Comparison

Aetherium Browser vs OrbitX Browser

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

Head to head
About

Aetherium Browser

Features
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Aetherium is a web browser for your iPhone and the companion of the Aetherium desktop browser. It keeps your browsing on your phone, blocks ads and trackers, and brings your bookmarks, history and tabs over from your computer when you want them. Browse your way Pick one of ten styles, each in light or dark, and a New Tab background from a set of wallpapers or your own photo. Tabs open in a grid you can search and pin. Private tabs stay out of your history and are not reopened after a restart. Fewer ads and trackers The built-in blocker uses the EasyList and EasyPrivacy lists and runs on the phone, so nothing about your browsing is sent anywhere to block ads. You can allow ads on sites you want to support. Sync that only you can read Sign in to Aetherium Sync to share bookmarks, history, open tabs and a few settings with Aetherium on your computer. Everything is encrypted on the phone with a passphrase only you know before it leaves. You can delete your Sync account from the app at any time. Logins from VaultPass Unlock your VaultPass vault with your master password or Face ID, and fill a saved login on the page you are on. Copied passwords are cleared from the clipboard after a minute. An agent that asks first Ask the agent to do something on a page, such as compare prices or fill in a long form. It reads the page and taps and types for you while you watch. It stops and asks before it buys, sends, posts, deletes or signs in, and it asks your permission before any page is sent to an AI service. Use Claude with your own Anthropic API key, an AI on your own network such as Ollama, or Claude Code on your own computer through Aetherium for desktop. Made for reading Reader view turns long articles into clean text with your choice of size, font and colors. There is also find in page, a desktop site switch, and text size for each site. Handy tools Scan a QR code, show one for the page you are on, take a screenshot of a page, and manage camera, microphone, location, pop-up and JavaScript choices for each site. Clear your history for the last hour, day, week, four weeks or all time. Profiles and Guest Keep work and home apart with profiles, each with its own tabs, bookmarks, history, theme, Sync and VaultPass. Guest mode keeps nothing after you leave. No tracking by the app Aetherium has no analytics, no ads of its own and no crash reporting. Read the full privacy policy in the app under Settings > About.

About

OrbitX Browser

Features
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OrbitX is a fast, private web browser that blocks ads and trackers before they load. No account. No telemetry. No analytics. OrbitX does not collect data about you or your browsing, and nothing you do leaves your phone unless you open a website. What you get • Built-in ad and tracker blocking using a large, regularly updated filter list set • Cleaner pages: cosmetic filtering hides leftover ad slots and cookie nags • Private tabs that keep no history, cookies or passwords • Password manager protected by Face ID, Touch ID or your passcode; passwords are encrypted with a key that never leaves your phone • History, bookmarks and a start page that only use data stored on your device • Downloads saved to the Files app • Import and export bookmarks and password backups whenever you want • Site-by-site permissions for camera, microphone and location • Available in 15 languages Your data stays yours OrbitX has no sign-in, no sync server and no ads of its own. Everything, including history, bookmarks and passwords, is stored on your device. Some websites detect blockers and show a warning. If a page does not work, you can turn the shield off for that site with one tap.

Screenshots

Aetherium Browser4 screens
OrbitX Browser4 screens

Verdict

The call

Aetherium Browser and OrbitX Browser are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Aetherium Browser versus OrbitX Browser: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAetherium BrowserOrbitX Browser
PriceFreeFree
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size30 MB30 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperJOHN BRYAN LADA LOGDONIOUgur Berk Bozoglu

In-app purchases

None

Aetherium Browser

No in-app purchases

None

OrbitX Browser

No in-app purchases

Questions

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

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