Aloha Browser - Private VPN Reviews

by Nhfffthcjgrckguc

AlohaBrowser was a lifesaver for me, a music player and a browser in one. Now you’ve basically ruined the music player part with your update. Firstly, I see the search and trash things and I’m really happy since they FINALLY added a search function. Then, I go to the downloads and it’s all weirdly different. Nothing I can’t handle though, I remember feeling that way for the previous interface change and I eventually liked it. My songs playlist is somewhere at the bottom even though it’s the largest folder and I sorted by size, and I realize it’s not sorting by size even though I selected that, it’s sorting by name?? I play a song and it goes instantly fullscreen so I try and get out of it and it’s stuck as a massive, disrupting rectangle that I can’t even put in the center or anything, and it takes up SO MUCH space. I decide to exit AlohaBrowser while listening and it CARRIES OVER TO THE HOME SCREEN. I don’t know why you needed to change AlohaBrowser like that, the old way with the bar at the bottom of your screen and the access through the built in phone menu was perfect. Heck, the way you selected the looping and shuffling was fine as well. Please god, at least fix these issues, because this is genuinely really horrible.

by Pecci123

The UI change is bad and intrusive when watching videos. I can no longer zoom in the videos to fit my iPhone screen, before 1 double tap into the video and it would fit my screen. In landscape mode, if I want to fast forward or backward 10 seconds I have to now double tap left or right respectively and have the black backdrop interrupt what am watching, where as before the player had 2 small non-intrusive clockwise & counterclockwise 10 sec icons on the screen - they worked! Perfectly!

I know that by scrolling up or down while in landscape mode decreases volume or brightness, but sometimes I just like to adjust my volume by pressing my phone’s physical volume buttons, now when I do that, a dark/black banner drops on top of the screen, why?? That did not happen with the previous player.

Also, the player buttons are so big, where as before they were small, fit, and not distracting or intrusive. Maybe make these big buttons and controls an “accessibility” option or something. Give us options. Don’t fix what is not broken. The player now looks and feels like a cheap generic player.

I don’t mind change, what I do mind is change that does not improve from what was replaced.

by TimeSpaceGuy

I’ve used this Browser On/Off on my iPad Air for about 1yr.. I don’t have anything Negative to say about it.. It offers almost everything the Most Popular Browsers offer. It doesn’t offer as much Customization as the Big 3 Browsers.. However It offers enough Customization to satisfy most people.
It’s MUCH Easier to download Web Pages and Videos using this compared the most popular browsers.. At least if your using an iPad. Often I hit the Download Button on a Video in Edge, Chrome, Safari or FireFox, 70% of the time I get “Downloads Not Available on this site on this Browser”.. That doesn’t happen with this Bowser..
The Browser offers a Free VPN and although that is Good, I prefer to use a VPN Bought from a company that makes it’s money from VPN/Security services. I recommend IPvanish, I’ve been using that on All my computing Devices (Over 8), for the past 6+ years, never had any problems with it.. Norton Security Deluxe also is Very Good.
Don’t get me wrong you can use the built in VPN in Aloha Browser, I can’t really say anything against it.. It even offers a “Always On” Option letting you use the VPN, on your iPad even when you aren’t using the Browser... The Speed of this Browser seems as fast as any of them...

by MistaBobobo

I’ve been using Aloha for about two years and I’m really happy with how it’s progressing, I use it alongside Safari. Although my biggest gripe is that even despite paying for the yearly subscription the premium servers don’t seem to be any faster and the ad block doesn’t always work and is hit or miss, two big things that need addressing. In addition AlohaBrowser has become unstable in recent updates and it doesn’t always load pages or videos/websites properly so I hope that gets patched.

Overall the customization and ease of use is very handy and I love the file storing and video downloading system, if AlohaBrowser was faster than Safari and had more snappy, QoL updates I’d call it perfect. I hope to see it continue to improve.

