Disclaimer: Rating is done based on my experience using the mentioned browsers both for browsing and download. Browsing speed, browser interface and fluidity also play a factor. Browser descriptions on the other hand is a mix of collections from various sites and ones done by me.



10. Opera for android

Opera is one of the stalwarts of the mobile-browsing sphere. Indeed it’s a dependable, uber-popular browser, with a few tricks up its proverbial sleeves, as it seeks to set itself apart from the pack.

For example, ‘Off-Road’ mode taps the same compression technology as its little brother, Opera Mini (see below), to expedite page-loads when your Internet connection is patchy, or when you’re using a lower-end device. Of course, this will preclude many modern Web features from working, but there’s always going to be a trade-off in such situations.

Then there’s the neat ‘Speed Dial’ feature, which is worth a mention too.

The high point of opera for me, is its off road feature which is capable of saving up to 75% data. It has helped a lot whenever I wasn't having much bandwidths and has saved my browsing life. Its low point on the other hand is its unreliability in download... As downloads occasionally pause and require one to manually restart them. More so, there's a chance files might not download at all.



9. Firefox


Similar to Chrome, Mozilla’s Firefox browser lets you sync up all your data and preferences, including bookmarks, passwords, history, open tabs and add-ons. It works across devices, including your desktop, so this is a big win for Firefox.

Moreover, Firefox still provides support for Flash for those with Flash installed on their device. As with Chrome, Firefox is WebRTC-enabled for the future and it has long-provided add-ons and extensions to help enhance your mobile browsing.

The high point of Firefox is that you do not miss key browsing features of your laptop/computer at all. The down side is, it consumes too much data. Too expensive for someone who's bandwidth conscious!

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8. CM Browser

CM browser is an ultra lightweight browser which can protect you from malicious threats and still give you rapid browsing speed. It features browsing speed acceleration, page translator, font size adjustment, text search, personalized bookmark, etc.

The high point of CM browser is its super light fastness--think bolt!
The down side for me is its interface looks too simple and unsophisticated.


7. Chrome

Chrome is brought to you by Google, and Android is brought to you by Google too. Ipso facto, Chrome is your best browser bet on Android, Right? Well, yes and no.

Perhaps one of the main benefits of Chrome is that it’s available on your desktop and your mobile, meaning you can sync tabs and bookmarks across platforms, and there’s autofill and password-syncing too. There’s no question it’s massively convenient for those seeking a seamless switch between their laptop and smartphone.

Moreover, Chrome is fast and is nice to use – just try swiping away those unwanted tabs in Chrome, or pulling down to launch a new tab.

Then there’s incognito mode (or ‘porn’ mode) for all your ‘private’-browsing needs, and it’s WebRTC-enabled for whenever Web-based video- and audio-communications become the norm.
The high point for me as per Chrome, is that its reliable in terms of download and pretty easy to use. The low point though is, Chrome offers no support for Flash videos.

6. Habit Browser

Habit Browser is a feature-rich Web browser. You can use easily lightly various functions. In addition, you can make the browser your own by rich customization. It is time to create the powerful browser of your own.
It has plenty of customizing functions, simple and easy operation, it is fast in operation, yet multi-functional.

Key point of Habit Browser for me is that it has features, very rich features, you won't find in other android browsers. The down side is that it zaps data too.
All in all, Habit browser is an excellent browser and my go-to browser whenever data isn't an issue.


5. Maxthon Browser

Maxthon’s core selling-point is its cloud-based, cross-platform credentials. Indeed, not only is it available for Android, but it has a version for Mac, Windows, iOS, Kindle Fire and Windows Phone. Good going, if you ask us, as it lets you sync and centralize all your online browsing exploits irrespective of the device you’re using.

Purely as a standalone Android browser, however, Maxthon is great too. On the main homescreen, you have quick access to your favorite sites and a bunch of so-called ‘NewsBites’ – basically an RSS feed of news from a selection of publications. These can be edited and moved around.

From the main menu, you have quick access to private browsing mode, night-mode (darker screen) and a data-saving feature that switches image-loading off.

Other features include ‘Fetch Mode’, which automatically loads the next page of a site in the background, so when you tap forward, you don’t have to wait for it to load.

The selling point of Maxthon for me is its night mode which enables me save data, and its fast browsing experience. The interface is another one.

The low point is that its sometimes slow in loading images.

4. Javelin Browser

If you're looking for a speedy alternative, Javelin Browser sports good looks, solid features, and an AOSP-based core that's light and fast.

Javelin has good looks to back up its features, but if function matters more to you than form, you'll enjoy its built-in ad blocking, a very Safari-like "Reading Mode" that isolates articles and text so you can read without dancing around images or layout problems, and one-hand gestures for navigation, bookmarks, settings and menus, and more. Perhaps most importantly though, Javelin isn't doing too much in the background, so it's really, really fast.

When we say Javelin is AOSP-based, we mean that the browser is based on the old Android Browser app, before Chrome replaced it. Javelin specifically is based on Lightning Browser, an open-source, Android tablet-friendly browser alternative. If you're using a newer phone and miss the old default Browser app, Javelin can make you feel like you have it back.

I like it for its beautiful interface-a lot like Maxthon. The low point is that javelin is sometimes slow in downloading.


3. Puffin Browser

Puffin Web Browser is an Internet browser whose principal strong points when compared to its (many) competitors among Android apps are how fast it is and its excellent support for Flash, which comes as standard.

This means that we can watch any video or play any game in Flash directly from a browser tab without any problems whatsoever. The only inconvenient thing is that, depending on the webpage and the Flash clip in question, it's possible that the device will slow down slightly. Although that's obviously better than nothing at all.

