# Dolphin Mobile Browser

> Fast Private Web Search

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id634693702](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id634693702)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id634693702`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** MoboTap Inc.
- **Category:** Business
- **Rating:** 2.70 / 5 (579 ratings)
- **Version:** 10.0.6
- **Last updated:** 2020-11-24
- **First published:** 2013-05-16
- **Size:** 53 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-23
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/dolphin-mobile-browser/id634693702)
- **Website:** [http://www.dolphin.com](http://www.dolphin.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [http://www.dolphin.com](http://www.dolphin.com/)

## Description

Dolphin Mobile Browser is a free, fast, smart and personal web browser for iPhone and iPad, featuring one-tap share, tabbed browsing, cloud sync, gesture browsing, sonar search, speed dial, and a customizable sidebar. With over 150,000,000 users, it delivers a swift and private browsing experience on mobile.

Discover cross-device syncing with Dolphin Connect to share history, bookmarks, passwords, and open tabs between mobile and desktop, plus gesture controls and quick search to navigate the web on the go.

## Rankings

- #85,476 — Overall
- #38 — firefox
- #40 — browser tab
- #55 — chrome browser
- #72 — browser
- #80 — browser extension

## Review summary

User reviews cluster around a few recurring issues and features. The positives center on background YouTube playback and ad blocking, plus a sense of nostalgia for Dolphin as a feature-rich browser. The major negatives are persistent Yahoo defaulting, removal/breakage of background playback, ad blocking failures, broken tab behavior (no new tabs; opens in Safari), and settings that fail to persist. Overall, reliability has declined despite some loyal sentiment.

### Pros

- Background playback of YouTube videos/music (a primary feature cited by users).
- Ad blocking capability (valued by users when functioning).
- Nostalgia/loyalty toward Dolphin as a long-standing, feature-rich browser.

### Cons

- Default search engine resets to Yahoo and cannot stay on Google.
- Background playback feature has been removed or no longer works.
- Ad blocking no longer works (ads slip through).
- Links cannot be opened in a new tab; long-press opens in Safari, breaking multi-tab workflow.
- Settings (default search/homepage) are not saved or repeatedly reset.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id634693702)