iCab Mobile (Web Browser)
$2.99
10.7.4for iPhone, iPad and more
8.1
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Alexander Clauss
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17.3 MB
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Feb 7, 2024
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About iCab Mobile (Web Browser)
iCab Mobile is a web browser for the iOS. It provides many unique and useful features you won't find in other iPhone browsers.
APPLE WATCH:
The Watch App is a remote control for iCab Mobile, so you can navigate, zoom, scroll, open bookmarks, links, the homepage, switch tabs or sitch on/off the fullscreen mode. Since watchOS 6.2 you can also open web pages and browse the Web directly on the Apple Watch. But there are still limitations: there are no navigation buttons (back/forward) available.
FILE UPLOADS:
iCab Mobile can upload any files on web pages.
SEARCHING:
iCab Mobile comes with several default search engines you can choose from. You can easily add new search engines.
FILLING OUT FORMS:
iCab Mobile can save web forms and restore the form content later (manually or automatically). The saved forms data can be password protected. Supports many third-party Password Manager Apps as well.
FILTERS:
There’s a built-in fully customizable filter feature. It allows to block resources, ads, banners, user tracking scripts, cookies etc. Supports AdBlock Plus/EasyList filters as well.
TABS:
iCab Mobile supports Tabs, so you can open multiple web pages at the same time. Links can be opened in Tabs (in the foreground or background) manually or automatically.
BOOKMARKS:
Bookmarks can be organized in folders. You can import/export the bookmarks from/to your PC/Mac browser.
FULLSCREEN MODE:
iCab Mobile provides a fullscreen mode where the whole screen is used to display the web page. No screen space is wasted for toolbars.
DOWNLOADS:
iCab Mobile has a built-in Download Manager so you can download almost all files from the internet. The downloads can be easily transfered to a Mac/PC/Linux computer but also to other Apps on the device which can open these files
MULTIUSER SUPPORT
You can create multiple user accounts, each user has its own private bookmarks, filters, settings, etc.
DROPBOX
iCab Mobile supports Dropbox. Export/Import bookmarks; transfer downloads, images, files, web pages to your Dropbox account.
TWIN BROWSER:
In this mode, you can have two browsers side by side on the iPad. This is especially useful on the large iPad Pro.
VOICEOVER
The App is also accessible for visually impaired and blind users. If VoiceOver is enabled, the App plays soft ticks while a page is loading, so blind users are able to identify when the page load has finished.
OTHER FEATURE:
- Configurable multi-touch gestures
- QuickStarter feature
- AirPrint support
- Browser ID (UserAgent) is configurable
- iCab Mobile fully supports international domain names
- Cookie Manager
- Private Browsing (no history and no cookies are stored)
- Privacy settings allows to delete all kinds of private data (history, cookies, databases, saved forms, passwords etc.)
- URL autocompletion
- Simple built-in RSS reader
- Save images, whole web pages, PDF files
- Kiosk Mode - a restricted variation of the fullscreen mode for Kiosk environments.
- History
- Addressbook support lets you access the web pages from the addressbook.
- When launching iCab can either open an empty page, the homepage or restore the Tabs which were open the last time
- There are different color schemes and designs
- Document Sharing lets you pass downloads and files to other Apps in the device
The App includes a store providing several InApp purchases. These are meant as a tip jar. The InApp purchases are available for different prices, so you can pick the amount for the tip yourself. Doing so will unlock a few cool features as a reward, these are always the same, regardless of the amount of the tip. Users who have purchased the App within the last 12 months do get all these features for free, no need to buy one of the InApp purchases. Though they can nevertheless give me a tip, if they want to... ;-)
APPLE WATCH:
The Watch App is a remote control for iCab Mobile, so you can navigate, zoom, scroll, open bookmarks, links, the homepage, switch tabs or sitch on/off the fullscreen mode. Since watchOS 6.2 you can also open web pages and browse the Web directly on the Apple Watch. But there are still limitations: there are no navigation buttons (back/forward) available.
FILE UPLOADS:
iCab Mobile can upload any files on web pages.
SEARCHING:
iCab Mobile comes with several default search engines you can choose from. You can easily add new search engines.
FILLING OUT FORMS:
iCab Mobile can save web forms and restore the form content later (manually or automatically). The saved forms data can be password protected. Supports many third-party Password Manager Apps as well.
FILTERS:
There’s a built-in fully customizable filter feature. It allows to block resources, ads, banners, user tracking scripts, cookies etc. Supports AdBlock Plus/EasyList filters as well.
TABS:
iCab Mobile supports Tabs, so you can open multiple web pages at the same time. Links can be opened in Tabs (in the foreground or background) manually or automatically.
BOOKMARKS:
Bookmarks can be organized in folders. You can import/export the bookmarks from/to your PC/Mac browser.
FULLSCREEN MODE:
iCab Mobile provides a fullscreen mode where the whole screen is used to display the web page. No screen space is wasted for toolbars.
DOWNLOADS:
iCab Mobile has a built-in Download Manager so you can download almost all files from the internet. The downloads can be easily transfered to a Mac/PC/Linux computer but also to other Apps on the device which can open these files
MULTIUSER SUPPORT
You can create multiple user accounts, each user has its own private bookmarks, filters, settings, etc.
DROPBOX
iCab Mobile supports Dropbox. Export/Import bookmarks; transfer downloads, images, files, web pages to your Dropbox account.
TWIN BROWSER:
In this mode, you can have two browsers side by side on the iPad. This is especially useful on the large iPad Pro.
VOICEOVER
The App is also accessible for visually impaired and blind users. If VoiceOver is enabled, the App plays soft ticks while a page is loading, so blind users are able to identify when the page load has finished.
OTHER FEATURE:
- Configurable multi-touch gestures
- QuickStarter feature
- AirPrint support
- Browser ID (UserAgent) is configurable
- iCab Mobile fully supports international domain names
- Cookie Manager
- Private Browsing (no history and no cookies are stored)
- Privacy settings allows to delete all kinds of private data (history, cookies, databases, saved forms, passwords etc.)
