Web Roulette!

Name: Web Roulette!
Rating: 4.7 (121 reviews)
Author: Impending

SHAKE for fun!

Only for iPhone

Free

121 Ratings
Ages

16+
Years
Category

Utilities
Developer

Impending
Language

EN
English
Size

17.6
MB

iPhone

Web Roulette is simple and fun to play with like all good toys. Just swipe and shake. 1. Swipe through your favorite sites 2. Shake when bored for a surprise webpage! But it's also your new main mobile browser. NO typing your next page NO page loading times (precached!) NO tab management NO baggage from Netscape Navigator's branch of desktop web browsers Take it out for a spin and we hope you enjoy. “Silly and simple and I kind of love it” - THE VERGE “Simple, addictive, and fun” - TECHCRUNCH “It’s just plain dumb fun” - JOHN GRUBER “Makes surfing your top sites a fun game” - APPADVICE “Browsing websites this way is quick and convenient” - MACRUMORS “Restores… the kind of random nature of “flipping through channels” on the internet.” 9TO5MAC

Ratings & Reviews

4.7

out of 5

121 Ratings

Actually Useful and a Bit of Fun Too
06/16/2023

veronika lynn
This is literally the one and only (and probably the last) time I’ve written a review for an app. I was genuinely surprised by how smooth and clean it felt swiping between pages, and as someone who usually has (REDACTED) tabs open simultaneously, this somehow made it seem a lot less overwhelming and ugly. The random page generator is a fantastic idea that I didn’t even know I wanted until I used it. Have come across a ton of interesting stuff plus it satiates my ADHD juuuust enough 🤪Sure, I still open some tabs on Chrome, Yandex, or Safari from time to time - but this is my preferred way to start my morning now. It’s basically a personalized briefing. Felt like the president of something 🥰🤣👍🏻

Developer Response
That is awesome to hear, and yeah we think it's way more useful than it seems. Very excited to see what you think of the 1.0, should be out in a few days!
Actually Useful and a Bit of Fun Too
06/16/2023

veronika lynn

This is literally the one and only (and probably the last) time I’ve written a review for an app. I was genuinely surprised by how smooth and clean it felt swiping between pages, and as someone who usually has (REDACTED) tabs open simultaneously, this somehow made it seem a lot less overwhelming and ugly. The random page generator is a fantastic idea that I didn’t even know I wanted until I used it. Have come across a ton of interesting stuff plus it satiates my ADHD juuuust enough 🤪Sure, I still open some tabs on Chrome, Yandex, or Safari from time to time - but this is my preferred way to start my morning now. It’s basically a personalized briefing. Felt like the president of something 🥰🤣👍🏻
Developer Response 06/19/2023
That is awesome to hear, and yeah we think it's way more useful than it seems. Very excited to see what you think of the 1.0, should be out in a few days!
A worthy StumbleUpon successor
08/19/2023

Fookinpikey
I rarely review apps but… five minutes into using this, I’m in love. I took a gamble and added most of the auto suggested sites, and have already seen a collection of weird stuff I’d probably never find on my own, including a Wikipedia article of a very weird and obscure Australian tv show. Do I need to see anything I’ve seen? No. But I’m delighted I have. I haven’t even added my own sites yet, but this might finally be something I’m very happy to stay up way too late scrolling through.
A worthy StumbleUpon successor
08/19/2023

Fookinpikey

I rarely review apps but… five minutes into using this, I’m in love. I took a gamble and added most of the auto suggested sites, and have already seen a collection of weird stuff I’d probably never find on my own, including a Wikipedia article of a very weird and obscure Australian tv show. Do I need to see anything I’ve seen? No. But I’m delighted I have. I haven’t even added my own sites yet, but this might finally be something I’m very happy to stay up way too late scrolling through.
GOOD FOR SURFING THE WEB
01/25/2024

Ahhsaina
i always like trying new ways to discover random content. simple google searches don’t let you find stuff like this because of SEO optimized and sponsored content, so having an app like this is really fun! you can spend hours with this app if you love exploring the internet
GOOD FOR SURFING THE WEB
01/25/2024

Ahhsaina

i always like trying new ways to discover random content. simple google searches don’t let you find stuff like this because of SEO optimized and sponsored content, so having an app like this is really fun! you can spend hours with this app if you love exploring the internet
Stumbleupon (and Cake) reborn
05/31/2023

ReviewRaja
It’s a new take on old ideas. The app looks beautiful and UI is smooth but the sound effects are annoying after a while. Also swipe navigational gesture may clash if the website uses swipe. Other than Stumbleupon this reminds me of another extinct app called Cake. It was a swipe based browser app too. With it users search Google and instead of showing blue links it will automatically show the sites from SERP in a swipe slideshow navigation. It will be interesting to see if this app succeed even though similar apps failed!

Developer Response
We'll be looking into a sound setting and yeah I've noticed issues with sites with side swiping carousels. Going to have to think on how to address that one.No idea yet if Web Roulette as an app or concept will truly take hold, but there's enough of you out there enjoying it so far where we'll polish it up in an update and see what happens ☺️Perhaps if it finds a footing where others didn't before, it will be from framing the surprise destinations as an easy way to scratch your itch when bored, but grounding the experience overall in making even even nicer to browser your familiar favorites (on the phone).
Stumbleupon (and Cake) reborn
05/31/2023

ReviewRaja

It’s a new take on old ideas. The app looks beautiful and UI is smooth but the sound effects are annoying after a while. Also swipe navigational gesture may clash if the website uses swipe. Other than Stumbleupon this reminds me of another extinct app called Cake. It was a swipe based browser app too. With it users search Google and instead of showing blue links it will automatically show the sites from SERP in a swipe slideshow navigation. It will be interesting to see if this app succeed even though similar apps failed!
Developer Response 06/04/2023
We'll be looking into a sound setting and yeah I've noticed issues with sites with side swiping carousels. Going to have to think on how to address that one.No idea yet if Web Roulette as an app or concept will truly take hold, but there's enough of you out there enjoying it so far where we'll polish it up in an update and see what happens ☺️Perhaps if it finds a footing where others didn't before, it will be from framing the surprise destinations as an easy way to scratch your itch when bored, but grounding the experience overall in making even even nicer to browser your familiar favorites (on the phone).

NEW IN WEB ROULETTE 1.0! Simplified, Polished, Purple Mario Kart Shakes Faving & Favs List Pull to Search Google 40 Fun New Site Recs Including Web Comics! Freely Swipe Back Infinite Shakes & Links Sound Toggle Setting 2.3X Faster than Safari Great Reddit Alternative Fixed Carousels Gesture Conflict (And More!)