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24 alternatives to Chrome for iOS (redesign)

Material Design, OS X Handoff, iOS 8 optimizations and more

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Chrome for iOS (redesign) launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Safari Technology Preview▲157

   Preview Apple's latest web technologies.

   2016 · developer.apple.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   LINER for Pocket▲225

   Highlight your Pocket articles

   2017 · getliner.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Google app for iOS 5.0▲100

   New release completely rebuilt and w/ material design

   2014 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   LINER for Chrome▲188

   Highlight everything! From Wikipedia to PDF files

   2016 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   iOS Design Kit▲132

   Design great apps for iOS better and faster

   2016 · iosdesignkit.io · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Limitless▲90

   A productivity companion for Chrome

   2013 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Highly for Chrome▲204

   The highlighter your browser always wanted

   2015 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Cool Fonts▲77

   Funky Keyboards for iOS

   2014 · emojizer.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   StyleKit▲120

   UI framework for OSX

   2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    I made a customizable iOS browser for minimalists and myself▲226

    Hello HN! So early this year I decided to build an iOS browser offering a large range of customization options, to accommodate anyone’s usage and visual preferences. Been using it as my default browser for 6 months and not looking back. On first launch it looks and behaves a bit like Safari, but to give you an idea, here are the various ways I customized it on my phone. - More screen real estate for the webpage, less for the toolbar. - A compact toolbar containing only the buttons for actions I use the most: new tab, close tab, open tab list. Since I use them hundred times a day, I need them…

    2023 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    iOS 8▲183

    The new iOS—Huge for developers. Massive for everyone else.

    2014 · apple.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    UX Help▲162

    UX support and advices for young products

    2014 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Material Colors for iOS▲149

    Complete material design color library

    2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Good Moves for iOS▲131

    Beautiful motion design videos, daily

    2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    IOS Goodies▲137

    A curated list for IOS goodies

    2014 · ios-goodies.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Desktop Fruit▲140

    Curated Mac application designs

    2016 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Master iOS Design▲131

    Wouldn't it be nice to design apps as well as Apple?

    2014 · fastpng.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Chrome Remote Desktop▲191

    Access your computer from your iOS device

    2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

19. 19
    iOS Stack▲213

    A curated collection of iOS resources for app builders

    2016 · iosstack.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Swell▲175

    What’s your opinion? 🐳

    2016 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Firefox for iOS▲148

    Firefox for iOS

    2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Blocs▲165

    Mac web design app

    2014 · blocsapp.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Editorial▲100

    Desktop-class text & markdown productivity on iOS

    2016 · omz-software.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    TheAppStore.org▲160

    Find apps by rating, price, category, updated date and more

    2016 · theappstore.org · its alternatives →

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