# Safari

> World’s fastest, truly private

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1146562112](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1146562112)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id1146562112`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Apple
- **Category:** Utilities
- **Rating:** 4.40 / 5 (178,501 ratings)
- **Version:** 6.7
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-14
- **First published:** 2021-10-25
- **Size:** 6.32 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-25
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/safari/id1146562112)
- **Website:** [https://www.apple.com/safari](https://www.apple.com/safari)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.apple.com/legal/privacy/en-ww](https://www.apple.com/legal/privacy/en-ww)

## Description

Safari is Apple’s fast, private web browser for iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Browse websites, translate pages, search by voice, save articles to Reading List, and move seamlessly between devices with Handoff. Passwords, bookmarks, history, tabs, and Tab Groups sync across your Apple devices.

Privacy features include Private Browsing, Intelligent Tracking Prevention, blocked tracker reports, and separate Profiles for work and personal browsing. Customize Safari with extensions, Reader mode, Shared Tab Groups, Add to Home Screen, and webpage update notifications.

## Rankings

- #2,417 — Overall
- #2 — search bar
- #3 — browser history
- #3 — internet
- #5 — browser extension
- #5 — chrome browser

## Review summary

Overall, users praise Safari as a reliable, visually appealing browser and often their favorite on iPhone, with usefulness for research and quick tasks. However recurring issues after updates—load failures, slow performance, navigation regressions, and age restrictions—dampen the experience for many. Some also report history-clearing bugs and other minor problems. The sentiment is positive when it works, but reliability and usability problems tied to updates are the main recurring complaints.

### Pros

- Overall positive user experience and praise (described as nice/awesome by multiple users).
- Frequently chosen as the preferred/favorite browser on iPhone.
- Colorful, appealing UI design.
- Useful for drawing references, research, and quick tasks.
- Viewed as trustworthy, reliable, and offering innovative search.

### Cons

- Post-update bugs after 26.4.2 causing Safari to not load or crash.
- Slow performance, laggy input, and long page load times.
- Tab view/navigation regressions after updates, making it harder to use.
- Age restrictions blocking access for some users (13+/16+ limitations).
- History management issues (inability to clear history) and other minor bugs.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1146562112)