- URL autocompletion
- Simple built-in RSS reader
- Save images, whole web pages, PDF files
- Kiosk Mode - a restricted variation of the fullscreen mode for Kiosk environments.
- History
- Addressbook support lets you access the web pages from the addressbook.
- When launching iCab can either open an empty page, the homepage or restore the Tabs which were open the last time
- There are different color schemes and designs
- Document Sharing lets you pass downloads and files to other Apps in the device
The App includes a store providing several InApp purchases. These are meant as a tip jar. The InApp purchases are available for different prices, so you can pick the amount for the tip yourself. Doing so will unlock a few cool features as a reward, these are always the same, regardless of the amount of the tip. Users who have purchased the App within the last 12 months do get all these features for free, no need to buy one of the InApp purchases. Though they can nevertheless give me a tip, if they want to... ;-)
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What's New in the Latest Version 10.7.4
Last updated on Feb 7, 2024
Old Versions
- A new option in the Web Site settings allows to block/skip the tracking links on the google search result
- The in-page search now remembers the last search position, so you can continue the search even when aborted the search completely before (of course only when you are still on the same page and the search term does not change)
- Removes a filter from the default ads blocker which could prevent that links of the google image search function as expected
- Fixes an issue with creating QR codes for links under iOS 17
- Removed the "google cache" module because google discontinued this service
- Fixes an issue when launching the App through one of the options from the menu of the App icon on the homescreen while being logged out of all users accounts. The command from the App menu was ignored in this case, instead of executing the command after logging-in with a user account.
- The in-page search now remembers the last search position, so you can continue the search even when aborted the search completely before (of course only when you are still on the same page and the search term does not change)
- Removes a filter from the default ads blocker which could prevent that links of the google image search function as expected
- Fixes an issue with creating QR codes for links under iOS 17
- Removed the "google cache" module because google discontinued this service
- Fixes an issue when launching the App through one of the options from the menu of the App icon on the homescreen while being logged out of all users accounts. The command from the App menu was ignored in this case, instead of executing the command after logging-in with a user account.
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Version History
10.7.4
Feb 7, 2024
- A new option in the Web Site settings allows to block/skip the tracking links on the google search result
- The in-page search now remembers the last search position, so you can continue the search even when aborted the search completely before (of course only when you are still on the same page and the search term does not change)
- Removes a filter from the default ads blocker which could prevent that links of the google image search function as expected
- Fixes an issue with creating QR codes for links under iOS 17
- Removed the "google cache" module because google discontinued this service
- Fixes an issue when launching the App through one of the options from the menu of the App icon on the homescreen while being logged out of all users accounts. The command from the App menu was ignored in this case, instead of executing the command after logging-in with a user account.
- The in-page search now remembers the last search position, so you can continue the search even when aborted the search completely before (of course only when you are still on the same page and the search term does not change)
- Removes a filter from the default ads blocker which could prevent that links of the google image search function as expected
- Fixes an issue with creating QR codes for links under iOS 17
- Removed the "google cache" module because google discontinued this service
- Fixes an issue when launching the App through one of the options from the menu of the App icon on the homescreen while being logged out of all users accounts. The command from the App menu was ignored in this case, instead of executing the command after logging-in with a user account.
10.7.3
Oct 14, 2023
- In the web site settings there's now a new option to disable "universal links". The "Universal links" feature of the iOS allows App to redirect links to their website to themselves, so these links won't open in the browser anymore. But because many users do not like this "hijacking" of links, this can now be prevented with the new setting.
- Workaround added for an iOS bug when handling fragment identifiers within "data" URLs
- Bugfix: When opening many links in the background very fast it could happen that not all pages did load.
- Bugfix: Fixes a crash when opening a private Tab under certain circumstances
- Bugfix: Fixes a crash when processing a very large number of new files within the downloads when there are already a large number of files in there
- Workaround added for an iOS bug when handling fragment identifiers within "data" URLs
- Bugfix: When opening many links in the background very fast it could happen that not all pages did load.
- Bugfix: Fixes a crash when opening a private Tab under certain circumstances
- Bugfix: Fixes a crash when processing a very large number of new files within the downloads when there are already a large number of files in there
10.7.2
Mar 10, 2023
Unfortunately the new quickstarter can trigger a bug of the iOS, which has the result that the quickstarter does not always show its bookmarks. This iOS bug only affects tabs which were already used for a while to load web sites. So the issue only reveals itself after a while. If and when the bug shows up can also depend on the device hardware and iOS release. New tabs were never affected.
This update of iCab Mobile includes a workaround for this iOS issue so it can avoid the empty quickstarter.
This update of iCab Mobile includes a workaround for this iOS issue so it can avoid the empty quickstarter.
10.7.1
Mar 1, 2023
Unfortunately a very rare condition (and only if you never used the quickstarter before) could cause a crash when launching the last update. Sorry. This update fixes this issue again.
10.7
Feb 28, 2023
- The Quickstarter is far more powerful since iOS 14 now (in older iOS releases everything remains the same). It is possible to group the bookmarks within the quickstarter, so they are visually separated. For each group it is possible to define rules which control when or where their bookmarks are shown or hidden. This way you can have job-related bookmarks which are only shown on weekdays when being in the office and private bookmarks which are shown at home, for example. So the quickstarter can automatically adapt itself by time, date and location.
At the top of the new quickstarter you'll find a few icons which can be used to configure the dark mode (always on/off or using the dark mode setting of the system), to set the size of the Bookmark icons, to select wether the icons show a preview of the page or the site icon, and there's an option to display the icons in separate groups or in a compact way without any group-boundaries. The last icon allows to edit the quickstarter so you can define/edit the rules (tap on the "…" icon), reorder the bookmarks by dragging them to the desired location etc.
- The Tabs window (opened via "Tabs" icon from the toolbar) supports the same contextual menus for the currently open tabs as the Tabs in the tabs toolbar. Just long-press on the entry in the window (or on the Tab in the toolbar) to open the menu
- Since iOS 16.4 it is possible to add web pages to the home screen via ShareSheet
- Drag & Drop (for bookmarks, links, downloads etc) is now also available on the iPhone (since iOS 14). If and for what you would like to have the ability to drag & drop items can be configured in the "iser interface" settings.
