Idk about the iPad but on a iMac chrome is definitely better than safari .. It handles external displays better than safari especially when trying to full screen a video to one display , Safari always will take up both displays leaving me with a black screen on one display and full screen video on the other, forcing me to use mirror display, and chrome is so much faster . If there are any cons about it they aren't near as bad as safari . i can't wait until we can delete these programs Apple thinks we need