Startpage Private Browser

Getting noticeably slower with the past few updates. Now has ads galore before you get to the actual responses. Reliable sites now sometimes balk at loading. It's seems to becoming another DDG.

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It leaves off where you closed with no way to turn it off. This is a security and a liability risk.

hacked

It's just Firefox with a bit more security but a lot less features. If you want this security but you also want all of the features of Firefox, just install the extensions Ublock Origin and Privacy Badger on Firefox and change your default search engine to Startpage.

easy to use and more results than Google on searches

I looks interesting seeing ads being blocked

Just perfect for privacy. It only works when the device is not signed in to Google.

BEST BROWSER!!!!! I CAN BROWSE PRIVATELY WHILE CHROME COLLECTS DATA!!!!!!

It's my daily driver. Please add passkey support. I use Proton Pass for desktop and would love it if Startpage would play nice with their Android app.

I like the warnings. Wish it could quarantine political ads and ask me which ones I wanted to see.

NO AI OVERVIEW!!! best app ever no stupid ai

no 1 app

was pretty meh to mediocre until years of use later I would type news into the search box and it would directly open fox news home as opposed to normal op listing a page of results to news perhaps including said link. no screen contact issues just a repeated mysterious bug I uninstalled over in disgust. too bad.

Easy privacy. No tricky settings to monkey around with. You launch the browser, you use the browser, boom easy private browsing and no nonsense. The zap data button is a great touch. One tap, all gone, your cookies, history, everything. You need this browser.

it's kinda like the duckduckgo browser, but it doesn't pester you to buy a VPN or AI subscription.

Terrible, limited search results to clearly a chosen few advertisers. Very slow. Even after uninstalling it has taken over Chrome as default search engine and I can't remove it, updating Chrome hasn't fixed it so it looks like it installed something else to do this.

The app is good, but man, is it way too easy if you hit that electric symbol button that will restart everything And boom, everything's gone. It don't even allow you to press the stuff that was saved.

provide needed privacy.

Excellent browser.

It has a lot of features, clean UI, and optimized performance (for low-end devices). Only 4 stars because I think giving it the ability to make other webpages dark mode, downloading videos from webpages, AMOLED theme, allowing zoom to be toggle able in the navigation bar, and giving it access to chrome extensions would make it perfect

GOOD APP!!!!!!! but some customisation would be nice like maybe you could change the colors or have more theme opinions but GOOD APP!!!!!!

I like the focus on privacy, and the Zap button is handy for closing all tabs and clearing your history at once.I would like YouTube ad blocking in the next update.

Startpage is way better than using Google for unbiased websites, especially for school essays and research. But I have found that the only downside is that I can't look-up something and immediately get an answer with AI or the taps below that answers more questions that google has. Besides those two downsides, I'm very glad and grateful that Startpage doesn't use or over-use AI like Google and others do.

I keep getting error massage when I try to use this browser! It's already a whole weeks and I still can't used it!!!

works great no issues, search is better than the big G.

censored search results = app deleted

good for dodging ai overwiews

reddit keeps asking are you robot and says you are blocked by network security if I use your search engine you might wanna do something about this... also some websites which use Amazon servers

Absolutely loving this app so far. It is as stated: AI-free. Searches are not bombarded with AI generated overviews and suggestions; instead searches are uncluttered and clean, pretty much as it was 25 years ago, but with a modern minimalist appearance. So far, so good.

incredible

it's great but we went some more functions ok buddy

🙈🙉🙊 So far so good!

Really great browser

does not block the same trackers like DuckDuckGo and brave on the same websites it'll block one or two while the other sides block 10 still having the same problem

GREAT...

Startpage is so very solid with no ai overviews or chatbots including no ads on this browser Search engine! thanks for no AI overviews!

Super cool, used to use the site. I'm glad there's an app. I've been using since it came out.

Nice. i like it ☺️

it's been great!

I had this app for a while now, It's been great! I recommend trying! 🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️ Love from 🇩🇪

I love it but it's been recently slow

Nice not to be spied on every time I search for something.