by Asitmaybe

I only gave it 4 stars and not 5 for one reason and one reason only. It might not be a big deal to others but the irony isn’t lost. So upon opening AlohaBrowser you have the ability to have a news feed like most browsers at the bottom and you can customize this to your hearts content. The problem I have with this feature is that it’s powered by MSN! Yes Microsoft! Why would I want a Microsoft product on my iPhone? You claim to be all about privacy but with that one feature built in you’re still giving away any security you may have with a piece of that company built in... they track everything regardless of what you may think. Unfortunately in this day and age you don’t have any privacy on the web! None what’s so ever! Your carrier knows what you do with your phone and what you look at on the web, there’s no way around that period. But I digress, it’s a good alternative to others but it isn’t really blocking much from the big players, only certain websites

by Chihawksrule_1013

It’s mostly good, however in what I assume is the latest update, when you watch a video, it doesn’t go into the general video format that any other video played on full screen in any other apple app does. When you go full screen, you can only use a slide bar, which isn’t very accurate, or you can tap on the screen to forwards or backwards by 10 seconds, and that is even less accurate. When I attempt to double tap, more often than not it just does nothing. Just go back to the way you had it, where you have a dot on the drag bar that you can easily drag, and just put in buttons that let you go forwards or backwards by 15 seconds. This is at least the 2nd time in the years I’ve had AlohaBrowser where you’ve tried out different video playback methods, and both were bad. Just go to the method that every iOS app uses, and it would be perfect

by Ziofinkel

It’s hard to find a browser that is everything you want it to be, feature loaded, private, etc. I’ve finally replaced this with safari or I should say its about a 80/20 split which says a great deal since I’ve been a safari user for 8+yrs but old habits die hard. However, I can see this completely and relatively quickly having me off safari for good. Really enjoy using it and like that even the general layout to AlohaBrowser icon just appears inconspicuous. I’m a pretty particular individual even so that my mind will allow me to dislike an app to a certain degree based on color scheme of the icon and home page (I know it’s crazy but I’m not the only one out there). With that being said from front end to back end I really enjoy using this!! Keep it up guys hope to continue to see good things from ya!!

by Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrhdjd

This web browser is everything the UI is beautifully made(I mainly like it because it’s sleek) the VPN services seems pretty awesome(but that’s probably because I have little knowledge of VPN’s) and the video player is amazing I definitely like the browser more because of the video player, the fact that you can slide Horizontally to seek through the video and sliding Vertically(dependent on which side of the screen you swipe on)changes the brightness and there volume. This video player is the main reason why I love this browser. But I do ask that for when you are watching videos while using Bluetooth for audio that you don’t have to use the OSD(On Screen Display) lock to get the video player UI away but this only happens if I using a specific Bluetooth device so it’s no problem. As of now I honestly don’t have any other requests for AlohaBrowser(aside from optimization updates)but that’s bound to happen anyways, keep up the good work guys and I thank you for this fantastic browser!

by ThePandiz

If you need an app for you know what then this is it, make sure your device is prepared for the amount of things you’re about to download with the easy to use downloader the player has 😏. Other than that it’s an awesome browser, the Adblock works like 90% of the time (yes some ads still get through like pop-ups and what not) but hey it gets the job done. There’s also a VPN you could use that’s built into the browser. All this for free which is awesome, and if you want to support the devs you have an option to buy a subscription which will increase the efficiency of certain things and give you customization options. (I bought the $10 yearly deal if you’re wondering which imo is honestly worth it).

by Slybootie

Aloha's team of IT gurus reimagined traditional Web browsing and transformed it into a contemporary masterpiece. For example, to compare the performance of Aloha to that of Safari (or Firefox, Chrome, Proton, Etc.) is as ridiculous as to compare Hawaii to Texas. Aloha, like Hawaii, is multidimensional, elegant, and exceeds expectation. Safari, like Texas, is flat, traditional and conservative, and searching for something takes far too long.

When you try you won't wonder why Aloha is rated the #1 browser and continues to receive myriad 5-star reviews. Oh, and Aloha masks your IP address through a VPN, which helps to keep the important data on your phone safe from the NSA and Korean hackers when you're browsing ponr sites as well as those other socially deviant shenanigans you enjoy getting into online.

by ChadDuckster

It’s an amazing web browser and incredibly useful, especially in a closed off marketplace like iOS has. You’re able to download compatible mp4 videos, pictures saved to the browser files or your camera roll, free VPN for browsing and downloads, and even background video playback! It’s incredible and refreshing in an environment where all of these features have been gutted out of modern mobile browsers for money.

This does make me worry though, because most apps that let you do THIS much don’t tend to last long without some sort of update removing or severely limiting the features that made the browser popular in the first place.

