Work · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to SurfPad
An Arc-inspired browser designed for iPad
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.
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Beam Browser▲46iPad browser with vertical tabs, spaces, and command search
Jan 2026 · beambrowser.app · its alternatives →
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I love to use Flipboard on my iPad, but I was bummed that the experience couldn't follow me to the phone or desktop, so I decided to do something about it... I built http://ridesurfboard.com over the winter holiday and just finished it up last night, so I wanted to share it with the HN community first. The app turns any website with an RSS feed into a more human, flippable format. It's all HTML5/CSS3/JS and works best in either desktop Safari or on an iOS device, although you can use Chrome if you enable the experimental GPU Accelerated Compositing flag (a how-to is on the Surfboard blog).…
2011 · ridesurfboard.com · its alternatives →
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Surf▲190Flipboard's new app for browsing the open social web
2024 · about.surf.social · its alternatives →
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Astropad▲246Transform your iPad into a professional graphics tablet
2015 · astropad.com · its alternatives →
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Publish responsive HTML websites directly from Sketch
2017 · animaapp.com · its alternatives →
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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 →
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Deta Surf▲340Hi HN! We got frustrated with the fragmented experience of exploring & creating across our file manager, the web and document apps. Lots of manual searching, opening windows & tabs, scrolling, and ultimately copying & pasting into a document editor. Surf is a desktop app meant for simultaneous research and thinking to minimize the grunt work. It’s made of two parts: 1) A multi-media library where you can save and organize files and webpages into collections called Notebooks. 2) A LLM-powered smart document which you can auto-generate using the context from any stored page, tab or entire…
2024 · deta.surf · its alternatives →
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A Firefox fork with a TypeScript config that lets you build anything.
2025 · blog.craigie.dev · its alternatives →
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The browser for all your devices
2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Finally, an iPad browser built for work
2021 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Bring Arc-like background to Chrome! and a smart dock, too.
2025 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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StreamPad▲137Turn your iPhone/iPad into a studio-grade pro control deck
Mar 2026 · streampad-app.github.io · its alternatives →
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Hey HN! I was a long-time Arc browser user and loved how its sidebar organized tabs and bookmarks into workspaces. I wanted to switch to other browsers without losing that workflow. So I built Arcmark, it's a macOS bookmark manager (Swift/AppKit) that floats as a sidebar attached to any browser window. It uses macOS accessibility API to follow the browser window around. You get workspace-based links/bookmarks organization with nested folders, drag-and-drop reordering, and custom workspace colors. For the most part I tried replicating Arc's sidebar UX as close as possible. 1.…
Feb 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Arcmark▲216Your bookmarks, attached to any browser as a sidebar
Feb 2026 · geek-1001.github.io · its alternatives →
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VibePad▲128Control AI coding assistants with a gamepad from your couch
Feb 2026 · vibepad.now · its alternatives →
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Build beautiful, modern apps for mobile and web with iPad
2023 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Coohom for iPad▲108Design & visualize your dream home, now on iPad
2019 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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