I love how the start page is a rockit, and it has a loading bar, and there is no 'A.I' popping up. I just want the internet only. I love this browser. Please dont change this. thankyou.

Mike, Moto g13 running Android 14 This app has improved recently, it's got similar settings to Brave, but not as many. There's NO EXIT BUTTON, so if you like to have a clean start for every session, you have to manually clear, Whereas an exit button would do that automatically. Tabs and Groups, close inactive tabs after 3 months, why not a choice? 1 day, week, month etc.

Good app but comes up as Dogpile.

sponsor free but ads the highest listings. Sharp and responsive, more choice than Google as in not pushed for choice. Great app

No issues and it's been nice to get non sponsored websites

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 back in the early google days. and they don't sell your data!

i love startpage as a search engine and i was excited to see that now there's a startpage browser too. are there any plans to add extensions feature to this browser? the ublock extension is the only reason why i still use my current browser... and i'd love to migrate to another one, like startpage ~but only if i'm able to keep using ublock origin. please think about it? <3

love the app

Very reliable and without the cross found on other search engines.

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better than any other mobile browser

it's been easy to change over and it's nice to know it's secure

meh

Good browser

easy , simple and private web browser

Far cleaner & responsive compared to duckduckgo

I want to love this app so bad because it's no AI, but it's often difficult to get the correct results + I keep having to crawl back to google or use Tor. If it gets zero results for "The House that Jack Built" filming location and multiple rewordings, that's a bit inconvenient. I truly hope Startpage will keep improving because I de-googled and want them to succeed so much, to give us all a taste of old internet with enough security and safety. Please, Startpage! Let's go!!! Rooting for you!

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garbage I'm be watching a video and the whole page will get stuck and I won't be able to scroll or zoom in or out until I close the app or refresh the page losing my spot in the video I was watching.

very good browser, my main one rn. fast and lightweight.

very good

best one

no clutter on the screen like all others

can't decide if it better or even worse then brave but it's definitely among the top. i highly recommend it over google bing and opera.

Thanks to all the developers at Startpage. This is a state-of- the- art, progressive, secure and safe browser I trust completely, enabling me to navigate the internet with speed, ease and protection.

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 sleek, not overly complicated.

Great private browser

luv it

71MB update for an app that wraps Chrome? *SUSPICIOUS* Claims adblocker but has its own unblockable ads. Privacy browser with its own adsense is not private. Does not close tabs on exit, only on open, allowing malicious actors access to your previous sessions. *NOT SECURE!* Search, its main function, often returns no results on simple search terms. *USELESS.* I have been a user of SP for well over a decade. This once elegant search is now an intrusive, imposing liability. Uninstalling forever.

Pretty great app, really works well to improve privacy with little effort and nicely functional too unlike some heavy privacy browsers

it was cool until it decided to kick me out of an account on something i had been using for years and wont let me back in.

can't use it unless you make it your primary browser. there's a first page that says start and then the second page that says set as your default browser nothing else on the page you cannot proceed from what I can see without setting the browser as default

Ads are coming up at the top of the page when doing a search! 'Viewing ads is privacy protected by Startpage. Ad clicks are managed by Microsofts ad network!' When signing into websites it comes up password has been compromised! Deleted!!! My response: My passwords are ALL protected on Chrome they are NOT on Startpage!!

I thought it was supposed to be contextual ads. But I saw irrelevant ads.

I remember using a one-time free trial of the Start Page E-Mail system sometime during 2001-2019. I don't remember exactly when, but I could not get a subscription for the Start Page E-Mail system. When I first saw that Start Page also has a browser and I noticed it works like the Google Chrome browser, I started using the Start Page browser. I like its Indigo theme color against a solid black black background. Start Page has or does not have synchronized bookmarks across phones and tablets.

upgraded my Android phone, when they transfer the information from my old phone to my new phone start page did not transfer with it.

It's a good idea, but several key aspects don't work. Pros: Very clean, no AI. Cons: Search results are poor. "Zap" feature that claims to close all tabs and wipe everything does not close tabs. this is an issue especially because the app always opens a new tab when clicking links, and this cannot be changed, so there are always 100 tabs.

