Firefox Mobile
Ranked 37 of 53 web browsers by recommenders
Praised for ad-free, familiar browsing on phones and tablets. Critics say the mobile interface is dated and clunky, and uBlock Origin cannot be installed.
Praised for ad-free, familiar browsing on phones and tablets. Critics say the mobile interface is dated and clunky, and uBlock Origin cannot be installed.
20 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 10
- criticize it
- 10
- approval share
- 50%
Recommended in 5 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 10 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 1 recommender for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not met.
- Recommended in 5 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Ad-free browsing on mobile
“I have seen maybe five ads on my phone browser (including Youtube!) since buying it in 2019.”
Comment from 16 Dec 2025 in “Mozilla appoints new CEO Anthony Enzor-Demeo” “I'm addicted to the ad-free browsing life”
Comment from 16 Oct 2026 in “The 8-mile hole in a Hawaii national park that no one can explain” Usable and works well
“I really like the Firefox usability. For what I do it works great.”
Comment from 1 Sep 2026 in “Play Store blocks AuroraStore, hurting GrapheneOS users” “Otherwise don't see any issues.”
Comment from 1 Sep 2026 in “Play Store blocks AuroraStore, hurting GrapheneOS users” “Firefox for mobile does great.”
Comment from 16 Jun 2026 in “Google Chrome's Next Update Will Mark the End of Popular Ad Blockers” - Comment from 24 Sep 2026 in “Ideas on modernizing the open-source desktop”
Hard to give up privacy tradeoffs
“I can't imagine browsing the web on my phone and tablet without Firefox mobile.”
Comment from 17 Dec 2025 in “Is Mozilla trying hard to kill itself?” “I'm not willing to put up with worse privacy/usability tradeoffs”
Comment from 1 Sep 2026 in “Play Store blocks AuroraStore, hurting GrapheneOS users”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Dated, lackluster mobile interface
“Firefox Mobile really is a lackluster browser unfortunately both from a usability and security standpoint”
Comment from 1 Sep 2026 in “Play Store blocks AuroraStore, hurting GrapheneOS users” “Overall the whole mobile interface needs to be overhauled imo.”
Comment from 2 Sep 2026 in “Hang on to Your Firefox” Default search engine keeps resetting
“Recent mobile versions just cannot seem to remember any default search engine setting other than Google.”
Comment from 22 Nov 2025 in “The Mozilla Cycle, Part III: Mozilla Dies in Ignominy” “I genuinely do hate this too, I have to reset it every time.”
Comment from 23 Nov 2025 in “The Mozilla Cycle, Part III: Mozilla Dies in Ignominy”
Other web browsers people recommend
The four most recommended other web browsers, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firefox | 1,572 | 1,371 | 53% | 12 | 16 yrs125 owners | — |
| Google Chrome | 503 | 1,086 | 32% | 12 | 10 yrs11 owners | — |
| Brave | 397 | 248 | 62% | 12 | 4.9 yrs16 owners | — |
| Safari | 307 | 577 | 35% | 12 | 13 yrs27 owners | — |
| Firefox MobileThis page | 10 | 10 | 50% | 5 | — | — |
What people said
19 of the 20 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“I'm addicted to the ad-free browsing life”
“it made my life SO MUCH easier”
“Overall the whole mobile interface needs to be overhauled imo.”
“Otherwise don't see any issues.”
“I really like the Firefox usability. For what I do it works great.”
“Firefox Mobile really is a lackluster browser unfortunately both from a usability and security standpoint”
“I'm not willing to put up with worse privacy/usability tradeoffs”
“Firefox for mobile does great.”
“Firefox Mobile has memory problems with many tabs.”
“put a blue pip on the three dot menu and the "What's New" item that will never go away until you click on it”
“This works on Firefox Mobile.”
“Percentage bars do not seem to work (FF Mobile)”
“the way they treated their mobile browser for years and years”
“You can't install UBlock Origin on mobile.”
“I can't imagine browsing the web on my phone and tablet without Firefox mobile.”
“I have seen maybe five ads on my phone browser (including Youtube!) since buying it in 2019.”
“Firefox mobile sucks for cutting off the left side of the screen with no way to scroll”
“I genuinely do hate this too, I have to reset it every time.”
“Recent mobile versions just cannot seem to remember any default search engine setting other than Google.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.