What each one does, how to use it, and one tip each. Real features, check here, try on your iPhone.
Any two things on one screen, a browser or any of 40+ tools, stacked on iPhone and side by side in landscape. Both stay live, and nothing reloads when you switch to the other.
HowLaunch the app and you are already split. Load any page in either pane; each keeps its own session.
TipThe split scales from a thin peek to a full 50/50, so you can park a Social Cube in a sliver while you read.
The seam between panes. Drag it anywhere to resize both sides at once.
HowGrab the pill handle and drag. It follows your finger with weight, and settles where you leave it.
TipFlick it, the divider has momentum, and a soft snap at 50/50.
Swap the two panes instantly, top becomes bottom, bottom becomes top.
HowTap the swap control in the toolbar. Contents, history and sessions travel with their pane.
TipGreat when a video should move to the top half for thumb-reach.
Any pane can take the whole screen, then return to the split exactly as it was.
HowLong-press a pane to expand it. Long-press again, or use the restore control, to return.
TipThe other pane keeps running while hidden. Music keeps playing.
Tap a link in one pane, it opens in the other. Reading and following, separated.
HowEnable Pane-Link in the pane menu. The receiving pane shows a link indicator.
TipPerfect for search results: results stay put, pages open opposite.
Drag text or images from one pane and drop them into the other.
HowPress and hold a selection or image, then drag it across the seam.
TipDrop a quote straight into a compose window on the other side.
Every pane pair is a card in the switcher. Spawn, scrub, swap and close pairs like tabs.
HowTap the workspaces button (stacked square). Tap a card to jump; use + for a new pair.
TipWorkspaces persist, tomorrow’s research picks up where tonight ended.
Your most-visited sites as a grid, per pane.
HowOpen a new pane and your dial is there. Long-press to edit, reorder, or add the current page.
TipEach pane can have a different dial, work sites up top, everything else below.
Per-pane bookmarks with folders, synced through iCloud.
HowTap the book icon in the toolbar; add with the + on any page.
TipImport brings your Chrome, Firefox, Safari or Edge collection over in one pass.
Independent history per pane, searchable, iCloud-synced.
HowToolbar → History. Search by title or domain.
TipPrivate panes write nothing here. Nothing to clear later.
Save pages for later without bookmarking them forever.
HowShare sheet → Add to Reading List, or long-press a link.
TipPairs well with Reader Mode for a clean read-later stack.
Strips a page to clean text and images.
HowTap the AA control on any article and choose Reader.
TipReader in one pane + original in the other = quotes with full context.
Search inside the current page, matches highlighted.
HowPane menu → Find on Page, then type.
TipWorks per pane, hunt two documents in parallel.
DuckDuckGo, Google, Bing, Baidu, Startpage, Yandex, Wikipedia, pick a default per pane.
HowSettings → Search Engine, or switch inline from the address bar.
TipDifferent defaults per pane: one general, one Wikipedia, instant cross-checking.
Capture a page and share it anywhere iOS shares.
HowPane menu → Screenshot, or use the standard share sheet.
TipScreenshots land in the file surface too, see Downloads.
One-pass import from Chrome, Firefox, Safari and Edge.
HowSettings → Import Bookmarks and pick your export file.
TipFolders survive the trip.
Downloads, screenshots and snippets in one searchable place.
HowToolbar → Files. Sort, search, export.
TipLong-press a download to send it to the other pane.
The one nothing else has. On device AI reads both open sides and answers across them, where they agree, where they differ and what is actually true.
HowLoad two takes on one question, tap Reconcile. The answer renders as agree / differ / verdict.
TipWorks on anything comparable: two reviews, two specs, two news stories, two prices.
Pinch any article into a short on-device summary.
HowPinch inward on a page, or tap Summary on the Start pane.
TipSummarise one pane while reading the other, then Reconcile them.
Translate selections inline, on-device.
HowSelect text → Translate. The translation renders in place.
TipOriginal in one pane, translated copy in the other, language-learning mode.
The search field answers questions, not just URLs.
HowType a question in the Start pane’s field; short answers arrive inline.
TipAsk about what’s on screen, it reads your panes, not the cloud.
The Start pane remembers your last pane pair and offers it back in one tap.
HowTap Open on the Resume card. Both panes restore, scroll positions included.
TipIt learns your regulars, morning pairs surface in the morning.
Up to 8 social networks in one pane, Twitter/X, Reddit, LinkedIn, Instagram, Mastodon, BlueSky, Threads. You pick the slots.
