Everything Safir does
A complete list, grouped by what it is for. Every tool can be switched off if you do not want it.
Browse without the noise
Ads, trackers and consent pop-ups are stopped before they load.
- Ad and tracker blocking
- Works on every page, using lists stored inside the app. Pages are checked on your phone.
- Cookie pop-up blocker
- Hides cookie consent banners and declines optional cookies where it can.
- HTTPS upgrade
- Sites are opened over a secure connection when one is available.
- Third-party cookie blocking
- Privacy dashboard
- Shows what was blocked, site by site.
- Delete one site's data
- In a tap, or automatically when its tab closes.
- Incognito tabs
- History, cookies and site data are deleted when the last incognito tab closes.
Stay focused, keep the family safe
Short-video feeds are hidden and harmful content is filtered, with a PIN for parents.
- Shorts and Reels blocker
- Hides YouTube Shorts, Instagram Reels, Facebook Reels and similar feeds.
- Daily social media limit
- An optional time limit for social sites.
- Content filter
- Blocks adult, gambling, alcohol and other categories. You can add your own sites to the list.
- SafeSearch
- Kept on for Google, Bing, DuckDuckGo and YouTube.
- Image blur
- Optional. Blurs images on pages until you choose to see them.
- Parental PIN
- Locks the settings so protections stay on.
Prayer times, built in
The next prayer, a countdown and the day's times, on your home page.
- Next prayer and countdown
- On every new tab, with all the day's times below it.
- Calculated on your phone
- 13 calculation methods with regional defaults. Works offline.
- Prayer alerts
- Optional notifications at each prayer time.
- Hijri date
- Ayah of the day
- Private location
- Pick a city from a list, or use your location once. It never leaves your device.
A browser that fits you
Arrange the bar, the buttons and the home page the way you like.
- Address bar at the bottom or the top
- Your own toolbar and home page
- Choose the toolbar buttons and which home page sections appear.
- Tab groups and pinned tabs
- With page thumbnails and undo for closed tabs.
- Reader mode and listen to a page
- Find in page and desktop site
- Text size per site, dark pages, data saver
- Search shortcuts
- Type "w mosque" to search Wikipedia.
- PDF viewer, downloads and QR codes
- Open PDFs in the app, manage downloads and make a QR code for any page.
- Themes
- Light, dark and pure black, with eight accent colours.
News you choose
Local and world headlines for your region, from sources you control.
- Regional headlines
- Local and world news for where you are, straight from publishers' feeds.
- Sources you control
- Switch any source off, remove it, or add your own feeds.
- No sports or entertainment
- Those stories are always left out.
- Light on data
- Pictures are skipped when data saver is on.
Yours, privately
No account, no ads, no analytics. Your data stays on your phone.
- No account, no ads, no analytics
- Everything stays on your phone
- Notes, bookmarks, history and settings are kept in the app's private storage.
- Built-in notes
- Write a note or save text from a page.
- Encrypted backup
- Saved to a file you keep, protected with a password you choose.
- 30 languages
- Including right-to-left layouts for Arabic, Urdu and Persian.
Browse calmly.
Safir is free, has no ads, and is about the size of one photo.
Coming soon to Google Play