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UNCENCORED, UNTRACKED, FREE AND HONESTI cannot get over what this web browser has shown me. Every time I use it I have to click on the top left of the search bar to see the list of which left wing based companies were trying to track my movements and searches online. Still amazes me how invasive we’ve let these people and these companies become. Like a bunch of frogs in ever-warming water... how soon before that water becomes boiling? How many more liberties will we allow them to take before we wake up and realize we have a right to our privacy and our freedom? I just wonder how long it will be before someone tries to shut this app down for not giving in to the invasive and manipulative agenda the other web browsers all exhibit. I’m sure monitoring our online presence is just the beginning. I fully expect their “cancel culture” to hit this area next. Media and online manipulation are their weapons of choice at the moment and if we have the opportunity to start to “pull back the curtains” to actually see that manipulation (like this app does so beautifully) we are risking being woken up to the reality that we’ve allowed ourselves to be manipulated up until now. Wake up America! This isn’t about Trump. It’s not about Republicans. This is about your freedom and mine. I took back a little off the freedom of privacy when I downloaded this app. I dare you to do the same. Now how long do you think it will be before some cancel-culture manipulator tries to remove this comment because they don’t agree with it and/or they don’t want y’all to know the truth?.€||eVersion: 7.61.6

LOVE THIS APP!!! Wish there was an option for screen time limitsI love love love this browser, it is safe and simple, and I love it more than the browser I used to use, which was safari 😒 loll. I don’t have much to say to hype it up bc I have a specific reason for this review, and it is to request more options for screen time limits. On an iPhone, screen time limits are automatically put on EVERY website on safari, which is annoying if you need to research for school or look something up. With duckduckgo, it doesn’t do that, which is one reason I switched. BUT, I am young and deal with a phone addiction like other teens usually do, and I wish you could choose specific sites to limit on duckduckgo. This is my idea: In the menu, go to settings and click “screen time limits”, it’ll show you a simple set up menu where you can manually type in the specific websites you would like to limit and how long you have screen time on them. You do not have limits automatically on EVERY website, but only the ones you choose!! Or you can choose to do limits for every website, or make everything automatically have limits and choose what websites to allow. I feel like if that idea was implemented, it could help a lot of teens who need a better relationship with their phones but also need access to the web for school research. I have screen time limits until 12 PM (I requested it bc it helps with productivity), so if I have last minute homework to do that morning, I need to be able to reach a site to get it done and not have to send 12 billion requests for each individual site and annoy my parents and myself. Anyway, PLEASE look into this, I know I’m not the only one wanting a feature like this! Love the app, just not great for those struggling with their screen time :).XfrogiexxVersion: 7.164.0

Review by a 45 year ProgrammerUnfortunately they will never catch Google, which makes me sad as a ten year user. USA User and Programmer. First problem is being out of the UK, trying to compete in the US Market. Not even remotely close. Come on guys, I WANT you to succeed! Honestly you will have to employ far smarter Engineers and Programmers/Coders. Scale 1–10 against Google who I hate and refuse to use? You’re a 1/One. Have to do better guys if you desire to compete in the US Market. If it’s a cost thing, which it always is, consider outsourcing to dark web coders/programmers. Tho known for dishonesty, they will at the very least, get you all up to American 2024 standards. I had to search ten times for the true owner on a HORSE in an American TV series. I never got to the true owner. That should speak volumes to you Engineers. You simply must do waay better. I want you to succeed. We HATE GOOGLE/Bezos! But to be the best in America requires a reality check on how you compete against the known best. Sadly, you’re sorely lacking. Come on UK Engineer’s! I am rooting for you. And have given you TEN years of my valuable time using only Duckduckgo. You MUST CATCH UP guys ok? Love and truths from America…smile. Get a Venture Capitalist for goodness sakes. I really want you to WIN!!.ForgodsgdpurposeVersion: 7.147.0

Freedom!!!I am telling the world that just because I live in America ....I realize that those living in countries with NO democracy is subjected to such instructiveness!!! I feel the heavyweight of your reality when in 2016 I began getting stalked on the web!!!! To think in my “FREE WORLD known as America this violations occurs and TRUST me EVERY day I am truly grateful for DuckDuckGo and the ,genuine concern, & dedication given to people such as myself...... a complete stranger I (WE) am To these people !!!! Such kindness & selfishness shown by this company’s employees (founders,owners, volunteers etc) has restored my faith in humanity as y’all can imagine how hackers, stalkers, SALTY DEA agents, egotistical authorities,malicious organizations, jealous exes along with alll those sick minded haters trying to sabatoge their victims via the WORLD WIDE WEB can CRITICALLY STRIP YOUR trusted MECHANISM’S ALONG WITH YOUR ACCOUNT’S (aol,fb,Instagram etc) and ..... well you get the picture of how much I appreciate this DuckDuckGo company!!!!!! I haven’t used Google in 6 years and I tell everyone constantly about the Duck!!! Thanks for allowing me to rant and rave!!! I’m not sure how your able to provide free Duck to the world that struggles not only from grim governments but financially as well BUT if you hadn’t???!!? I’d be complete basket case without any hope of normalcy as these everyday assaults can ruin lives!!!! Thank you for your kindness and compassion!!!! You have made a difference in so many lives!!! You rock DuckDuckGo!!!!! Stay safe gang!! God’s Blessing’s , Kim S.Just Me.. KASVersion: 7.59.0

I missed this type of search engine!It seems like the privacy concerns are the main reason people switch to DuckDuckGo, and that was certainly a factor for me—but honestly, the user experience has fully blown me away. This is what it used to be like to google things—I actually get a list of websites relevant to my search! I just googled something about panda conservation and instead of getting an AI overview followed by three AI generated summary sites with adds interspersed between paragraphs followed by several angry Reddit threads, I got things from NCBI, institute for environmental research and education, and the Smithsonian—with summaries written by humans with linked sources. Incredible. Other small things that are also cited as “cons” of switching have made my life better. Predictive text isn’t as good, so I have to want to search something badly enough to type it out, and the app opens ever so slight slower (the DuckDuckGo logo briefly appears). Both of these small things help me avoid getting sucked into a misery hole on my phone. It’s just overall a much better experience. I’ve gotten some real-life people to switch over, too! Thank you to the devs at DuckDuckGo!!!.Gwen391Version: 7.206.0

Pretty good, with some caveatsDDG offers some compelling features that are worth exploring. The Duck email forwarding is fantastic and free. It’s become a critical part of my privacy efforts online. (I really hope it doesn’t get discontinued, or I’ll be in trouble). The browser itself is decent and offers very solid out of the box privacy features that block web trackers quite well. The password manager in the browser is fine if you only use passwords in-browser, but it won’t replace a more feature-rich standalone password manager. As far as Duck AI is concerned, I actually use it quite often due to the privacy protections it offers over mainstream AI services, but I am still careful to avoid sharing personal information there. Please understand the following if you’re new to Duck AI: DuckDuckGo did not develop the AI models. These are made by 3rd parties such as OpenAI/ChatGPT. While DuckDuckGo strips personal info such as your IP address out of prompts sent to them, they will not anonymize the content of your prompts. If you include your name and a health condition, for example, in the prompts, then your name and health condition is sent to 3rd party AI developer. Your personal information is in the hands of some ethically questionable people. So be very careful when using the AI feature. Also worth noting is that the free AI plan offers access to older models, so the quality of answers are not great when compared to current models offered by the big AI companies. I am often frustrated by the number of hallucinations and even basic math errors I see nearly every day in DuckAI. While not the fault, per se, of DuckDuckGo, it’s still their product and users should exercise caution and fact check *everything* important..CarshissVersion: 7.211.0