Not a very good search engine. Search results are miniscule compared to the likes of Google, duckduckgo, etc.

not working for ir ip

I love it! it is super fast and private enough for me. I can navigate to my bookmarks very easily and I use start page daily.

No AI forced down our throats. Clean and simple version of Google without lazy AI summaries. I love it.

excellent app all-round. I have been using this for years.

Solid browser and is great for what it is privacy-wise. The only thing that lets it down is the dark mode function that doesn't work as a true dark mode on web pages (only seems to darken the toolbar). Really hoping this can be implemented in a future update, this would my 3 star review a 5 star one.

great

It's pretty cool! The only thing I don't like is that there's too many steps to Start a search. One step to open the app, a second step to tap on a banner inside the app, then a third step to tap on search bar to open the keyboard. I prefer Simple Search...Tap once and type.

This is most powerful browser for searching 💥

WOW! i found this app on reddit because i was trying to get rid of the ai overview on google, and DID NOT expect this app to be SO GOOD. like, this app is litterally one to one with chrome, except its SO MUCH BETTER. it has no ai overview, when you look at an image, the image appears right below where it is, instead of taking you to a whole new place! so you can view ur image and still have the ability to go down further! i only have positive words about this app! i will be using this now on :D

excellent privacy browser.

great!

Looking for an alternative to Google, and US Corporate ties since USA Corporations seem to be very anti-consumer (on the general US x Corporate Space) recently. Startpage doesn't seem to have any record of SURVEILLANCE, and breach to privacy too, being based in the EU. (if I remember correctly) It doesn't have a Search AI, but that was my point on getting this, there's a research where AI reduces cognition and maybe, not sure, fact-checking. It works for me. I'm free to leave if they breach.

not sure. my duckduckgo tracking protection showed it blocked over 1500 tracking attempts from Startpage, the first time I used Startpage. thats a lot a tracking from a ap that claims to be safe.

its awesome

Getting better! Just needs dark mode for websites. Keep up the great work!

good

Great.

fast easy no complications. Just th3 way I like it.

best app since sliced bread 🍞

great app but lately I'm not able to use anonymous view. it keeps saying "Access denied — invalid hash"

Excellent, minimal, easy to use, no surprises.

4 star because this is an amazing product. Hear me out though. Something is missing. EXTENSIONS. I wish we could have this TEAM.

Started when it was IXquick, and plan to stay using it unless either Google decides privacy for meat bags is top priority or start page becomes evil (because Google bought it most likely). Thank you for allowing some safe places to still exist online. Also for not judging my searches no matter how stupid.

Wow! I am totally shocked how fast this browser loads pages! it allows the address bar on the bottom , it saves our passwords! I love this browser. This browser has a install size of less than 100mb (80) and it runs very fast.

Great that AI is optional and no longer making every search into a chat with a robot.

Much better than Chrome! Nice UI not intrusive, still learning my habits but great!

this is the way it should be,simple,low bloat,fast,after years of trying every thing out there and spending a bit of time with this,I switched permanently, this is a pretty good browser👍

I switched my browser to Startpage about a week ago after trying a few other options, and this has been my favourite so far. I love that the app has a built in add blocker and the search results are not sponsored! I can find actual information so much easier. I'm also so thankful that it isn't overrun with AI features to begin with, and there's the option to turn them off entirely. Ideally I'd prefer a completely AI free browser, but I feel like this is as close as I've found so far. Peak.

great search engine. there are some drawbacks using a search without AI results, but overall I appreciate that factor

Unfortunately didn't play videos on background!

I love this app because it's got a great search engine and it's free and it's the best alternative to chrome I've found

Amazing alternative for the Google search engine. I wish it had desktop version, too

Good at speed . Adblock is awesome and has significantly improved performance.Thank you for implementing reader mode option in menu complete satisfaction for reading articles.

Initially I liked it, although the results left something to be desired. I do like that it asks for our feedback. What annoyed me and made me switch elsewhere is that I started to get constant requests to do captcha. I don't know what changed on their end because I've used my VPN the entire time and it didn't start with the captchas. They're also letter ones as opposed to a simple click like the browser I switched to. I'm not giving up my VPN, so I stopped using this on mobile and my laptop.

