iPad browser competition: Chrome, iCab, Diigo and others

Chrome: All-round browser

• Advantages: Frequent updates, high security; rich extensions, highly customized; simple interface; powerful search engine support.
• Disadvantages: High resource utilization; may involve personal data collection.

Chrome has been the most popular alternative to Safari since its launch, offering a fast and convenient browsing experience and supports sync with Chrome browser on your desktop/laptop. Its unique cross-device webpage opening feature allows you to continue browsing open webpages on other devices on your iPad.

iCab: Efficiency improvement device

• Advantages: Customizable search engine; convenient shortcut keys and gesture operations; built-in reading lists to facilitate saving articles and web pages; built-in ad blocking; support for importing bookmarks from PC or other Mac.
• Disadvantages: paid software; occasionally crash.

iCab is designed for web browsing users who pursue higher efficiency. Its biggest feature is that it supports file uploads, which is a feature that Safari and most other iPad browsers lack. This means you can easily upload photos to Facebook or similar social sites without using the website’s dedicated app. It is also a great choice for bloggers who want to upload photos from iPad to blog posts. In addition, iCab also has download manager, form save and recovery features, and Dropbox support.

Diigo: Chrome-style iOS alternative

• Advantages: Supports saving web pages from other applications; one-click sharing button; convenient Dropbox saving function; support offline reading.
• Disadvantages: Only pages from other browsers can be read; an account is required to be used.

Diigo was predecessored by iChromy, which was the first browser to introduce the Chrome interface to iPad. Like other browsers on the list, it supports tag browsing and has offline mode, privacy mode, and in-page lookup. It can store passwords and disguise them as desktop browsers.

However, Diigo's status has declined since Chrome has been launched on iPad. But it's free, and if you feel that Chrome doesn't exactly match your needs, Diigo is worth a try.

Perfect Browser: The Best Paid Option

• Advantages: Create web QR codes in the app; built-in password manager; move or hide scroll bars; Pro version provides a large number of theme and theme creation tools; Pro version blocks ads.
• Disadvantages: Additional features require a fee; users are frequently prompted to rate.

Perfect Browser offers a comprehensive web browsing experience, but the price is not perfect. It's hard to recommend it compared to free browsers like Chrome and cheap browsers like Atomic. However, if you buy during the promotion, it can be an ideal alternative to Safari and Chrome.

Mobicip Safe: A safe choice for parents

• Advantages: Customizable filtering rules; setting screen usage time limits; blocking applications, games or social media.
• Disadvantages: Not available in the United States; not a real browser.

If you are looking for a safe kid's browser, Mobicip Safe Browser features similar to Safari, but you can filter websites based on age limits. It even provides secure YouTube access, which means you can let your kids browse thousands of YouTube videos without worrying about what they are watching. The browser also allows you to set your own filters and view internet activity so you can easily monitor your kids’ browsing content.

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