µBrowser Reviews

Ok in a pinch I guess. I don’t know why they didn’t scale down safari they know how we Apple users are if your gonna sell a watch why a third party app, from the watches App Store at that! I hope it’s safe that’s all I can say but idk why Apple Watches don’t have safari such a let down . Google watches have Chrome , oh well

On Apple Watch Series 10 watchOS 11, 1/4 of the screen is taken up by a black bar just for a single (x) button and more is taken up by the URL bar. This only leaves 2/3 of the watch face for web content.

To me, this makes use more difficult. Otherwise µBrowser works.

µBrowser has a lot of potential. But even on my Apple Watch Ultra, the size of the text is so small it kills my eyes. There is no way to adjust the size of the text as far as I can tell. On top of that, the close “X” button takes up about a ¼ of the precious screen real estate of the Watch.

A great app , would be worth the couple of Pennie’s it costs , but missing one feature . I hope the developer to take some time , implement a previous page button.

My reasons
With Siri : I can open the web pages with Siri, navigate better , I don’t have to reopen the webpage again if need to go back but if you put your wrist down you have to do it all again which is time consuming. This is free.

With µBrowser: I don’t have to worry about the pages getting closed if I put my wrist down , but if you need to access the previous page , I have to reopen the website again which is also time consuming. This is paid.

Please either implement a previous page button , or make sure web history includes every single pages we clicked or navigated on or off from. That we way can easily reopen the previous page.

Now, I don’t know how much time it would take or what kind of limitations you might have to deal with.

It will take this greatly designed app , yet mediocre
because of missing one single feature to the very best.

I’m asking you to do this because I really like the way you designed µBrowser.

Thank you for creating µBrowser , and in advance thanks for the upcoming feature.

Lacks back button to go to pervious page, also too much blank space on top.

Overall good browser, just wish it could do videos. Hopefully this feature will come soon

Ubrowser works quite well seeing as the Apple Watch doesn’t have its own browser. There’s WebKit, but it’s got quite a few limitations. Ubrowser has limitations as wel, but I’ll discuss those soon. It’s not lightning fast like Safari on iPhone, but that isn’t that much of an issue. Websites are surprisingly scaled properly to the watch, so everything is readable and the buttons are large enough to press. Overall, it’s quite nice.

Now for the limitations, however. My main issue is that you cannot sign in on websites. I tried to go to Google chat and the sign in page repeatedly loaded and reloaded when I tried to sign in. Video playback also doesn’t work, although the browser recognizes a video. This isn’t a huge issue, but still a little annoying.

Should you buy it? Here’s my verdict, after a day of use: Yes, you should. It’s only $1 (for me), and for that dollar you get an almost fully-functional web browser (the only downsides being what I listed above). The companion app on your iPhone makes it easy to add bookmarks for sites you visit regularly. Duck-Duck-Go is not as fast, nor as smart as Google, but it still comes up with relevant results.

I love µBrowser. The one thing that I wish you could do is to import your favorite websites from Safari. Hopefully it will come out with an update. Great start though.

Finally a web browser for the watch but there is currently no way (V1.2) to bypass the invalid certificate warning in order to access LAN sites such as switch, modem, router, AP portals.

Apple Watch screens are tiny, but µBrowser is a surprisingly capable and useful browser that fits in the limits of such a tiny device. Especially if you have an Ultra with cellular service, this is a worthy app to install on your watch!

I will add my compliments to the developer for µBrowser as it works rather quickly & love the ability to open a website via a complication! Will also add my vote in favor of back & forward buttons though, and a refresh button. But good job so far.

So far this is the perfect app purchase. The bookmark feature makes so much sense. I can now quickly access sites I frequently visit on my watch. µBrowser runs smoothly and pages look amazing. Without hesitation I recommend µBrowser!!!

microBrowser obviously won't replace iOS Safari, and for me, honestly, it's more of a novelty than something I expect to seriously use very often, at this point.

That said, it works suprisingly well on many sites - especially on the larger screen AW Series 7. It's best for sites that don't require much interaction.

If your Watch has an internet connection via WiFi or Cellular, you don't need to have your iPhone with you to use microBrowser. This can be handy if you're jogging without your iPhone, or if you forgot to bring your iPhone with you.

Regarding my "novelty value" comment. That's how I felt about much of the Apple Watch functionality when I got my first Watch, a Series 3. I thought it was super cool to have essentially a tiny computer on my wrist that I could use to check my messages, see a few news headlines, get a quick overview of the weather, etc. But I never really relied on that early Watch, except for fitness tracking. But the Watch models of at least the past 2 years are far more capable, faster, and have bigger screens than the Series 3 - and they are far more useful in their own right.

I don't regret buying that Series 3, and I absolutely don't regret buying microBrowser for 99 cents. I've already had way more fun with it than with most 99 cent games I've purchased. And I do see myself using it occasionally to check some of my favorite websites when I'm on the go.

Hooray! Thank you so much for removing the ‘continue’ prompt. That now makes this one of my absolute favorite apps for Apple Watch!! One bug note: if I uninstall µBrowser from my watch and then reinstall it, my saved bookmarks from the iPhone don’t seem to port over again.

It works amazing for the Apple Watch! Only problem I have with it is that the close option is constantly on screen while browsing which takes up a noticeable amount of space for the already tiny screen.

Love µBrowser. So easy to bookmark and lightly browse the internet. I use it way more than I thought.

If possible, I would add a vote for back/forward/refresh buttons and the ability to use a different search engine to avoid the typical first time pop-ups and cookie notifications.

If you have an AW7, the keyboard comes in very useful with µBrowser!

Had this little gem for awhile and quite handy when you have other devices around or just wanna use it. I’ve tested almost every website I could think of on it and it’s been able to view it. At times links to buy items link don’t go through right away but that’s not even a complaint. I’ve tested quite a few micro browsers on watch and this is by far the best on market.

Thank You!

Update: I updated to iOS 17 and it solved the issue. I also received a response from the developer indicating the issue has been resolved for pre-iOS 17 watches. Thanks to the developer for the reply. I’ve adjusted my rating accordingly.

After download there is no browser to be found on my watch. It’s nowhere in the watch app, either already installed or available to install. And no instructions as to how to use it. Just updated to iOS 17 so maybe that has something to do with it.

Series 5 Apple Watch here - this browser does a surprisingly good job at loading and displaying web pages on such a small screen. It makes it easy to sneak a peek at some of my favorite websites while at work.

I had to experiment a bit with the best sites to bookmark in the companion iOS app. I noticed that some will (understandably) crash if I scroll too fast, but otherwise no complaints.

If µBrowser developer is taking suggestions: the ability to configure webpage settings would be appreciated.

It actually works as intended even on my s3 is still quick