Brave Browser & Search Engine App Reviews

Good app, but needs work. Summary: the goal this app is trying to achieve is S+ but the execution is an F+ Meaning that this app is better than every other web browser and at the same time worse, it’s got everything good you want in a web browser while being horrendously unreliable and fussy, I recommend… if you’re willing to have a second web browser as well. edit2: i found the reason why it deleted all my tabs, it had crashed like three times in a row and it wasn’t prepared to handle that, I know this as it happened again while I was looking at it. Edit: it just deleted all my tabs :( . I like what they’re going for, but it needs some work, like the lack of integration with the Shortcuts app and night mode needs some help, I don’t like that the two buttons in the bottom right are swapped but chrome’s doing it too so I guess I can’t judge too much… anyway most of what I want is just a little bit more polish on this… and maybe just ditch the cryptocurrency entirely, oh yeah and Web app games are kind of cooked on this too… only ad blocker that I actually feel comfortable using tho… Safari is just too smooth and well integrated with the shortcuts app to stop using completely… Anyway, would recommend over chrome

FINALLY ... No Political Filters Preventing the Truth. When I first learned that the maker of Brave was also responsible for launching Mozilla Firefox, a trust had already been established, especially since Fox was the only browser that had the capability of accessing all of my online courses. During my studies, I used the internet to access credible resources on the internet, but it’s quickly become obvious how distorted Google’s algorithms have become because it is common that I can’t find the answers I seek, especially when it is political! Out of frustration, I downloaded Brave, using Duck Duck Go to search and the answers I was seeking appeared at the top .... My only request for Brave is to clearly mark the dates in the link, so users know which option is the most updated data ~ Thanks for bringing Brave into the world ... The public needs unfiltered access to knowledge if we intend to evolve in tomorrow’s world!

Awesome browser but needs some fine tuning. This browser honestly is so nice. It’s got a lot of features that you seek in a browser, especially ones that Chrome lacks. It has a clean interface for the favorites bookmark, it has a built-in adblocker and reader mode (which isn’t the best but it’s still nice), it has cool animations, etc. However, it’s still not perfect. Some “issues” include that it’s not really friendly towards one handed use, a feature that I would really appreciate if added. For example, a button at the bottom could be added in place of the 3 dots that activates the search bar. Then, those three dots could be integrated into the Brave logo at the top. Moreover, the tabs page, which has tiles that are somewhat hard to reach, could have a button at the bottom that reaches the top. Also, it would look cleaner if the url is shorter at the top and that, when you scroll down, that shortened url still appears. I completely realize how I’m nit-picking, but these would be nice to have nonetheless.

Much Better browser but not perfect. Pros: loads faster, rarely hangs up during loads, blocks ads, blocks pop ups, does not send as much of my info to advertisers, seems to list more of the websites on a given topic (history and science) not just the ones its management prefers, like Google does. Cons: not sure how to turn pop ups on temporarily because some banks and other companies stuck in 1500s require them for log on and transactions; ditto for videos that i do want to see, like weather reports. Those could be toggles. Need an easy to find indexed help file of “how to’s”, just the basics, kiss. Should not need to browse instructions to use browser, they should already be there like the F1 key. Would be nice to add codecs to view raw photos in Nikon, Canon, etc formats. Need “block redirects” toggle, if you scroll tablet too near an ad (like same half of page the add is on) suddenly you are going there instead of seeing bottom of page.

Browser would be amazing with a few tweaks for mobile.. First of all, I LOVE this browser. The level of privacy and security is a breath of fresh air compared to most. Wonderfully they are developing a email that forwards to yours, keeping yours anonymous and less easy to be compromised while purchasing online (such as duck duck is). That is a huge bonus feature. I do find that this app has many more privacy options than most and that seems to be the company’s #1 priority. However I only deducted a star because I mobile app would be top notch with full security and privacy customization options that are standard on the PC version. That is surprising to me. I also appreciate if there were more accessibility options within the app settings. I am moderately vision and hearing impaired. For some reason Brave doesn’t seem to recognize my phone setting to accommodate for those disorders. It does seem to break sites on occasion, although the devs are pretty good at promptly fixing those issues once you report them plus sometimes this is my VPN. All in all, I would 100% recommend this, especially if you just need a basic browser that doesn’t track and get in on your business.

Best iOS And OsX Browser for iPhone & Mac. I would rate this browser second only to a quality TOR Onion browser in regards to privacy, anonymity, and digital footprint protections. With its many options for privacy and security settings which includes a built in VPN designed specifically to work in tandem with the browser provides for effortless protection of your digital personal identification markers which are not only at high risk but even exploited openly by other browsers and services offered as “free” by its more well known mainstream counterparts. If I had to rank browsers by their security features and options, both mobile and PC I would rank them: 1. Tor Onion 2. Brave 3. Duck Duck Go As a caveat I would suggest anyone who has concerns about digital privacy to the point where they have looked at this browser to the point of actually reading my review, I would tell them to stop using the industry standard website for doing web searches and switch to the equally effective and extremely safer competitor Duck Duck Go. I am not an employee, family member of an employee, or have been in any way influenced or incentivized monetarily or otherwise by any of the companies or products mentioned in this review. It has been written by me without request for the sole purpose of educating and informing fellow citizens of the world that are concerned with the 3rd Industrial Revolution of the digital age. Essayons.