Besides that 'tiny detail,' Puffin Web Browser Free is actually a really fast browser, with its tab system and its option to enable an automatic pop-up blocker. It also includes a keyboard and virtual gamepad so that we can take advantage of the opportunity to play games in Flash.

Puffin Web Browser Free is a really impressive browser, since the ability to load webpages in Flash (with everything that comes along with that in terms of multimedia) is something that will interest any Android user.

The high point of puffin for me is its super fastness in opening pages-practically opens up a page even before u take your your finger off of your screen.
The low point is that it zaps more data than a java fone could consume a whole day.

Nice, but v u used all?? @Op

jworos:
Nice, but v u used all?? @Op

Yes I have. Still do.

Mogten:

Yes I have. Still do.

waiting for d rest, make i c if u go f-up.. .

What is CM browser doing in that list? I hope the remaining three are Uc browser, Next browser and Dolphin browser? By the way, nice write up.
What about Baidu browser? Is also good. You finally made FP.

Dolphin zero is the and fastest

2. Dolphin


Dolphin is one of the oldest and most-popular third-party browsers for Android – indeed, it claims more than eighty million downloads, which isn’t to be sniffed at. Dolphin is a genuinely beautiful Android browser.

Dolphin offers a similar speed dial-style visual bookmarker to that of Opera, and it’s easy to switch between tabs. On that point, Dolphin was one of the earliest browsers to enable tabbed-browsing on Android. So there you go.

But where Dolphin sets itself a part is via the neat little pop-up menu that serves up a number of options – one of which is based around the notion of gestures. You simply draw a gesture on the screen, for example an ‘F-shape’, and associate that shape with a particular URL or browser action, and you will be able to initiate that action by using that gesture.

In adition to gestures, ‘Sonar’ mode lets you use yourvoice to search the Web, while a tonne of add-ons lets you enhance the browser. This includes extensions such as Dolphin Reader, which strips out the junk and brings a Firefox-style reading mode to your device.
Dolphin also has multiple themes and is updated regularly.

Dolphin is my traditional browser due to its being light and fast. Very simple, yet, efficient.
The down point for me is that my download sometimes fail at near completion, which is a pain whenever I'm low on data.


1. UC Browser

King of the lot!

Many of the best Android browsers come with theme support but UC Browser for Android allows you to use your own photos as a theme.

UC spots a sleek-looking interface with easy access to everything. Features tabbed based browsing and an Incognito mode for sneaky browsing.

UC is reliable both in browsing and in downloading, whether large or small files.

It offers a simple interface but with all the necessary benefits to enjoy a satisfactory browsing.

Among the most significant benefits of the browser you will find: the 'move' control to use different functions of the application making movements on the screen, the possibility to quickly change from one tab to another or the one that allows you to search for anything through voice command.

Apart from this, UC Browser offers a night mode so you can browse on the internet without light and without your eyes getting annoyed in the process, something really common when you want to search for something during the night.





WORTH A MENTION:

Next Browser

Baidu Browser

Lightning Browser

One Browser

UC Browser HD.

Where is uc browser?

abdulaz:
Where is uc browser?

In the list sir.

Chrome should be first followed by uc browser.

AwesomeRomeo:
What is CM browser doing in that list? I hope the remaining three are Uc browser, Next browser and Dolphin browser? By the way, nice write up.

Hehe. Thanks, sir. Next browser is good... Just I haven't used it long enough to have much say. Dolphin wouldn't let me.

nice compilation especially that Uc browser. that browser too strong even on Java phones. But I'm still looking for a browser that will always bring the PC version of every site whenever I enter.

Valentinooo:
nice compilation especially that Uc browser. that browser too strong even on Java phones. But I'm still looking for a browser that will always bring the PC version of every site whenever I enter.

Try puffin web browser.
Here http://www32.zippyshare.com/v/82750714/file.html

Mogten:

Try puffin web browser.
Here http://www32.zippyshare.com/v/82750714/file.html

ok let me try am

AwesomeRomeo:
What is CM browser doing in that list? I hope the remaining three are Uc browser, Next browser and Dolphin browser? By the way, nice write up.

Best browser in my opinion. Very light, very simple, xtra fast and most of all very secured. It alert you on malicious website. I uninstalled my chrome and Firefox for this browser. I am not thinking of going back to those heavy and and space occupiers browsers. cm security and cm browser my best for now.

I don't think Uc browser has the Option of save page or am I the one not getting it

Valentinooo:
I don't think Uc browser has the Option of save page or am I the one not getting it

Of course it does. Just go to add ons and download it. It should be less than 200kb

When it comes to downloadin, uc is the boss. Opera is better when it comes to the way the page is displayed but for downloadin, it's wack

Valentinooo:
I don't think Uc browser has the Option of save page or am I the one not getting it

Download savepage addon and you can easily save pages and view them later.

Walahi if UC BROWSER didn't make that list, na to break bottle for op head

constance500:
Walahi if UC BROWSER didn't make that list, na to break bottle for op head

Asin ehn

constance500:
Walahi if UC BROWSER didn't make that list, na to break bottle for op head

that browser too much!

I don't know half of the browsers listed up there
Opera and Chrome are such boring browsers, Firefox is it for me. But I need to try out this UC browser, I'm yet to get a negative opinion on it, except that it's more data consuming.

sureteeboy:
Of course it does. Just go to add ons and download it. It should be less than 200kb

jiggar:

Download savepage addon and you can easily save pages and view them later.

Thanks guys

Kennyflyair:
When it comes to downloadin, uc is the boss. Opera is better when it comes to the way the page is displayed but for downloadin, it's wack

you are so on point..... for me opera is the best for browsing..... smooth navigation..
. smooth usage..... good and snapy images but for downloads, its UC

Opera

Start downloading them........