# Puffin Cloud Browser

> Puffin Cloud Browser

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id472937654](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id472937654)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id472937654`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** CloudMosa, Inc.
- **Category:** Utilities
- **Rating:** 3.90 / 5 (6,700 ratings)
- **Version:** 5.2.9
- **Last updated:** 2023-02-15
- **First published:** 2012-01-07
- **Size:** 85 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-11
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/puffin-cloud-browser/id472937654)
- **Website:** [https://www.puffin.com/](https://www.puffin.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.puffin.com/privacy/](https://www.puffin.com/privacy/)

## Description

Puffin Cloud Browser is a cloud-based client that renders web content on remote cloud servers rather than locally. It creates a browser-like experience while maintaining isolation from the client device and supporting cloud rendering.

Key features include browser isolation, cloud acceleration, data savings, download-to-cloud, full desktop mode, and a virtual gamepad/mouse/trackpad. Important limitations: it works with publicly accessible sites in some regions; private intranets or geo-restricted sites may not load, and some Puffin server IPs may require white-listing.

## Rankings

- #24,415 — Overall
- #4 — flash player
- #10 — browser settings
- #17 — browser tab
- #20 — adobe flash
- #21 — browser history

## Review summary

Overall, Puffin is seen as valuable for legacy devices and nostalgic Flash gaming, but it's plagued by captcha walls, outages, and performance problems. Users report endless bot checks, frequent downtimes with little company communication, slow loading, and instability when editing gamepad mappings. Flash support is no longer reliable, diminishing a key selling point. Some still find it usable on very old iOS versions or slow connections, but many feel the app is abandoned or not maintained.

### Pros

- Good for legacy devices / older iOS versions (lightweight; usable where other browsers fail)
- Historically allowed playing Flash games / unique nostalgic feature
- Works reasonably well on slow/low-bandwidth connections

### Cons

- Persistent CAPTCHA/bot verification blocks access and interrupts use
- Frequent outages / downtime with little to no developer communication
- Flash support has been removed or is nonfunctional, hurting core functionality
- Slowness and slow page loading
- Crashes/instability when mapping or editing the gamepad controls

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id472937654)