- Bugfix: Since iOS 15 the iOS adds its own "Search in Web" item into the text selection menu, even though iCab already has its own "search" menu item. Also the menu item of the iOS doesn't work correctly yet, it opens the search in Safari instead of the default browser. Therefore this menu item is now removed from the menu.
- Bugfix: Fixes issues with client certificates in case there were multiple available which could be used for the web site
- Bugfix: When saving web pages as PDF if these were already in PDF format did add additional print margins to the resulting PDF
- Bugfix: The native in-page search (available since iOS 16) did not remember the last search terms
- Bugfix: Fixes a potential crash for HTTP authentication
- Several minor improvements and fixes
At the top of the new quickstarter you'll find a few icons which can be used to configure the dark mode (always on/off or using the dark mode setting of the system), to set the size of the Bookmark icons, to select wether the icons show a preview of the page or the site icon, and there's an option to display the icons in separate groups or in a compact way without any group-boundaries. The last icon allows to edit the quickstarter so you can define/edit the rules (tap on the "…" icon), reorder the bookmarks by dragging them to the desired location etc.
- The Tabs window (opened via "Tabs" icon from the toolbar) supports the same contextual menus for the currently open tabs as the Tabs in the tabs toolbar. Just long-press on the entry in the window (or on the Tab in the toolbar) to open the menu
- Since iOS 16.4 it is possible to add web pages to the home screen via ShareSheet
- Drag & Drop (for bookmarks, links, downloads etc) is now also available on the iPhone (since iOS 14). If and for what you would like to have the ability to drag & drop items can be configured in the "iser interface" settings.
- Bugfix: Since iOS 15 the iOS adds its own "Search in Web" item into the text selection menu, even though iCab already has its own "search" menu item. Also the menu item of the iOS doesn't work correctly yet, it opens the search in Safari instead of the default browser. Therefore this menu item is now removed from the menu.
- Bugfix: Fixes issues with client certificates in case there were multiple available which could be used for the web site
- Bugfix: When saving web pages as PDF if these were already in PDF format did add additional print margins to the resulting PDF
- Bugfix: The native in-page search (available since iOS 16) did not remember the last search terms
- Bugfix: Fixes a potential crash for HTTP authentication
- Several minor improvements and fixes
10.6.7
Dec 20, 2022
- Since iOS 15 there's a new menu item available for the action menu, which allows to directly pause all media output (audio/video). This works on a global level, so you don't need to know which tab plays audio or video content. This menu item is also available in the contextual menu of the Tabs, so you don't need to add an additional item to the action menu.
- The user-defined Browser IDs can now have their own name which is used in the list of IDs in the settings. This allows to distinguish the IDs by name instead of by ID. If no name is given, the ID is listed.
- In the bookmarks window you can now sort bookmarks in "edit" mode. You can sort by name, URL, label and date
- In the "web site" settings there's a new option which allows to automatically redirect Youtube shorts to their "standard" youtube video page. This is useful if you prefer the full featured video player of "normal" youtube videos over the primitive video player of the "shorts".
- There are now complications available for the Apple Watch, so it's possible to lanuch the Watch App from within a watch face
- The default keyboard shortcut for „Close Tab“ has changed from Cmd-W to Cmd-Shift-W to avoid conflicts with a new shortcut of the Stage Manager on iPads. (Important: The shortcut will change automatically only if the user has not yet done any changes for the shortcuts).
- Bugfix: Fixes an issue with the auto-update feature of AdBlock Plus filters
- Bugfix: Saving web sites on WebDAV servers did not always work
- Bugfix: Searches done in private tabs will no longer added to the search history
- The user-defined Browser IDs can now have their own name which is used in the list of IDs in the settings. This allows to distinguish the IDs by name instead of by ID. If no name is given, the ID is listed.
- In the bookmarks window you can now sort bookmarks in "edit" mode. You can sort by name, URL, label and date
- In the "web site" settings there's a new option which allows to automatically redirect Youtube shorts to their "standard" youtube video page. This is useful if you prefer the full featured video player of "normal" youtube videos over the primitive video player of the "shorts".
- There are now complications available for the Apple Watch, so it's possible to lanuch the Watch App from within a watch face
- The default keyboard shortcut for „Close Tab“ has changed from Cmd-W to Cmd-Shift-W to avoid conflicts with a new shortcut of the Stage Manager on iPads. (Important: The shortcut will change automatically only if the user has not yet done any changes for the shortcuts).
- Bugfix: Fixes an issue with the auto-update feature of AdBlock Plus filters
- Bugfix: Saving web sites on WebDAV servers did not always work
- Bugfix: Searches done in private tabs will no longer added to the search history
10.6.6
Aug 2, 2022
- There's a new button available for the toolbar to toggle the display of pictures on web sites. This can be handy if you often switch off or on pictures to speed up site loading because of slow internet connections.
- In the "web site" settings it's now possible to switch on/off the detection of XML as RSS (in case XML-based web sites are falsly treated as RSS)
- When sharing web pages in reader mode the whole content is now shared by default
- For CSS-based filters iCab Mobile is now supporting the special rules „:has-text()“ und „:upwards()“ from the „uBlock“ ad blocker
- It's now possible to manually reorder pinned Tabs within the Tabs window
- Fixes an issue with overlapping text in reader mode if the font size was increased by a very large factor
- Fixes a crash when long-pressing the reload button
- In the "web site" settings it's now possible to switch on/off the detection of XML as RSS (in case XML-based web sites are falsly treated as RSS)
- When sharing web pages in reader mode the whole content is now shared by default
- For CSS-based filters iCab Mobile is now supporting the special rules „:has-text()“ und „:upwards()“ from the „uBlock“ ad blocker
- It's now possible to manually reorder pinned Tabs within the Tabs window
- Fixes an issue with overlapping text in reader mode if the font size was increased by a very large factor
- Fixes a crash when long-pressing the reload button
10.6.5
Jul 3, 2022
- Since iOS 15 the back/forward history of tabs can be restored as well when launching the App
- In fullscreen mode the "home indicator" will be hidden now (this is the line at the bottom of the screen which can be used to switch to the home screen)
- Deleting private data can be now also assigned to a gesture
- The "smart rules" of the downloads allow to automatically export certain downloads to WebDAV servers, like this is possible with Dropbox
- The address field now adapts to the font size of the system
- Better detection of RSS feeds, in case these have no MIME type nor a file name which gives any hints to an RSS feeds
- The Watch App of iCab Mobile is now able to open web sites without showing the privacy warning of the watchOS first
- Bugfix: The search within the bookmarks did not always work
- Bugfix: The "Read now" option for an item within the reading list did sometimes show the current web site in reading mode instead of the page from the reading list
- Bugfix: When switching between private and normal mode the cookies of the normal mode won't be deleting anymore.
