AirWeb vs AirBrowser
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
AirWeb
Browse the internet on your television using your iPhone or iPad as a remote. This app offers a comfortable and intuitive web surfing experience on the big screen, leveraging AirPlay mirroring.
- Web browsing on Apple TV
- iPhone/iPad as remote control
- AirPlay mirroring
- Trackpad and controls on iOS device
- Comfortable big-screen browsing
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AirWeb is the first web browser for your Apple TV. "Insanely impressed with how clever the implementation of @AirWebApp is. One of those "Um...DUH" type experiences :)" - Senior UI Designer at Apple This is the first TV browsing experience that is actually pleasant to use! Using your iPhone/iPad as an input device you can now finally take advantage of that big beautiful HDTV to browse the web. Share webpages with friends or colleagues, or just surf on your own, either way BIGGER is BETTER. AirWeb runs on any iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad that support AirPlay Mirroring and uses AirPlay to show the webpages directly on your Apple TV connected TV, while creating a trackpad and controls on your touchscreen iOS device. It takes full advantage of the width and height of your HDTV, and allows you to browse comfortably without having to look down at your iOS device. Note that you need an Apple TV to use this app wirelessly.
AirBrowser
Experience a full desktop web browser on your TV without a PC. Surf the web, watch streaming videos, and read content comfortably on a larger screen using your iOS device and an Apple TV. Enjoy features like pinch-to-zoom and a responsive pointer for a seamless browsing experience.
- Full desktop web browsing on TV
- Watch streaming videos fullscreen
- Pinch to zoom and swipe gestures
- Multi-tab system
- Bookmarks
- Responsive pointer with mouse effects
- Scale page to fit for comfortable reading
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AirBrowser is the APP you need if you have got an Apple Tv!! *** Supported devices: iPhone (4s or greater), iPad (2 or greater) iPod touch 5th generation. Watch the video on http://www.airbrowser-app.com! Air Browser gives you a full desktop internet browser experience, but without a PC. All you need is an iOS device and an Apple TV (or a supported HDMI Cable). You will be able to surf the web, to watch streaming videos in full screen on your TV, to read newspapers and anything else you normally do with a standard PC or a Mac browser. Pinch to zoom, swipe gesture to navigate through the navigation history, an easy to use multi tab system, bookmarks and more. Air browser works fine with any web site included youtube and Facebook, fully supported with photos and videos upload, chat with friends and videos watching with fullscreen mode!! AirBrowser has a real responsive pointer, giving you a real desktop browsing experience, with all the mouse related effects that normally occurs on a PC web browser. Thanks to the “scale page to fit” feature, AirBrowser optimizes fonts on your TV to let reading more comfortable. Supported devices: iPhone (4s or greater), iPad (2 or greater) iPod touch 5th generation. Watch the video on http://www.airbrowser-app.com !
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: AirWeb at Free against AirBrowser's $4.99. AirWeb also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.3). AirBrowser's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 9) and ratings volume (92 vs 9). On review sentiment, update cadence, 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
AirWeb is free to download; AirBrowser costs $4.99 up front. AirWeb sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. AirBrowser asks for nothing beyond the download.
AirWeb holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: AirBrowser has 92 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 41% and 42% positive.
AirWeb ships an update every 5 weeks, AirBrowser every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | AirWeb | AirBrowser |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (9 ratings) — better | 3.3 (92 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 40.9% of reviews | 41.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 9 | 92 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Christian Arild Strommen | IdeaSolutions S.r.l. |
Customer experience
AirWeb
AirBrowser
Bugs and requests
AirWeb
Reported bugs
5 issues- Doesn't work with Apple TV
- Doesn't work with iPhone 4
- Doesn't work with secure websites
- Doesn't work with video playback
- Doesn't work with certain websites
Requested features
6 requests- Bookmarks support
- Landscape mode
- Full-screen mode
- Desktop site mode
- Video playback support
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- Improved scrolling and clicking
AirBrowser
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
AirWeb
- Weekly$1.997 Days
- Monthly$1.991 Month
- Monthly3 Days trial$1.991 Month
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- Monthly$2.991 Month
- Quarterly subscription$2.993 Months
- Quarterly3 Days trial$2.993 Months
- Yearly subscription$5.991 Year
- Yearly3 Days trial$5.991 Year
- Yearly subscription$9.991 Year
AirBrowser
No in-app purchases
