Puffin Cloud Browser Reviews

by Spent Parch

Every time I use the adobe flash feature on Puffin Browser, I always know that it's going to either crash or freeze when I first start using it. When I reload the page it's fine it starts working properly but literally EVERYTIME I use it, it's going to seem fine, but about 10 minutes in and it will crash and I'll have to reload the page for it to start working properly without crashing. Normally this wouldn't be problem, but when I'm playing a online MMO flash game and it crashes before I save my progress, it really makes me rage at my phone. Normally I'd just forget PuffinCloudBrowser and download another app with the adobe flash feature on it, but there isn't one to my knowledge. So I'm stuck with browser, where when I do something that involves adobe flash and cause it to lag and then freeze up. It's a real pain to deal with because I use PuffinCloudBrowser to play flash games on a cool website, but I always expect it to crash, because it does. Oh btw It's a good browser when your not using the adobe flash feature on it, but I'd recommend Google Chrome if you want a really fast browser.

by Maxxsplace

Although puffin is the best browser i have seen for flash games on the ipad it is definitely buggy this past month or so. There must have been an update and since the i have had all sorts of problems with it. First of all some new pop up when you try to play yoworld on facebook, it says true, under that leave and under that stay on this page. It's incredibly annoying to have to click on that every single time i try to do anything on the game.

Worse yet it started freezing constantly whch means constantly refreshing and having to click on that pop up again and again. I keep getting nothing but a white screen, the log off button won't fully open without refreshing several times. I've deleted the browser and reloaded it a few times to no avail. Up to 4-6 weeks ago I'd have given it 5 stars but not until they fix this bug. I don't play any other facebook games so don't know if there are problems with other games.

These issues seem to be unique to facebook. However like i said so far i haven't been able to find another browser that really works for flash games on the ipad.

by Neonred23

Puffin is a very useful app; I mainly use for an RPG game when I need to help someone on the move, but once in a while I need it for sites I can’t seem to get to any other way. They have been very reliable; no long lasting technical issues or random bugs disrupting my use. When I read Apple won’t let them update, thus keeping them from working on iOS devices, I was very disappointed. This is why I don’t like Monopolies (or just big corporations in general); they can’t stand competition, so they just sabotage potential competitors so they don’t have to make themselves better.
Anyway, I am glad Puffin alerted it’s users to give us time to figure out what to do. A gem of an App! Puffin, you will be missed.

by NabicanEmpress

I have used Puffin Browser on my iPhone for a very long time and it has followed through every device upgrade. It easily enabled cookies (took me awhile to figure out how to do so on Safari) and allowed me to easily access the desktop site- destroying many issues that Safari gave me on several sites. I use Safari much more than I use Puffin, but for some sites, Safari does NOT suffice. I am a college student. I don’t need a ton of bugs and malfunctions with college websites just because Safari does not come equipped with the ability to switch to the desktop version of a site. I had to fill out a very important application the other day and tried to do so on Safari, but had to swap due the “Save” and “Submit” buttons vanishing- I had to remember everything that I had typed and type it all up again as a result. I am extremely displeased with this unjust removal of a good app. Thanks a lot. I now have to find a decent app that has the same abilities as Puffin so that i can complete important tasks or even just play a game and be able to see the whole screen. I’m going to miss that adorable European bird icon- puffins are very incredible creatures. I hope that PuffinCloudBrowser Store people will retract their decision and work with PuffinCloudBrowser developers, because PuffinCloudBrowser was amazing.

by Speaktok

SHAME on Apple. This is why I REFUSE to own anything from them outside of my iPad. I bought my iPad to do school work on, and Apple's Safari has been TERRIBLE. Puffin is what has ran MOST of the thing I have needed.

Apple's mentality of bullying program writers and inventors is disgusting. I am also a photographer and I can't use half of the Adobe products on my iPad with out having to pay for the things I get FREE on my laptop that runs windows, or my Samsung. I am disgusted with Apple's railroading us and removing the choice to use Puffin for what Apple REFUSES to update Safari to do instead.

CloudMosa, your stuff is WONDERFUL. Please come out with something else to replace Puffin! You are a saint!

by TheWorldIsUrs

I used Puffin for a while now. It’s not my main browser but it definitely allows for greater browsing in certain cases. This browser provides a great alternative to Safari whilst allowing full desktop functionality as one would expect from a traditional computer interface. Puffin is a great app that can facilitate website interfaces that is sometimes lost with Safari experience.
I have tried to use Safari for certain secure sites and also for filling out forms. It’s frustrating when one can only access functions that Safari limits like Adobe flash player (I know it’s old, but some graphics depend on it) with Puffin.
Please continue to allow Puffin to develop PuffinCloudBrowser .

by Kikigrim

When I first received my iPhone and iPad nearly 2 years ago, I found it pure madness that Apple products still did not support Flash. I had searched through various browsers, but none seemed to support it either. The few that did were clunky, cost money, and half baked. When I had downloaded Puffin, I was tremendously pleased.