solid, reliable, a few fussy issues. There’s not a lot I can say about Brave in general that hasn’t been said in other reviews, and the app specifically is a generally solid mobile browser. A few sites won’t work quite right with it (and are not a mobile issue, because they work alright in firefox or chrome), but that’s pretty rare. A little pet peeve I’ve recently encountered is that, for some reason (unlike more mainstream browser apps), Brave often sets off the iphone’s ‘data detectors’, aka when it highlights something that says ‘tomorrow night’ or ‘this afternoon’ so you can click it and set a reminder or create a calendar event. This is distracting when trying to read a news article or webnovel, and makes no sense. It’s not a thing that can be disabled on the iPhone at large, and I checked the same sites on other apps (firefox, chrome) which don’t have the same issue, so I’m not sure why Brave does. Again, this is a pretty minimal issue, but I do personally find it irritating.

Sync is unreliable, and security and privacy concerns.. I would rate this browser higher immediately if I could get the sync feature to work as advertised.I use sync In Firefox and it is far more effective. Update: After exploring more, I think I see their concept. Unlike FF, Brave will show you the last opened tabs on your other devices and offer to open those on your current device. I’ll evaluate and return as this may work out. I don’t see any requirement I missed, or related faqs. Also, likely Google Chrome style, Brave promises security and privacy but offers to immediately feed ad laced news and share my data. Like Chrome, they may offer security against outsiders, but Google owns your content and are ultra leftists? FBI? IRS? Justice dept? Who knows who they partnered with? I get they aren’t Google, but I have huge trust issues today. I’d like more info on sync features and operation, and assurances about privacy when using Brave features like news and ads.

ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL app!. Brave is, arguably, the most important app on my phone. It’s installed on every device I own, and is set as the default browser. If you’re serious about your data privacy, and blocking ads so you can actually READ articles & SEE the content on sites, then Brave is an integral part of your arsenal (along with DuckDuckGo and a VPN). The ad-blocking in Brave is so superior to most third-party adblockers you might install in, say… Safari. You can test this yourself: In Safari, even with an adblocker installed, you still get those pages that say “You appear to be using an adblocker”, asking you to support them by turning it off, or to continue without disabling. I’d rather not even get the guilt trip. In Brave, you don’t even see this window. You just get your page, minus the ads. This is the way I prefer to roll, and why Brave will always have my support. Brave is much more than a browser; It’s a way of life!

Some interfaces are pointless. Likes: blocks a lot of tracking and data gathering which eats up data and slows things down. Definitely faster than safari. Blocks a lot of pop ups that other browsers won’t block. Dislikes: they change things just to change things, some of the “features” are pointless and can’t be deleted. Whatever the quick pop up when you touch a link is pointless. If I want to go to another page though a link then go to that link, I end up having this pop out that I have to wait to go away and then hit the link. Double or triple the time which eats up whatever times savings I get from the restricted tracking. Also in the latest update on the favorites page you can only see one line of favorites, you have to hit a button to see the rest of your favorites. WHY??? Absolutely no point here except to aggravate me and make me use extra time to see my favorites. Who is making these decisions? Are you trying Lisa people off? What is the point?

Love Using Brave!. I've been using it for months now on my iPhoneXR. You can tell the folks who made it care! The user interface is much easier to understand compared to other browsers - the options are laid out in a clear and concise format that makes it intuitively easy to find what I'm looking for. Does a great job translating what the technology is doing into user friendly terms (I'm thinking of the Manage Website Data screen). I am still tweaking how I use Brave to maximize performance! I would love a faster route to the Page Zoom option - I often find myself on websites that do not take complete care of their mobile users and I think using the Page Zoom more often would help alleviate my browsing frustrations (my current work around is opening the website I'm struggling with finding a comfortable viewing experience in Safari ). Five Stars from me! I will continue using as my daily mobile browser!

I wish I could rate higher. This app does provide more privacy and less tracking, which is important to me. Got tired of Google Chrome for that reason. However, every few minutes, it freezes up. Badly. It resolves within about ten seconds, but it’s deeply annoying. Moreover, the freezeups are most likely to happen when the app is trying to run its own ad bars across the top of the screen. Most of them are for crypto investment and NFT garbage (lol what??), and I have to swipe them away. I wouldn’t mind them so much if they didn’t cause the app to freeze and clam up, but it’s simply so irritating to deal with that nonsense. I should be able to read a Wikipedia article without the screen freezing up every two paragraphs, leaving me unable to scroll for the next fifteen seconds. Edit: The freezing issue seems to have been resolved, and the ads for crypto and NFTs have greatly diminished although they’re still present. However, upon making Brave my default browser again, it now crashes immediately whenever I switch between apps, and I have to open it again.

Amazing Utility Browser!. Brave is a must-have for power users of smartphones and computers. It’s the perfect secondary browser to complement Safari or Chrome, offering much more unique utility than both of them combined. With privacy and security put above all else, it is a great surprise how incredible the UI and feature set are. Implicitly blocks ads and trackers, perfect for using certain kinds of websites that tend to be covered in pop-ups. I highly recommend going through all settings and customizing the behavior and appearance of Brave once you install it. This is necessary to understand the value of the application, and makes it much more comfortable and personalized. The default configuration is okay, but when you remove everything you don’t need in settings, it becomes such a great experience. This is the same way I feel about smartphones in general, you must go through all settings and configure them to your own preference, or else the software is more generic than it should be. Give it a try!

