Comparison

Glassiu Browser vs WebClear

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

Head to head
About

Glassiu Browser

Experience a cleaner, more powerful web with this browser. It offers robust ad blocking, userscript support for customization, and the ability to download and play videos in floating windows for seamless multitasking.

Highlights
  • Ad Blocking
  • Userscript Support
  • Web Video Downloads
  • Floating Video Window
  • Offline Media Management
  • Clean UI
Features
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A freer, cleaner, and more powerful browsing experience. A browser built for the modern web, featuring powerful ad blocking, Userscripts (Tampermonkey-style scripts), floating video windows, media downloads, and a beautiful, fluid interface. - Web Video Downloads Download videos from webpages with ease, with efficient media conversion built in. Quickly export media to the standard MP4 format for convenient playback across a wide range of players and devices. - Offline Media Management Manage your downloaded media in one place and access your saved videos anytime, anywhere. - Ad Blocking Supports a wide range of popular ad-filtering rules with excellent rule compatibility. Effectively block ads, pop-ups, and tracking content for a cleaner browsing experience. - Userscripts (Tampermonkey Scripts) Supports popular Userscript standards and commonly used APIs, with compatibility for a wide range of Tampermonkey-style scripts. Customize webpages freely and unlock more functionality. - Floating Video Window Watch videos while browsing the web. Put videos in a floating window and enjoy a seamless multitasking experience. - Beautiful UI A clean, modern, and fluid interface designed to make every browsing session more comfortable.

About

WebClear

Features
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Browse a cleaner, faster, distraction-free web in Safari. The modern web is packed with distractions: cookie consent popups, intrusive advertisements, newsletter prompts, sticky bars, autoplay media, and recommendation widgets. WebClear brings clarity back to Safari on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Enable it once and enjoy a cleaner browsing experience with intelligent, on-device web cleaning. AUTOMATIC WEB CLEANING WebClear intelligently detects and removes unwanted distractions across 10 categories: 1. Advertisements and Banners Hide intrusive ads, display banners, and sponsor placements. 2. Cookie Consent Banners Dismiss cookie consent prompts and reject non-essential cookies where supported. 3. Newsletter and Sign-up Popups Remove subscription overlays and lead-capture prompts. 4. Promotional and App Banners Clean "Open in App" prompts, discount bars, and promotional upsells. 5. Floating Social Widgets Remove floating share bars and distracting social buttons. 6. Recommendation Grids Hide clickbait widgets, sponsored recommendations, and "around the web" sections. 7. Website Notification Prompts Remove custom notification prompts that interrupt your browsing. 8. Autoplay Media Reduce unwanted autoplay video and background media. 9. Sticky and Floating Bars Remove floating bottom bars and sticky promotional elements. 10. Full-Page Overlays Dismiss intrusive modal overlays and unnecessary interruptions. THREE CLEANING PROFILES Choose how aggressively you want to clean the web. Minimal Essential ad and cookie-banner cleaning for a lightweight experience. Balanced - Recommended A smart everyday profile that removes common ads, consent banners, newsletter prompts, and promotional distractions. Aggressive Maximum cleaning for users who want an ultra-minimal, reading-focused web experience. POINT-AND-CLICK ELEMENT PICKER See something WebClear does not automatically remove? Use Pick Element to select an unwanted element directly on a webpage. WebClear generates a resilient rule to hide matching elements on that website in the future. CONTROL WHAT YOU SEE WebClear puts you in control of every cleaning decision. * Preview hidden elements with Show Cleaned * See why an element was hidden * Restore hidden elements instantly * Manage custom rules * Create website-specific allowlists * Adjust your cleaning profile whenever you want DESIGNED TO PROTECT IMPORTANT CONTENT WebClear uses heuristic detection and safety rules designed to avoid interfering with essential webpage functionality, including: * Article headlines and body content * Navigation and menus * Search fields * Login and authentication forms * Password fields * Shopping carts and checkout interfaces * Payment buttons and forms * Native media players * Accessibility-related regions and skip links PRIVATE BY DESIGN WebClear is built around on-device processing. * No browsing history collection * No accounts or logins required * No telemetry SDKs * No third-party tracking * No third-party server processing * Web cleaning happens on your device Your browsing stays yours. WebClear - a cleaner web, your way. Clean up Safari and get back to what you actually came to read.

Screenshots

Glassiu Browser3 screens
WebClear4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: WebClear at 5.0 against Glassiu Browser's 4.3. Glassiu Browser's advantage is ratings volume (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 18.6). 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

Glassiu Browser costs $0.99 and WebClear $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

WebClear holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Glassiu Browser versus WebClear: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGlassiu BrowserWebClear
Price$0.99$0.99
Rating4.3 (3 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 6 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS15.6 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB4 MB
Age rating17+4+
Developer一文 陈Shubham Sharma

In-app purchases

None

Glassiu Browser

No in-app purchases

None

WebClear

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Glassiu Browser free?
Glassiu Browser costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is WebClear free?
WebClear costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Glassiu Browser or WebClear?
WebClear is rated higher. Glassiu Browser averages 4.3 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while WebClear averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Glassiu Browser or WebClear have ads?
Neither Glassiu Browser nor WebClear shows ads.

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