WKWebView, privately.
Tabs, reader, downloads, HTTPS-Only, DuckDuckGo by default, tracking-parameter strip, and Private Mode that actually clears local traces. It still does not hide you from websites.
iOS 18 · iPhone and iPad
A full browser with an assistant that runs on the device. There is no account. There is no analytics SDK. Cloud AI is off until you turn it on.
Safari-grade chrome was the floor. The assistant only sees what you ask it to, and only where you allow inference to run.
Tabs, reader, downloads, HTTPS-Only, DuckDuckGo by default, tracking-parameter strip, and Private Mode that actually clears local traces. It still does not hide you from websites.
Summarize, compare tabs, extract what’s on screen. Untrusted page text is split from system instructions. The agent previews tools and will not bypass CAPTCHAs, paywalls, or DRM.
Apple Foundation Models when the hardware has them. llama.cpp GGUF on a physical iPhone or iPad — you download Q4 weights; they are never bundled. Simulator cannot run GGUF.
SwiftData is local, CloudKit off. Memory is encrypted. Encrypted backup is a file you export, not iCloud. Widgets never show Private Mode URLs. Spotlight indexes bookmarks you saved, not history.
Three places inference can run. Only one is on unless you change it.
Demo, Apple Foundation Models, or a GGUF you installed. Page contents stay in RAM and the local store. This is the default path.
Optional OpenAI-compatible / Ollama host on your network. Data leaves the phone. The app says so, every time, with a network log.
Never Use Cloud until you add a key, change policy, and authorize the session. HTTPS only. No silent “improvement” pipeline of ours — we don’t have one.
Assistant memory is off until you allow it. Private Mode never writes it. You can delete everything from Settings without opening a ticket, because there is no ticket.
Quiet software should still be honest. These claims are false, and we do not make them.
Read how the binary actually behaves. Then decide.