My purest opinionI've been using the DuckDuckGo browser for a few weeks now, and overall, it's a refreshing change from more mainstream options. The biggest draw for me is privacy — it blocks trackers by default, upgrades sites to HTTPS when possible, and doesn’t build a profile on you. I also appreciate the minimalist design; it's clean, fast to navigate, and doesn't feel cluttered. The "Fire" button is a nice touch — with one tap, I can erase all tabs and browsing data. The new AI-assisted search is a decent addition. It's not as powerful as ChatGPT or Google's Gemini, but it’s privacy-focused and often includes source links, which is helpful. I like that I can disable it entirely if I want a traditional search experience. However, there are a few drawbacks: the browser can lag slightly on heavier sites, and I miss the ability to install extensions — no ad blockers or password managers like I use on Firefox or Chrome. Overall, I’d recommend it to anyone who values privacy and a no-frills browsing experience. It’s not perfect, but it's a solid alternative for everyday browsing, especially on mobile..JustClipTvYtbVersion: 7.173.1

DuckDuckGoLove the app except there’s some settings I don’t understand like the photos part of it. Can I store and or share photos there? Whitelist? What is it? Also I can’t share any of my info from searches to my Facebook page like I wish I could. And I like to use regular maps a lot and I don’t like their maps section for finding places I’m looking for that I read about but it does have lots of great information I enjoy about the countries. So far the search info is great considering it’s a safe search so they say?! I hate all the controversy and crime surrounding hatching,disinformation and theft on the web so I’m hoping they are honest as they say. Recently I’ve heard so much bad stuff about Google being even evil. But they have always actually been almost personable with me by helping me almost interactively when I can’t figure stuff out on my crumby devices. Facebook Zuckerberg has always let Facebook run on autopilot from day one. Nothing works on settings on Facebook and it never has!!!! You could never fix that site now! Zuckerberg is a freak and lord only knows what he’s up to? He’s totally illegitimate in every way. But it’s to late for me to fear those two...they already both know more data about me than I know about myself. I’m going to try here again to see if I can get off Google tho. Really don’t know what’s good for myself but I did learn something from you folks. Thanks! Keep up the good work Duck. You should hook up with that other site I was on for a while, can’t think of the name but they plant trees for each search you make. Ohhh also!!! I love the no dang ad every 2 inches while you dodge and try to read! Thanks for hardly no ads except when u can’t help it!.Wjite SwanVersion: 7.35.0

Best Search EngineI would consider myself someone who really tries to find the best search engine that is clean, consistent, and has great user protection. I have tried a lot of search engines from Chrome, Brave, Edge, Safari; just to name a few. All of these platforms are not as user friendly as Duck Duck Go in my opinion and don’t make my data privacy and user safety as transparent and easy to use as Duck Duck Go. Having recently jumped on this platform after trying all the others, I can confidently say that I have uninstalled all the other search engines and have solely adopted Duck Duck Go as my main search engine. Beyond just user safety, I am a user that has pretty significant ADHD, meaning that cleaner, direct platforms when it comes to user navigation help me tremendously in staying to task and organizing bookmarks as I progress through the day. Overall, I really have found Duck Duck Go to be a phenomenal search engine in the first month that I have began using it and I honestly won’t go back. Additional Note: I am an IPad User and this review is based on my experience using the IPad app..ShoshoneSamVersion: 7.132.0

I want to like itI really do. I’ve been using it for several months now. Unfortunately I am just about at my wits end. Every single solitary page I ever load ever ever ever refreshes after 30 to 60 seconds. Maybe I could handle a refresh after one or two seconds but I will be halfway through logging into something or making a post and Bam it refreshes me and I have to start over. If I were just casually reading different websites maybe it wouldn’t be a big deal but I can’t tell you how many hundreds of forms I’ve had to fill out at least two and sometimes three or four times. Just load the stupid page! I have about learned that I have to wait a good while after every page I load to make sure that it’s not going to refresh me. I get that maybe you’re blocking cookies are trackers and maybe that’s why but it’s extremely annoying to have to start over whatever I’m doing EVERY SINGLE TIME. Also “feature” or not I really really really hate that “new tab” button. I accidentally hit it multiple times a day. I also don’t like not having a good history back button. Sometimes I lose a page and then I can never go back to where I was and I have to start my searches all over again..Mnmmm;3345Version: 7.65.2

Google? Really?I choke now when so,some says they will “google it”. But saying I’ll have to google,it is a lot easier than saying “I will have to duck duck go”that. So now you have an advertising go to. Come up with saying that faster, easier. You don’t want to say “ddg it”. Because many people would not know what that stood for so you need to say at least some of the words. Maybe just duck it? Although the downside of that is the obvious rhyme it makes so we find offensive but not many. That said it needs to be done carefully if you do that as to not offend someone because I’m hesitant about it myself. But I think it would be a good one easy to remember certainly, and the comical end of it would be the upside. Having someone say “oh I don’t know well just duck it.” just a thought in all honesty and seriousness. DuckDuckGo is the way to go. It is truly easier to use easier to clean up when you have too much open. And several other obvious I think that you know better than I do. Got a couple other ideas for advertising, I won’t charge much. Have a great day..RunfortestrunVersion: 7.170.1

Far too few people use the best browser available.“Far too few” really means “not enough” to be sure. I rarely endorse apps and even more rare is an endorsement I make for a tech/IT/web product. I clearly and vehemently can make a case for every internet traveler to want -nay NEED to use this browser. Yes, I assume that everyone needs (and wants) to protect their privacy when on the web. I don’t think that’s a far-fetched assumption to make. I’ve used this browser quite a bit now and after previous frustrating attempts to enhance my privacy by using other, more popular browsers’ cumbersome privacy settings, can readily say that DuckDuckGo’s offering is the most intuitive, well laid out, and quick browser I’ve used in the over 25 years I’ve been an IT professional. The browser has an almost minimalist look and feel. That doesn’t mean that it is without varied features tried-and-true and some I wished I’d had long ago. I will be installing DuckDuckGo‘s browser on production machines at the office and clients as well. (After I verify any legality issues ($) therein of course) Thanks DuckDuckGo -jbl.G-mail-manVersion: 7.9.0

A simply private and elegant mobile experienceThis app is just everything a mobile browser could need, and it only gets better with each update! First things first, this app looks like it was made with the mobile user in mind. One glance at the interface, and with a simple tutorial of just the most basic buttons, anyone could use this browser with ease. Not too many buttons to overwhelm the user, but not too few configurations to displease the power user. My favorite part of this privacy browser has to be the powerful flame which will wipe clean all the tabs that you may have open, allowing for you to start all over again with a new session full of your greatest searches. The latest update, as of this review, has added the feature to modify the splash effect of the flame to be a cooler “burn” effect. The developers are doing a great job maintaining this app with many great additions in each new release. Definitely an app for people who want peace of mind and privacy ensured with every search. Kudos to the team at DuckDuckGo for such an amazing app!.AertoneFXVersion: 7.62.1

Just a couple things to considerSearch engines notoriously have poor AI’s. And from my experience apparently some of them have no AI. Of course I guess that depends on your perspective. Nonetheless, from a user standpoint, if the search engine cannot understand common English punctuation usage nor discern that words inside quotes should be seen as phrases, “not separate words”; then there is room for improvement! The use of punctuation to define different parameters for a “search”, is in fact old school! It’s been around for a while. Unfortunately search engines for the Internet don’t seem to remember that. And many of us (your clients) have noticed. I can assure you, the first company that develops these capabilities, along with the security and privacy that DuckDuckGo offers (which I’m sure will continue to improve as the future unfolds), will find great success and popularity within the first week. So what if “a week” seems like a slow rise; especially if it leads to a loyal fan club that includes high numbers of subscribers. Also you get the privilege of getting a five star rating from me. 🛖 Get into your think tanks!.PrincipledEnigmaVersion: 7.64.6