For now though, it’s a faster browser and a safe bet. I think for 99 cents to get the ad free version, there’s no better browser on iOS.

by Mephixlizo

I rarely do reviews for apps no matter how good, but Aloha browser is one app I can’t just keep quiet about. The browser is super fast, VPN is highly secured and it makes downloading of files very easy. Cool music and video player, file management and sharing has been one of my major problems since I started using my Apple phone, but AlohaBrowser has helped me conquer that. Since I started using Aloha I have told so many of my friends about it and they all like it, who wouldn’t?. I see this browser beating the rest in no time.

I still have one problem though, the team should add a search option, so users can search for a particular file using the files name. I think that’s the only setback for me so far. Thanks for this brilliant idea.

by Eden Cross

It's no exaggeration, AlohaBrowser is the cream of the crop as far as I am concerned when it comes to being a one stop shop browser that can do any and all a user with reasonably standard expectations could never get from most any other browser that's out. I tried Google, chrome, safari, edge, duckduckgoo, Firefox, and opera. None of them have me a built in video Downloader that organizes files quickly and easily with a break down of my storage space left that loads faster than the built-in apple stuff you use in settings. It has an elite VPN you can use on this and every other app. The premium let's you use a trial if you want but it's so reasonably affordable that I went for the yearly option. And yeah there's alot more features than what I even said so far.

by I'll Never Give Up!!!

This is one of the best browsers that I’ve used. First off, of all the dozens of browsers you can download, this is the only browser I could find that would download videos. There may be others, but I couldn’t find them. And to be truthful, I kind of stopped looking because this one worked so well. The other great thing is they have a pretty good help page in case you have a problem. Also, they seem to be responsive to what people say. There was a problem a while back where, after an upgrade, I couldn’t download a thing. But I kept the browser on my iPad to see what if anything they would do. Sure enough the released this latest version and it works better than the first one. Oh, I should also mention that I’m talking about the free version. Can’t beat the price.

by Jayanthony354

I love AlohaBrowser it’s so easy to use and it’s great if you don’t have iTunes. I can’t complain too much but one thing that could get added on or fixed is when your playing music you can access the rest of AlohaBrowser it would be cool to listen to music and still stream the web or view the rest of the content on AlohaBrowser without stopping the song from playing👌🏼 and if you can put a shuffle mode for the music it would be AWESOME! Other than that AlohaBrowser is AMAZING. *********** Can you add playlists for the music so I can keep my hood rat music separated from my classical music. Please and thank you! **** So an update made it where you cannot listen unless your in AlohaBrowser , does not even let you lock your phone. Until this is fixed 2 stars. YOU GUYS KNOW HOW TO SHUT ME UP REAL QUICK! LOL THANKS FOR THE QUICK RESPONSE SUCH AN AMAZING TEAM TO REACH OUT SO PROMPTLY.

by | M4tr1x |

Love it . Feel like usability and security could be at the top . Still has rough edges , formatting, some lipstick in a few areas and more additional features that more mature browsers have , but if they stay on this path and churn stable , quality updates like they have been. It’s gonna be my goto hands down. Great job so far folks

One feature request that is so needed these days with all the injection %#*^ going on would be a dev inspection tab , that at a minimum would “looove” a pattern match block pre-load. That is so needed for the iOS platform at the moment since iOS has no real way to firewall this stuff. iOS has to get this ability in some way whether it’s a string match , object or ip address. I think most folks that have seen all the recent jazz going on over with the current market lead browser would agree.

Would be a grand slam, killin it keep it up!

by Lishae13

I’ve been using AlohaBrowser for forever now, and it’s great, but there’s something you guys need to fix. So, whenever I’m watching a video file in AlohaBrowser full screen, and I pull down to see my notifications for other apps, or even when I pull up to my control center, or when I click off of AlohaBrowser for a slight second, or answer a message, AlohaBrowser cuts in half. So I have to click off of the video, and find where I was. Or, even when a screen notification pops up, saying that I need to update my device, an app won’t download, etc...this glitch still happens. It literally cuts the video in half, so that one part of the screen is pitch black, and the other is still playing. This is awfully annoying, and I’ve been waiting for u guys to fix it for at least three months, but still nothing. I would have given it five stars, but this glitch is terrible, and you guys need to acknowledge it! Please!

