On iPad, as well as on iPhone, the default browser for surfing the internet is Safari . Although it is a complete and fast browser, it is not the only browser available for iPhone and iPad, but there are several other applications that may be preferable for their interactivity and the possibility of going on the internet in a more complete way . Above all, there are equally fast browsers (none are faster than Safari because Apple still requires the use of its rendering engine), which are particularly noticeable on the new iPad with a more powerful processor. Below, the best free and alternative browsers to Safari for iPad and iPhone .
1) Google Chrome for iPad and iPhone is described in another article and is the best if you also use Chrome on your computer thanks to the card synchronization function.
2) Firefox for iPhone and iPad, ideal for synchronizing data if you use Firefox on a Windows Linux or Mac PC.
3) Firefox Focus is a special edition of Firefox that promises to maintain online privacy.
4) Opera Touch for iPhone and iPad is free, extremely useful and full of functions: unlimited tabs, full screen navigation, text search and ability to save web pages for offline reading. The browser is from Opera and is optimized for navigation from touch screens.
4) Opera Mini is a historical browser for iPhone that can also be used on iPad, whose fundamental feature is the ability to compress open websites so that it consumes as little bandwidth as possible. Opera Mini thus becomes the browser to use when surfing with slow connections and with limited mobile internet subscription plans that have the bandwidth limit in Megabytes. Opera Mini is always a fundamental application for all smartphone phones and also for iPad.
5) Microsoft Edge for iPhone is the Microsoft browser, ideal if Edge is also used in Windows 10 for data synchronization capabilities. The best and only feature is the management of the tabs, with an address bar that automatically hides when you scroll the page, in order to increase the space available for the web page. The address bar is an Omnibox and allows you to search for words on the internet. There are also the functions of saving a page for offline reading, incognito browsing, sharing of Internet addresses on Facebook and Twitter and word search on a page.
6) Lunascape is the version for iPhone and iPad of the Lunascape browser also available for Windows and Mac. ILunascape is an application absolutely to have because, in addition to being a great alternative to Safari, faster, easier to use and with the management of more efficient tabs, it also allows you to switch user agents. This option allows you to simulate internet browsing as if you were using a computer, therefore, all those sites such as those of online newspapers that have the iPad version and the paid mobile version, can be read in their normal version, without limitations.
7) Puffin Browser to see Flash sites on iPad and iPhone is free and is discussed in another article.
8) Dolphin Browser and Dolphin Browser for iPad is instead the most powerful and fastest web browser, with a free and ad-free version optimized for the iPad. I wrote a review of this browser in the post on the Best browser for Android, iPhone and iPad: Dolphin Browser HD .
With Dolphin you can also change user agents by emulating navigation from PC, iPad and iPhone.
9) Maxthon Browser is little known but competes for the palm of the best alternative browser to Safari for iPhone and iPad. There are some fantastic features in Maxthon, as if they had taken the best features of other browsers by putting them together in one app. Maxthon also offers a home page with favorite sites to open quickly and a reader, to read articles and content on the web. Reader mode can be activated automatically when you visit a site with articles. Other features are: private browsing mode, Cloud Sync with a Maxthon account, Download manager. The application is very aesthetically pleasing, it has a very simple and elegant, tabbed design, like a traditional browser for PC, which works better and faster than in other browsers.
10) Yandex Browser is another Safari alternative to surf the web from iPhone and iPad in full screen, with stronger privacy settings.
11) Onion Browser is the browser that uses the TOR network to keep the connection anonymous and almost 100% secure.
12) To finish the list, Photon, another browser with which you can visit flash websites, (better than Skyfire)
This highly celebrated and appreciated application in user comments costs 4 Euros and works great for surfing the internet without limitations.
13) Brave Browser is constantly gaining a lot of attention, especially in the desktop version for PC, also available on iPhone as a full browser with which to preserve privacy. With features like blocking from unauthorized access and HTTPS protection, Safari is preferred when you want to surf secretly.
14) Aloha Browser is useful to install to always have a free VPN available that allows you to browse blocked or obscured sites.
