Secret Browser

Secret Browser


Dedicated Private Web Browsing


FreeOffers In-App Purchases

3.13.4for iPhone, iPad and more
8.9
477 Ratings
Steve Ehrenberg
Developer
80.2 MB
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Jan 8, 2024
Update Date
Utilities
Category
17+
Age Rating
Age Rating
4+
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9+
Apps in this category may contain mild or occasional cartoon, fantasy or real-life violence, as well as occasional or mild adult, sexually suggestive or horrifying content and may not be suitable for children under 9 years of age.
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17+
You must be at least 17 years old to access this App.
Apps in this category may contain frequent and intense offensive language; Frequent and intense cartoon, fantasy or realistic violence: frequent and intense adult, scary and sexually suggestive subjects: as well as sexual content, nudity, tobacco, alcohol and drugs, may not be suitable for children under 17 years of age.
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About Secret Browser

Browse the web secretly and with ease of mind! History, cookies and cache are cleared for automatically! Secret Browser has a FAST, simple, familiar interface that gets out of your way when you want it to allowing for (optional) full screen browsing.

Secret Browser does one simple thing and does it well. Browse the web (in secret). And it does it all for FREE!

Use your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad to browse the web without worrying about your history or cookies leaving a trail that can be traced from anyone else who might pick up your device.

- Clean and familiar interface is there when you need it but knows the get out of the way when you don't. Updates to work with any sized screen you throw at it!

- Dark mode supported

- Uses Apple's super fast WebKit framework giving you the same rendering and javascript engines that Safari uses so you know it's fast!

- Basic Ad Blocking support with the open source Ka-Block! content rule list!

- Tabbed Browsing. Supports as many tabs as your device can handle with 3D Touch support for devices that allow it!

- Home Reset. By default, any time Secret Browser gets sent to the background the browser is cleaned and reset automatically so next time it's launched, your history, cookies and cache will be completely gone!

- Lock Reset. Optionally, you can set Secret Browser to wipe everything and start over any time your device is locked!

- Rotation Lock. Setup the orientation lock and keep your device in portrait or landscape modes, only.

- Share sheet support. Browsing a website somewhere else and want to take things a little more private? Hit the share button and open it in Secret Browser.

- Share sheet search. Find some text you want to search for in another app? Select the text and tap Share to search for it instantly in Secret Browser!

- Hide the Status Bar on your smaller iPhones and iPod Touch devices to save those precious pixels and browse in FULL SCREEN!

- Disable Javascript. Make things a little more light weight.

- Custom User-Agent. Optionally select one of many pre-made User-Agent strings or use a custom string. Trick (most) websites into thinking you're using a different web browser or device! (Pro Mode subscription required)

- Custom Start Page. Optionally setup a custom startup page for every time Secret Browser loads up. (Pro Mode subscription required)

- Custom Search Providers. Switch between some default, provided search providers or use any URL you'd like! Search right from the address bar! (Pro Mode subscription required)

- Custom 3D Touch Shortcuts. If you have a 3D Touch capable device, you can 3D touch the Secret Browser icon to bring up a list of shortcuts! Customize them inside the Settings.app! (Pro Mode subscription required)

- Printing Support. Print pages right from Secret Browser to any printer that supports printing from your iOS device. (Pro Mode subscription required)

- Easy to customize! Plenty of options available and all stored away in your devices Settings.app to keep Secret Browser's interface clutter-free and easy to use.

NOTE: Secret Browser CAN NOT hide your browsing activity from your Internet Service Provider or local network.

* Subscription payments will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase or after your trial ends. Any unused portion of a free trial will be forfeited if you purchase a subscription before the trial ends. Subscriptions automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal of the same duration subscription within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. Subscriptions may be managed and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to your Account Settings after purchase.

EULA: https://secretbrowserapp.com/eula.txt
Privacy: https://secretbrowserapp.com/privacy.txt

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What's New in the Latest Version 3.13.4

Last updated on Jan 8, 2024
Old Versions
- Built with the newest iOS SDK
- Updated third party libraries
- Built with Apple Silicon
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Version History
3.13.4
Jan 8, 2024
- Built with the newest iOS SDK
- Updated third party libraries
- Built with Apple Silicon
3.13.3
Oct 26, 2023
Small spring cleaning update

- Updated some back end libraries
3.13.2
Feb 28, 2023
- Added a message the first few times you return from the background quickly telling you about the short grace period
- Added an option to disable the background grace period if you'd rather the browser reset instantly
- Fixed the text in the settings so it actually displays
3.13.1
Jan 21, 2023
v3.13.1
Fixed an issue where the top insets could be slightly off on devices with a dynamic island