Concern citizen. So far it seems like it protects and don’t Sherry what you are browsing and looking and searching for which is good because people don’t need to know what you searching looking for man, your business, enough advertising and people in your phone trying to pay attention to what you are searching and looking for. I’m not doing anything wrong but what I’m searching and looking up and researching I’m adding my own business and then the next thing you know somebody’s popping up something on your phone trying to advertise something that you’ve been looking up and that’s concerning to me that means somebody’s in your phone snooping I don’t like that it’s enough that the government and everyone is looking and watching everything we’re doing that means we have no rights. It also means if that’s the case they know everything that people are doing and things should be stopped if people are doing wrong.

Brave: Show ''em who's boss.. Thank you Brave for defending our right to be secure in ourselves and journey through life uninhibited by the overwhelming presence of greed and selfishness that appears to be dominating the world at the moment. Peace of mind no matter how little is so appreciated. Who wants to live a life where everything you do is jotted down in "Secret Notebooks" to be used in any way what-so-ever with little restraint as well as no honestly ethical regard wether some harm may result. Profit above the well being of others? Perhaps gathered data/ information will be used kindly or maybe not. I'm sure I'm not alone in this world when I say there a very few people I would trust with my well being. where our species has acknowledged the most powerful weapon in the world (PSYCHOLOGY). Brave as far as web browsers go from my experience, Yours I can trust mostly until I don't. There's little bugs here and there, but hey, there's bugs everywhere. as a browser is where. If anyone reads this, I know this is a review board and not a soap box but thanks for reading anyway. Brave Rules! Twitch

Super FAST!! Amazing app DOWNLOAD IT! You won’t regret it. Update:so now it’s doing the same exact thing as the other apps for the site. Deleting this. That lasted a whole day So I literally never write reviews (I know I’m sure people say that a lot) but I honestly don’t I could care less but I knew if there was someone out there unsure like me I had to share how awesome this app is. I have safari on my iPhone which is alright but for some reason Walmart (don’t judge I mean hey they have great prices!) just doesn’t want to load it or will half load and take forever or it would load in like writing with no pictures or like a different layout with no button to press on for next page basically just a mess and Thats on strong WiFi so I kept having refresh or put it in desktop mode til it would work and mind you that other sites would load no problem it was just this one so I had chrome downloaded because I love chrome and I knew sometimes it would load better in chrome then safari (but still sometimes even on there same thing) so I decided to look in the App Store and this pops up I decide to give it a try what do I have to lose and instantly it loads in a millisecond and no problems at all and the page loads correctly! I’ve never had anything load that quick and the page works fine (finally!!) and as do other sites too this app is awesome bottom line you won’t regret downloading it I sure don’t!! Hope this helps someone decide :)

Terrible browser and now all the search responses are AI based. Just run. Do not use. It doesn't offer any privacy unless you go way out of your way to set it up that way. You're better off using incognito in Safari. And not only that, they are giving you AI responses to your searches for the first entire page and if you're not careful you might actually believe some of that nonsense. AI responses are still terrible the technology is no good at this point and any user who is fooled by the AI should just delete this browser because it's both terrible in terms of functionality, does not prevent you from being tracked all over the Internet as it claims, and if you're not paying attention you're gonna believe a piece of AI garbage that isn't true. There is nothing about this browser that makes it worth downloading. All their claims to privacy are nonsense unless you set it up in a very particular fashion that most people are not gonna know how to do. And now that the first page of responses is pure AI you really need to run for your life, because AI thinks it's good advice if you ask how to keep cheese from sliding off your pizza it'll tell you to add a quarter cup of nontoxic glue. That's an AI response.

Great, but can’t access passwords. This is a great browser, probably the best mobile one in my honest opinion and wayyy better than Safari because it blocks ads, allows you to easily search with different search engines, and actually shows the different tabs at the top. However, Idk if this is a security thing but now that I have most of my passwords on iCloud and Brave I rely on both whenever i forget them and unfortunately there is no way to view my Brave passwords on mobile (at least for iOS). This is extremely annoying because then I have to hop on my computer and spend a couple minutes opening up my passwords and finding the correct one. It would be nice if it just worked exactly like it did on the desktop version of Brave. Also, with the new Safari rolling out in November, maybe it’s time to consider a design refresh based off of user response to the new Safari and other browsers. Current design is the best imo on mobile but maybe it could be improved further and beat out the competition.

Browser has many errors. This app constantly closes my Private tabs. Even when I leave for just a minute, or turn off my phone, all of my incognito tabs are gone. Even when I turn on this feature that lets me "keep" them, it still will close them, although keeping them, but the cookies are deleted, essentially as if you closed and reopened them. Occasionally, when I leave the app for a bit, instead of closing my tabs, the screen will go black and won’t fix itself unless I close the app. Sometimes it deletes ALL of my tabs (including my normal tabs), and although offering to reopen them, pressing reopen does nothing, so you have to open them again manually. It also has issues loading certain sites, where they'll just endlessly load without an end, slowing down the browser, primarily wiki websites (with the exception of Wikipedia). Some of these problems may be with WebKit, and not the Brave browser in general, but still. In addition, you added a share button over the forward button, which I have had problems with over me accidentally clicking on it and almost sending a page to my contacts. I wish this was made optional, and you could turn it off instead of it being stuck there. I hope you can look into, and fix some of these errors.