- Bugfix: It could sometimes happen that the login status of Firefox Sync was lost if the network connection broke down while contacting the Firefox servers.
- In fullscreen mode the "home indicator" will be hidden now (this is the line at the bottom of the screen which can be used to switch to the home screen)
- Deleting private data can be now also assigned to a gesture
- The "smart rules" of the downloads allow to automatically export certain downloads to WebDAV servers, like this is possible with Dropbox
- The address field now adapts to the font size of the system
- Better detection of RSS feeds, in case these have no MIME type nor a file name which gives any hints to an RSS feeds
- The Watch App of iCab Mobile is now able to open web sites without showing the privacy warning of the watchOS first
- Bugfix: The search within the bookmarks did not always work
- Bugfix: The "Read now" option for an item within the reading list did sometimes show the current web site in reading mode instead of the page from the reading list
- Bugfix: When switching between private and normal mode the cookies of the normal mode won't be deleting anymore.
- Bugfix: It could sometimes happen that the login status of Firefox Sync was lost if the network connection broke down while contacting the Firefox servers.
10.6.1
Apr 21, 2022
- Adds the missing texts in the Japanese localization
- Fixes an issue when using the "export/import via WLAN" feature to transfer downloads with non-ASCII file names (like Japanese) to a computer or other devices.
- Fixes a crash when logging out of the Guest account
- Fixes an issue when using the "export/import via WLAN" feature to transfer downloads with non-ASCII file names (like Japanese) to a computer or other devices.
- Fixes a crash when logging out of the Guest account
10.6
Apr 13, 2022
- It's now possible to import SSL certificates (client certificates) to visit web sites which require this. Importing these certificates (file extensions "der", cer" and "p12") can be done via Download-Manager, AirDrop, iTunes, or by sharing them with iCab Mobile from within other Apps. Depending of the certificate the user may need to enter the password for this certificate when opening the web site
- The twin mode will offer some new options for the proportions of the two browser windows (1:1, 1:2, 2:1) if the screen width is wide enough (iPad in landscape mode). These options can be configured for the action menu, gestures and are also available when long-pressing the "twin mode" toolbar icon.
- There's a new option for the quickstarter background. It can be now configured light, dark or follow the dark mode settings of the system
- The menu to edit the quickstarter within the quickstarter page can be now hidden or shown via "pull-down" gesture
- There's a new option to open a "Private Tab" (via action menu, Tabs window or by long-pressing the "+" in the tabs toolbar). These special private tabs are completely sealed off from the rest of the App and can not acccess any of the available data (like cookies), don't have a history and can not store any data in the browser. Closing these private Tabs will immediatelly remove all traces of them. These special private Tabs are marked with a red line in the tabs button within the tabs toolbar.
The normal "private mode" that existed before is still available and still works as before. The big difference between the private mode and the private tabs is that in private mode the user can still save certain Cookies permanently (via Cookie filters) so they don't get lost, and existing cookies can be used by all Tabs. In "private mode" all private data is only deleted when leaving the App (maybe with a delay, as configured in the privacy settings). Also the "private mode" still offers a history and there're settings where the user can configure how "private" the private mode should be.
- Added a few new search engines into the list of default search engines
- Bugfix: The search engine settings for the quickstarter were not synced via iCloud if iCloud sync was enabled
- Bugfix: Fixes a wrong background color in dark mode in the "Quick actions" settings
- Bugfix: Fixes a crash in the quickstarter when deleting a search engine in the settings while this search engine was still active in the quickstarter
- Bugfix: Fixes a crash in the Watch App of iCab Mobile when trying to open the homepage when no home page was configured.
- The twin mode will offer some new options for the proportions of the two browser windows (1:1, 1:2, 2:1) if the screen width is wide enough (iPad in landscape mode). These options can be configured for the action menu, gestures and are also available when long-pressing the "twin mode" toolbar icon.
- There's a new option for the quickstarter background. It can be now configured light, dark or follow the dark mode settings of the system
- The menu to edit the quickstarter within the quickstarter page can be now hidden or shown via "pull-down" gesture
- There's a new option to open a "Private Tab" (via action menu, Tabs window or by long-pressing the "+" in the tabs toolbar). These special private tabs are completely sealed off from the rest of the App and can not acccess any of the available data (like cookies), don't have a history and can not store any data in the browser. Closing these private Tabs will immediatelly remove all traces of them. These special private Tabs are marked with a red line in the tabs button within the tabs toolbar.
The normal "private mode" that existed before is still available and still works as before. The big difference between the private mode and the private tabs is that in private mode the user can still save certain Cookies permanently (via Cookie filters) so they don't get lost, and existing cookies can be used by all Tabs. In "private mode" all private data is only deleted when leaving the App (maybe with a delay, as configured in the privacy settings). Also the "private mode" still offers a history and there're settings where the user can configure how "private" the private mode should be.
- Added a few new search engines into the list of default search engines
- Bugfix: The search engine settings for the quickstarter were not synced via iCloud if iCloud sync was enabled
- Bugfix: Fixes a wrong background color in dark mode in the "Quick actions" settings
- Bugfix: Fixes a crash in the quickstarter when deleting a search engine in the settings while this search engine was still active in the quickstarter
- Bugfix: Fixes a crash in the Watch App of iCab Mobile when trying to open the homepage when no home page was configured.
