Private Web Browser Quiche 17+

tl;dr An incredibly creative and well crafted browser with tons of potential from a developer who cares

I want to start by saying, I can’t believe this app doesn’t have more attention. I was reading an article that popped up talking about this app. It sounded unique and immediately piqued my interest when it mentioned “customizable browser”. I honestly have been looking for something like this for years and I’ve tried everything but nothing could convince me to stay. I ended up sticking with Safari purely because of continuity, a slightly feeling of minimalism, and functionality. However, Quiche is truly unique with its simplicity. Just the mere fact that you could move the back button to the other side of the address bar sold me. Along with that, there’s tons of other options and ways to make it your own.

The cherry on top for me was the care from the developer. I had a couple questions regarding some functionality in the app and was able to contact him directly through his instagram. He took the time to answer my questions along with taking any feedback and requests. Sure, the browser is missing some things but I’m not worried in the slightest that it will stay that way. Keep up the good work

It was very nice chatting on Instagram the other day 😊 
Thank you so much for taking the time to write that incredibly kind review, and your great support!

I’ve found this browser while I was searching for an alternative to Safari on Reddit.

The greatest strengths of this browser are its minimalism and customizability. As soon as I opened the browser for the first time, I really liked the minimalistic design of the browser. It doesn’t feel “gimmicky,” unlike most other browsers I have used. I like Safari for that reason as well, but unfortunately, it lacks the customizability that this browser has.

In terms of customizability, the browser allows you to customize which functions to include on the taskbar and there’s a lot of them to choose from. You can even choose different types of toolbars. Not only that, there’s a lot more other things you can customize, such as whether you want to display the keyboard automatically when you open a new tab.

When it comes to speed, in my personal experience, it feels fast. I compared against Safari and Brave, and to me Quiche browser felt just as fast as Safari and a bit faster than Brave.

Although this browser is still in its early stage, it’s already very useable and I find myself using it more than other browsers. Of course there are things that it could improve upon, but the developer is very responsive and cares about user feedback, which I appreciate a lot.

P.S. I think it’d be great to be able to adjust the size of the address bar as well.

Wow, I cannot thank you enough for writing that awesome review. I do have a few ideas in mind to let users tweak the vertical position of the address bar to suit their preferences.
Thank you very much for your super helpful feedback, and please keep it coming 🙏

Quiche has the basics down to a T (you’d be surprised how many browsers fail at this) and its UI customization is unparalleled. It’s so good at what it does that it’s become my primary browser, over the likes of Safari, Vivaldi, Orion, and Arc.

Unfortunately, it’s still missing some things that would make it my only browser. No downloads support forces me to occasionally switch back to Safari, and the UI could benefit from some reachability tweaks, like bottom tabs, address bar swipe gestures for changing tabs, and search suggestions starting from the bottom.

Another minor annoyance is that lack of the search suggestions from favorites, history, and open tabs, which is helpful when trying to quickly revisit a website.

Truthfully, Quiche in its current state is around a 4.5/5 for me, but considering the app is still in its early stages and the developer’s exceptional responsiveness to feedback (6/5 in my book), I have no doubts that at least some of these nitpicks will be solved down the road, and I’m looking forward to see how the app evolves.

Thank you so much for taking the time to write this great review! Such an honor to be favored over other alternative web browsers.

Search suggestions and download supports are the 2 biggest omissions at the moment, and will be tackled very soon. Tab gestures and bottom accessibility will be part of a big revamp of the whole tab manager coming later this year.

Thank you very much for your awesome support and for the pleasant conversation over Twitter!