Diigo Browser vs Smart Search
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Diigo Browser
Save, sync, and annotate web pages and PDFs across devices. Easily share your saved content with highlights and sticky notes. Access your bookmarks anytime, anywhere.
- Save and sync bookmarks
- Annotate web pages with highlights
- Add sticky notes to web pages
- Read saved PDF files
- Share bookmarks with annotations
- Cross-device access
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Diigo Browser allows you to save, annotate and share bookmarks easily! Save and sync You can use Diigo Browser to save web pages to your Diigo account and the bookmarks will sync across your devices so that you can access them anytime, anywhere later. Annotate while reading Diigo Browser allows you to annotate web pages with highlights and sticky notes. The annotate button will pop up in the context menu after you select some text! PDF reading You can read your saved PDF files within the app directly and we will consider supporting PDF annotation in the future! Share easily You can share your bookmarks with annotations to others through email or IM or send it to other apps easily. We will keep working on the improvements of Diigo Browser to make it better and better. Please feel free to contact us at care@diigo.com if you have any questions or suggestions.
Smart Search
This secure browser offers enhanced internet access with a focus on functionality. It provides a private browsing experience for users seeking a more controlled online environment.
- Secure internet access
- Enhanced functionality
- Private browsing
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A secure Internet access browser,More functional experience.
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Verdict
Diigo Browser and Smart Search both sit at 4.5 stars, but that hides the real split: 95% of Smart Search's written reviews are positive against 59% of Diigo Browser's. Smart Search also leads on iOS requirement (8.0 vs 16.0). Diigo Browser's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 4 months) and ratings volume (563 vs 11). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Diigo Browser against 4.4 for Smart Search. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Diigo Browser has 563 ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 59% of Diigo Browser's written reviews are positive against 95% of Smart Search's.
Diigo Browser ships an update every 2 weeks, Smart Search every 4 months. Both last shipped on October 26, 2026.
| Parameter | Diigo Browser | Smart Search |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (563 ratings) — better | 4.4 (11 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 58.7% of reviews | 95.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 563 — better | 11 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 172 MB | 49 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Diigo Inc. | PING PING |
Customer experience
Diigo Browser
Smart Search
Bugs and requests
Diigo Browser
Reported bugs
4 issues- Login and sign-up issues
- Sync problems across devices
- Annotation and highlighting bugs
- Crashes and performance issues
Requested features
4 requests- Improved search and filtering
- Offline reading and caching
- Customizable organization and folders
- Better integration with other apps
Smart Search
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Diigo Browser
No in-app purchases
Smart Search
No in-app purchases