10.5.1
Feb 24, 2022
Bugfix for users who still use iOS 14.5 - 14.8.x
A serious bug in these iOS releases can cause a crash after launching the App when iCab tries to enable or disable a certain iOS feature which is supposed to be available since iOS 14.5. But unfortunately this is crashing under iOS iOS 14.5 - 14.8.1. Therefore the new version is now using this feature since iOS 15 only, where Apple has fixed this bug and it does no longer crash.
You do not need this update when still using iOS 14.4 or older or when already using iOS 15 or newer.
A serious bug in these iOS releases can cause a crash after launching the App when iCab tries to enable or disable a certain iOS feature which is supposed to be available since iOS 14.5. But unfortunately this is crashing under iOS iOS 14.5 - 14.8.1. Therefore the new version is now using this feature since iOS 15 only, where Apple has fixed this bug and it does no longer crash.
You do not need this update when still using iOS 14.4 or older or when already using iOS 15 or newer.
10.5
Feb 23, 2022
- The Watch App of iCab Mobile can now be used to browser the web (since watchOS 6.2) directly on the watch. But there are a few watchOS-related restrictions: The watchOS always shows a privacy warning when starting a browsing session and there are no navigation buttons (back/forward) available. A session can be started by opening a bookmark or by initiating a search. On the iPhone you can pick a folder in the settings whose content will be used as the bookmarks on the watch. Alternatively it's also possible to have all Bookmarks available on the watch (configurable in the "Apple Watch" settings of iCab Mobile)
- A new design for the quickstarter allows to change icon type and size directly in the quickstarter and there's now also a search feature with multiple search engines integrated.
- A new option in the "Tabs" settings to switch to the left instead of the right Tab when closing the active Tab.
- In the settungs under "Services > Content for Share Sheet" there are new options to share the current page
- A new option in the user interface settings allows to use a flat contextual menu instead of the normal hierarchical one
- The menu for the Homescreen App icon can be empty as well.
- It's now possible to add items to directly open certain accounts to the menu of the Homescreen App icon.
- When entering an invalid URL with space characters, iCab won't interpret the input as search term, but instead will not correct the URL and open it directly.
- It is now possible to add the bookmarks and history into the action or FavIcon menu.
- The option to change the Browser ID within the action menu will now directly reload the current page with the newly selected ID
- Under iOS 15 it could happen that custom multitouch gestures were delayed if the web site was still scrolling at that time.
- Bugfix: The option to open RSS Feeds in the FavIcon or Action menu did not work
- Bugfix: Saving and filling out forms using the forms manager of iCab Mobile did no longer work under iOS 13 and older
- Bugfix: In case a link opens in another existing Tab and this Tab should stay in the background due to the Tabs settings, iCab Mobile will now show an animation so it is visible in which Tab the link opened.
- Bugfix: Fixes an issue with „HTML-Accesskeys“ under iOS 15
- A new design for the quickstarter allows to change icon type and size directly in the quickstarter and there's now also a search feature with multiple search engines integrated.
- A new option in the "Tabs" settings to switch to the left instead of the right Tab when closing the active Tab.
- In the settungs under "Services > Content for Share Sheet" there are new options to share the current page
- A new option in the user interface settings allows to use a flat contextual menu instead of the normal hierarchical one
- The menu for the Homescreen App icon can be empty as well.
- It's now possible to add items to directly open certain accounts to the menu of the Homescreen App icon.
- When entering an invalid URL with space characters, iCab won't interpret the input as search term, but instead will not correct the URL and open it directly.
- It is now possible to add the bookmarks and history into the action or FavIcon menu.
- The option to change the Browser ID within the action menu will now directly reload the current page with the newly selected ID
- Under iOS 15 it could happen that custom multitouch gestures were delayed if the web site was still scrolling at that time.
- Bugfix: The option to open RSS Feeds in the FavIcon or Action menu did not work
- Bugfix: Saving and filling out forms using the forms manager of iCab Mobile did no longer work under iOS 13 and older
- Bugfix: In case a link opens in another existing Tab and this Tab should stay in the background due to the Tabs settings, iCab Mobile will now show an animation so it is visible in which Tab the link opened.
- Bugfix: Fixes an issue with „HTML-Accesskeys“ under iOS 15
10.4
Dec 10, 2021
- There's a new option in the user interface settings which allows to customize the menu of the App icon on the homescreen. The iOS allows up to 4 custom menu items in the menu.
- There's a new option in the user interface settings which alows to customize the additional keys that are attached to the keyboard of the address field to help entering URLs. It's now possible to add your own keys, edit or remove existing ones.
- There's a new option available in the "Services > E-Mail/SMS" settings which when enabled will pass all E-Mail links (when shared or tapped on) to the default E-Mail app of the iOS, instead of sending the E-Mail directly from within iCab Mobile.
- There's a new option for the contextual menu available, which allows to search for other occurences in the web of the selected image on a web site. This feature uses the google reverse image search.
- The suggestions which are listed while editing text in the address field will now include matching Tabs as well, if enabled in the settings. Selecting such a suggestion will activate this tab
- The History shows the time of the last visit of a web site now.
- The contextual menu of a tab allows to shar the tab now
- In the Design settings it's now possible to configure that inactive tabs will be always darker then active ones in dark mode. This will make the toolbars slightly brighter in dark mode, so make sure that the contract between active and inactive tabs is large enough. Otherwise the inactive tabs can become brighter than the active tab, in order to create a contrast that is large enough
- The import feature of the Downloads Manager supports to import multiple files at once
- Since iOS 15 it is possible support downloads which a web site provides via "blob" URLs.
- Bugfix for iOS 15: A few shortcuts for Bluetooth keyboards didn't work anymore under iOS 15, this is fixed again.
- Improved auto-fill feature for forms in iOS 14 and newer
- Fixes an issue with the Document Provider extension for the Files App under iOS 15
- There's a new option in the user interface settings which alows to customize the additional keys that are attached to the keyboard of the address field to help entering URLs. It's now possible to add your own keys, edit or remove existing ones.
