Orion Browser by Kagi 17+
Fastest mobile browser
Kagi Inc.
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- Free
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Description
Orion is a fast, free, web browser for iPhone and iPad with no ads, no telemetry. Check also Orion for your Mac desktop.
Orion has been engineered from ground up as a truly privacy-respecting browser. We did it by embracing a simple principle - Orion is a zero telemetry browser. Your private information will never leave Orion by default.
And to protect your privacy on the web, Orion comes with industry-leading anti-tracking technology as well as a powerful built-in ad-blocker.
What’s New
Version 1.3.8
Bug fixes:
- Fixed search suggestion fonts when using `Larger Text` Accessibility
- Fixed built-in bookmark folder icons for non-english languages
- Fixed issue where pinch zoom gesture triggers page reload
- Fixed issue where opening external URL is overlaped by active tab when Orion is not running
- Fixed issue causing PDF file link to initiate download, instead of displaying in browser
- Fixed issue where Bookmark Library getting dismissed when clicking `Done` while editing bookmark
- Fixed duplicate tab feature
- Fixed issue triggering location bar focus when opening link in new tab
- Fixed issue where dictation in address bar appends instead of replacing highlighted text
- Fixed icons sizes in Share menu
- Fixed issue causing empty html file on exporting bookmarks
- Fixed opening link in Private tab from Tab Group
- Fixed issue where switching tab groups not updating tab list in grid layout
- Fixed location bar background on typing
- Fixed app crash on visiting analognowhere.com
- Fixed app crash on toggling `Populate Tabs List from Bottom`setting
- Fixed `Options` button action when iPhone is in landscape orientation
- Fixed localization of default bookmarks
- Fixed location bar UI glitch when opening link in new tab
- Fixed download file name when downloading blob file
- Fixed wrong favicon issue when redirecting from Google
- Fixed alignment of `No Results` label when no suggestions available
- Fixed share icon alignment in bottom toolbar
- Fixed restoring auto suspended tabs on selection
- Fixed getting active page by web-extensions after closing last active tab
- Fixed toolbar flash on creating new tab
- Fixed location bar animation on new tab creation when "Show Keyboard on New Tab" option is enabled
- Fixed issue where location bar text becomes gray when scrolling down quickly after clicking on a link
- Fixed some crashes
Improvements:
- Added button to insert suggestion in location bar
- Added Hide Toolbar option for Reader Mode
- Added typed string as Search Engine suggestion when no Search Suggestions available to match Safari
- Added "No Results" label when there's no suggestion while typing in location bar
- Added "Recently Closed Tabs" feature on `+` button long press
- Added translucency to toolbars and location bar
- Added support for opening link when clicking on link preview
- Added support for Swedish BankID app
- Added support for "Speech Recognition" access
- Improved website tinting
- Removed option to move private tab to saved tab group
- Updated Start Page translucency under toolbars
- Updated tab overview grid layout to have similar number of columns like Safari
- Updated `Focus Mode` to show full toolbar on scroll
Ratings and Reviews
Great app, hopefully more features to come
I’ll give this app 4 stars, it’s great at this early stage, but with a few more quality of life features it’ll be a 5. First off, when clicking on a link I’m always prompted to open it in the app of choice, but I don’t get the option to just open it in the browser (also a open in whatever browser of choice could be nice). The options it gives you are “Never, Once, Always, and Cancel”, but “Cancel” doesn’t just automatically open the link in the browser. Another feature I’d suggest is to let us click on the auto fill suggestions in the search to put the words on our keyboard like in Safari. One more good feature is to add tab groups and also let us change the layout of the bottom icons. If you’re reading this, thank you for putting this amazing app on iOS and your work is appreciated.
Every day, this browser gets better.
I’ve been using this browser as a daily driver since late 2022, along with its default search engine, Kagi. When I started using it, I was willing to overlook bugs as a tradeoff for the extensive telemetry prevention and adblocking services built in. I really believe in their mission to wrest personal user data out of the control of companies, and into the control of the user. While in the past this browser had several bugs and crashed fairly frequently, today it’s so much smoother and the team works hard to communicate the improvements, and listens to their users on their forum. This browser allows Crome and Firefox extension support to a fairly large number of common extensions, including recently some password managers. I also appreciate many of the features which have been added that ease use, it has a much more comprehensive feature list than most other browsers I’ve seen, including the default Safari, while still being excellent out of the box.
It’s exciting to ride along for the journey. Kudos to the team of developers for what they stand for and the hard work they do.
Love the concept, but implementation needs work
I had issues with their desktop browser not supporting certain extensions (namely MetaMask) and when trying on mobile, Dark Reader gets wiped out whenever I close the app and re-open it, forcing me to toggle the extension off then on to get it working again. These small quality of life improvements and compatibility upgrades will go a long way to making Orion my daily driver. I’ll keep checking in on progress from time to time to see how it’s going. Great to see a dedicated team behind this.
App Privacy
The developer, Kagi Inc., indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Kagi Inc.
- Size
- 177.3 MB
- Category
- Utilities
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 13.0 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 13.0 or later.
- iPod touch
- Requires iOS 13.0 or later.
- Apple Vision
- Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- Languages
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English, Czech, Dutch, Finnish, French, Galician, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian
- Age Rating
- 17+ Unrestricted Web Access
- Copyright
- © Kagi Inc. All Rights Reserved
- Price
- Free
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