Kiosk vs Kiosker
Kiosk
github.com
Kiosker
kiosker.ioSide by side
| Figure | Kiosk | Kiosker |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | $2.08/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | Yes | — |
| Web | Yes | — |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| iOS | Yes | Yes |
| Android | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 2 | 3 |
| Spec score · Kiosk Browsers | 8.9 (#1) | 8.1 (#7) |
| Spec score · Kiosk Management Software | 8.9 (#2) | 8.1 (#6) |
| Integrations | The desktop apps support opening PDFs directly and associating Kiosk with PDF files; the extension can intercept PDFs opened in Chrome. | Remote MDM configuration is confirmed compatible with Simple MDM, Microsoft Intune, IBM MaaS360, Hexnode, and Jamf Pro. |
| Privacy | The project states that it collects no telemetry, uses no cloud processing, requires no account and processes PDFs on the device. | Apple's listing says the app may link purchase history and crash data to the user and may collect unlinked identifiers, usage data, and diagnostics. |
| Product | Kiosk is an open-source PDF reader for web, desktop, mobile, and browser extensions. | Kiosker is a configurable full-screen web kiosk browser for iPad and iPhone. |
| Support | The Linux release directs users to report bugs by opening a GitHub issue. | The maker provides a contact form and asks users to review its documentation and FAQ before sending questions. |
Plans
Kiosker
- Kiosker monthly$6.99 a month
- Kiosker yearly$24.99 a year
- Kiosker Pro$39.99, paid once
In their own words
Kiosk
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.
Kiosker
Kiosker turns an iPhone or iPad into a configurable, full-screen web kiosk. It can show websites, local HTML, PDFs, images, videos and other documents, with HTML5, CSS WebKit and native JavaScript support. Hosts can be allowlisted or blocked, and scrolling, zooming and text selection can be disabled. Weekly screensaver schedules can run unlimited events, showing clocks, slideshows, blank screens or websites. Users can add custom CSS and JavaScript through a built-in syntax-highlighting editor. Remote configuration works with Simple MDM, Microsoft Intune, IBM MaaS360, Hexnode and Jamf Pro. Kiosker can pair with Flic Bluetooth buttons and pass button IDs to a website through JavaScript. Its controls include camera and microphone permissions, certificate handling, cross-site tracking, passcode or Face ID/Touch ID protection, event logs and a REST API with TLS certificate support, IP filtering and access tokens. It requires iOS 15 or iPadOS 15 or later, an iPhone 6s or newer, or an iPad Air 2 or newer. Plans include free access with a 7-day trial, subscriptions and a one-time Pro option.