Good, could use more featuresI want to start off by saying this browser is the best single browser I’ve found for the iPad. The bar at the top with buttons and the search bar doesn’t take up a lot of space, and the desktop mode always works well, unlike with Safari. The browser looks nice and is quick. There are two features I feel that are missing, one necessity and one nice to have. First - the reason this review doesn’t have 4 stars - I cant set DuckDuckGo as the default for opening hyperlinks on my iPad. When I click a link in my email and a box shows up it only gives me the choice of safari or chrome, and I don’t even have chrome installed. If and when DuckDuckGo can be set as a default for this, I will update this review to 4 stars gladly. Aside from that, the only feature I feel this browser is missing from pushing it to perfection is some easy gesture based system of switching tabs. The button in the bottom right hand corner is fine and logical, but some more touch friendly and quicker way to switch tabs would make this browser much better. That’s it. If it gets those two features it would be perfect and I would update this review to 5 stars..DavidrherronVersion: 7.12.0

Good, but fire button needs workI love this app so much and it has been amazing for me! It is much more private than other top competitors, mainly Google, but it also works great and is an excellent web browser. I loved the idea of a fire button to kill all tabs and remove data, but when it's in the middle of the bottom of your screen it is sometimes very easy to misclick and tap on that button and clear all of your data. I know there is a way to fireproof sites to save your data but it still is annoying to get back all of your tabs and sign in to all of your not fireproofed sites. I think that the only way to improve the app and I would really love to see this added (if anyone actually reads this which I hope you do) but I think that there should be a way to remove the fire button from the main menu and be able to toggle whether or not you have it enabled. I know this is long but if anyone reads this then thank you for your time and please help this to get added!.TheMadHatt3rVersion: 7.164.0

Search functionalityI love the app, the security, and the transparency in exactly how and when I’m being protected via the small icon in the address bar. When a site loads, for a moment it shows that yes it has successfully blocked a tracker and shows who. I have one small feature that I wish was different. Unsure if this is even something y’all can do or not but her goes. So on my iPhone, when I pull down and search I see that it’s searching my phone but I have it set to give the option to search the web as the last option. Could yall give the option for DuckDuckGo be an option to search the web since it is my default browser? Unsure if that is possible or not on yalls end but it would be greatly appreciated. Several times I realized that I am not in fact on the DuckDuckGo browser.. I’d be on Safari.? This is the culprit, unfortunately I can’t find any way to enable this via my phone settings so I wonder if it is possible to add it to the list of searchable apps for my query. With my download of the DuckDuckGo app like I have as well..TheMaidenFairVersion: 7.138.2

Overall GoodI like every thing that is provided, and I am glad that the app scans questionable websites to view and inform me of the privacy practices, this can prevent my history from being aggregated and save my device from potentially developing a malicious virus that could overtake my device. And it’s rather simple as well. But I have one complaint: I enjoy the fact that I can courageously venture into the deeper parts of the web to find information for essays, recreation etc., but I would prefer a feature that could be toggled in settings permitting the app to discourage and omit all inappropriate photographs, video, imagery, etc. In other words, I do not want pornographic images to seep into my searches with all the ambiguity in words these days. If you could design a feature to just that, it would be excellent. An even better idea, make the option to create a password as a requirement to turn off the filter, you know, just so that young children will not turn it off and encounter x-rated material. Thank you in advance for taking the time to read this..Andrew1243Version: 7.14.1

So happy to finally have a little privacy when I watch something online these days.Love the Duck Duck Go commitment to helping us slowly build our PRIVACY, TRUST, KNOWLEDGE, and STRENGTH once most of the US realized we had all been RAPED of our PRIVACY by all of the tech companies. They actually have the nerve to think we will just agree and believe everything Signing and Agreeing to giving away your Privacy. California and Maine have been the 2 States intelligent enough to go ahead to take preventative measures to ensure something like this invasion of Privacy, Banking, and unfortunately our American Politics leaving us with 4 years of a Reality Television President Donald Trump who has Orange Hair with even more Orange Hair just going in my very direction defying all logic reminding me of Ronald McDonald with him you never really what that idiot might say or do involving myself in a great deal of Drama. Duck Duck Go BrowserDonald the weird clown from Mickey D’s with the Orange and Red hair. Honestly two of the best companies helping myself and all of us right now are Apple Computers and that showed me to set up with our Apple Safari and with our free VPN to distract them we slowly will start to lose more freedom and our Human Rights we’ve fought so hard for over the years. Duck Duck Go loves meeting with the other countries who have had all Privacy and Rights violated having regular meetings about Privacy Issues,Human Rights,How to go about helping all the young and new people coming online and into our world everyday. Trust Apple and Duck Duck Go they truly have your best interests and Privacy close to the heart, in fact both of these companies have Always maintained we should have our Basic Human Rights and any Privac one. Thanks for all your love, assistance, teaching, classes, educational, and Professional Sincerely,.DiscoBallBearVersion: 7.59.0

Missing One ThingMake no mistake about it, this is a five star app. If I could Add one feature, I would add the ability to save a page to the home screen like you can in safari. Even though Duck Duck Go can be set as the default browser, if you open a link saved to your home screen through Safari, the link will still open Safari rather than opening the default browser, whatever it is. Even so, the browser has the usual features like bookmarks and the ability to save to a reading list, but I have many links saved to my home screen and placed in a folder for one touch convenience. I hope this feature is added in the future. I will happily put up with the inability to use bookmarks from my home screen for browsing security. It is fascinating to look at the site security report for each site to see how often content creators are attempting to track us across the Internet and how many trackers there are in the sites we use..Adarkknight13Version: 7.63.4

Better than Google!Ok, that’s subjective. There’s pros and cons to each search engine; the major drawback of Google, for me anyway, is that everything is tracked everywhere. They’re constantly collecting information about you and building a profile on you. I’m not paranoid about privacy or anything, but keep in mind, Google isn’t your product, you’re their product, and you’re sold to advertisers. I already use Facebook and Twitter so I’m still tracked, but cutting Google out of that equation gives me a bit of peace of mind. As consumers, we should not be okay with constantly being tracked... do your self a favor and replace Google with DuckDuckGo. The only feedback I have for the devs is to make the keyboard pop up as the app is opened. Why click inside the search bar to bring up the keyboard? The whole reason for opening the app is to start typing something, and therefore the keyboard should already be present. If you must insist on keeping it the way it is, at the least, you can place the search bar in the center so it then becomes a one-handed operation. That’s my only minor complaint..YodelingpuppetVersion: 7.11.0

Love This Search Engine That’s SO Much MoreI’m so in love with this app and have much respect for the developers. I truly hope they don’t sell out, like so many others have in the past. I could go on and on about all the features they provide that are positively stellar, but it would be pages long. I’ll try to hit the key attributes that truly make this unique. Protection and privacy seem to be their most significant priority. This is absolutely fundamental in such an invasive world, in which we life in today. I was fortunate enough to sign up for VPN when it was still in beta mode, and I’m so grateful I had such an amazing opportunity. The fact they provide a private email to help cut back on spam, and the spreading and sharing of your email address is fabulous. You can’t seem to even so much as view some pages without providing, at the very least, an email address. If a website requires a sign in through Google or Apple, I’ve made the conscious decision not to use that site, and will go back to the search for a different website. The blocks and scans DuckDuckGo provides I’m an effort to keep your information private, is honestly mind blowing. I’m the beginning, the returned searches were limited, but there’s been a huge improvement since then. I also realized it’s because they tend to cut out the ones that are actually targeted toward ads, purchases, or useless. I want informative content, and what’s provided in their searches tend be exactly that!! I no longer use an other search engine-why would I??.TeeemeeeVersion: 7.139.1

