# Secret Browser

> Dedicated Private Web Browsing

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id337346574](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id337346574)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id337346574`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Steve Ehrenberg
- **Category:** Utilities
- **Rating:** 4.50 / 5 (2,474 ratings)
- **Version:** 3.14.3
- **Last updated:** 2025-08-11
- **First published:** 2009-11-12
- **Size:** 156 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-14
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/secret-browser/id337346574)
- **Website:** [http://secretbrowserapp.com/](http://secretbrowserapp.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://secretbrowserapp.com/privacy.txt](https://secretbrowserapp.com/privacy.txt)

## Description

Secret Browser is a private browsing solution for iOS that wipes history, cookies, and cache automatically. It uses WebKit for fast rendering, offers dark mode, tabbed browsing, full-screen mode, and basic ad blocking with Ka-Block! to help protect your privacy while you browse.

Some advanced features are available via Pro Mode, including custom user agents, custom start pages, custom search providers, 3D Touch shortcuts, and printing. It also features share sheet integration, auto reset when the app is backgrounded, and configurable privacy controls. Note that it cannot hide your activity from your ISP or local network.

## Rankings

- #37,260 — Overall
- #6 — browser history
- #7 — internet
- #10 — web
- #12 — browser
- #12 — browsing

## Review summary

Users praise the app for its strong privacy stance, speed, and straightforward use, with occasional praise for reading paywalled content and beating other privacy browsers. However, the app suffers from reliability issues (crashes, hangs, and unexpected exits), data loss on leaving or after resets, a lack of saving or settings, and an ad-heavy model with subscription pressure. Some reviews also raise security concerns. Overall, it shows promise as a privacy-focused browser but needs significant stability and UX improvements to be reliable.

### Pros

- Privacy-friendly design that helps hide activity from others
- Fast, simple, and user-friendly when it works
- Good for reading articles and sometimes bypassing paywalls
- Efficient history deletion/private browsing features
- Generally favorable compared with other privacy-focused browsers

### Cons

- Frequent stability issues: crashes, hangs, and unexpected exits to the App Store
- Data loss on leaving the app or after device resets (lost saved sites and passwords)
- No history, no saved data, and a lack of settings or customization
- Intrusive ads and a subscription model to remove them
- Security concerns raised by users (malware warning)

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id337346574)