most requested feature since launch: iPhone version.
second most requested: Mac.
both coming this year. iPhone first.
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Henrik Singh
@henrikdev_
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Hey - I'm Henrik, the dev and founder of Beam Browser. 17 y/o student and based in London
beam's press run so far:
• Digital Trends: "the most fulfilling browser experience I've ever had on Apple's tablet"
• Christopher Lawley: "this is Arc, but for the iPad, and it's really good"
• MacStories: "one of the best iPad apps for power users"
all within 2 months of launch. nearly 2,000 downloads. still just me building it.
the only downside Federico found: no iPhone or Mac version yet.
working on it.
MacStories just called Beam "one of the best iPad apps for power users I've tested in a while."
two months in. 1,900 downloads. 4.6 stars. built by one person.
https://www.macstories.net/notes/a-new-ipad-browser-and-testing-perplexity-computer/
A New iPad Browser and Testing Perplexity Computer
I wasn't fully sure what to call this blog post, but I caught myself doing a few things on my iPad Pro today that I hadn't previously mentioned on MacStories, and they seemed worthy of a mention here. Hence, the short blog post. Let’s start with this screenshot: You're looking at a couple of things
Federico Viticci just wrote about Beam on MacStories.
"one of the best iPad apps for power users I've tested in a while."
i'm 17 and built this in my bedroom. genuinely lost for words right now.
now that 1.2 is out, here's what's coming soon:
- iPhone version
- Mac version
- Beam Intelligence improvements
which one are you most interested in?
iPhoneBlog.deTipp: Beam Browser – https://www.iphoneblog.de/2026/02/27/tipp-beam-browser/ @henrikdev_
if you've tried Beam 1.2 - what do you think?
what's working? what's still missing? what should i build next?
1.2 is the update where it stops feeling like a side project and starts feeling like real software
chat with tabs, dark mode, translate, reader mode, peek...
i started building Beam in November because i was frustrated with every iPad browser
10 weeks later it was on the App Store. it hit #1 in Paid Productivity in the US, UK & Canada. Christopher Lawley featured it. Digital Trends covered the launch
oh also, i'm 16