Brave ok but default browser iphone links fail to open. Main issue is website data DOES NOT CLEAR when all tabs are closed, NOR when the brave app is closed and reopened -even in private mode with all boxes checked on the Privacy settings page. This is NOT how privacy should work! We should not need to manually clear website data! Also, we should be able to block only third party cookies and/or block all cookies. Not just block cookies. Which if NOT blocked, brave retains these cookies between launches of the app, AND ALSO, displays cookies (website data) that was previously MANUALLY CLEARED after previous uses of brave before closing it. Finally, Whatever iphone ios 15 App interface is used to pass links to brave, has in the past, failed to use brave as the default browser and sometimes also, fails to open the page in brave when the link is passed to brave. Nothing is in address bar, nothing opens. Brave opens then nothing. If this is a brave or ios setting related design or issue it should explicitly say so. Brave also holds old webpage in cache of a tab in tab view screen that has already been navigated back using the browser ‘back’ arrow. Why should we have to be bothered by having to use community page and create login and create report FOR A PRIVACY BROWSER and troubled by such trivial issues. Emphasis on privacy.

Bout as good as it gets. In security anonymity safety and speed in browsing for the amount of security on default and the network it goes through is military grade. I believe it’s the tor network. I don’t think you can find a better browser for everyday use and stay safe and secure online as I repeat with the speeds brave produces. I don’t think I have ever maybe one time other than this have I reviewed an app. This needs to be everyone’s default browser. &$$@( google Update it’s great and pretty much private. My problem is I was using the premium version and it was 100. Thought the price was nothing free then I take a look at my notifications and I see two charges one the brave search or vpn other was just let ke the paid one it’s not worth a couple cents a day to have a private search and vpn. I still use brave most the time just with a different search and vpn and I don’t know that there is to much on the surface going on there. I’m sure if I looked into it they would say it has more options and better default options but it’s all a money game that’s why the dollar as well as the rest of the physical fiat is existing

LET ME TURN OFF AI FEATURES I DON’T WANT. Edit: one starring because for the love of god, I downloaded an alternative browser because I wanted to get away from the garbage fire product google has been forcing out the last few years; now even brave has forcibly integrated AI into the browser without a way to turn it off. I’ll be looking for something else. I love that Brave delivers the security & ad features I need, shows me what it’s blocking, and even supports chromium based extensions on desktop, all without the limitations in features of other privacy browsers. Full support for bookmarks, password managing if you want it, and you can choose to enable desktop & mobile sync or keep them separate. As much as I care about the software & programs I use and get really into their features and quirks, I don’t necessarily run around yelling about them to anyone who will listen. Brave, on the other hand, I have been actively and insistently encouraging my friends and family to use! Love this browser. And for anyone put off by the crypto earning/brave wallet thing (which often reads scammy to me in any context), don’t worry. It’s easy to disable and not in any way intrusive if you don’t want to use it. (I can’t vouch for its usability since I don’t use it, but it looks legitimate if you *are* into crypto and want to earn some passive pocket change.)

Very good, just a few little things. Edit: Using iPhone 13 Pro, iOS 16.7.2. Along with troubles playing audio while the phone is closed, audio from one video will play over another. Also, Picture-in-Picture will be activated in-app, though the app was not closed. Love the app: very secure, LOTS of security features and customizable settings - very much appreciated - though I have a few little things: Is it possible to add an option to stop videos on closing the phone, but still enable background audio? There are times when I need to close my phone, i.e. getting off break, while watching a video, and opening it up to pause it can be fiddley. The background audio cuts in and out sometimes while playing when I close my phone as well. I would like to request an option for a customizable background for the home screen. But I understand if that is how the app gets its ad funding. This isn’t an urgent request, but maybe have a customizable app icon, using different colors, etc.? Thank you for providing such a great browser, and I hope to hear from you soon!

useless ©rapolå. flee this junk like the plague. time consuming dribble. this piece of trash automatically went into a dark and private mode and i lost all my tabs. then you spend huge amounts of time going through nonsense to find an answer. then, somehow, by itself, the pages all come back?! and i'm supposed to be thankful after wasting valuable time? who are the mental deficients disguised as experts that come up with such design garbage then tout themselves and their 'product' as something to behold? oh, and all the tabs area and '+ tab area' and url area for search, their tab banner, confining and tiny. Why? isn't there someone in companies such as this that has any common sense, whatsoever? oh, and there is no way to delete auto suggestion in url bar. i have a name of a person that comes up automatically and there is no way to turn it Off. i am deleting all webpages after i have saved those searches, elsewhere, and deleting this big pile of excrement which is totally useless, frustrating, time consuming. my suggestion, is find something else instead of tearing your hair out; flee this crap like the wind!

