Maxthon vs QQ Browser
Maxthon
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| Figure | Maxthon | QQ Browser |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | Yes |
| Android | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 1 | 0 |
| Spec score · Web browsers | 9.0 (#12) | 7.8 (#91) |
| Spec score · Mobile Browser Software | 8.7 (#4) | 7.4 (#24) |
| Browser engine | chromium | other |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Headquarters | San Francisco, California, USA | Shenzhen, China |
| Platforms | The download page offers versions for Windows, macOS, iOS, and Android, including Windows desktop and portable builds. | both |
| Privacy | The browser advertises anti-tracking, ad blocking, incognito browsing, and a free VPN; the homepage says its VPN is provided by Bright Data. | The license agreement says Tencent uses professional encryption for storage and transmission of personal information and does not disclose it without user permission except where laws require. |
| Product | Maxthon is a Chromium-based web browser with built-in cloud sync, notes, a password manager, ad blocking, and media tools. | QQ Browser is Tencent’s browser software for viewing webpages, text, and media, with bookmarks, browsing history, search, and downloads. |
| Support | The site directs users to its help center, troubleshooting and bug-report page, community forum, and customer service contact information for support. | The official homepage lists Tencent’s main switchboard as 0755-86013388. |
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In their own words
Maxthon
Maxthon is a free Chromium-based browser with built-in notes, password management and an AI chat assistant. Signing in syncs bookmarks, settings, Maxnote, password-manager data and quick-access URLs across devices. Maxnote can record, organize, clip and share URLs, text, images and links. Maxthon 7 supports Chrome extensions, and its desktop versions can sync extensions between Windows and macOS. Reading mode removes ads and other page elements, Read Aloud converts webpages to speech, and split-screen browsing shows multiple pages in one window. Listed privacy tools include ad blocking, anti-tracking, incognito mode and a free VPN provided by Bright Data. Maxthon's privacy policy says searches through its default MaxAsk engine, which uses Google as its search content provider, involve collecting search queries, IP addresses and browser details. Maxthon says it encrypts account information and sensitive data stored locally or in the cloud, as well as data during account synchronization. Super Bookmarks requires a VIP subscription, and video downloads are limited for logged-in users.
QQ Browser
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