Fast and mini browser with Ad Blocker,Video Downloader and Privacy Mode
Pure Web Browser-Ad Blocker: Light Android Browser
By Kelvin Ooi
Security and privacy editor
- Ad blocker that runs while you browse
- Video downloader built into the browser
- Incognito browsing with a night mode
- Offline webpages, screenshots and QR code scanning
- Bookmarks, history, find in page and page translation
- Colorful themes for the interface
What the browser is for and who it suits
Pure Web Browser-Ad Blocker is a web browser for Android that bundles an ad blocker and a video downloader with the usual browsing tools. The developer aims it at phones with modest specifications and limited storage, and describes it as small, quick and minimal. Google Play shows an average rating of 4.34 from 33,280 ratings and more than 1,000,000 installs.
It suits someone who mainly wants a plain browser for reading and watching pages on an older or low-storage phone, with blocking and video saving included. The listing's own summary calls it a fast, mini browser with the ad blocker, video downloader and a privacy mode.
Blocking ads and saving videos from pages
The ad blocker is built into the browser, so pages load with advertising filtered out as you browse. The listing does not describe how the filtering works, so you cannot tell from it which ad types are covered.
The video downloader lets you save video from pages you open in the browser to the device. The listing does not say which sites or video formats it supports.
Private browsing and reading pages offline
Incognito mode browses without saving history for the session, and the listing pairs it with a night mode for dark-screen use. Both are switched on from the browser's own controls.
Offline webpages can be kept on the device and opened later without a connection. The listing presents this as a reading feature and gives no detail on how many pages can be kept.
Bookmarks, history and finding text on a page
Bookmarks and browsing history sit alongside each other so you can return to saved sites or find recent ones. Find in page searches the words on the current page without leaving it.
Page translate converts a web page into another language from inside the browser. The listing does not name the languages supported.
QR code scanning, screenshots and themes
A built-in QR code scanner reads codes with the camera and opens the link or text they contain. A screenshot tool captures the page on screen.
The listing advertises several colorful themes for changing the browser's appearance. It does not list them by name.
What's new
2. Fixed some bugs
About this APK
The build we hold is Pure Web Browser-Ad Blocker 2.0.57 (APK) for Android 5.0 and up.
- Version
- 2.0.57
- 20057
- Requires Android
- 5.0+
- Package ID
- pure.lite.browser
- Format
- APK
- Malware scan
- Clean on 67 engines
- Permissions
- 17 declared · 5 sensitive
- Approximate location
- Camera
- Modify files on your device
- Read files on your device
- See all installed apps
- Signed by
- CN=SquirrelBrowser, O=SquirrelBrowser
- Certificate SHA-256
- 3fd33491c46700aa456a83f806ef4ed5f8a8163145db49e1fd1230d2d40067ad
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