by DuSty SnumGla

I downloaded this browser because i needed a functioning browser for viewing the hub and to stream pirated movies on 123movies, but ive come to making this my default browser finally switching from brave after they stopped giving us the option to keep our earned BAT coins and im so so glad i had done so at the end of the day. I love the GUI and the depth of the customization and the variety of settings to tweak around n play with till it's perfect for you. Love the desktop view capability, actually works. AlohaBrowser redirect on/off switch is utterly fantastic, truly shows how the dev team has gone above and beyond for us. As for the premium features, i was extremely lucky to be fortunate enough to begin my premium experience for only $5 on new years day a couple years back and i still to this day only pay $5 a year for access to the vpn service and everything else it has to offer. Thank you aloha!!!

by MidNiteRaider1

I have lived in Hawai’i all my life, so when I first heard about Aloha browser, it caught my interest right away. I later found out that there wasn’t really any Hawaiian connection but that wasn’t a problem for me. I had already become a big fan and a daily user.
I won’t go into the enormous list of excellent features available in the FREE VERSION of Aloha browser because there are over 200,000 positive reviews that already do that quite well. So I’ll just touch on one of my favorite features… Aloha browser has the easiest downloading system I have ever come across. Coupled with it’s on board, high end player, Aloha removes all the ridiculously complicated steps that seem to be the norm for other browsers that offer file management and downloading.
Apple’s iCloud file system could definitely learn something from Aloha’s system. These features are available at no cost, which is truly remarkable. Well done.
Mahalo and Aloha from the Big Island of Hawai’i

by BPa2c

Aloha browser has been my go to. With its ease of use and privacy focused functionality alone, I would recommend it to any of my friends. Also it’s in-app media player/downloader and file management system are both excellent and far surpass any other browser I’ve come across. However, I only give three stars because for some reason, annual subscription I’ve purchased on my iPad hasn't been transferable to my iPhone through restore purchases. I’m not sure we need to purchase them separately or not but from my experience usually the subscription could be shared with a multiple devices with the same iOS account. If this is a bug, I would like it fixed. But if it’s not I would like others to know before purchasing the subscription. Regardless, I thank the people who created this wonderful app for us.

by Ric6sic6

Update:developer contacted me and said to enable ad-blocker and it should fix problem. Nope. I always have ad-blocker on. Even turn it off and turn it back on and still no change.

Original review:When AlohaBrowser actually works right it’s everything I want in a browser/downloader. That was before it started buggin the f out. Now every time I try to use it, it force opens AlohaBrowser Store after a page loads. When I close AlohaBrowser Store and go back into the Aloha app, it’s no longer on the page I was viewing, but instead it’s several pages back. Sometimes this happens as much as 5-10 times back to back. It’s rather frustrating to even attempt to try to get a page to load. What’s the point in even trying to use AlohaBrowser when I’m constantly getting sent to AlohaBrowser Store? I’d love to give AlohaBrowser 5 stars, because when it works it is definitely 5 star worthy, but I just can’t do that until this problem is fixed.

by Hphxmm

I think that there are many features of this browser I feel are efficient, and I feel it is simple but works great enough to be my go-to browser. However, the recent update to the tabs has made me feel less positive. When I open a new tab now, whether it is a regular, private, or background tab option, the tab is opened at the end of all the other one, instead of opening right next to the previous window. This makes navigation a lot more difficult than it was, and I don’t even have the option to move the tab back towards the previous one or resort my tabs. Small change, but it really made me feel that I would rather just use Safari for the easier navigation. I also think there could be more ways to customize settings to the user’s needs, as speed dial on the home page is crowded with dozens of news articles that I don’t need.

by Bill2go

Sometimes only half of a webpage will load, other times a page won’t load at all. One thing that’s consistent is that if a webpage does load, it loads very slowly. I base my observations on the fact that I have a reliable, high-speed connection and comparing this browser to others that load pages much faster and more reliable. Therefore, I’ve isolated the problem to AlohaBrowser. I was anxious to like AlohaBrowser, as I wanted a faster, more reliable browser than Safari, but unfortunately AlohaBrowser is no improvement. Instead of one star, I gave AlohaBrowser two stars, solely because I like having the ability to clear the history directly in AlohaBrowser , as opposed to having to go into my iPad’s “Settings”, like you’re required to do on Safari. Aloha has potential, hopefully the necessary improvements will be made, so I can come back to using it sometime in the future.

by Best Reviewer For You

AlohaBrowser is probably the best browser app on the AppStore right now. I absolutely love it. It does need some improvements though.