I love you for protecting my privacyI must say the assurances I receive from Duck Duck have been proven to be correct. I know this as a matter of fact because Duck Duck advises me who attempted to view my web requests. Every web site I look for is above board. I am proud of what I look for but just knowing that Duck Duck is protecting Me, unlike Google, who happens to want to know everything I once looked for on there search engine. I only wish that Duck Duck allowed me to speak my request rather than having to type it. I have concluded that Duck Duck hasn’t any Control of who runs the Microphones on these smartphones, tablets, and your laptop or desktop. Therefore, They cannot protect My privacy. Every one is entitled to their views and opinions and no one needs to know what you are looking for. I, wholeheartedly, with confidence ask everyone to try Duck Duck. They will inform you who wants to know what you’re entitled to keep private. I respect their respect to their users. Thanks for reading my review but Duck Duck cannot help you until You use it. It will answer your request as any other search engine. That is to say Google,Safari, AOL, Bing, and others I cannot name at this moment. Happy Thanksgiving, Merry Christmas, and Happy New Year to one and All. God Bless My World and All readers. Try Duck Duck. Nothing will change, what You seek will be readily available to You. An extremely happy person while seeking answers to my many requests. Fred.Freddy LackVersion: 7.59.0

It keeps crashing or something...I love the duck duck go app! It’s good with privacy and doesn’t track you like google etc. One problem though is that so I’ll download it for example and through the whole day it I can use it, but the next day I lock on it and the loading screen comes up for about 10 seconds and then it backs out of the app no matter how many times I try and it’s like as if it were kicking me off of the app and it’s really annoying. I even restarted my phone and it didn’t let me on so I had to re-install it and thankfully it worked but it then comes back, and I have to go through the whole app introducing itself again. Eventually I got so sick and tired of re-installing the app that I wanted to stop using it but I like how the app works and instead of it going back to the home-screen it saves what you had on last when you get on again, and that’s another thing that I like about it. Please duck duck go fix this I hate uninstalling and then re-installing it again. But in it’s a good app! 👍 I really recommend it!.Cappel 💜Version: 7.62.1

Great alternative, but just a heads up...First of all, thank you so much for telling me about all the times you’ve blocked agents trying to track my every move. Huge breath of fresh air!! There are a couple things I’ll warn future users about though, (and I’ll get over it as I learn how to use a different search engine): 1) I don’t have Apple Maps (I just don’t love Apple Maps at all), so I can’t just get directions straight from the search engine when I look up places I want to go. I’d just have to look up it up in my gps myself. 2) Duck Duck Go doesn’t give you direct answers. I have to browse the websites to find the answers myself. Which is good! This helps us to do our own research! I’m just lazy and need to get over it and actually work for the answers instead of just blindly trusting the large, bold face answers at the heading of any g00gl3 search result. 3) This search engine also doesn’t directly provide business closing times and random other tidbits and reviews about the business you’re searching. So if, for example, I’m trying to find out what time Safeway closes, I can’t just find it right below where you’d normally find the directions, phone number, website, etc. I’d have to go search for that location’s business hours within their own website. But all these things will lead to better lives. Less convenience doesn’t mean the answers aren’t there, you just have to do a little extra work, and probably in the long run get more quality, unbiased answers. And that is what Duck Duck Go is all about..ElizaNeuf4Version: 7.61.11

IPhone 13 controls everything I do with this app.If I try to upload an image into Google Images with this browser, my iPhone 13 intervenes and prevents me from doing so. A message window opens and stays “Would you like to leave DuckDuckGo to view this content?” To answer, I’m given 2 option buttons to tap, CANCEL and OPEN. If I tap open, it takes me to the App Store to download Google. If I tap CANCEL, the screen goes blank momentarily, then the same message window reappears, again Ana again, over and over. It is impossible to stop this from happening, and I cannot find any setting within the app to prevent it. I’ve given up. No matter what I do with this app, my iPhone 13 knows what I’m doing and at any time it can stop me from doing what I’m attempting to do. Oddly enough when using my older iPad I can upload images to Google Images and the iPad does not interfere. I’m stumped. I have no idea what the problem is with my iPhone 13 and the DuckDuckGo app, but it is very frustrating. Can anyone help?.Hfjoggj(Version: 7.70.12

Privacy metrics are great!I’ve been blind for a couple years. I’ve been writing and reporting bad political decisions cents 2015. I’ve been doing this on Facebook. Since I’m blind, I use things like voice to text. I was using the Facebook application on my Apple iPhone. My actual texts were being partially deleted while I was editing voice mistakes. I could be working on the first line and part of the third line with disappear, sometimes specific words for disappear making the sentence look or cost me to look ignorant or foolish. I start using DuckDuckGo and the problem My actual texts were being partially deleted while I was editing voice mistakes. I could be working on the first line and part of the third line with disappear, sometimes specific words for disappear making the sentence look or cost me to look ignorant or foolish. I deleted the Facebook app and start using DuckDuckGo and the problem completely disappeared..Josiah GlockVersion: 7.67.2

Faithful CustomerI have used DDG for 13+ years and just getting around to rating this superb search engine. I have tried several others but quickly turned back to DDG as the only reliable simple to use product that I trust. I’ve raved to family, friends and acquaintances about about switching to DDG for protection and increased security of their personal information. Ironically only an Apple supervisor level customer service representative is the only person I know is as faithful and appreciative of DDG as myself. That mystifies and gratifies me so now when I tout DDG every chance I get, I will tag in that little piece to press the point. I follow the struggles DDG the greatest protector of our privacy takes on against the greatest offender of our privacy, “G” - no need to spell it out we all know who that is. God bless DDG and all working with them! May you be rewarded and victorious in your recent legal battle in the courts on behalf of all DDG subscribers..GGMA70Version: 7.90.1

Nothing, but gratitude and love💕I’ve always loved the assurance of privacy and protection available using the DuckDuck search engine on any of my browsers, but this browser app is both a game changer in terms of my comfort and security, and also in the obvious amount of care and respect to privacy in general. Not to mention the company and it’s member’s incredible kindness and warmth regarding their interactions with the users. Reading other reviews, I’ve yet to see any of the staff reply in a way that was anything less than helpful, appreciative, and friendly. And to think that on top of all that, they offer such an incredible and important service completely free of charge! It truly shows that they aren’t in this for notoriety (at least I’m sure if that’s a motivation at all, it would be at the bottom of the list). It shows they truly care. More companies should aim to be more like Duck. You guys are amazing and all I can do is thank you all from the bottom of my heart. Truly good people these days can be or at least seem harder and harder to find anymore, but it’s obvious your team is not lacking in that department either. Also if you could possibly answer a question for me, I could use the advice. I was just hoping you could possibly recommend a decent and FREE VPN or two that I could use in conjunction with this app to further my security. Any suggestions are appreciated. P.S I’m sorry for such a long, novel length review, just wanted to express my admiration and gratitude. ☺️.LostboyPoetVersion: 7.17.1

Great with One WeaknessI genuinely enjoy using DuckDuckGo. The default search engine is comparable to Google, and while I’m in a weird stage where I can’t afford a VPN it’s nice to have a browser that makes me feel at least somewhat protected while using the Internet and it is easy to use if you’re already familiar with Safari or other existing mobile browsing apps. It does have one downside however. There’s no pop-up blocking functionality at all, or at least not one that I’ve been able to easily find after a year of using the app, and it’s kind of disappointing because there’s not a way to add extensions and some apps have pop ups that I don’t know about and there’s nothing I can do to stop that. Since DuckDuckGo is so privacy focused it would be nice if the app had features to protect me from malicious pop-ups. If it does exist and I don’t know about it after combing the settings, they should definitely do something to make it more easily accessible by the user..Tia__annVersion: 7.65.1

