What are Lite Web Browsers?
Is Firefox Lite safe?
What are the best Web Browsers for low RAM?
What are the top Web Browsers for Android/iOS?
What are the top Web Browsers for mobile?
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You can also read my earlier article on Top full fledged privacy focused Web Browsers.
What are Lite Web Browsers?
Web Browsers which consume less resources like space, data, CPU and RAM are termed as Lite (lightweight) mobile Web Browsers.
What are the Advantages of Lite Mobile Web Browsers
- Consume less power, space, RAM and CPU.
- Faster than full fledged browsers.
- Save data with data saver option.
- Do few things but fast.
What are the Disadvantages of Lite Web Browsers
- Most lite browsers do not support installing PWAs.
- They are torn down versions of full fledged browsers.
- Support only few features.
List of Privacy Focused Lite Web Browsers
- DuckDuckGo
- Firefox Lite
- Opera Mini
- Puffin
- Snap Search
DuckDuckGo Privacy Browser
- Fast, secure, lite and privacy focused.
- Block ads and trackers.
- Tap Fire button helps you clear tabs and browsing data with one tap.
- Fireproof websites helps you stay signed in even after clearing data.
- Ability to auto clear data on app exit or after certain period of inactivity.
- Grades each site from A to F on privacy parameters.
- Available only on mobile devices.
Firefox Lite
- Fast and lightweight.
- Download size less than 10 MB.
- Allows you to open only one private tab.
- New Awesome Bar provides more intelligent results.
- Customize home screen based on your interests.
- Play games.
- Enable Turbo mode to block ads and trackers using list from Disconnect.
- Take screenshots.
- Block images to save data.
Puffin
- A full fledged browser mentioned here as it loads websites super fast and consumes less resources.
- Download size less than 30 MB.
- Already mentioned in other article.
- Pro version also available.
Opera Mini
- Fast and privacy focused.
- Download size less than 20 MB.
- Send and receive files easily with File Sharing.
- Night mode available.
- Private browsing available.
- Enable disable news and reader mode on start page.
- Block ads.
- Enable disable to receive notifications from Facebook.
- Data saver.
- Set number of concurrent downloads.
- Option to disable personalised ads.
- Save news and pages offline to read later.
- Add site for speed dial.
- Choose the news category.
Snap Search
- Fast and secure.
- Download size less than 10 MB.
- Incognito mode by default.
- Fingerprints, Flash and Silverlight are disabled.
- Tab History is enabled.
- Blocks ads and trackers.
- You can enable pattern lock.
- Enable scroll to top if you want.
- Select whether you want to allow or disallow GDPR and Cookie popups.
- Enable disable swipe gestures.
- You can disable Google AMP results in search.
- You can also disable Facebook Click IDs, Google UTM Tags and Twitter AMP Redirects.
- Prevent screenshots.
- Supports 50+ search engines for fast search but only few popular are available for free subscribers.
- Choose user agent of your liking.
- Incognito keyboard.
- History is disabled.
- Does not ask for permissions.
- Save webpage as PDF.
- Save as image.
Paid features
- Access all search engines.
- Enable built in VPN.
Snap Search
- Fast and secure.
- Download size less than 10 MB.
- Incognito mode by default.
- Fingerprints, Flash and Silverlight are disabled.
- Tab History is enabled.
- Blocks ads and trackers.
- You can enable pattern lock.
- Enable scroll to top if you want.
- Select whether you want to allow or disallow GDPR and Cookie popups.
- Enable disable swipe gestures.
- You can disable Google AMP results in search.
- You can also disable Facebook Click IDs, Google UTM Tags and Twitter AMP Redirects.
- Prevent screenshots.
- Supports 50+ search engines for fast search but only few popular are available for free subscribers.
- Choose user agent of your liking.
- Incognito keyboard.
- History is disabled.
- Does not ask for permissions.
- Save webpage as PDF.
- Save as image.
Paid features
- Access all search engines.
- Enable built in VPN.
Recommend using multiple Lite Web Browsers for different purposes.