Hexnode Kiosk Browser vs Kiosk

Hexnode Kiosk Browser lets organizations limit browsing to approved websites and web apps on devices locked in kiosk mode. Administrators can allowlist or blacklist URLs, and sites outside a configured allowlist are blocked. Web apps and URL rules can be configured remotely through Hexnode UEM. On Android, the browser offers single-tab and multi-tab modes; single-tab mode hides the address bar and prevents switching between tabs. Administrators can configure full-screen display, toolbar and appearance, scheduled web app refresh, JavaScript, media, browsing history, location services, and forms, or disable hardware and software keys. Hexnode also provides a native kiosk browser for supervised iPhones and iPads, plus website kiosk support for specified Windows editions. Android Kiosk Browser APKs support Android 8 and above, while the documented tab features support Android 5.0 and above; Android TV OS is unsupported. Plans start at $2.20 a month, billed starting with 15 devices, and a 14-day trial is available.

Kiosk is a free, open-source PDF reader for web, desktop, mobile, and browser extensions. It renders PDFs and offers full-text search with highlighted results, page thumbnails, zoom, and light, dark, and night display modes. Its Chrome extension adds highlighting, underlining, strikethrough, drawing, shapes, and text annotations. The project says PDFs stay on the device, with no telemetry, cloud processing, or account requirement. Android works offline after installation, and the extension release notes also state that offline use is supported. The web app can run locally or be deployed through GitHub Pages as a self-hosted instance. Desktop apps can open PDFs directly and associate Kiosk with PDF files; the extension can intercept PDFs opened in Chrome. The extension supports Chrome 88+, Edge 88+, and Brave, but not Firefox or Safari. The project is released under the MIT License. Its Android release is an early alpha, and the macOS app is ad-hoc signed but not notarized, so Gatekeeper may warn on first launch.