly)$9.891 Month
  • Premium (Yearly)$88.901 Year

Questions

Is OneBrowse free?
OneBrowse is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is tabbrowser free?
tabbrowser is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do OneBrowse or tabbrowser have ads?
Neither OneBrowse nor tabbrowser shows ads.

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