Fast, Ad Block by Default, Crypto Rewards and Privacy Focus. What’s not to like right? This is hands down the fastest browser I’ve used on my Mac, iOS and Windows devices. Ads are blocked by default and it’s easy to make changes to the shields when they inadvertently block things that you want to see. Brave’s privacy focus is a huge selling point especially for people who follow tech and have noticed just how creepy the predictive algorithms are getting. One of the most interesting things is the Brave Rewards model and their solution to the current online advertising nightmare - the BAT (Basic Attention Token). Not only to they pay you for watching ads but the tech also promises an opportunity to upend the current broken system of Google-based ads and predictive marketing analytics. What they hope to do eventually is to put the power back consumer’s hands by paying us to view adds and allocating BAT to content providers based on the proportion of attention you give the site monthly. Popularity growth of the platform and additional investment and price increases for the BAT token will be required to get to a point where the system can potentially provide enough revenue to compete directly against Google etc. but Rome wasn’t built in a day. Give it a try and read up a little. I think you’ll like it too.

Best browser.. Hey I love the app. The simplicity of blocking excessive cookies and trackers is amazing. I recently learned about the bridge feature for pc, I haven’t had a chance to get on my computer yet but I was curious if it is a feature offered on mobile. Privacy is going to become more and more important with the explosion of AI, we are seeing an explosion of exploitation of data rights and loopholes that violate our bill of rights, most people are a bit naive with their data and have no problem sharing their location with Google or apple 24/7 is AOK. I don’t want to be one of them. (For anyone reading, bridging won’t stop this you need Google these for yourself, bridging is more of a protection from internet suppliers and network monitoring by network admins or hackers. Similar to a vpn but with less protection, It also slows your internet browsing significantly.) If the app offers bridging, can you tell me how to navigate to it? Thanks. Every tool I can get my hands on to keep my data and my family’s data safe:) power to the people! P.S. wish there was a button to create a tab library so I could open all my windows on my pc and continue where I left off from my phone instead of doing it 1 by 1. It exist on pc, can you add this to the app too?

A Game-Changer in Web Browsing: Brave Delivers!. As a long-time internet user, I’ve tried various browsers, but Brave has truly impressed me. Its commitment to privacy and security is unparalleled. From the first use, I noticed a significant difference in loading speeds, especially on ad-heavy websites. The built-in ad blocker not only makes browsing more pleasant but also provides an added layer of protection against intrusive trackers. One of the standout features for me is the Brave Rewards system. It feels good to support content creators while maintaining my privacy. Additionally, the browser’s interface is sleek and user-friendly, making the transition from other browsers seamless. Battery life on my laptop has noticeably improved since I started using Brave. It’s evident that the browser is optimized for efficiency, making it a perfect choice for both casual browsing and more intensive online tasks. In terms of customer support, Brave has a robust community and a wealth of online resources, which I found incredibly helpful. The frequent updates show a commitment to continuous improvement and addressing user feedback. In summary, Brave is more than just a browser; it’s a forward-thinking tool for anyone who values speed, security, and privacy online. I highly recommend it to anyone looking for a refreshing and efficient browsing experience.

One of the better mobile browsers. Generally mobile browsers aren’t very customizable or private, but this one is one of the better ones. I primarily use Brave because it’s adblocking features seem to work better than other mobile browsers, and I appreciate the ease of use. The playlist feature, night mode, and the reading list are all useful. However, there’s been one caveat recently- the integration of AI has not been done well. Procedurally generated text will appear every time you search something, and it clogs up the top of the search page, so if you don’t want to read it, you need to scroll past it, and it tends to be long. The other, much more aggravating thing is that the text doesn’t generate all at once. That means that as you scroll through the results, they move down, creating an effect that makes it seem like your FPS has dropped significantly. Because the results move down the page, you can’t click them until the procedurally generated text has completed. The text only shows up sometimes, and often will take a few seconds to start generating, so I can’t really tell when it’s fine to click a link and when it’s not. There’s no way to hide it, either. I’ve used Brave for the past few years and I’m considering switching to another browser because of this.

Currently glitchy. I have been using the Brave browser for a couple years now and I have been very satisfied with it. However, lately, I have been having problems with the way it displays - or doesn’t display - some websites. Sometimes the photos don’t show up; there are blank spaces where they should be. Sometimes the photos will show up in reverse, as if they were photo negatives. But the most annoying thing of all is that when I click on a link within a website, nothing happens. They simply don’t open. I have tried rebooting and have downloaded the latest version, and I have the most current OS on my iPhone. It doesn’t seem to matter, so if I am trying to get to a link, I end up going to Safari, which defeats the whole purpose of being tracked. If there is some way to fix this, I would sure like to know about it. Otherwise, I am going to have to find another browser - if there is one - where I have the same level of privacy that Brave provides.

Brave doesn’t handle video content as well as it did in the past for external displays. I have an iPad I sometimes connect to the TV. In the past it would detect video media when I fullscreened the video in the player so that it filled up the entire 16:9 screen of the TV instead of continuing to mirror the iPad so the video shows smaller due to mirroring the 4:3 iPad aspect ratio. Was the reason I used brave over safari, since it handled that perfectly while Safari didn’t. I wish it could get back that video fullscreen function. If that doesn’t make sense an example of app that handles output of video well to a connected display is VLC. When I play a video on VLC it stops outputting the video on the iPad and instead says “this video is playing on the TV” and the media is shown on the TV in fullscreen. Brave used to do that hand off well, but now it doesn’t so cases where I want to watch videos from a browser I’ve had to move to connecting a laptop instead.

