Shimmer Browser
Jamie Froggatt Utilities iPhoneiPadiPod touch
Shimmer Browser is a free Utilities app for iPhone and iPad by Jamie Froggatt. Rated 5.0/5 from 2 ratings. Requires iOS 26.0. Updated February 2, 2026.
- Rating
- 5.0
- 2 ratings
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 45 MB
- Age 17+
- Updated
- Feb 2
- 2026 · v3.3.0
Screenshots
About Shimmer Browser
Introducing Shimmer Browser - The focus browser! Your style - 3 visual styles to choose from, resizable sidebar with a compact icon-only made, and all buttons are fully customisable. Arc-like - save tabs, organise them into folders, sync via iCloud. No more doom-scrolling - set time limits on saved tabs. Clutter-free - block annoyances on the web, quickly clean up unsaved tabs, or set them to auto-close! Tab triage - saved tabs detect links to other sites, and present them in tab triage with options to save for later. Tabs on your homescreen - add widgets to your homescreen and select the tabs they show. Give it a try! It’s free up to 4 tabs at once, so you can get a sense of the browsing experience. If you like it, you can unlock the full experience and help me add more features!
What’s new
Version 3.3.0 · Updated February 2, 2026
v3.3.0 - A fresh new design! • A bottom ‘dock’ area on iPhone houses the address bar and additional navigation buttons, dismisses on scroll. • Fully configurable buttons! Build your own toolbars. • The sidebar resizes down to just icons now! (Hold down on the sidebar or hover with a cursor to view tab names) • Floating stop button (optionally) appears during page load, allowing you to (optionally) forgo the reload button. • More context menus! Lots of the default buttons have context menus now, such as the toggle sidebar button and new tab button. • Shimmer can now request permission to access local data such as microphone, camera, and photo library (retroactively editing per-site permissions not yet supported, but it prompts for initial permission per-site and I figure this is better than crashing). • Many, many bug fixes. You can tell this is a big update because my update notes are short - I’m just handwaving some general huge features and leaving you to figure out the details for this one!
App privacy
The developer, Jamie Froggatt, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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