Using the browser was intuitive. I did not have to switch between functions to enable flash. I could browse freely and do what wanted without having to fight an application. Now over the last year, Puffin has had issues and hiccups. It no longer functioned on my iPad, and even more recently we’ve been advised they are closing service to Apple products. It’s a shame when competition can do far superior to an existing system and said systems only response is to block progress of competition. That’s rather backwards one would think. Would it not be better to improve so powerfully that the competition looks foolish in comparison? That’s sadly a rare case.

To all the staff at Puffin and those whom made it the wonderful tool it is, thank you. Thank you for all your hard work, your wonderful design, and your having fought this hard this long. We are sad to see you go, but ever grateful for the time you made things so much easier.

by Ruff Ruff :o3

I love the Puffin browser, so much so that I purchased the full version because it was honestly a perfect browser. I didn’t have to worry about it not being compatible with the sites I was visiting and also knew I could rely on it when I needed a fully functioning desktop version of a site I was on. I’m a student and I never had any issues when I needed to go to desktop version on a school site, which are finicky on their own to begin with. I am heartbroken that Puffin will be discontinued on IOS because I love this browser. It is reliable and incredibly well designed and easy to use. I wish apple would collaborate with the Puffin developers to keep PuffinCloudBrowser available to IOS consumers :(

by Blackjack Barret

It’s so sad to see Puffin go from the Apple App Store and I am furious that Apple has flexed their power to muscle out this wonderful app. PuffinCloudBrowser has been a god send to me by allowing me to use java based programs on my phone through puffin browser. No other browser that I have found on the Apple App Store offers a feature like this which has greatly disappointed me. This is the last straw for me, I will no longer be purchasing anything from Apple in the future because of their senseless greed which forced this wonderful app to be discontinued on their phones. I bid you farewell wonderful Puffin, at least until my phone dies and I am able to replace it with one which supports your efforts.

by Will_E_B

It has been extremely excellent to work with such a stellar app from a stellar visionary that this company bring where, so few dared to. By the hand of the need did such a calling came forth and gave iOS a new breath towards holding on a promise of more then just mobile but a true competitor or dare to say possibly a replacement for most use case scenario as laptop replacement, This browser along with a few other management apps did deliver that promise even if short lived. I thank each and every curator, coder, planer, and technician for developing and maintaining such a feat albeit adjacent to such as Apple the tech giant. Hear, hear to the future of all your endeavors be as successful and codified continually. Thanks again for all those whom worked over the years from your endearing effervescence, Will.

by Insert Name Of You Choice Here

I’m terribly sorry that puffin has to leave PuffinCloudBrowser Store but I have one thing to ask and it’s mostly to apple but if apple has basically forced you to leave the platform then why can you still download other web browsers? And If I’m just being dumb tell me Thank you for possibly listening to me a just providing such amazing web browser and I say this on behalf of not just me but hopefully everyone that ever used PuffinCloudBrowser Thank you. We hope that it doesn’t happen again on the play store and I know you’ll find a way to overcome it next time. We all appreciate the service that you provided for us for free I might add and I just wanna say....we love you and as long as you’re gone the best browser on all apple products is gone. We’ll miss you but we understand. Farewell, just a fan

by Duckie12278

I frequently use used PuffinCloudBrowser on middle school since many of my textbooks were online and it was simply easier and more intuitive to access them from there. They require flash, so I could really only use Puffin Browser to get to them. Now, my younger sister and brother are in middle school and use the same app to get to the same textbooks as I did. Since textbooks aren’t really supposed to leave our school, it is going to be very difficult for them to do their homework. Please don’t take PuffinCloudBrowser down, and instead just stop releasing updates. The version now is incredible and does far more than the minimum! If you do take it down though; thank you for an amazing app.

by Alex120229

For reasons I can’t remember I downloaded Puffin for my phone and iPad. While I used it for mainly flash games when I was bored because I have no PC it did become VERY useful one day when I was in class (High-school, still attending). We had to do an assignment on the computers, the assignment requiring flash, but not all of them worked. Puffin helped me complete that assignment, I was even able to help the other kids who couldn’t use the computers by telling them to download it. Even now I’m using it for an assignment on my phone. I’m very sad to see it go because I don’t know when I’ll need to do another assignment that’ll require me to use flash when I can’t use a computer, I won’t be able to browse Newgrounds animation and games anymore and this 9 year-old app will no longer exist. RIP Puffin, the greatest browser to ever exist.

by Andricha88

Has all the features I want and nothing I didn’t. Needed a little love on the stability side, froze more than it should but i question whether that’s a puffin issue or an iOS issue... Puffin has the simple stuff like the arrow on the right of the browser to return to the top of the page that is just not in any others. And having ALL the options at the top where they belong... why do no other browsers I’ve tried do it that way. I’ve tried Firefox, Aloha, DuckDuckGo, dolphin, opera, and probably a few others but puffin is my favorite. Sadly I’m leaving because of the stability, I cannot just stick it out until it’s resolved because apple isn’t letting browsers use any system other than what safari uses behind the scenes so puffin will likely fade away soon. That’s why all the others seem like re-skinned safari browsers....

