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Mobile Web Browsers

As mobile devices are now the most used Internet-connected devices in the world, being able to use web browsers to navigate the Internet on them is more important than ever. Unlike the old days of feature phones and “dumb” phones (such as the once-worldwide phenomenon Motorola Razr), Android and iOS web browsers are often similar or the same as their desktop kin, save for a user interface optimized for touch screens that fit in the palm of your hand. This includes tried and true browsers such as Google Chrome and Opera, and many, many more.

  1. A free web browser developed by Google from the open source Chromium project with a focus on speed and minimalism.

  2. Opera icon

    Opera

    • Free • Proprietary
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Windows Mobile
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Symbian S60
    • Blackberry
    • Android Tablet
    • BSD
    • iPad
    • PortableApps.com
    • Kindle Fire
    • ReactOS

    Opera is an innovative browser that focus on implementing new technologies without dropping simplicity and ease of use, speed, and security; supporting and contributing to open web standards.

  4. Opera Mini icon

    Opera Mini

    • Free • Proprietary
    • Windows Mobile
    • Android
    • Java Mobile
    • Symbian S60
    • Blackberry
    • Android Tablet
    • Windows Phone
    • Blackberry 10
    • Kindle Fire

    Opera Mini enables you to take your full web experience to your phone.

  5. Maxthon Cloud Browser is a powerful multi-functional browser.

  6. The smallest and fastest browser, but so powerful with customization.

  7. Dolphin is a free, fast, smart and personal web browser for Android, iPhone and iPad. The exclusive features include one-tap share, tabbed browsing, cloud sync, gesture browsing, sonar search, speed dial, sidebar and a lot more to be discovered.

    Warning

    Dolphin Browser has long-standing reputation of collecting/stealing users' data and browsing history: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1319529

    Android (swipe menus)

  8. UC mobile offers free and easy to use browsers for almost any mobile phone. UC Browser is one of the most popular mobile browsers in the world!

    Warning

    UC Browser leaks private and personally identifiable information to a server in China: https://citizenlab.ca/2016/08/a-tough-nut-to-crack-look-privacy-and-security-issues-with-uc-browser/

    Screenshot

  9. Sleipnir is a Japanese tabbed web browser, released by Fenrir Inc.

  10. It's wicked fast. Puffin speeds up mobile browsing by shifting the workload from the resource-limited devices to the cloud servers, and resource-demanding webpages can run super-fast on your phones or tablets.

  11. Lucid Browser is a free and open source browser designed to be small, light, fast, and simple. The app itself is as small as 1 MB. The browser uses a custom homepage that loads locally for quick start-ups. It is easy to use and very handy.

  12. Cake is a fresh take on the mobile browser that combines new search and web browsing technologies with an experience designed uniquely for a smartphone.

  13. Opera Touch is made to be used on the go. It features a faster web search and is the perfect companion for your Opera PC browser.

  14. Diigo browser (formerly iChromy) brings the best of Chrome’s interface, speed and Diigo 's web annotation service to the iPad.

  15. CM (Clean Master) Browser is an ultra lightweight mobile browser which can protect you from malicious threats and still give you rapid browsing speed.

  16. Angelfish icon

    Angelfish

    • Free • Open Source
    • Linux
    • KDE
    • Linux Mobile
    • FLATHUB
    • Plasma Mobile

    Angelfish is a modern mobile web browser. It is part of the Plasma Mobile app collection. Angelfish supports typical browser features, such as bookmarks, history, and tabs.