An honest choiceHave been in computers since, 1979, the key punch days (we did psychological studies). But now and never fail to be astonished with the way this science/ art has opened up so much of the universe!! In 1984I owned a Compaq! Double disk drive! 256K! Operated a small business with it! Had word processor, spreadsheet, and data base. Did and filed taxes. Actually, sold and it is still in business. Now astronomers are predicting a supernova…with massively increased ability and measurements. (In the last century we marveled at eclipses!). All using the enhancing and being able to project hypothesis ability with this machine power! I certainly didn’t have anything to do with the creation and evolution of the science, but as a consumer, the “power “ predicted has become more than ever conceived, for sure. It changed my life forever. It became my personal career. (And a great printer helped too: had a typewriter that could connect with the computer. Could use any letterhead and create a letter-perfect typed document! And make carbon copies! ). … I still have carbon paper… lol And an actual printed letter is still identifiable from any copy device... the carbons were for verification purposes in those days, 1985, and very effective. {Yeah, all equipment which has “gone with the wind“ - disappeared… I am old…} But here I am explaining why I have written all this. Time to put a wrap on it and get on with Friday!.SuckerfortechVersion: 7.133.0

The Full Internet .Once upon a time, the internet was a place for free thoughts, no matter what they were. You could search the internet and get all results. You could make up your own mind and decide which of the results of your search were good or bad. You could think for yourself. Then this insidious company named google ,decided that you weren’t smart enough to decide which search results were what you wanted. So this evil company said,” We know better than everyone else and we will only return search results that they approve of or have been paid for.” All other information that’s out there is irrelevant and they can’t read others opinions unless we say that it’s ok. If you are a free thinker and don’t want to be told what you should think, read, know and want to see all and decide for yourself, Delete google as a search engine and use Duck Duck Go. Your search will return all of the internet, not just what an evil company wants you to read..Grammy memberVersion: 7.9.4

Privacy is a top priorityI don’t wright reviews but I really like this even thought I don’t really have anything to hide I think that if we don’t show these companies that we care about are privacy we will live in future/society we’re ads and tracks haunt us all and influence use. Which is why I really recommend this app it doesn’t track you, it block/prevents trackers from tracking you, doesn’t have a filter bubble that gives you customized results kinda like propaganda and discrimination and lastly it gives helpful tips to keep your privacy in check. If it weren’t for DuckDuckGo I would have never know that the share my location setting doesn’t work most of the time. You might be think how does DuckDuckGo make money the way do that is from affiliate links basically when you buy something online in DuckDuckGo some of that money goes DuckDuckGo I hole that this has convinced you to try out DuckDuckGo and thanks for reading this long..Luis FonziVersion: 7.27.0

Absolutely Wonderful IOS Browser (and search engine)I have used DuckDuckGo as my default search engine in Safari on my Mac and my iPhone for a couple of years now. Don’t like Google knowing so much about me. It started out being OK but his steadily improved over the two years and now I can hardly tell the difference when I compare it to the Google search engine. Just started using the DuckDuckGo privacy browser on my iPhone a few days ago. It is excellent. Great browsing experience and great privacy. Touch one icon in the browser and your whole history instantly disappears. This requires going through menus in Settings in iOS Safari. And the built ad blocker is superb. Highly recommend the DuckDuckGo iOS privacy browser and the DuckDuckGo search engine for your Mac. I have tried other privacy browsers in the App Store and DuckDuckGo is the best. Couldn’t be happier. My only complaint. I wish DuckDuckGo made a privacy browser for the Mac..SnivramVersion: 7.9.4

Pls bring the old way of putting bookmark and favoriteI like this app a lot and have been using it for a long time. The app is good, convenient and much better then in-phone apps like safari or google. However this recent update on bookmark and favorite has destroyed their convenience. I think it’s better if it was like before where a person can press bookmark, favorite, or both if they want to pick either way or both. The new update where I can favorite a website and it bookmark while I can bookmark and it don’t favorite doesn’t seem to work and every time I had to delete favorite website I also had to go to bookmark to delete it too. It consumes too much time especially for someone like me who has a lot of bookmarks and favorite websites and visits them everyday multiple times so pls bring back the old way of bookmarking and favoriting websites. Thank You.For free ad removerVersion: 7.71.0

BEST BROWSER!DuckDuckGo is the best browser I have seen since i have been using Google. I have been using google for 5 years and have been enjoying it UNTIL I saw what Google actually does in the background. I freaked out and was telling everybody about it. I was in the app store when i searched for "secure browser" and the first thing to pop up was "DuckDuckGo, secure browser". I clicked on it and saw the reviews and downloaded it right away, and it was so worth it! When i first opened the app, i went to my favorite website and DuckDuckGo showed me how unsecure it really was. DuckDuckGo has a simple and effective browser layout which is simple to navigate. I tried the fire icon and DuckDuckGo completley erased the browsing history and was amazing! I have completley deleted Google Chrome and this app is my main browser now. If you need a browser for anything, use DuckDuckGo, It wont let you down!.Christian blissVersion: 7.65.10

So Far So GreatI made DDG the default browser and search engine on my iphone...at least I think I did. I get confused about the browser vs search tool concept but that's me, no fault of DDG. Also I get confused about what browser is open when I've owned a browser. Is there even a way to tell what browser we're in while in a browser....always confusing to me. Anyway....I digress... I'm particularly enjoying the DDG search tool widget I managed to add to my iphone's icons/buttons. Two of the three designs let us add icons/buttons to our fave web links. Helps speed up getting to links instead of needing to scroll through a menu. Would be ideal if there were a two-row DDG search tool widget for placing two rows of our favorite link icons into....but I'm being fussy. Also made DDG my default search tool on my PC. I don't think I found a DDG browser for computers....but I may be wrong...again, I'm confused..AlysenetVersion: 7.63.1

Hate new minimized grid!July 21, 2020 UPDATE: Thank you for putting back in the option for viewing tabs!! Much better on the eyes. Only thing I noticed now is that the tabs all look alike except maybe a small icon on the left. Before I could tell what the site was by the coloration or other distinguishing features. Now I have to go slower and stop and look. If you can make the left icon bigger/ more distinct or incorporate easy to see color banners (whatever) that can allow you to recognize the site it would be very helpful. Also with the new grid ‘box’ tabs I found it very easy to accidently delete a tab when scrolling. . I couldn’t see a way to reverse it. But I have to tell you - you were amazingly quick at addressing the issue. Bravo!!! Now if only AAA understood that I would reinstall their auto app...... =============================== OMG! When I minimized a page before I could easily scroll through the other pages to get to another tab as the tab heading was easy to see and narrow (top to bottom). NOW I see these big fat boxes that are side by side and I can’t just scroll down I always have to look left and right as well. It really bothers my eyes and slows me down. Ugh. It is MUCH more difficult now, not in any way easier. But this is an easy fix! Give people the option in settings to choose the layout!!! And for goodness sake please do it quickly! Thanks..Acorns1234Version: 7.49.0