- There's a new option available in the "Services > E-Mail/SMS" settings which when enabled will pass all E-Mail links (when shared or tapped on) to the default E-Mail app of the iOS, instead of sending the E-Mail directly from within iCab Mobile.
- There's a new option for the contextual menu available, which allows to search for other occurences in the web of the selected image on a web site. This feature uses the google reverse image search.
- The suggestions which are listed while editing text in the address field will now include matching Tabs as well, if enabled in the settings. Selecting such a suggestion will activate this tab
- The History shows the time of the last visit of a web site now.
- The contextual menu of a tab allows to shar the tab now
- In the Design settings it's now possible to configure that inactive tabs will be always darker then active ones in dark mode. This will make the toolbars slightly brighter in dark mode, so make sure that the contract between active and inactive tabs is large enough. Otherwise the inactive tabs can become brighter than the active tab, in order to create a contrast that is large enough
- The import feature of the Downloads Manager supports to import multiple files at once
- Since iOS 15 it is possible support downloads which a web site provides via "blob" URLs.
- Bugfix for iOS 15: A few shortcuts for Bluetooth keyboards didn't work anymore under iOS 15, this is fixed again.
- Improved auto-fill feature for forms in iOS 14 and newer
- Fixes an issue with the Document Provider extension for the Files App under iOS 15
10.3
Oct 11, 2021
- A bug in iOS 15 caused a crash when opening the print window and the name of the last used printer contains certain special characters. The new version of iCab Mobile avoids this issue by no longer trying to configure the last used printer as default for the print job. Therefore you may need to pick the printer manually, in case you are using multiple printers and the iOS has not picked the correct one as default.
- Because iOS 15 falsely shows the file sharing extension within the "Files" App which was supposed to be provided for older iOS releases only, this extension was removed from iCab Mobile now.
- An issue within the web engine of iOS 15 had the result that under certain circumstances the "Font size" option for web sites did not always work. This is now fixed.
- Adds a workaround for a crashing issue of the HandOff feature of the iOS. HandOff crashes when trying to share URLs which match certain patterns. The new release of iCab filters out the problematic URL patterns.
- iCab Mobile allows to switch Tabs by just swiping the whole web site to the left or right, revealing the Tab which is located at this side. This is very convenient and fast, but can cause confusion if the web site itself can be scrolled horizontally, because then the swipe gesture will first scroll as far as possible before switching to the next Tab. On the iPhone a new option allows to do a swipe gesture to the left or right on the bottom toolbar as well, which will switch Tabs even faster, regardless if horizontally scrolling is possible. This option can be enabled in the "Tabs" settings
- When entering a URL into the addressfield the browser will allow incomplete URLs. It will automatically add the missing parts (for example it will add missing URL schemes like "http://", etc) if this is possible. If by adding a missing URL scheme would not create a valid URL, the input is treated as search term and will initiate a search. In case the user wants to search for an email address, this approach did fail, because an email address is a valid domain name and when completed by "http://" would be a perfectly valid URL. So in this case iCab would have tried to opened the e-mail domain as web site instead of searching for the e-mail address. The new release of iCab will now detect email-addresses and will initiate a search for them.
- Bugfix: In case iCab was configured to automatically logout of the current account when leaving the App, and the Addressfield was activated when leaving the App, the Address suggestions window was not closed.
- Bugfix: Fixes a few issues within the default filters which are shipped with the App
- Because iOS 15 falsely shows the file sharing extension within the "Files" App which was supposed to be provided for older iOS releases only, this extension was removed from iCab Mobile now.
- An issue within the web engine of iOS 15 had the result that under certain circumstances the "Font size" option for web sites did not always work. This is now fixed.
- Adds a workaround for a crashing issue of the HandOff feature of the iOS. HandOff crashes when trying to share URLs which match certain patterns. The new release of iCab filters out the problematic URL patterns.
- iCab Mobile allows to switch Tabs by just swiping the whole web site to the left or right, revealing the Tab which is located at this side. This is very convenient and fast, but can cause confusion if the web site itself can be scrolled horizontally, because then the swipe gesture will first scroll as far as possible before switching to the next Tab. On the iPhone a new option allows to do a swipe gesture to the left or right on the bottom toolbar as well, which will switch Tabs even faster, regardless if horizontally scrolling is possible. This option can be enabled in the "Tabs" settings
- When entering a URL into the addressfield the browser will allow incomplete URLs. It will automatically add the missing parts (for example it will add missing URL schemes like "http://", etc) if this is possible. If by adding a missing URL scheme would not create a valid URL, the input is treated as search term and will initiate a search. In case the user wants to search for an email address, this approach did fail, because an email address is a valid domain name and when completed by "http://" would be a perfectly valid URL. So in this case iCab would have tried to opened the e-mail domain as web site instead of searching for the e-mail address. The new release of iCab will now detect email-addresses and will initiate a search for them.
- Bugfix: In case iCab was configured to automatically logout of the current account when leaving the App, and the Addressfield was activated when leaving the App, the Address suggestions window was not closed.
- Bugfix: Fixes a few issues within the default filters which are shipped with the App
10.2.3
Aug 13, 2021
- For Bluetooth keyboards it is now possible to define shortcuts to zoom web sites
- Bugfix: in certain cases the site-specific browser IDs were not evaluated
- Bugfix: Under older iOS releases the Quickstarter did no longer open the links
- Bugfix: in certain cases the site-specific browser IDs were not evaluated
- Bugfix: Under older iOS releases the Quickstarter did no longer open the links
10.2.2
Jul 31, 2021
- Bugfix: In case the URL that was passed to the Sharesheet extension "Open in iCab Mobile" contained invalid characters, the web site could not be opened in iCab Mobile
- Includes a workaround for faulty web servers which don't encode the suggested file name for downloads correctly.
- A new workaround for an issue of the iCloud sync (in rare cases the iOS reports a file that does not exist anymore) fixes syncing problems
- Solves an issue when opeing web pages from within the quickstarter, if these web pages rely on a specific "referrer"
- Includes a workaround for faulty web servers which don't encode the suggested file name for downloads correctly.