The zap feature does the same as cleaning chrome browsing data. It doesn't keep websites from tracking you. Today's websites use browser agent, ip, mac address to track users. Cleaning data won't help.

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 adblocker, ghostery (i use this one on firefox its the best tracking blocker), ... (smth else good) and a pc version PLZ (i use ubuntu linux) windows, linux, mac i beg u pleaseeeeeee

i can't import my important filter rules to startpage, i hope Startpage considering for give and provide that feature :)

Hello, please fix issue, when after for a while you get back to the app, it opens new tab of homepage (with search).

One of the best browsers to escape the hellhole that are most mainstream browsers.

best browser, but the anonymous view needs to be improved.

crashes all the time, never shows decent search results.

this app is the best. only app I've been able to use WITHOUT giving me dumb AI search results. JACKPOTTTTTT

I find this STARTPAGE APP very comfortable because it saves so much headache with ads and promotions . I like this App for its simplicity and speed too

I love that this platform is a true search engine without the AI noise and influence

I've only had it a week, but I'm living it so far. so glad to get to actual search results, not just AI-generated "answers."

Love that there's no AI, but not always great search results.

Used Startpage since 2010's. Great to see continuing developments and will continue to recommend.

The search fails almost every time. Both the browser and search engine don't give results, citing the search term might be too specific when I search for stuff like "Ariana Grande" "Tennis Court" etc. But the results appear after a few clicks.

I love the privacy protections, the reliability and the speed. Start page is much, much better than Google.

NO ads. Fast at first. More for an iPhone. Can only use bookmarks. This app might be good for the shady people to cover their tracks. I don't need SHADE.

So far, 2 weeks in, this app is better than others that I've tried. It even out-strips, for speed and great search results, Booble Krone and Flier-frogs and Dunk Dunk Grow, too (names changed to prevent adverse after affects). As for safety, I can only assume as it is as highly affective. If at some point I'm asked to pay to continue using ut, I'll be very disappointed, but as yet there's nothing bad abiutbthis app. 5 stars and my default browser as well. very very happy with it.

the main drawcard is ad blocking and yet every search is FULL of ads pushed to the top despite ad blocker being active and third party ads being turned off. it doesn't push most relevant results to the top but adverts.

looks really neat, has all the usual functions you might need, provides a function of a fast 'clear' of your cookies and other saved cache, and scraps the search of AI. Thank you for a good app let's hope it won't be ruined over time as many other great services were.

Love that this browser is private and doesn't use AI. But, it needs some improvement. Searches have very big ad suggestions first, and just generally aren't as good as from other search engines. It was harder to find what I needed, and I would sometimes even get irrelevant results to my search. I found myself going back to Google when I needed to find something quickly. I've since swapped to DuckDuckGo, no such issues. Would love improvements, as I prefer to support an engine that doesn't use AI

I generally really love the browser. However it doesn't support my password manager (enpass) it just shows nothing to autofill and what annoys me most is that the search widget is 4x2 instead of a 4x1 option Edit: Yes enpass is selected. However I get no prompt for autofills and if I longpress and say "autofill" it always says there is nothing to fill. I tried multiple sites that worked on different browsers

I am officially done with Google. It’s reached a point of being absolutely ridiculous—forcing inaccurate, unverified AI results onto every search without giving us a way to opt out. I never asked for an AI to 'guess' my answers, especially when it’s consistently wrong. ​Having to type '-ai' into every search or hunt for a 'web-only' version just to get a reliable list of links is a waste of time. I’m switching to Startpage. It gives you the high-quality results you actually want with no AI.

The app has super potential for a minimal browser. The problem is that it lacks too many features. It's only the 1 that gets me, Adblocker is not good. Youtube ads could have been avoided. Probably we will get that update (hope). And please I know this sounds bad, but add an option to change search engine (not necessary but would be ok)

It is a browser that respects you as a person. Lightweight, robust online protection built-in, & does not collect your data (nor allow other third-parties to do so). Even has a handy button to instantly delete all cached data in the browser when needed (passwords, history, cookies, etc) with exclusions. Solid experience, would recommend!

been using this for around 6 months across devices and every once in a while i get the taste of hell in other browsers. Please. Im begging. Dont add generative AI like other browsers. Its just modern day snake oil. I just want a plain efficient search engine, and it feels like this is the last one left. The anonymous view is the cherry on top.