v3.13.0

Big spring (winter?) cleaning update!
- Minimum supported version of iOS is now 13.5 (it was time)
- Cleaned up so much legacy support code
- Completely refactored the bar scrolling support which should be a lot more rock solid now
- Added a small selection of "themes" in Settings
- Fixed up some issues that cropped up with iOS 16
- Revamped the tabs screen
- Updated most of the third party libraries
- Updated the built in content blocker
- Dusted off the Settings and fixed up some that weren't working correctly
- Moved to SF Symbols for most of our small icons so we fit in with the rest of the cool kids
- Too many other small tweaks and fixes to name
3.13.0
Jan 17, 2023
Big spring (winter?) cleaning update!
- Minimum supported version of iOS is now 13.5 (it was time)
- Cleaned up so much legacy support code
- Completely refactored the bar scrolling support which should be a lot more rock solid now
- Added a small selection of "themes" in Settings
- Fixed up some issues that cropped up with iOS 16
- Revamped the tabs screen
- Updated most of the third party libraries
- Updated the built in content blocker
- Dusted off the Settings and fixed up some that weren't working correctly
- Moved to SF Symbols for most of our small icons so we fit in with the rest of the cool kids
- Too many other small tweaks and fixes to name
3.12.2
Feb 21, 2022
- Fixed an issue that would cause tabs to scroll back to the top after switching or opening a new one
- Added option to disable the prompt for opening a requested external application
- Updated some third party libraries
3.12.1
Jan 19, 2022
3.12.1
- Fixed an iOS 15 issue with the tab picker on iPads

3.12.0
- iOS 15 Support
- Complete rewrite of the addressbar/toolbar scrolling logic
- Fixed tab screenshots on tab picker
- Fixed some nagging bugs
- Updated 3rd party libraries
3.12.0
Jan 11, 2022
- iOS 15 Support
- Complete rewrite of the addressbar/toolbar scrolling logic
- Fixed tab screenshots on tab picker
- Fixed some nagging bugs
- Updated 3rd party libraries
3.11.2
May 7, 2021
- Couple of small bug fixes
- Updated backend libraries
3.11.1
Apr 12, 2021
Small Update here...
- Backend library updates
3.11.0
Feb 4, 2021
- iOS 10.3+ required. (I held out as long as I could)
- Removed some back end support libraries as a result of the iOS 10.3 bump
- Updated some support libraries
- Updated adblock rules
- "Winter" cleaning of some code
3.10.3
Oct 20, 2020
3.10.3:
- Fixed a small issue with the previous build

3.10.2:
- Updated content blocker to use Easylist
- Fixed some issues for default browser submission
- Updated third party libraries
3.10.2
Oct 9, 2020
- Updated content blocker to use Easylist
- Fixed some issues for default browser submission
- Updated third party libraries
3.10.1
Sep 16, 2020
Updated for iOS 14!
- Added support for iOS 14's new privacy features
- Updated some behind the scenes libraries
- Built with iOS 14 SDK
3.10.0
Jul 9, 2020
Spring Cleaning Update
- FIxed up some oddities with SplitView and Slide Over on iPad
- Cleaned up a lot of code
- Updated a lot of back end libraries
- Sprinkled with a bit of love from my newborn daughter
2.9.8
Nov 27, 2019
Little one this time...
- Fix an issue where the keyboard could sometimes cover the Manual Input field in the Settings app preventing you from seeing what you were typing or pasting.
2.9.7
Nov 16, 2019
Just some really small fixes..

2.9.6 Updates..
- Fixed an issue that caused some websites video players to not play nice on the iPad with iOS 13
- Updated some libraries
2.9.6
Nov 4, 2019
- Fixed an issue that caused some websites video players to not play nice on the iPad with iOS 13
- Updated some libraries
2.9.5
Sep 26, 2019
- Support for iOS 13
- Dark mode tweaks to fully support the new dark appearance in iOS 13
- Some updates under the hood
3.9.4
Jul 16, 2019
- Added an option to disable Javascript alerts
- Fixed a couple of issues that could cause some crashes
- Updated some libraries
3.9.3
May 9, 2019
Nothing super exciting in this one. Just a couple of backend and library updates for Swift 5.
3.9.2
Mar 30, 2019
- Updated cache cleanup.
. Made a few improvements to the cache cleanup method to keep things squeaky clean.
- Updated Now Playing for newer iOS versions.
. Playing videos/music from Secret Browser should no longer leave the title in your Now Playing widget.
- Fixed top bar issues.
. Resolved an issue with some websites that had a top bar that would remain stuck under the address bar.
- Swift 5 and iOS 12.2 compatibility.
- Updated libraries and internal code.
3.9.1
Jan 5, 2019
New year, new updates and bug fixes!
3.9.0
Sep 28, 2018
- Share extension
- Open a URL from any app inside Secret Browser
- Select some text anywhere in iOS and search for it with Secret Browser
- New universal custom scheme: secretbrowser://
- Use secretbrowser://go?q=www.example.com to launch Secret Browser and load the specified URL
- Use secretbrowser://search?q=searchforme to launch Secret Browser and search for the specified text
- Use the new URL scheme with the Shortcuts app for awesome possibilities!
3.8.3
Sep 17, 2018
Official iOS 12 Update!
- Updates code to Swift 4.2
- Updated data removal methods
- Bitcode support for more future proofing
- Ran a duster over some older code
- Updated some libraries

Secret Browser FAQ

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Check the following list to see the minimum requirements of Secret Browser.
iPhone
Requires iOS 13.5 or later.
iPad
Requires iPadOS 13.5 or later.
iPod touch
Requires iOS 13.5 or later.
Secret Browser supports English
Secret Browser contains in-app purchases. Please check the pricing plan as below:
1 Month Recurring
$0.99
1 Year Recurring
$4.99
3 Month Recurring
$2.49

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