Shimmer Browser 17+

Name: Shimmer Browser
Author: James Froggatt

Quickly check your daily sites

James Froggatt

Designed for iPad

- Free
- Offers In-App Purchases

Description

Introducing Shimmer Browser - The focus browser!

Easily browse your frequently used news or learning websites, or limit your browsing of social media sites! All your passwords and ad-blockers from Safari are immediately available, for convenient and distraction free-browsing!

Shimmer lets you save a set of frequently accessed tabs, to be synced between your devices using iCloud.

If you browse social media too much, use Shimmer to limit your browsing sessions with the new "Session limit" feature! Limit your browsing to X sessions in Y time period.

The home-screen widget can show all your synced sites, only your selected sites. Choose just one site to add it to your homescreen as a really big icon!

Shimmer also solves tabs piling up! You can clear all tabs with just a button press, or disable browser tabs completely to only show your saved sites.

If you're reading this far, you may be interesting in tab triage! When a link on a saved site takes you to a new page, the site opens in a card, with options to quickly close, save for later, or continue in a new tab. It's a power-user feature you get when you swap from In-App Safari to the full browsing experience.

6 May 2025

Version 2.3.0

• New tab icon style - tab favicons (or site initials) are shown in rounded squares with a drop-shadow.
• Capital letters in tab names are used for more precise initials if present, otherwise the first letter of the tab name is used as before.
• Moved navigation controls & address bar to bottom of sidebar. More complete redesign built around bottom navigation incoming!

The developer, James Froggatt, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.