- A new workaround for an issue of the iCloud sync (in rare cases the iOS reports a file that does not exist anymore) fixes syncing problems
- Solves an issue when opeing web pages from within the quickstarter, if these web pages rely on a specific "referrer"
10.2.1
May 20, 2021
- There's a new option in the "Web site" settings to automatically open the original web page instead of the "Google AMP" version when using the google search engine on the iPhone.
- In the user interface settings you can now enable an additional prompt when deleting items (like bookmarks). So in case you have the tendency to accidentally delete things, you can have an additional prompt.
- In the "personal data" settings there's now a new option to change the sort criteria (title or URL) for the URL suggestions when typing a new address or search term into the address bar
- Tabs of other devices (synced via iCloud) can be now deleted from within the tabs overview window as well (only the entry in the iCloud will be deleted, not the Tabs itself on the other device). This can be useful if you still have an entry listed of devices which you don't have anymore.
- Removed the "Evernote" module because Evernote itself has abandonned this API. It is recommended to use the sharing feature of the iOS and the native Evernote App instead.
- The text-to-speech feature of the reader mode starts reading from the visible area instead always from the very beginning
- Bugfix: Fixes an issue with the Google translation module
- Bugfix: In the overview window for the Tabs the pinned tabs were not marked.
- Bugfix: solves an issue with filter lists where filters include the quote character
- Bugfix: solves an issue with the bookmarks export if the bookmarks include "smart folders". Other browsers (which do not support the "smart folder" feature) could fail in importing the bookmarks from iCab Mobile. This should no longer happen now.
- In the user interface settings you can now enable an additional prompt when deleting items (like bookmarks). So in case you have the tendency to accidentally delete things, you can have an additional prompt.
- In the "personal data" settings there's now a new option to change the sort criteria (title or URL) for the URL suggestions when typing a new address or search term into the address bar
- Tabs of other devices (synced via iCloud) can be now deleted from within the tabs overview window as well (only the entry in the iCloud will be deleted, not the Tabs itself on the other device). This can be useful if you still have an entry listed of devices which you don't have anymore.
- Removed the "Evernote" module because Evernote itself has abandonned this API. It is recommended to use the sharing feature of the iOS and the native Evernote App instead.
- The text-to-speech feature of the reader mode starts reading from the visible area instead always from the very beginning
- Bugfix: Fixes an issue with the Google translation module
- Bugfix: In the overview window for the Tabs the pinned tabs were not marked.
- Bugfix: solves an issue with filter lists where filters include the quote character
- Bugfix: solves an issue with the bookmarks export if the bookmarks include "smart folders". Other browsers (which do not support the "smart folder" feature) could fail in importing the bookmarks from iCab Mobile. This should no longer happen now.
10.2
Mar 10, 2021
- There's a new feature available: „Pinned Tabs“.
This feature allows to lock („pin") Tabs so that they can’t be closed accidentally anymore. Also, as long as Tabs are pinned all links to other domains will automatically open in new Tabs, so that the pinned Tab will stay on the same web page all the time. You can pin/unpin a Tab either via action menu, via contextual menu (long-press) of the Tab button within the Tabs toolbar itself or via toolbar icon. This feature can be configured in the Tabs settings. Pinned Tabs can be „sorted“,so they will be moved to the very left of the tabs toolbar, they can be reduced in size (the „compact“ option) so they need less space, and they can be marked with a color, so they stand out on the tabs toolbar. Also pinned Tabs do not have a close button, you need to unpin the tab first to make it closable again.
- Fixes an issue with the google translation module
- Includes a workaround for an issue within iOS 14 which could have the result that not all filters of very large filter lists were applied
- In the text selection menu the item "select All" will be available now
- Right-clicking with mouse or trackpad will now open the contextual menu for the web site
- Updated localization for "Simplified Chinese"
This feature allows to lock („pin") Tabs so that they can’t be closed accidentally anymore. Also, as long as Tabs are pinned all links to other domains will automatically open in new Tabs, so that the pinned Tab will stay on the same web page all the time. You can pin/unpin a Tab either via action menu, via contextual menu (long-press) of the Tab button within the Tabs toolbar itself or via toolbar icon. This feature can be configured in the Tabs settings. Pinned Tabs can be „sorted“,so they will be moved to the very left of the tabs toolbar, they can be reduced in size (the „compact“ option) so they need less space, and they can be marked with a color, so they stand out on the tabs toolbar. Also pinned Tabs do not have a close button, you need to unpin the tab first to make it closable again.
- Fixes an issue with the google translation module
- Includes a workaround for an issue within iOS 14 which could have the result that not all filters of very large filter lists were applied
- In the text selection menu the item "select All" will be available now
- Right-clicking with mouse or trackpad will now open the contextual menu for the web site
- Updated localization for "Simplified Chinese"
10.1.4
Jan 26, 2021
- In the "user interface" settings there's now an option to change the App icon. This feature is provided exclusively for users who purchased one of the "tips" in the In-App store. It is meant as a "thank you" for those users who support the App even more than the tiny one-time fee for the App itself.
- It is now possible to use a microphone under iOS 14 on websites (for audio/video conferences). Of course the user needs to explicitly allow this
- Bugfix: The list of suggestions for the addressfield is now also working with the extra-large system fonts
- The App tries to prevent "Fingerprinting" via FavIcons
- It is now possible to use a microphone under iOS 14 on websites (for audio/video conferences). Of course the user needs to explicitly allow this
- Bugfix: The list of suggestions for the addressfield is now also working with the extra-large system fonts
- The App tries to prevent "Fingerprinting" via FavIcons
10.1.3
Jan 5, 2021
- Fixes a crash under iOS 14 at launch time when the App was not yet installed.
