# Stargon Browser

> A compact browser with a powerful ad blocker.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/net.onecook.browser](https://chrome-stats.com/d/net.onecook.browser)

## Overview

- **ID:** `net.onecook.browser`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Onecook
- **Category:** COMMUNICATION
- **Downloads:** 820,032
- **Rating:** 3.98 / 5 (7,461 ratings)
- **Version:** 6.5.1
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-04
- **First published:** 2018-12-03
- **Publisher country:** KR
- **Size:** 5.12 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-12
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.onecook.browser)
- **Website:** [https://stargon.org](https://stargon.org/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://stargon.koobig.com/privacy.html](https://stargon.koobig.com/privacy.html)

## Description

Stargon Browser is a fast, lightweight browser with a powerful ad blocker, video download, and custom fonts. It delivers gesture navigation, reader mode, DNS VPN, capture, video player, background play, brightness control, image blocker, and more for a seamless browsing experience.

Privacy-first by design, it states that no personal information is collected and requires no mandatory permissions. Optional permissions cover location, camera, microphone, and notifications to enable features like location-based content, QR code scanning, and download progress alerts.

## Rankings

- #76,500 — Overall
- #2 — start page
- #23 — browser history
- #25 — browser settings

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE`
- `android.permission.CAMERA`
- `android.permission.DOWNLOAD_WITHOUT_NOTIFICATION`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_DATA_SYNC`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_MEDIA_PLAYBACK`
- `android.permission.INTERNET`
- `android.permission.MODIFY_AUDIO_SETTINGS`
- `android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS`
- `android.permission.QUERY_ALL_PACKAGES`
- `android.permission.RECORD_AUDIO`
- `android.permission.REQUEST_INSTALL_PACKAGES`
- `android.permission.USE_BIOMETRIC`
- `android.permission.USE_FINGERPRINT`
- `com.android.launcher.permission.INSTALL_SHORTCUT`
- `net.onecook.browser.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION`

## Review summary

Users praise Stargon for speed, light resource use, privacy features, and a feature-rich, easy-to-use experience. However, repeated complaints center on stability (crashes), download handling (pause/resume, reliability), UI/display quirks (volume/brightness removal, screen dimming), and data persistence issues (bookmarks/history). A few users also report ad-blocking reliability problems on certain sites. Overall, strong performance and privacy appeal, but stability and download/UI concerns limit consistency.

### Pros

- Very fast and lightweight performance.
- Privacy-focused with effective ad blocking.
- Rich set of options and strong user control.
- Clean, intuitive, easy-to-use interface.
- Ad-free browsing experience and data-saving capabilities.

### Cons

- Crashes or instability on startup or during use.
- Download management issues: no pause/resume, occasional corrupted downloads, and lack of a dedicated download manager.
- UI/display quirks: removal of volume/brightness controls, screen dimming, and full-screen auto-off.
- Data persistence problems: bookmarks stopping and history crashes.
- Ad-blocking reliability concerns on some sites (occasional blocking failures and captcha issues).

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