Google chrome on the iphone?

I was using google chrome on my iphone 5 until recently that my friend told me that chrome is actually better on any other phone but the iphone. On the iphone, safari is better because every other web browswer has to use safaris engine because of apple putting restrictions thus making every other browser slower or the same as safari. Is this true? Is safari really the best iphone web browser to use?

Its what I use

Personally, I use chrome on all of my devices, and if anything, it's faster than safari.

(I'm writing this on chrome, on my iPod)

Safari is a better browser, but not because Apple has done anything to Chrome.

Chrome is as good on iOS as it is on Android or anywhere else. Safari, in my opinion, is still the better option though, as i find it's a lot faster; and works with iCloud.