It is my de-fault browser experiencing emphasis on the fault. It is my de-fault browser experiencing emphasis on the fault. It claims not to track or not to keep logs. It crashes too much so when I use this browser, I notice no history of where I was either before or after it crashes. Not being able to explore the Internet at all due to crashing browsers is probably the very best way to keep people safe from being tracked online. Great privacy browser available because it keeps your Internet usage very private and secure, not even you can see your activity online or have any browser history. Browsing is almost non-existent with this crashing browser. Thank you so much for putting safety first and browser experience quality last on your company’s list of important. I will never buy a VON from your company, since I cannot use your browser crash-free. At your community people have commented about your browser crashing issues for maybe decades, nothing has changed. Until it is more dependable, this honest review remains! In search for a better browser but, until then, Brave is my de-fault browser with emphasis on the fault.

Those aren’t pop ups, they’re rewards ads. Everyone in the reviews are whining because of the tiny pop ups saying the locker doesn’t work.. YEAH IT DOES I’m coming used Brave for almost 4 years now and made well over $200 u canchoose to turn ur rewards off and not get the tiny pop ups or chose to get 1-10 an hr andat dnr of month they send u crypto which u can sell or trade for other crypto and I highly recommend instead of letting Google get paid for all ur search’s download presearch or get the extension on ur browser and ur get paid small amounts but the normal person does like 5000 search’s a year and the Vic u .25 a search see Google every search and chrome/other browsers gets $ for ur data so Take what’s rightfully ur and use Brave and presearch together and make that money itself trust me u wont be sorry ur making nothing now even if u only make 2 a month ur not letting google and Microsoft get rich off ur data and ur search’s. And braves pop up blocker works best I’ve seen saves u a ton of data and makes ur internet experience more ch smoother and faster and ppl complaining passwords ain’t saving clearly are cluelessgo to setting and turn pass off mgr on. Duh!! Lol

Best browser in privacy.. I don’t know why people don’t admit Firefox track you and not give you the privacy you need it. Just because Brave created the browser with software Chromium? All websites are created by chromium. Anyway the thing is Brave have everything in privacy, block ads, tracking, not sell your data and stop malicious websites before access to them. I use Brave all the time. But I only use Microsoft edge Collection to save my links there. If Brave make this, everything is completely for me. I hope soon to see a Collection. Anyway Brave you don’t need account it is better for privacy in that way but you can saved everything. How is that works? Check that in their websites or go to settings and Sync and follow the instructions. You will not use google search engine, Brave have own search engine and get better including the browser. Thanks developer for care privacy and keep improving and adding more features, I hope to see a collection soon, I want transfer my collection of Microsoft edge to Brave. And for people who talk bad about Brave, yes it is based on chromium but google can’t collect data from Brave dude. Give up in Firefox and use Brave. I was user of Firefox by years from my childhood and today I’m adult and Firefox is not like was before in privacy.

Love Brave but having issues…. I have always recommended Brave Browser to friends but lately it is acting a bit weird. I cannot figure out a real way to report an issue that needs updating. So if I enter something into the search bar automatic responses will pop up but they are overwritten other text making it near impossible to read. Then if you decide to renter something into the search bar, the text will move in such a way that it is over top of other text. This is very difficult to describe without seeing a picture. So this was a problem from day one but I have worked around it. Now I have a new issue. Each time I search for something the first few entries are unclickable. Nothing happens when you try to click on the entry. So that means scrolling down until you see a duplicate or needing to manually type in the website address. I hope someone sees this and makes the fix!

Update: Great, removed crypto ads in news feed. Update: I am dumbfounded how quickly the crypto ads nearly disappeared after posting this review. If it was in response to my comments, I am humbled and truly thankful to the developers for listening to the community! Now 100% recommended, just give it a shot! Absolutely love Brave, I use it in Linux, Mac OS, iPad OS, iOS, and was using it in windows before I got rid of windows. The cross platform functionality is flawless, I can send tabs across devices and sync settings, onboarding new devices is simple and even syncs extensions. My only gripe is all of the crypto ads in Brave news. I actually really like Brave news, you have fine control over sources and is very broad. I fine the crypto industry/culture to be morally bankrupt (basically gambling and a waste of resources) and even though I see its usefulness in very niche situations, that is not what is driving the ads. For what Brave stands for, I contemplate moving away because of their push on crypto features and ads, really conflicted on this.

worked well and then stopped working?. went on a site i’ve regularly visited and previously, i never got redirect/pop up ads when id click on anything. after a few months, still on brave browser, i get getting the redirects even though i had shields set to aggressive. all it did was stop the page from loading, but didn’t stop it from popping up and then id have to manually delete the tab and go back to the previous tab. it doesn’t sound like a big deal, but when it happens with every click it gets super frustrating. another AWFUL bug is that all my tabs got deleted. i had 100+ tabs open and they all disappeared one day. i didn’t force quit the app, app didn’t crash, all i did was go from the browser to another app and all of a sudden all my tabs were gone. i looked through the brave community forums and it seems like others have had this problem and for some, force quitting the app and restarting it works but for me it did not. even restarted my phone but still nothing. i used to love this app, but i will definitely be switching to a different one now that brave seems to be barely functioning properly.