DOUBLE EDGE SWORDLove the idea of what is so called “ PRIVATE BROWSING AND HISTORY ERASE “ utilizing the “ BURN BUTTON “ however in this day and age, if you live by URSELF; you would not need to utilize these services. Many years of psychology, MENSA, along with laymen terms, a people watcher. Not that semantics and psychology abnormal / normal have not been of the utmost use. All of the smart phones, computers etc. leave digital footprints, meaning if I am utilizing this browser to escape what third parties ( actual 3,033 ) due to info sold, then I am unclear on “ WHATS THE PURPOSE UNLESS YOU HOLD SECRETS OF THE Philadelphia Experiment , project rainbow, S.S. Eldridge ( all time travel that has been done for years upon years starting in Montauk. Then why need a burn button ?? From parents that had no idea that their child needed help before school shootings happened ????? OR IS THE REAL REASON RIGHT IN FRON OF MY EYES ????? BROKEN LOST MARRIAGES WITH CHILDREN AT STAKE !! Yes , if a man or woman is going to cheat ...... they will ..... however , men are 70% more likely to cheat due to feeling left out after kids while wife working ( BIG BABIES ) wife still having baby weight and exhausted. Let’s face it, this is just another way for men to think they’re smart and hookup with locals or farther, and have in the recent past played a factor in men killing wife and children to play “ LETS SCREW ALL DAY BC I WANT YOU BABY !!”” In actuality, she was left in the same shape as she just done to this husbands wife !! Society is becoming nothing more than a sick race to get to “ WHAT THEY ASSUME IS GREENER GRASS “ when all they find is used up nasty dried up foliage and a ton of psychotic brain cells that a LOBOTOMY could not fix !!! If you need a BURN BUTTON ..... FIND A TRUE LOVE OR GET UR MEMBER OUT OF INFESTED/ INFECTIOUS BODY CAVITIES. Thank You , Reneae.Redline1969Version: 7.14.2

Could be my main browser, but…This app is really nice and I feel very safe while using it. The setup is laid back and easy to use. Some features I find really enjoyable is when you visit a site it shows how many trackers were deterred and clearing tabs and data is super easy. If you are looking for something to make you feel safe and secure while browsing, this app is for you. The only thing I dislike is this app will ask you to make DuckDuckGo your main browser on iOS, but it will not let you download a PDF and various other files nor does it give the option to save anything to files or iCloud. If you want something to be your main browser but won’t be ok with it not downloading certain files, saving to a cloud, or remembering usernames, passwords and so on… This app is not for you. This app is good for those ducks who go, go, go while staying under the tracker’s radar, but not good for those ducks wanting to settle in, do their main functions while staying under the radar..PR90iVersion: 7.64.7

Recent updates reducing flexibility3 stars because its still one of the best ways to preserve privacy online, but the latest updates have made it harder to customize key functions of the app and its getting worse with time. For example, search suggestions now default to showing open tabs first rather than the URL for the site Im trying to navigate to, which is often buried below several levels of suggestions on the drop down list. For a session with multiple tabs open, I typically have a reason for leaving them open (eg recipes, articles I want to read later, etc), so this function makes browsing less streamlined than in previous versions. A first world problem but yet another sign that apps seem to get generally worse with time. The early versions of DDG were awesome. If we're talking updates, it would also be nice to create block lists within the app to make it easier to avoid undesirable or distracting sites and to help manage screentime..JP PhotogVersion: 7.149.1

Great!I’m just happy that a browser like this exists. It lets you delete any data associate with it without deleting the app. You know when you upload a big file by using a third party browser, most browsers won’t the delete that file after finishing uploading. So the size of the browser balloons because the files add up. There’s no way to delete those files unless you literally uninstall the app. This is the first third party browser that lets you delete so easily. Safari lets you delete it too, but you had to go into settings. I wonder why most third party browsers won’t delete those finished upload files? The only way to clear it is to uninstall. Most of them delete the cache and password, etc. but not the upload files. Like you have to uninstall, which is annoying. Once again, I’m just glad this exists..BluegrassymeadowVersion: 7.114.1

🤔 ???Ok upon looking at many reviews on the best browser to use that was safe I downloaded 🦆🦆 Go, but lately I had something very not right going on When I tried to open facebook on the browser I got the message that I was not able to login due to logging in to fast 🤔 ?? Tried even going through bing through 🦆🦆 go and still couldn’t get in, but I tried a couple of other browsers that I have to use and had no problems logging in to my facebook account 🤔 ??? so that means it was the 🦆🦆 go browser that was the problem I just about deleted the app due the situation but I didn’t 🙄 so today I get the notice to update and so I did with no real care to use the app anymore Well I updated the app & now it’s working normally 🤔 ??? 1st thing that comes to mind when something like that happens is the app has been hacked and the hacker is messing around so then I just stop using whatever app it is and even delete them like I did with calendar 📆 So not sure what happened with the update, but I’ll put the app on parole for now and see if it stays working right or goes back to stopping me from accessing facebook again If it does then I’ll just copy my bookmarks then transfer them to a better browser then delete 🦆🦆 Go 🙄 weird how such a browser with good reviews is not making me feel safe using it So for now it’s rating is 3 🌟 that might change either way just going to see how it does from now on.Freebe Gam3rVersion: 7.65.1

BestI trust this browser / app completely. Works well every time. I like knowing my browsing cannot be tracked..DucksluckVersion: 7.19.1

Great privacyReally enjoy using this private browser .. really don’t like the fact of the Canadian government being to censor everything we now read on the net ...Munson87Version: 7.63.10

Duck Duck GoFabulous search engine. Been using it just like the others and have no complaints whatsoever..Tim HoferVersion: 7.61.6

Why am I just finding you nowI use Duck Duck Go as my default browser search engine, and find it always surprises me how good it actually is, but I didn’t know about the mobile browser until recently. I’m loving it. I grew so tired of every app having google tracker from my previous searches despite using incognito mode. I’m done with being forced to see advertisements that infringe on my privacy. Share the word, DDG is the way..CaperboymeVersion: 7.42.0

I’d get itNever get caught being on pornhub, I love it. Good app.AngutijaVersion: 7.64.0

DUCK DUCK GOBest search engine out there only one I use ;).Jaynans101Version: 6.0.9

Love it!I can find some info here that google has obviously censored. Toni Leduc.Omega247Version: 7.99.0

OGG supportNeeds embedded .ogg support!.Shutup ManVersion: 7.70.18

FreedomAs the giant tech companies that control everything you read, are quite disgustingly bias, and are trying to destroy free speech, it is refreshing to see companies like this preserve your freedom, not control you. Bravo!.BestiaYnotVersion: 7.61.6

The best switchI never was so happy to escape AI slop!.Mulder1313Version: 7.221.1

What happened,To “open in new tab”? to setting to open links in new tab? latest update on 12.4.9.JBirdMonVersion: 7.61.0

Ad blocker missingAlso latest updates Nov 2020 broke “open in new tab” and “open new tab in background” - please fix asap, even in older versions it was temperamental and wouldn’t always give the new tab options, but now it’s completely gone ☹️.1110110001011001101Version: 7.59.0

Its fast & feels more secure:)))Hoping To have more access to info:))).CheticamperVersion: 7.138.2

Really love this browserI have been using this for a few years and I really love how this gives you peace of mind knowing the protection it gives . Thank you.Bm seniorVersion: 7.125.0

Mediocre browserWhen deleting sites from the bookmarks bar, are sites automatically removed from favorites? 🤯 What fool came up with this?.PortergateVersion: 7.128.0

Love itI literally love DDG so much i’ve used it for years.BlazevixenVersion: 7.94.0

Why no translate button for foreign sites?Weird there is no way to easily translate entire pages.GoldenvikingVersion: 7.124.0

Simply the bestThe best browser for your privacy and security!.Da DownloaderVersion: 7.72.4

Love DDGI love their apps and the company, and it would be five stars, but DDG hammers my battery, regularly taking up 50% over the course of a day or two. And I don’t even spend much time on my phone. That power drain is while my phone is idle. I’ll be switching to a new browser till that gets fixed..Hache chance havingVersion: 7.73.0

Very straight forwardI really like how the explanation of the app is very straight forward and how they made it so secure and friendly. Thank you so much for the privacy.Duck#10000Version: 7.70.2

More contactSeems in the last few days the availability to contact on 5G networks has been more simpler or simplified. I mean to connect to it as much effort having to be put in and seeing some results although still subtle they’re definitely in the area I was looking for, but couldn’t find..MindPwrVersion: 7.72.1

