Kite

What Kite does today

• Shields

  Blocks ads, trackers and dangerous sites

  Kite blocks ads, trackers and popups, and stops sites known for malware, phishing or scams, with a page that tells you why. Its filter lists update every few days, and if a site breaks, you can turn Shields off for that one site from the page menu.

• Cookie banners

  Turns down cookie banners

  Kite is built to say no for you: it picks “Reject all” or “Only necessary” when a cookie banner offers it. A banner that asks you to pay or accept stays up so you can choose.

• Gestures

  Swipe to get around

  Swipe anywhere on a page to go back or forward, and swipe the toolbar to flip between your recent tabs.

• Tabs

  Tabs that tidy themselves

  Tabs you haven’t used in a day move to the archive, where you can restore them. You can make that 12 hours, 3 days, a week or 30 days instead.

• Private tabs

  Kite never saves them

  Private tabs stay out of your history and the archive, and their cookies and site data are kept only in memory.

• Voice

  Search by voice, on your iPhone

  Hold the Search button (+) and say what you’re looking for. Kite turns your speech into text on your iPhone, so voice search never sends your voice anywhere.

• Your data

  No account, no ads, no analytics

  There’s nothing to sign up for and nothing to sync: your tabs, history and settings live on your iPhone. Search with Google, DuckDuckGo, Bing, Kagi or your own engine.