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Puffin

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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.

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  • FreemiumProprietary

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Country of Origin

  • US flagUnited States

Platforms

  • Mac
  • Windows
  • Android
  • iPhone
  • Android Tablet
  • iPad
  • Android TV
2.8 / 5 Avg rating (6)
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  1.  Data Compression
  2.  Cloud based

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Puffin information

  • Developed by

    US flagCloudMosa
  • Licensing

    Proprietary and Freemium product.
  • Pricing

    Subscription ranging between $1 and $10 per month + free version with limited functionality.
  • Rating

    Average rating of 2.8
  • Alternatives

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  • Supported Languages

    • English
    • Bengali
    • Danish
    • Dutch
    • French
    • German
    • Hindi
    • Indonesian
    • Italian
    • Japanese
    • Korean
    • Malay
    • Marathi
    • Norwegian Bokmål
    • Norwegian Nynorsk
    • Polish
    • Portuguese
    • Russian
    • Chinese
    • Spanish
    • Swedish
    • Tamil
    • Telugu
    • Thai
    • Turkish
    • Ukrainian
    • Vietnamese

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Our users have written 7 comments and reviews about Puffin, and it has gotten 64 likes

Puffin was added to AlternativeTo by OmgItsTheSmartGuy on May 20, 2011 and this page was last updated May 25, 2023. Puffin is sometimes referred to as Puffin, Puffin TV Browser, Puffin Cloud Browser, Puffin Web Browser.

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Top Positive Comment
TBayAreaPat
Nov 10, 2022
0

There is no free Puffin plan. . there are some low cost plans though.. Note that the Puffin365 3 devices you can use do not include Mobile. That is a separate service. You get a day to try and cancel the browser if you choose. I found Puffin to be a nice boost to my slower system, but I was really looking for something that would improve my mapping on mobile.

lesm
Oct 2, 2023

Nope. There is no free trial.

Top Negative Comment
beautiest20girl
Oct 30, 2023
0

Playstation have removed the browser on ps5 so I have to watch from my TV via puffin. Their aggressive monetisation pissed me off and I subscribed. I wasn't impressed with the speed and quality of the browser, no particular difference between paid and free. Definitely not recommend it

Guest
Oct 14, 2022
0

Let's be clear, nowadays a limited windows browser like this one doesn't make sense. In Android it is complete and in Windows it isn't, discriminating against windows users. A much more powerful and efficient windows system than the limited Android and its stupid phones And it is in windows where you could get much more out of it. There are many better alternatives in windows and especially something that does not have puffin windows, these work and puffin windows does not. In Android it is a good browser, I am sorry to say so but puffin in windows is absurd, nobody needs it on windows. Puffin developers are losing many users a day, not making a full version without registrations and nonsense, like any normal browser. Currently no company that starts in the market with its browser, asks for such nonsense registrations, with area limit with the excuse of the servers (in android any area works) and much less only for Americans, the world wide web is universal, not of a region... I think that these people, the creators of Puffin, are people focused on Android and the Windows world are too big for them. They don't believe in their product,competing with Chrome or Firefox. They see it as a phone browser and that's it. Little ambition.Ungoogled Chromy their developer strives to update frequently. They deserve credit for sticking around and fighting, Puffin doesn't. Puffin is a beta for a limited area,and thanks.

other people don't see it logical

https://windowsreport.com/puffin-browser-safe/

uk blocks puffin

https://nordvpn.com/es/blog/is-puffin-browser-safe/

To finish, Puffin could be an excellent browser on windows but for now it is a fake browser in windows, like uc browser was on windows, but uc browser at least worked and continues to work even without being updated. We are in the world wide web not in the limited wide Web. Don't waste time, with fake browsers. You don't pay for a computer so that they limit you and make you pay. Nobody has to pay to browse the web.

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TBayAreaPat
May 5, 2024

UC browser no longer works on Desktop, and the Android was unimpressive. Puffin is faster than some cable plans at a probable less cost.

Guest
Aug 25, 2018
0

Good for downloading videos and then importing them to iMovie to edit

TerrifiedTyphlosion
Jul 24, 2018
1

Puffin is still in beta for Windows, so this means that only the bare functionalities are available. The main selling point of this browser, though, is that its speed is unrivaled by any other browser. Sometimes, when a webpage just isn't loading quickly on my normal browser, I give it a go in Puffin and it loads quickly, thanks to what CloudMosa describes as "cloud computing".

Mauricio B. Holguin
Feb 1, 2018
0

Currently in beta but with very good results in speed tests. It's going to be interesting to see how it progresses when more features will be added!

OmgItsTheSmartGuy
May 21, 2011
1

The way Puffin plays Flash content shares similarities to both Flash for Android and Skyfire. Unlike Skyfire, which only attempts to transcode Flash video, Puffin will run just about any Flash-- video or not. If you've been looking for an easy way to use Flash on your iPhone, Puffin will probably do the job.

When you watch a video with Puffin, the experience becomes a lot more like Skyfire. You can view Flash videos from your normal browser view, but the playback is laggy, so videos tends to be out of sync with their audio. For this, Puffin offers a special Skyfire-like popup window that allows you to view Flash video in fullscreen. When watching from this window, the playback is wayyy better; it's almost like watching a normal HTML5 or MP4 video from your browser.

Unfortunately, the window has some problems detecting the right video. For one, I'm pretty sure the window can only detect one video at a time. Skyfire has this same problem. Additionally, if the video that you're watching has a couple of ads playing before it, Puffin might only detect the ads, rather than the main video.

markmalmros
Mar 8, 2018

Flash not working in IOS version of puffin browser anymore :( seams like apple closed the gap :(

What is Puffin?

Puffin is a wicked fast mobile browser. It's equipped with the next generation rendering engine, pushing loading speeds to new highs. With Puffin, browsing the web couldn't be easier.

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.

Cloud Protection: All traffic from Puffin app to Puffin server are encrypted, a protection from nearby hackers. It’s safe to use public non-secure WiFi through Puffin.

Best Web Gaming: We keep improving our cloud servers, and provide the best web gaming experiences over the cloud.

Save Your Bandwidth: Puffin uses proprietary compression algorithm to transmit web data to your device, and it can save up to 90% of your bandwidth on regular web browsing. (streaming Flash content or videos requires more bandwidth than normal usage.)

Features:

  • Incredible Loading Speed
  • Best web gaming over the cloud
  • The Whole New Tabs Browsing
  • Download to Cloud (Up to 1G per file)
  • Theater Mode
  • Adjustable Streaming quality
  • Virtual Trackpad (Mouse Simulator)
  • Virtual Gamepad
  • Fastest JavaScript Engine
  • Full Web Experience (Desktop view and mobile view)
  • Incognito tab for private browsing
  • Synchronize Chrome bookmarks automatically

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