by A3ology

PuffinCloudBrowser has been incredibly useful. It has every capability of all the most popular browsers, plus so many more features - and it’s totally free. It’s an app I’ve recommended to friends in the past and would be glad to do so again.
I’m really sad to see it go and I wish Apple would not be so biased on who can do what with their apps, especially when they force developers to pay to even host their apps. Their system is insanely terrible and the fact that they ban certain devs/apps from updating is just absurdly cruel. Unfortunately there’s no good place to criticize Apple like you can to all their hosted apps. I would love for the developer to keep this up if they can, but I understand it is nearly impossible to keep up-to-date without the ability to update their app. Thanks for the amazing app I used daily for years. Best wishes.

by SMHSMH<3

This is THE best browser for iOS. It is the ONLY one I use. I just discovered that they haven’t updated for the new iOS softwares in so long because Apple has not allowed them to — as per the Puffin team, because they see them and their BETTER BROWSER SERVICE as a competitor/threat, and that as a result of that inability to update, the Puffin team feel they have no option but to make their browser unavailable before it becomes obsolete under newer and newer iOS softwares. It will be gone on July 1st. I am devastated and incredibly angry with Apple. If they see Puffin as a threat, they should IMPROVE SAFARI, one of the WORST browsers for iOS. If Safari was as good as Puffin I’d be glad to use it. But instead of actually compete, Apple is choosing to betray and purposely hurt their customers and take away their browser choices. Puffin: fantastic service. Apple: worthless, shameful company.

by Inf_Xezian

So far the best browser I’ve ever used on any smart phone or tablet. I started using my phone more because it gave me a similar experience to my computer browsers in terms of both speed and general use. It has an easy to use and navigate tab system allowing you to open new tabs and either directly go to them or open them in the background, something I would always do on my computer to the point of opening too many tabs but would never do on any phone or tablet just because of the pain of navigating them or the having to constantly open new tabs go to the site I was on in another tab and then click the link I wanted on that new tab, which was a hassle and overall annoying. It also allowed me to run flash which is always a benefit. Overall a great app sad to see it going away.

by Koamalath

PuffinCloudBrowser was extremely useful and I just can't believe is going away... (For iOS users) I hate to see it leave PuffinCloudBrowser has helped me more times than you think and it's going to be gone only July. The only thing I recommend if you love PuffinCloudBrowser is buy the pro version which will give you a little more time if your and iOS user but if your any other device it works on... GG you've won this battle.

PuffinCloudBrowser was like any other browser BUT it had a lot more useful things that you could use to your advantage like your playing a game that's meant for computer and surprisingly it worked they also has this mouse function and that helped me ALOT they have things other browser don't have and it's just really sad. I wasn't really listening (sorry) but didn't you guys say it was apples fault or something like that sorry if I'm wrong. But if your reading this I want you to know your app was extremely useful and I used it all the time.

by Eman101804

I know this is just one review and many have asked for PuffinCloudBrowser not to go down. I’m not sure if the developers are reading this, but if they are, please don’t end PuffinCloudBrowser. I know we still have the whole summer to use PuffinCloudBrowser, but I just got my iPad Pro and I was excited to use PuffinCloudBrowser as a desktop browser so I could make my iPad feel more like a computer. I would like to personally ask the developers to, even if they take PuffinCloudBrowser off the AppStore, to please don’t end the service. This is too good of an app and ending it would only make apple win. The best thing to do would be to keep the service running, even without updates, so those who support PuffinCloudBrowser can use it and prove apple wrong. I’ve used many apps in the past where apple has removed them and stopped the developers from updating them and they are still good apps even to this day! Developers, please don’t take away PuffinCloudBrowser this is the best browser I’ve ever downloaded off the AppStore.

by PB&Mayo

I started using Puffin because I wanted to access Flash games on my iPad. I'm no Flash fan by any means and I look forward to it becoming unnecessary but for now there are still a few things that just can't be done without it, many games being the one for me. I tried several different browsers before I settled on Puffin as being the best I found for using Flash on iOS. When I started using it I had no idea just how fast it actually was. But I began noticing how impatient I had become trying to do anything with any other browser. I usually used Chrome, Firefox or Opera (and Safari when needed) and saw that I was beginning to click several times on the same link or button to try to get something to happen. Eventually I found myself cursing out loud at my iPad every time I had to use any browser besides Puffin. Now Puffin is my go to and I rarely use the others. I still use them when I need particular features but find myself doing so less and less and expect that eventually I'll rarely use anything but Puffin on my iPad. I only wish it was available on my iMac. Maybe it's not the perfect browser for everyone and if so I suggest you not use it for too long or you may find it impossible to go back to what you had been using before.