Would like Reader ViewWhile it’s nice that a lot of ads and banners are blocked, sometimes a website’s layout is annoying and a Reader View facility would be helpful for those sites. PS - my Sign In with Apple works again..Recreational Mac UserVersion: 7.64.4

Free International Money Transfer 💸Enjoy high maximum transfers into more than 20 currencies while saving up to 90% over local banks! The cheap, fast way to send money abroad. Free transfer up to 500 USD!AdvertorialVersion: 7.221.1

DuckDuckGo, Duck.ai, & VPN Negative Reviews

Still needs workI’ve been using DuckDuckGo for around a decade and I think it’s a huge improvement over Google, but the browser and search engine still need work. First of all, DuckDuckGo stores your search history and loads all kinds of third party trackers, despite claiming not to. On multiple occasions I have seen previous searches and results from months ago randomly show up (either as suggestions or full searches) when I open browser. You can see the list of third party trackers that are loaded by clicking on the shield icon, and while I appreciate the transparency, its infuriating to see that they still regularly load trackers from Google ads and others. I feel that this is false advertising—our privacy is not being protected if they’re loading Google trackers, but they claim that it is. Second, the search results are still mixed and not always all that accurate. This has been an issue from the beginning—I always resort to google when I need precision. Finally, why is there no stop button on the browser? If a link is taking forever to load (which it often does), I need to be able to press stop and try a different link. Or if I clicked a link by mistake, I need to be able to stop it from loading and resume what I was doing. Honestly, I can deal with all of the above issues, but the lack of a stop button is a serious problem for me. Every browser needs a stop button; it’s been a bare minimum basic browser feature since the 90s. I really hope DuckDuckGo will consider adding one. Thank you..StanleyB95Version: 7.128.0

Why is Google now performing my searches and not DuckDuckGo?Updated Review as of March 12, 2025 Additional rating as of today March 12, 2025 Well again this is the 3rd time this week I have to update the app! Frustrating that I have to do it every time I have to go online!!! Why is my DuckDuckGo Privacy Pro allowing all of my search queries to be completed through Google instead of DuckDuckGo? I would really appreciate any responses to this along with a fix to this! Looking at my battery usage trying to understand why I have to charge iPhone everyday lately and this is why, over the last 10 days DuckDuckGo shows 10 hrs 20 min online use and 63 hrs 12 min of background use which is 33% of total use. This shouldn't be happening since I have turned off all Background Activities! Plus the apps version keeps getting reduced to a lower version, I have to keep going to the App Store and update it every time I want to go online which is daily. I keep sending feedbacks on many issues but they never respond nor fix them. Google keeps getting past their privacy blocks along with many others and they don't work on that either. Somehow there's another device that it's backing up to that's not mine nor can I stop it because I don't have apin. Well that's because I never set it up as I don't have another device! I have reported this as well with no response! I even paid for the Privacy Pro and now it's out of control!.Mistek322Version: 7.160.0

PRO Is Not Worth A PennyI’ve decided to stop using DuckDuckGo for one reason…I have written them several times explaining the problems that I was experiencing after their last update and I never got one response back. With their last update to my iPhone everything took twice as long to load such as: DuckDuckGo app, facial recognition, and keyboard. After the update I rebooted the phone as usual. After I noticed these issues I turned off facial recognition. That didn’t fix anything. I removed and reinstalled the app. That didn’t fix nothing. Then I literally removed everything of DuckDuckGo from my iPhone which even cleaned out all of my favorites and reinstalled and this didn’t fix the issue. I explained this issue several times to DuckDuckGo but not once did I receive any sort of response from DuckDuckGo. Not once did DuckDuckGo say to try anything different or acknowledge receiving anything from me. In the end DuckDuckGo finally acknowledged that I was NO LONGER GOING TO PAY FOR THEIR PRO SERVICE ANY LONGER! So what does DuckDuckGo do? Send me a survey… No acknowledgement of any problem but they want to know why they won’t be receiving my $10/month any longer… NOW THAT IS A JOKE!!! Maybe DuckDuckGo needs better customer service and maybe they need to listen better to their customers… I would NOT WASTE MY MONEY ON PRO ANYMORE….OceanYachtsVersion: 7.172.1

Waste ManagementSo I have finally hit my point with this garbage browser. There are too many times where I have to scroll forever or click story after story to find what I am looking for. But the worst is what I mentioned below and what happens way way too many times. Searched a restaurant by name and asked why they took chicken off the menu. Now this is a restaurant that 2 people it will be close if not more than a $100 bucks (I mention that as it pertains to what duck duck go pulled up). The first result was for Arby's (not even close to what I typed) and then it was all McDonald's after that. Not a since story or article mentioned the restaurant I was at or even mentioned chicken. I like my privacy but I also like stuff that works and does its intended this. I can't believe how bad this is. I have just swapped back to google even with all their privacy issues as I know I will find what I am looking for. I use this as it’s supposed to be more secure than google but it really feels like it’s run by Waste Management. What I mean by that is the searches are garbage. They are so bad it’s not even funny. With Google it’s like do I want to have someone access all my info but get searches that are a bullseye every time, or do I want to use something like DuckDuckGo where I’m more private but my searches are like throwing a dart at a barn? I just looked up as I’m having issues - Apple Music no longer saving songs to my favorite list - and what I go was many articles on Apple Music now saves your favorite songs, how to save your favorite songs on Apple Music and how to reset your preferences and how to reset your favorite songs. Nothing close to what I was looking for. This is an ongoing issue and it’s constant. It’s incredibly annoying. I have to every so often swap my browser on my phone back to google to get a correct search..GaspatchosoupVersion: 7.127.0

They’re downranking sites based on their feelingsSadly, DDG has decided to downrank sites based on “disinformation” which we all know is define by companies that jump on board as anything they FEEL doesn’t match up to the lying news. They’ve lied to Americans for decades and yet, people don’t learn. Now, a once trusted site and company has decided to do the same. Whatever they decide is dis or misinformation, they don’t trust you and have to add their two cents in to control what you see. Propaganda much? They believe what they think is correct and you’re too dumb to see through lies and so they must control your searches to keep you in check with what they want you to see. In the trash goes this app as well as their search engine. Everyone should be wanting privacy but also to find and use companies that do not insert their politics nor feelings into everything. Maybe DDG will change their minds and stay neutral. Companies never learn their lesson though. DDG claims they’re not going political but then says they downgrade sites of lower quality? LOL That’s their excuse of removing whatever they choose is “disinformation”. This is a joke..Yesd99Version: 7.65.13

False Claims of PrivacyI am clicking on the IBD website and, although the DDG browser is reporting blocking a substantial number of trackers, it also is reporting allowing 10 additional trackers to operate. Several allowed to go unblocked I can understand bc they are needed for functionality BUT NOT 10! This is so discouraging and such a consistent flaw that I am looking for another browser subscription that honors more security than DDG. There are several lesser known brand names on the market that might be more efficient than DDG. This is a serious flaw with your claims of increased privacy over other more conventional browsers, and it has only started recently. I am posting this complaint here under the developer comments of the Apple Store so that buyers can be aware of your false claim. This is an unbearable flaw and has only started since the second to last version update of your current software. I have already reported this problem to your tech staff at DDG support so I have done what a subscriber is expected to do but this is a serious enough problem with your product that I am reporting it also here..Pedrogood1Version: 7.206.0