HowAdd Social Cube to a pane, then fill its slots from the editor. Each slot keeps its own session.
TipFeeds beside your reading, without ever leaving the page you came for.
Gmail, iCloud, Outlook, ProtonMail, Yahoo, FastMail, each slot with its own independent session.
HowAdd Mail Cube, sign each slot in once. Switch inboxes with a tap.
TipTriage email in the bottom pane while the top pane holds the thing the email is about.
Recent copies, text and URLs, one tap away.
HowOpen the Clipboard tool from the Tools row.
TipCopy in one pane, paste in the other, no app-switching dance.
Capture a thought without leaving the page.
HowTools → Reminders → type → done. It lands in Apple Reminders.
TipSet one mid-research: "come back to this tab pair", with the workspace link.
Live-rate conversion beside your shopping.
HowTools → Currency. Rates update live.
TipCompare a foreign price in the top pane, converted in the bottom.
The full catalogue of pane tools, in one grid.
HowOpen Tools Library from the workspaces switcher.
TipAnything in the library can live as a pane, tools are just panes.
Preset pane pairs for repeatable jobs, one tap sets both sides.
HowTap a Bento chip on the Start pane. See All shows the full set.
TipBuild your own from any pair, it appears as a new chip.
Recipe on top, notes/groceries below. The kitchen classic.
HowStart pane → Bento → Recipe Mode.
TipCheck off ingredients in the note while the recipe stays put.
Stocks in one pane, crypto in the other, both live.
HowStart pane → Bento → Trader Mode.
TipAdd the currency tool for a three-way view.
Video up top, chat or feed below, watch and talk at once.
HowStart pane → Bento → Watch Party.
TipLong-press the video pane full-screen for the good part; chat waits underneath.
Greeting, search, Resume card, weather, reminders, Bento, the app’s home surface.
HowAny pane can navigate home from the toolbar’s home glyph.
TipThe greeting clock follows your hour; the whole surface follows your theme.
Either pane private, or both. No cookies, no history, no traces.
HowPane menu → Private. The pane chrome shifts to show it.
TipOne private pane beside a normal one: compare logged-in vs logged-out prices.
Built-in content blocking, included with the one purchase.
HowSettings → Ad Blocking. Per-site exceptions supported.
TipFaster pages, cooler phone, smaller bills on cellular.
Category-blocked content behind a PIN, hand the phone over safely.
HowSettings → Child Lock → set PIN → choose blocked categories.
TipPin a pane pair first; the lock keeps everything else out of reach.
No analytics SDKs, no ads, no crash-log harvesting. iCloud sync rides Apple’s encrypted key-value store, the developer has no servers to see it.
HowNothing to enable. It’s how the app is built.
TipThe privacy label is short because there’s nothing to disclose.
Cream, dark glass, amber, full glass chrome, per-pane tint options.
HowStart pane → theme button, or Settings → Appearance.
TipOLED true-black in dark glass saves battery on long reads.
Tuned for OLED with a true-black option; follows the system or your override.
HowFollows iOS automatically; override per app in Settings.
TipPer-pane override exists, dark article beside a light one, if that’s your thing.
A Lock-Screen / Dynamic Island activity mirrors your active tab.
HowEnable in Settings → Live Activity, then watch a tab.
TipTrack a slow page load from the Lock Screen like a flight.
Jump into workspaces straight from the home screen.
HowLong-press the home screen → add the Parallel View widget.
TipThe widget deep-links into a saved pane pair.
Identify plants, landmarks, food in images, Apple’s on-device lookup, inside your panes.
HowLong-press an image → Look Up.
TipRecipe photo in one pane → Look Up → similar dishes in the other.
Dynamic Type to AX5, VoiceOver labels on every control, Reduce Motion / Transparency / Increase Contrast / Bold Text all respected.
HowSet your iOS accessibility preferences; the app follows.
TipThe whole glass chrome swaps to opaque automatically under Reduce Transparency.
The same app on the big canvas, true 50/50, Stage Manager, Split View and Slide Over friendly.
HowInstall on iPad; the divider goes vertical in landscape.
TipParallel View inside iOS Split View = four live surfaces. Chaos, but yours.
Full shortcut set on iPad, navigate, swap panes, spawn tabs from the keys.
HowConnect any keyboard; hold ⌘ to see the shortcut overlay.
Tip⌘ + arrows moves focus between panes.
Bookmarks, history and reading list reach your other devices, encrypted by Apple, never touching developer servers.
HowSign into iCloud; sync is on by default.
TipStart on iPhone, finish on iPad, workspaces wait for you.