I have really enjoyed start page. I'm not very technical with computers so I can't speak to the validity of statements of privacy, but I don't get adds and redirects out o the blue . and search results are on par or better than Google. the user interface is intuitive an clean I've had nothing but good results using start page and would recommend it as a great alternative to the big name search engines.

I've been using this search engine on my laptop and phone for around a week and I'm very impressed! The UI is nice and simple and I get more privacy than with Firefox alone (which uses Google search). the one thing I would love to see is an option to have the android Material You icon, because this app is one of the only on my phone that doesn't integrate it!

The Startpage browser, is just that, a browser. It's clean, smooth, snappy and best of all, allows you to whitelist pages you don't want the browser to "Zap". This was extremely useful as I bounce between 3 browsers. It doesn't come with crazy bells and whistles like support for extensions.. but I appreciate that. Since it's chromium based, the support for third party password managers is phenomenal. Finally able to use a single browser!

I'm astounded. The search engine is as good as Google (because it's the same without identifying information). The anonymous search engine allows one into sites that were previously geographically blocked. My chief complaint is that the privacy settings are fixed at moderate and must be changed manually with every search, which is annoying and requires several additional steps where other browsers can be altered permamnently. A major drawback.

This is an updated comment. As I said before, you really have a very nice concept, but for some reason, your browser blocks part of the primary cookies of a website, making impossible to visit or to finish a registration, for example: using your browser I tried to sign-up on Netflix, but when I wanted to continue with the subscription where I have to register my email, I wasn't able to continue. I had to go back again to Firefox, but don't worry, you'll continue having your 3 stars rating.

Was asked to enable cookies when trying to access my yahoo mail account. They were allowed. Back to Firefox for me. Pity, but I'll continue to use startpage via Firefox (which i have been doing for years on PC, tablet and phone without needing an ap)- where logging on is easy and not so frustrating. I also don't like that it doesn't have a clear cookies, history etc on exit feature. Why not?

I've been a Startpage search page user for many years, so I tried out the browser. Nice, but the lack of ad blocking has turned out to be a deal breaker for me. I typically use Firefox (both mobile and PC) and have Startpage as my search page. I whitelist the Startpage webpage itself so it isn't adblocked, but I can't function without ad blocking most everywhere else. Attempting to use the Startpage app as my browser quickly reminded me of why ad blocking exists. YMMV.

For 97% of my purposes, Startpage Browser is the very best. I became so used to Google browser, I still automatically go for it instead of using Startpage. Ironically, I see no why this should not be my default Browser. I have made it my default on a couple devices but as I remember I will change. Two things I like. There are no intrusive ads. I find on sites, prayer sites, others have ad on top of ad. I would gladly pay for this App.

Works amazing, non cluttered UI (only a search bar, one button for tabs, and one button for more options), everything you need can be accessed from one button and from there it brings up a context menu, even has basic but really nice features like desktop site mode, bookmarks, can also delete browsing data and history and has private tabs if you need them for whatever reason. Whatever your needs, this browser has it, and it does it pretty well, no ad blocking capabilities but it's pretty good 👍

(I have not used it on my phone or tablet but it's downloaded on both) The search engine works really well. It loads fast and it gets me into sites that block me because of my ad blocker. It also is great when you are on a site that you frequent often. It makes it easier to find other results. Only issue is I can't get it to load onto my cromebook.OMG> this is rediulous trying to edit and ad to this review. I finally got it on my cromebook after way too many tries

Congratulations on your release Startpage! So basically this app is a chromium based browser without personal data collection and Startpage as default search engine, right? However, I found an issue that startpage search engine sometimes won't show any result without click 'try to search again' or the similar. At least that was what happened to me. I hope you can fix it.