Apple Safari

 The default Mac and iOS browser is a strong choice, though its interface has some nonstandard elements on both desktop and mobile. Safari was a forerunner in a few areas of browser capability. For example, it was the first with a Reading mode, which cleared unnecessary clutter like ads and video from web articles you want to read. That feature debuted in 2010 and has made its way into all other browsers except for Chrome.

 

More recently Safari added fingerprinting protection—preventing web trackers from identifying you by your system specs. Other benefits include Apple Pay support and a Sign in with Apple feature to replace Facebook and Google as web account authorizers.

Big Sur made for big changes to Safari, with a customizable home page (similar to Edge's), performance improvements, and much-improved tab design. The benchmark result above bears testimony to its speedy operation.

If you use an iPhone and a Mac, Safari integration makes a lot of sense, since Apple’s Handoff feature lets you continue your browsing session between devices. Safari has trailed other browsers on support for emerging HTML5 features, but we haven’t run into or heard of any major site incompatibilities with it.