Firefox Fast & Private Browser vs Focus
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Firefox Fast & Private Browser
A fast and private web browser that protects you by default. It blocks trackers, offers private browsing, and provides tools to help you focus on content and manage your logins securely.
- Enhanced Tracking Protection
- Private browsing mode
- Page summaries
- Built-in password manager
- Reader Mode
- Sync across devices
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The internet. As it should be. Firefox is a fast, private web browser designed to protect you by default. Privacy is built in from the start, so you can focus on what matters instead of worrying about who’s watching. Why people choose Firefox: • Enhanced Tracking Protection – Blocks trackers by default to help stop companies from following you across the web. • Private browsing mode – Browse without saving your history, searches, or cookies. • Page summaries – Get the key points from long pages and move on faster. • Built-in password manager – Generate strong passwords, save them securely, and autofill logins when you need them. • Flexible search options – Choose your default search engine or switch search engines right from the search bar. • Reader Mode – Remove ads and clutter from articles so you can focus on what you’re reading. • Sync across devices – Pick up where you left off with synced tabs, bookmarks, and passwords when you sign in to your Mozilla account. Private by default Firefox is designed with privacy built in from the moment you start browsing. Enhanced Tracking Protection automatically blocks common background trackers, including social media trackers, crypto miners, and fingerprinters. When you want extra privacy, private browsing mode doesn’t save your history, searches, or cookies. Focus on what matters The web can be distracting. Firefox is designed to help you stay focused without making you manage everything yourself. Reader Mode clears clutter from articles, and picture-in-picture keeps videos visible while you multitask—without pulling focus from what you’re doing. Browse your way Customize Firefox to fit how you browse. Personalize your home screen with wallpapers and layout options, and choose your preferred search engine instead of being pushed into a single ecosystem. You can move the search bar to the top or bottom of the screen for easier one-handed browsing. Sign in to your Mozilla account to sync tabs, bookmarks, passwords, and browsing history across devices, so switching feels seamless. Built for people, not profit Firefox was created in 2004 by Mozilla as a faster, more private, and more customizable alternative to other browsers. Today, Mozilla remains a nonprofit and continues working to make the internet — and the time you spend on it — better. Learn more about Mozilla: https://www.mozilla.org Terms of Use: https://www.mozilla.org/about/legal/terms/firefox/ Privacy Policy: https://www.mozilla.org/privacy/firefox Latest news: https://blog.mozilla.org
Focus
Enhance your browsing with a customizable video player, powerful ad blocker, and advanced reading tools. Enjoy hands-free page turning, web translation, and script support for a personalized online experience.
- Customizable video player
- Userscript support (JavaScript, Tampermonkey)
- Advanced reading mode
- Hands-free auto page turning
- Powerful ad blocking
- Web translation
- Bookmark syncing
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【Video Mode】 Customizable player supporting floating video, playback speed control, picture-in-picture, DLNA and AirPlay casting, and one-click screen lock. 【Userscripts】 Supports both JavaScript and Tampermonkey 5.3.0 syntax. After years of user feedback, Focus has greatly improved compatibility with various scripts, ensuring more scripts run smoothly on Focus. 【Reading Mode】 The best reading mode on iOS, supporting automatic preloading of the next page, font size, line height, margin adjustments, and webpage theme selection. Supports text filtering and regular expression rule filtering. 【Auto Page Turning】 Hands-free page turning for novels, comics, or forums. Supports search engines like Baidu, Google, Bing, and Yandex. Try it out now! 【Redirect Blocker】 Can block malicious app redirects within webpages. 【Custom Homepage】 Add your favorite websites to the homepage and set a personalized browser homepage. 【Web Translation】 Super fast translation, making it easy to understand any webpage and breaking down language barriers. 【Ad Blocking】 Powerful ad-blocking feature supporting AdBlock Plus and AdGuard syntax. Includes ad tagging, webpage blacklists, and custom ad rules. 【Bookmark Sync】 Import bookmarks from Safari, Chrome, and Alook into Focus and export Focus bookmarks to those browsers, ensuring seamless bookmark syncing. 【URL Scheme】 Open URLs via Shortcuts: FocusBrowser://search?url=search term or link. 【Other Features】 Supports iPad, iCloud bookmark sync, dark mode, incognito mode, ad marking mode, fingerprint/FaceID login, feedback, and full-screen mode. 【Privacy & Security】 Focus respects your privacy. Incognito mode doesn’t save browsing history, cache, or cookies.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Firefox Fast & Private Browser at none against Focus's 1. Firefox Fast & Private Browser also leads on ratings volume (217K vs 4.9K) and update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). Focus's advantage is review sentiment (54% vs 45%) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. Focus sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Firefox Fast & Private Browser asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Firefox Fast & Private Browser against 4.7 for Focus. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Firefox Fast & Private Browser has 217K ratings behind it against 4.9K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 45% of Firefox Fast & Private Browser's written reviews are positive against 54% of Focus's.
Firefox Fast & Private Browser ships an update weekly, Focus every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Firefox Fast & Private Browser | Focus |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (217K ratings) | 4.7 (4.9K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 45.4% of reviews | 53.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 217K — better | 4.9K |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #26 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 363 MB | 34 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Mozilla | 庆彬 邓 |
Customer experience
Firefox Fast & Private Browser
Focus
User reviews
Firefox Fast & Private Browser
From 217K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Fast and efficient
- 🔒 Secure and privacy-focused
- 👍 Great alternative to Chrome and Safari
- 💡 Useful sync functionality across devices
Room to improve
- 🐛 Buggy and unstable, crashes frequently
- 🔋 High battery consumption
- 👎 Cluttered and confusing UI, especially on iPad
- 🤔 Lack of customization and extension options
Focus
From 4.9K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Fast download speeds
- 👍 Useful features
- 💡 Powerful script support
- 🔒 Effective ad-blocking
Room to improve
- 🐛 Crashes and reloading issues
- 🔋 Draining battery life
- ⛔ Removal of download functionality
Bugs and requests
Firefox Fast & Private Browser
Reported bugs
4 issues- Images not loading properly
- Incompatibility with certain websites and web apps
- Keyboard issues and unexpected behavior when switching between apps
- Sync issues and data loss when switching devices
Requested features
4 requests- Dark mode option
- Improved bookmark management and organization
- Built-in ad blocker or support for third-party ad blockers
- Ability to rearrange tabs and customize the UI
Focus
Reported bugs
3 issues- Incompatibility with certain websites
- Inconsistent script performance
- Inability to export bookmarks
Requested features
4 requests- Add mute tab button
- Implement desktop mode
- Improve video playback controls
- Restore video download feature
In-app purchases
Firefox Fast & Private Browser
No in-app purchases
Focus
- Pro Lifetime$4.99
Questions
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