10+Yrs & Still No Basic “NIGHT or READER MODE”….FOR THOSE OF US WITH VISION PROBLEMS. Why is it that nearly every other competing iOS browser offers the built-in WebKit night mode. You can simply copy it from Firefox iOS or even Brave, or a whole list of other browsers that have all shown that they truly care about their users, who suffer from any kind of visual impairment or disability. DDG I’ve been waiting for this basic feature/function as a day one user who installed you’re app the very first day that it was made available for the iPhone. Which is why I say that I’ve been waiting for over 10 years for you guys to please have some compassion and at least respond and explain yourself. Or maybe you have and you can simply point me to that information. Sorry, one last thing that I almost forgot; Apple’s iOS built in “smart invert“ does not function smoothly at all, and should not be what DuckDuckGo uses as an excuse to not add this very basic feature that nearly all other browsers already have. I’m not saying you have, but just in case..HeavyiCloudsVersion: 7.81.0

Bought by googleThis app has Ben bought by google do not use it it is not secure and is no longer safe as of dec 15 2020.TrudeausuckVersion: 7.65.1

Every Update Makes It WorseI loved this browser for a long time but it’s just gotten worse and worse with age. Most recently with the last update I’ve completely lost the ability to open anything in a new tab. Finally gave up and deleted it, time to find a good browser again..SRTPT03Version: 7.61.0

AI ruins the party once again.I switched to duck duck go because I was told you could turn off their ai. Well it turns out it turns itself back on and still gives ai overviews when it’s turned off. With AI ruining our world it’s disgusting to see it implemented into “safe” browsers. F off..EkatrynaVersion: 7.184.0

Not as good as you thinkI follow privacy closely, and you’re just the easiest best option to the even worse platforms. But you don’t fool me…you don’t care about my privacy..Bigjoke2345*#%Version: 7.70.18

Searches are visible in SafariNotice when I come to do a search in safari , it deployed the search history of DuckDuckGo !! So Apple knows what you looked for and keeps the history of it !.Nickname@@@1867Version: 7.12.0

Big brother is watchingWorse browser you can download. Duck duck go once promoted itself as a safe place to surf the web without censorship by giving you full freedom and responsibility. Now it censors everything, watches you. You are now they’re 5 year old child Don’t use Duck Duck Go.Scs18Version: 7.66.3

Uses Microsoft trackers?“DuckDuckGo browser uses Microsoft trackers due to search agreement” - May 24, 2022. This is not the privacy focus DuckDuckGo markets itself as having. Bye bye..MyNameIsPrintsVersion: 7.67.8

CensorshipUsed to be good, now Duckduck Go caters to propaganda and allows the government dictate the censorship of the truth. Shameful. Deleted..ChanzydVersion: 7.66.2

Pro CensorshipSwitched to Brave..LllMisterHulkVersion: 7.65.13

Not the best search engineIf you want a truly safe search engine. Switch to Brave. Unfortunately, DuckDuckGo is not as safe as they claim it is and recently they have started censoring certain information that we can see..JonniboiiiVersion: 7.65.12

Garbage CEOThis browser was supposed to be private and unbiased in searches. Ranking search results according to what someone or some organization think what is ok and what isn’t seems like an oxymoron decision for this browser. Becoming a propaganda tool..SidhrthaVersion: 7.65.12

Zero starsJust a fraud of an app with garbage searches and the most biased, cowardly, truly useless AI you’ve ever had to endure. An absolute waste of time.CanadaenglandVersion: 7.210.0

Enough wth AII decided to uninstall this once it became AI. I am tired of everything being AI as we all know this is just a marketing term since AI has been around for decades already. Duck.AI can browse itself..RagingKingCalmVersion: 7.207.0

Good for searching bad for AILiked the browser was always quick and felt safe. The AI on the other hand, I had countless issues trying too ask it stuff and it would censor it and give me some made up answer or not even answer the question. Not too mention the inaccuracy / mis information it would provide as answers. Today Jan/26/2026 the duckduckgo.ai told me that Joe Biden was acting president and that there was no evidence of Trump being president. Which with politics aside that is wildly incorrect. Will no longer be using this service and will be switching to "Brave".WorkerRPVersion: 7.204.0

Either infected or insecure.I would occasionally get warnings, supposedly from Google or Apple appearing, often full screen, telling me that my phone is infected and I needed to click to clean it. The back arrow would just take me to a different warning and then a third. I could never see the web page when this happened for more than two seconds. Different browsers showed the same intended site with no fake, malicious pop-ups. Yesterday, I finally had enough and uninstalled it..Jozsef.ONVersion: 7.199.1

New updates made it worseThis was the best browser but the new updates make it harder to change snippets of the url, more tedious to change tabs, a worse back button. Unnecessary changes.Asif ayenunVersion: 7.188.0

Weak AdblockMost YouTube ads still show up, only reason I used this browser was a dedicated YouTube watcher, which it's useless for. Why can't u consistently block ads like BRAVE browser does?.JackszunVersion: 7.184.0

BUG Fixes and OTHER IMPROVEMENTSPlease give us the details of the fixes and improvements in layman’s terms, don’t just say, “Bug fixes and other improvements.” Tell us what they are, Even if you think we’ll be bored with the info! Thank you.LaterDoesItVersion: 7.184.0

Searches filtered to support wokeSearches filtered to “filter misinformation”. Who gets to decide what is misinformation? North Korea has a similar policy.James888888836-51Version: 7.170.1

Stop show me AIPlease, give me option to competently disable AI, even I disable AI in the setting, the AI is still keep showing up. And please give me a option to hide the AI icon from the desktop version of the browser too. Is to the point god damn annoying..TonychiefbanditVersion: 7.170.1

Don’t want AIIt was great until they added AI. the option to turn it off didn’t work. deleted and switched to Vivaldi!.GudrunwgVersion: 7.162.0

Gulf of MEXICOLook, this browser works well and it’s private as a mf, but why are you cow towing to that orange buffoon and renaming the Gulf of Mexico on your maps?? I live in Canada and we do NOT acknowledge the name change here and frankly you shouldn’t either. Guess I’ve got to find a new browser about it….MiaofdoomVersion: 7.156.1

Buggy and removed widgets???It always has so many bug I’ve been using it for years and thought that at some point they’d care at least a little bit. I get kicked out of the app often randomly and I’ve never been on any other browser. They don’t care about bugs with the keyboard popping out at extremely random times even though people have sent it has feedback for months. If you change some settings they might come back to how they were. Like I’ve written in the title they’ve removed widgets (at least I can’t find them on the latest ios version)..No name844Version: 7.147.1

Censoring and biased information. No longer private or unbiased results.I’ve noticed a decline in the quality of search engine results lately. Previously, I could easily find helpful, data-driven information on topics like “What are the laws for X?” or “What happened at X event?” But now, instead of straightforward information, I’m mostly seeing fear-mongering articles, sensationalized, and biased content. Why can’t I read everything and make a decision on my own? It’s disappointing to see this trend, and it feels like this search engine is starting to resemble all the others. It used to be a reliable source, but now it’s losing what made it great. DELETING..Kristina7891Version: 7.143.0

Horrible during emergencies/urgentThat absolute worst part about using this app is if you’re in any kind of situation you need to look up information for an emergency, medical or whatever reason that brings urgency to acquiring the information, the app can delay the ability to do so. Please make it so pages don’t refresh the moment you touch the address bar. We don’t need sites refreshing when trying to clear the bar to type in something else. This might seem minor but those 3-4 seconds a site refreshes can absolutely matter in moments of crisis. This has pushed me back to Chrome. It might seem like a ‘minor inconvenience’ but the inconvenience can impact things more than people admit..MissEmilyCosVersion: 7.112.0

Google owned garbage!!!Research this a little more people..FillyboiVersion: 7.72.3

Too much censorshipToo much censorship with DuckDuckGo. They do not encourage free speech..Namwal4001Version: 7.67.0

Google sucksWas a very good search engine till google got their grimy corporate hands on it, now its only a matter of time till this too is censored by the abhorrent tax avoiding company known as google.Catowl52Version: 7.65.8

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