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Review signals only — 2 user-reported signals — from user reviews, not yet audited by Appworthy.

Review signals only — 2 user-reported signalsConfidence: High400 reviews scannedas of 2026-10-06

Reported by users

Recurring themes across scanned reviews — a signal, not a finding. User reports
Data & privacy concerns5 reviews · 1.3% of scanned
No ad complaints5 reviews · 1.3% of scanned

What reviewers said

Verbatim excerpts from public store reviews, shown as corroborating user reports. They are not Appworthy audit evidence, and a quotation is not proof of the finding it sits under.

Data & privacy concerns

app won't save settings. Everytime I open the app I have to go to settings and turn on do no track, uncheck acceptable ads and a couple other items. cannot set a homepage. Remember no ads are acceptable. sell me your app. don't flood me…

2★ · Google Play · 2026-01-20

This browser app is supposedly designed with the principle of protecting personal data. But in reality, the amount of third-party vendors the app uses to sell your device and personal data is at a record level!

1★ · Google Play · 2026-03-07

Works great if you're wanting a no-ai search engine. I've only used the mobile version of this, but it's worked as expected. No frills, allows me to wade through the results without seeing the paid or recommended results first. Feels like…

5★ · Google Play · 2026-09-10

No ad complaints

well no ads great and easy gui totally free firefox based (i love firefox) well wut to improve : add and adbocker extension by defauld , make a 1st setup menu *theme dark, light, system *safe search on, moderate, off *extensions…

5★ · Google Play · 2026-07-02

No known issues I have had. No ads that I've seen, no AI, shows pretty accurate results, and I can even find plane tickets cheaper when I also use a VPN and this browser. I give it a "Its better than Google" lol. It's simple to use and…

5★ · Google Play · 2026-08-26

Very private. And I seem to search with results I wouldn't normally get. I'm not new to a private browser. I won't use a browser if its not private: TRULY PRIVATE. Because I'm doing nothing wrong. Its that same mentality that loathes the…

5★ · Google Play · 2026-05-01

How a review signal works

Automated, review-derived, and always superseded by a human review.

A review signal is produced automatically from public app reviews by a classifier — never by a hands-on Appworthy test, and never by a human analyst. It exists so a real, not-yet-audited app can carry more than a blank “Not yet tested” listing, without ever being mistaken for an assessment.

A theme only appears above once at least 5 distinct reviews corroborate it — one angry review can never tag an app. These thresholds are published settings and may be tuned as coverage grows.

It carries no confirmed findings — reviews are one kind of evidence, and nothing here has been hands-on tested. The moment Appworthy publishes a full assessment of this app, it replaces this signal, permanently.

 Not yet human-reviewed

A human review replaces this review-derived signal with hands-on, recorded measurements.

Hands-on inspections are not yet open.