Great so far. I came across the Brave search engine app on one of my professional forums so I decided to give it a try. I love the auto blocking feature of my personal information and speed is no problem (even faster than before) which was a concern. I’ve made Brave my default browser. I’m also going to try their VPN since it should integrate nicely with their browser. Update, I appreciate the broad spectrum coverage provided with Brave’s VPN. However, the cost of your VPN does not work for me due to the limited sharing ability. Since Braves paid VPN can only be shared with 5 devices on ONE iTunes account (obviously, other family members have their own personal iTunes account). Why can’t Brave allow one paid subscription be used on 5 separate devices regardless of iTunes accounts? That format, would move Brave’s VPN to the top of the VPN market. Sorry, but I’ve canceling my subscription due to inability to share with family members.

Best Browser of All. Brave just makes me feel happy with getting on the internet. Happy and safe and adfree - not including the temporary banners that they have pop down which is such a tiny nuisance that I’m willing to live happily with to have this app for free. Brave is hands down the best browser I’ve used my entire life on every type of OS I use it on. It just keeps getting better too. I look forward to the continuous adfree experience I get every time I browse the web now and I don’t really understand people who wouldn’t use Brave lol it’s how the internet SHOULD be. Everything is opt-in and tracking is dealt with gracefully. As long as the security measures to block ads and tracking are maintained and updated, Brave will remain the superior private browser. Plus, there are so many little extras that it comes with it makes it sooooooo valuable. Download it and you’ll see what I mean!

Love it cannot live or feel safe w/o it. With Duck Duck Go I was hacked into based on having a health app which must remain open! After I got Apple Pay card sent to my house without ever applying I assumed out of sheer ignorance it was like a chime card So I did my research&from what I read you should never have banking apps on your phone if you have a CGM or a hearing device or anything which forced your phone to stay open WHEN YOU ALSO HAVE banking stuff on your phone I try to avoid certain things like tech because though I was a well versed playful hacker when I was a minor on prodigy&do silly stuff like change the graphics on government sites I’D HAVE NEVER STOLEN FROM PEOPLE as there is no such thing as a victimless crimeBrave is the best&safest some say there are better ones which I have tried out but to me they were too difficult to use! Anyway be smart about being safe y’all and certainly safe with whom you are smart to!!!!

Overall recommend. The only annoying bug I’ve found is that occasionally Brave randomly switch me to the adjacent tab to the one where I had was successfully browsing a site. My suspicion is that it’s crashing for a split second and then restoring me to tab #20 instead of #19. It seems like a bug that persists from version to version as well (as with so much software). On the other hand, I’m glad there’s someone out there at least trying to counter this mad track-and-spam-advertise arms race that we’re currently experiencing online. I used to use the number one search engine (which last decade has increasingly resembled #2 IMHO) and everywhere I would go I would be besieged by obnoxious relentless spam search results and horrible invasive “targeted ads”. Now, with Brave, I have other choices of search engines beyond the usual ones (which I find to be each one totally terrible). I don’t find myself paddling round the same gyre of crap sites that I used to find myself repeatedly directed into as if I were trying to escape a black hole but failing to. Having said this, note that Brave is not 100% successful at anonymizing you, and these sites are bound to keep growing ever more clever; but over the last year or so it has been a noticeable improvement for me.

Need a gallery of browser tabs. Brave is an amazing browser for iOS! It comes in with the best ad blocker and most private search 👍 I would like to let the developers know that whenever I open my browser tabs, I would constantly have to stretch my thumbs to close the tab. If there was a gallery of tabs that I could swipe up and tabs would show and the close button was on the bottom or on the tool bar, that would make life for my thumb easier. Apple has integrated this feature for iPhones itself like when we open our windows and all I have to do to close one is to swipe my thumb upwards on the bottom of the screen where it can reach easily. This is what Brave should have for their browser tabs for ergonomic purposes. Another feature that I need is a larger search bar. Coming from Safari, I’m used to tapping on the large Safari search bar. It’s a little challenging for my fingers to find the slim search bar and press it. Haptic feedback would also significantly improve the browser. Thank you and keep at it! 👏

Brave please slim it down... Update!. It is really great that you made a clean break from Google! Since you did I have put your search engine on all of the browsers that I am test driving. I would really like to use your browser on my ios devices but it is really cumbersome, I don't need all of the extras, and it would be nice to not have to manually close tabs, but be able to open the browser fresh without my last session staring at me, unless I configure it to. Maybe you could offer other versions, more stripped down, like Firefox does with Firefox Focus, or at least offer more ways to configure the ios browser to clean it up for those of us who don't need power-windows and a/c. I give you five stars for the stellar security and privacy emphasis. Worked with Brave browser tonight on osx, speed is excellent, think I will go with it on my desktop. Gonna keep Brave browser on my iPhone, but to be honest I will probably be using a lighter browser there.

Perfect Browser!. I stopped using this browser a couple of years ago because it didn’t seem too user friendly, and other browsers I was used to using were much easier to navigate. My thing was being able to tap on a phone number or an address and it just be automatically calling or navigating to wherever I’m trying to get. Well after hearing a highly notable figure mention Brave, I decided to give it another go. And they’ve made this app PERFECT! It’s really incredibly smooth! I love how I can customize my experience to the point where I can choose if want to see ads, and how aggressive I want my ad blocker to be. There’s much I haven’t mentioned. What sold me was the moment I searched for the local sushi spot in my town to see if I could tap the phone number to make the call, and IT WORKED! Deleted my other browsers on the spot. If you value privacy, and being able to tailor your own experience without big tech forcing ads down your throat, then you need to download this browser right now!!

