Browsers

logo Google Chrome Google Chrome
logo Opera Mini Opera Mini
logo Yandex Browser Yandex Browser
logo UC Browser UC Browser
logo Puffin Puffin
logo Dolphin Browser Dolphin Browser
logo Tor Browser Tor Browser
logo Mozilla Firefox Mozilla Firefox
logo DuckDuckGo DuckDuckGo
logo Microsoft Edge Microsoft Edge

It's hard to imagine modern man without access to the Internet. And now it is especially relevant to surf there with a smartphone. This is convenient, because the diagonal and data transfer speed of the device has increased. It is only necessary to choose a high-quality functional browser, convenient and providing a person with the functions that he needs in daily use.

So, as already emphasized, the browser is extremely important for any gadget. It provides the device access to the internet. It is hard to appreciate its importance. However, these days there are a lot of them invented, in Google Play alone there are a dozen of variations, so many that the eyes are scattered.

The browser should be chosen by the following criteria:

  1. What load it puts on the network (is there a data compression function).
  2. The space taken up by your smartphone.
  3. The ability to adapt the browser to suit you.
  4. The convenience of the location of buttons and bookmarks.
  5. The privacy of user data.

If we compare browsers, we can conclude that Chrome is the fastest, but it is very simple in interface. Mozilla takes a long time to load. UC is quite good, but its ads are too intrusive. The reason for this is simple: beauty and security, voice dialing feature.

All Browsers in rating

Google Chrome is a feature-rich and user-friendly browser for smartphones and tablets. Despite its great features and simple interface, it occupies little RAM and therefore works even on weak devices. Almost no inferior to its "big brother" - the version for PCs, except for the ability to install extensions.

Pros

    • Spend less time and less bandwidth with Chrome's special mode
    • Get one-touch access to content
    • Download and access content in offline mode
    • Secure your phone with Safe Browsing
    • Use voice control
    • Translate text on your screen
    • Get personalized recommendations
    • Keep it private
    • Sync data

Opera Mini is a light version of the famous browser. The mini version is perfect for weak smartphones and for those who do not want to overload their device.

Pros

    • Beautiful design
    • High protection degree
    • News feed
    • Private tabs

Cons

    • No significant disadvantages

Yandex.Browser is a domestic browser for smartphones, a mobile version of the web browser of the same name. In addition to having all the standard browser features, it has a number of features that distinguish it from all competitors. This synchronization with Yandex services, the built-in voice assistant Alice, Turbo mode and a special protection technology Protect. An important advantage: it works even on weak devices with poor internet.

Pros

    • Fast access to your favorite sites
    • Faster page loading and traffic savings
    • Search without unnecessary clicks
    • Smart string for addresses and queries
    • Sync data
    • "Quick call" - click on the phone number found in the browser on the computer, and the smartphone will dial it itself (if synchronization in Yandex.Browser is enabled on both devices)

Search browser is one of the main utilities for mobile devices, its functionality determines the productivity of the Internet.

Search engine UC Browser provides all the necessary working tools, focused on operational surfing on the Internet, taking into account the peculiarities of the Android operating system.

Pros

    • Nice interface
    • Fast loading
    • Variety of video categories and movies
    • Low traffic mode
    • Blocks all ads
    • Faster Facebook experience
    • Night theme
    • Syncs with any device
    • Incognito mode

Cons

    • There are few additions

Puffin Web Browser is a modern web browser for mobile devices with an overloaded OS. By installing the browser, the user saves battery power even when watching videos. The feature of Puffin is not only fast performance, but also a number of built-in options, designed for active and long web-surfing.

Pros

    • High speed
    • Free Flash player support
    • Virtual mouse and joystick
    • Gamepad functionality allows you to connect a gamepad
    • Incognito mode
    • Traffic saving mode

Cons

    • Not suitable for older smartphones
    • No synchronization with other devices

Android OS is maximally integrated with the Internet and the quality of work is directly dependent on access to the network and the speed of search programs. Users are no longer limited to narrow tariffs for access to the Internet and enjoy unlimited access, on this basis, the developers have adapted search engines for mobile gadgets as much as possible. Dolphin is maximally integrated for fast Internet surfing, as well as for economical use of the system resources of the user's device.

Pros

    • Concise interface with easy tab management
    • Two types of options for browser control
    • High speed
    • Multiple design themes
    • Preloaded Flash support

Cons

    • No way to turn off ads on pages

Tor Browser is a mobile browser known for its high level of anonymity and strong encryption of transmitted data. It uses only multiple layers of sophisticated encryption, which makes it impossible to "pull out" any information about the user and his actions on the Internet. It is distributed and works for free.

Pros

    • Guaranteed anonymity, no one can see what sites you visit or what information you search for on the web
    • Layer 3 encryption allows you to triple encrypt your network traffic.
    • High security is provided by thousands of Tor relay servers which keep your privacy safe
    • Easy to use application
    • Fast feedback from developers and troubleshooting assistance
    • Tracking and censorship protection
    • Gain access even to sites blocked by your local ISP

Modern and logically structured multifunctional search browser Mozilla Firefox provides the user with all the most demanded options for fast and efficient work with the web. Developers are constantly making updates to protect the privacy of information and adapting the needs of the software to the system requirements of mobile gadgets.

Pros

    • High working speed
    • Good privacy level
    • Ability to group tabs into collections
    • Better interface ergonomics and dark theme
    • Flexible customization for better efficiency and performance

Cons

    • The browser requires a pretty powerful device

It is worth noting that initially the privacy of user data was not in the first place and the emphasis was rather on usability. However, users who were interested in this search engine and browser liked it more for its privacy. The search engine initially had no tracking tools of any kind.

Later, after discovering that this aspect of DuckDuckGo appealed to users more, the company reformulated the focus of its search engine and began positioning it as a private search engine (later a private browser as well). The browser is famous precisely for its search engine, but the benefits of the program don't end there.

Pros

    • Anonymous searches
    • Ad tracker blocking
    • History and data cleaning button
    • Privacy rating for each page of the site on a scale from A to F
    • Disabling privacy when needed

Cons

    • Leaves gaps in the place of blocked ads, which interferes with the site browsing

Before the Edge version and relaunch on a different engine was Internet Explorer. It was known for the lowest performance, page loading speed and incomplete loading pages. But the main loser, of course, was page loading speed. By this measure, the browser was almost the worst. Times have changed, but the notoriety that had formed since the days of the old Internet Explorer and followed the company for a long time did not let it get off to a new start.

So the company's product underwent a rebranding and the new browser was called Microsoft Edge. The ad company was able to wrest back a solid 2.2% from the industry leaders. With the move to Android mobile devices, the browser was able to compete with the Safari browser as well, due to the simplicity and minimization of the interface. Further enhancing privacy and confidentiality in the Edge browser, the company was finally able to get rid of the notoriety of past bad precedent in the browser industry.

Pros

    • Read Mode
    • Chrome extension support
    • Send menu
    • Security and privacy protection
    • Customizable start page
    • Custom profiles
    • PDF Markup
    • Collections and notes
    • Multi-platform

The variety of all kinds of Internet browsers for the web makes the choice difficult, KIWI browser has at its core the structure of the popular Chrome, which makes it much easier to use the control panel. In addition, in addition to the basic built-in options, the search engine is flexibly configured with additional extensions for the user's personal preferences.

Pros

    • Performance
    • User-friendly interface
    • Theme selection
    • Good ad blocker
    • Easy to watch videos
    • You can download Kiwi Browser on your phone for free

Cons

    • Unable to import data from another browser