Alternatives to Arc Search
Mobile browser with an AI Browse for Me mode that reads pages and summarizes them. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
Arc Search
Mobile browser with an AI Browse for Me mode that reads pages and summarizes them.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Arc Search.
Firefox
The main browser not built on Chromium, with tracking protection turned on by default.
Firefox on Android and iOS replaces Browse for Me summaries with a non-Chromium engine, tracking protection by default and extension support, and it is open source.
Brave
A Chromium browser that blocks ads and trackers out of the box, with no extension to install first.
Brave on Android blocks ads and trackers by default and ships an AI assistant, is open source under MPL-2.0, and also has desktop builds.
DuckDuckGo Browser
Privacy browser with tracker blocking, cookie pop-up handling and one-click data clearing.
DuckDuckGo Browser drops AI summaries for default tracker blocking, cookie pop-up handling and one-click data clearing, is open source, and has Android and desktop versions.
Firefox Focus
A private mobile browser from Mozilla that blocks trackers and erases history with one tap.
Firefox Focus trades Browse for Me summaries for default tracker blocking and one-tap erasing of history, is open source, and does not keep logins between sessions.
Samsung Browser
Chromium-based Android browser with content blocker extension support.
Samsung Browser is an Android-only Chromium browser with content blocker add-ons and a biometric secret mode, without AI summaries, and it is closed source.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Arc
Chromium browser organised around spaces, a sidebar and split views.
Dia
AI-first browser with a chat sidebar that works across your tabs.
Perplexity Comet
Agentic browser with a built-in research assistant and task automation.