10.1.2
Jan 4, 2021
- Danish translation added
- The search from within the text selection menu will be added to the general search history now as well
- Bugfix: A few RSS feeds were downloaded instead of displayed within the built-in RSS reader
- Bugfix: Assigning a module to a gesture did no longer work under iOS 14
- Bugfix: The translation feature for a text selection didn't work anymore
- Bugfix: The User Interface will work much better with extra large system fonts
- The search from within the text selection menu will be added to the general search history now as well
- Bugfix: A few RSS feeds were downloaded instead of displayed within the built-in RSS reader
- Bugfix: Assigning a module to a gesture did no longer work under iOS 14
- Bugfix: The translation feature for a text selection didn't work anymore
- Bugfix: The User Interface will work much better with extra large system fonts
10.1.1
Nov 17, 2020
- Bugfix: Solves an issue with the domain exceptions of the filters
- Bugfix: fixes an issue with the automatic update of AdBlock Plus filter lists which do not define certain meta data abiut the filters. Without this information iCab could not link the updated list tio the existing link and stored the update a new list. So with each automatic update a new copy was created, which resulted in performance issue after a while because of the many copies of the list. Now this problem will be detected and resolved.
- In the "Design" settings for the user interface it is now possible to optionally define the colors by their hexadecimal values as well
- Bugfix: fixes an issue with the automatic update of AdBlock Plus filter lists which do not define certain meta data abiut the filters. Without this information iCab could not link the updated list tio the existing link and stored the update a new list. So with each automatic update a new copy was created, which resulted in performance issue after a while because of the many copies of the list. Now this problem will be detected and resolved.
- In the "Design" settings for the user interface it is now possible to optionally define the colors by their hexadecimal values as well
10.1
Nov 9, 2020
- The support for the popular filter lists from "Adblock Plus", "Easylist", "uBlock" and compatible was improved. Now, iCab Mobile also supports the fully automatic update of these filter lists in the background. By default iCab uses the recommended update interval defined by these filter lists, but you can nevertheless change the update interval yourself (this can be useful because even though the filter lists do change all the time, the changes which are relevant for you are usually not that big, so a longer update interval can save some network traffic without any disadvantages). The option to change the update interval can be found when opening the filter list in the filter settings. Here you'll also find a button to update the list immediatelly.
In the list of filter groups you can tap on the "+" at the top right to open several web sites (AdBlock Plus, Easylist, Filterlists) from where you get get and install such filter lists. These web sites contain special "Add" or "Subscribe" links, which should be used to directly install the filters.
Previous versions of iCab Mobile did already support these third-party filter lists, though without the "auto-update" feature. So if you have imported such filters before, you should import these filters again from from their web site, so that iCab can now get the information about the auto-update and then it will be able to update the filters in the future fully automatically.
- Bugfix: Solves an issue when importing AdBlock-Plus compatible filter lists
- New option "Desktop Fullscreen Mode" for videos added in the "Website" settings. Some web sites enable the fullscreen mode for videos in a different way on mobile and desktop browsers. With this option the "Desktop Fullscreen Mode" can be enabled in general, disabled in general and enabled only in "Desktop mode" (which means the browser uses a Browser ID of a desktop browser).
In the list of filter groups you can tap on the "+" at the top right to open several web sites (AdBlock Plus, Easylist, Filterlists) from where you get get and install such filter lists. These web sites contain special "Add" or "Subscribe" links, which should be used to directly install the filters.
Previous versions of iCab Mobile did already support these third-party filter lists, though without the "auto-update" feature. So if you have imported such filters before, you should import these filters again from from their web site, so that iCab can now get the information about the auto-update and then it will be able to update the filters in the future fully automatically.
- Bugfix: Solves an issue when importing AdBlock-Plus compatible filter lists
- New option "Desktop Fullscreen Mode" for videos added in the "Website" settings. Some web sites enable the fullscreen mode for videos in a different way on mobile and desktop browsers. With this option the "Desktop Fullscreen Mode" can be enabled in general, disabled in general and enabled only in "Desktop mode" (which means the browser uses a Browser ID of a desktop browser).
10.0.3
Oct 23, 2020
- In the new filter lists CSS filters now show not only the CSS selectors but also their URL
- Bugfix: On the iPad under iOS 14 renaming of files failed in the download manager when this was done from within the search results
- Bugfix: Saving PDFs or pictures did not save these directly but instead as web archive
- Bugfix: when leaving the App while a password box for a HTTP authentication request was open, the App had to be restarted in order to open other HTTP authentication password requests.
- Bugfix: importing filters from Cloud services manually did not work.
- Bugfix: The filter settings could not be opened from within the Action menu
- Bugfix: On the iPad under iOS 14 renaming of files failed in the download manager when this was done from within the search results
- Bugfix: Saving PDFs or pictures did not save these directly but instead as web archive
- Bugfix: when leaving the App while a password box for a HTTP authentication request was open, the App had to be restarted in order to open other HTTP authentication password requests.
- Bugfix: importing filters from Cloud services manually did not work.
- Bugfix: The filter settings could not be opened from within the Action menu
10.0.2
Oct 15, 2020
- Directly importing filter lists from the AdBlock Plus web site is now also possible
- Supports fullscreen mode for videos for web sites which are only supporting this via "Desktop" mode
- Fixes an incompatibility in the default search engines list when syncing it with the Mac version of iCab
- Fixes a small issue with a few links after using the contextual menu on the link
- Supports fullscreen mode for videos for web sites which are only supporting this via "Desktop" mode
- Fixes an incompatibility in the default search engines list when syncing it with the Mac version of iCab
- Fixes a small issue with a few links after using the contextual menu on the link
iCab Mobile (Web Browser) FAQ
Click here to learn how to download iCab Mobile (Web Browser) in restricted country or region.
Check the following list to see the minimum requirements of iCab Mobile (Web Browser).
iPhone
Requires iOS 11.0 or later.
iPad
Requires iPadOS 11.0 or later.
Apple Watch
Requires watchOS 2.2 or later.
iPod touch
Requires iOS 11.0 or later.
iCab Mobile (Web Browser) supports English, Catalan, Czech, Danish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Traditional Chinese
iCab Mobile (Web Browser) contains in-app purchases. Please check the pricing plan as below:
Upgrade
$0.99
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$2.99
Upgrade plus Extra Generous Tip
$5.99
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$1.99