For one thing, it would be great to be able to search for words on a page, similarly to how it is possible on Safari. It would also be nice to have a brightness/volume scrubber lock while in video, so you don’t accidentally change a setting when scrubbing through time.

I’m not a huge fan of the subscription premium model, I would much rather pay a premium once and be done with it, as I do want to support them. You don’t really lose anything too major by not having premium, so if you are content on using the free version, it’s just as good.

by WheelsintheJIC

I absolutely LOVE the video player. I think the ability to control brightness and volume just by sliding your finger vertically is revolutionary. Also, it's so nice not to have to drag vertically to adjust the seeking speed and then horizontally to actually find the spot you want. If Apple was smart they'd do something similar to yours.
I also love how you can download any video from any site.
I have only one complaint and it's a kinda big one. I wish there was a way for me to back up my bookmarks and downloaded videos. In the past, my phone has gotten wiped and every time I loose all my bookmarks.
All in all, I have yet to find another app with the same features and that's what makes it so great.

by JenniLuvsDisney

A feature that was implemented to the Safari browser that I think would work well in Aloha browser is the ability to search for tabs. In Safari’s tab view, when you swipe all the way up, you reveal a hidden search bar in which you can type in keywords to search through your existing tabs. This can prove very useful when you have a lot of existing tabs open. A search bar would make things much easier instead of having to scroll through every single tab to find what you want. Thank you for listening to the community! Without a doubt, still my favorite mobile browser by far!

by PussKrook

Aloha's team of IT gurus reimagined traditional Web browsing and transformed it into a contemporary masterpiece. For example, to compare the performance of Aloha to that of Safari (or Firefox, Chrome, Proton, Etc.) is as ridiculous as to compare Hawaii to Texas. Aloha, like Hawaii, is multidimensional, elegant, and exceeds expectation. Safari, like Texas, is flat, traditional and conservative, and searching for something takes far too long.

When you try you won't wonder why Aloha is rated the #1 browser and continues to receive myriad 5-star reviews. Oh, and Aloha masks your IP address through a VPN, which helps to keep the important data on your phone safe from the NSA and Korean hackers when you're browsing ponr sites as well as those other socially deviant shenanigans you enjoy getting into online.

by Monumer

It’s an amazing web browser and incredibly useful, especially in a closed off marketplace like iOS has. You’re able to download compatible mp4 videos, pictures saved to the browser files or your camera roll, free VPN for browsing and downloads, and even background video playback! It’s incredible and refreshing in an environment where all of these features have been gutted out of modern mobile browsers for money.

This does make me worry though, because most apps that let you do THIS much don’t tend to last long without some sort of update removing or severely limiting the features that made the browser popular in the first place.

For now though, it’s a faster browser and a safe bet. I think for 99 cents to get the ad free version, there’s no better browser on iOS.

by Artert

Originally is very good software, this updated interface is very beautiful, very fit ios11, but more or less a lot of problems, the page load becomes very slow, language can not switch, there is the biggest problem, the software main interface in the upper left corner of the icon actually disappeared, I have been installed several times, and several times to restart, This problem can not be solved, the VPN switch does not exist, this browser and other browser what is the difference? Hope to update as soon as possible, fix bugs, thank you very much!

by BigLONGfatSHLONG

Well after years of looking for that one browser. Download after download, install after install, followed soon aftrr with the delete botton hit. But this browser supprided me. Wonderful clean interface. It really does pop out at you. With the ability to change thrmes. All you Typical settings. It Does have a desktop/mobile agent as well. Just very tricky to find. You may want to put that in the main settings menu. But overall really clean really quick privecy, adblock... etc. I have never Said this before but my third-party browser for Aolha is now my main browser to replace safari. Great job Dev.

by Sebastian Alesander

I’ve been using Aloha ever since my old downloading browser would give me an hour’s worth of ads within downloading a few course videos. Aloha is the best, most reliable browser ever. I wish the software was for desktops and pcs, because of the nice layout, easy manoeuvring, iTunes file sharing friendly, and feature allowing save different types of content. I would love to see more security options, or at least more numbers in a four digit pin. I use it mainly to safety download my course videos for different subjects and transfer them to a database for future reference. But I’ve become accustomed to using Aloha instead of Safari. And I might use it more than Google Chrome if you come out with a brilliant desktop version.

Thanks, and PLEASE keep designing applications.

Carson