Better functionality for integrated software. Hello, I am back again writing another review and suggestion. I really appreciate the work that has been done with the Brave app, and it is really clear that the developers take the time to look at the reviews and make the changes necessary to making this app better. I am a college student, and so I use Canvas. Canvas allows schools to integrate other programs into it, such as Edpuzzle, RedShelf, Pearson+ Access Learning, MyLab and Mastering, and so many other integrated programs. The problem that I am having is that these integrated problems simply don’t work with mobile software. For example, RedShelf, an electronic textbook library, cannot be accessed from the Canvas webpage, as it tells me that cookies have to be enabled. Even going through the settings and fully turning off Brave Shields cannot solve the issue. I am not sure if this is a limit that exists simply because of the mobile platform that has been morphed into this pseudo-desktop feel, but I believe that the ability to use the iPad like a desktop will really help it feel productive.

Yay. OK so I do love this browser and I’m going to keep using it but I am taking two stars off because for some reason it doesn’t synchronize between desktop and mobile devices which is a huge drawback, because it means I can’t use one single passwords database, or my saved cards, and maybe most annoyingly I can’t pool all of my Brave rewards in a single uphold account, in fact I can’t even figure out how to get my BAT off of it either on mobile or tablet device at all. They seem to just sit there in the wallet and only allow me to use them for tips, which I would actually be fine with if more content creators accepted them but otherwise they’re mostly only useful to cash in. If this whole synchronizing issue were fixed so that my Brave experience were a single unified experience across all my devices then I would bump it to five stars because other than that I love it.

Not Ad Free. I downloaded Brave two years ago after hearing about it from a friend, and I couldn’t have been happier. However, in the last 6 months, I feel betrayed by the experience. It still blocks the majority of ads in websites so if that’s all you’re looking for, it’s excellent. I can’t recommend it enough. But now the formerly blank background has ads that you can’t really avoid on it. It started with NewEgg and a few random things I’d never heard of before, and now it’s got Chipotle ads. This will probably be the new norm unless they offer some subscription option to get rid of it all. Plus, now that they’re advertising more mainstream companies, how long before we get to ads from more poisonous sources? The whole point of going ad-free is because advertising is disgusting and arguably immoral. Please offer an alternative to ads through some kind of one-time payment option or a subscription method. We support you and use your product to get away from the constant bullying and nefariousness of advertisements. Please let us keep it that way.

Help please. So the past couple of days or so suddenly I cannot open my browser. Brave is my default browser and any time I click the icon it acts like it’s going to open it flashes up and then disappears like nothing ever happened. When I tried to click support here it tried to take me to my browser and exact same thing happened. I’ve shut my phone down and turned back on still happens, I even just updated my phone and it’s still happening. Can anyone please tell me what’s going on and how to fix this please? Thanks Now I see other people with this same problem and one answer was to update to 1.51 but mine is already updated to that and this is still happening. Please help or I’m going to have to change all of my settings and everything that makes brave my default browser because it’s just closing things out and I need to be snide to get the internet. Please help. Thank you 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼 I wrote something a few days ago. Now I see a lot more reviews saying this same thing that it won’t open at all. The problem is besides the obvious….. I have a lot of passwords stored in my brave settings and now not only can’t I use my regular browser, but I’m unable to get into any of the websites who’s passwords I’ve stored in brave. This is beginning to become a much bigger problem and I would think that by now with so many others in this same situation that there would be some sort of solution posted by now. Please help. I feel like my life is on hold until this gets resolved. Thank you

Http compatibility and missing video player. Issue 1: Http compatibility: On the iOS mobile browser version of Brave, there’s a function that lets you enable or disable a forced switch from http to the more secure https Protocol. However, the function that lets you disable it doesn't work. Even if you slide to have it disabled, webpages are still forcefully redirected to use https. The issue is that some websites are http only and will not function without that protocol. Even if shields in general are turned off, webpages still redirect to using https. It would be nice if the function to disable the switch was worked upon, or if a reason for why it can’t work is stated. I could accept if it’s just an iOS thing that nothing can be done about on Brave’s end. Issue 2: Missing video player: Some video players are completely missing when trying to play a video through the Brave browser. There’s just a black square where the player should be. To check whether it was a website issue or a Brave issue, I tested it by going to the exact same website and watching the same exact video through Brave, Google Chrome, and Mozilla Firefox. It worked on both chrome and Firefox, but not with Brave. I then turned off the shields to see if it work work then. Still a black square. I don’t know all too much about web development or what the specifics are, but I know that I love using Brave, and would love to see this issue resolved, if possible. Thank you!

👌🏾Better than Safari!👌🏾. Since I am a growing mind, I need something to satisfy my hunger for knowledge. So, I use this search engine every day. It offers the best, top quality, FREE(I’m not kidding), search tools to help enhance your experience surfing the web. This includes ADVERTISEMENT BLOCKERS on all websites, and more complicated blockers. There is even a private browsing mode! Additionally, the Dev(s) added in a rewards system that makes using Brave Browser, well, rewarding! You can get points the more you use the app, and you can donate ACTUAL MONEY to Brave Rewards verified website/content creators! I don’t think you’ll find Safari being this brave!😏 Note to Developers: There’s just one thing. If you guys could add in an option to delete your non-private browsing history ALL AT ONCE instead of one by one that would be awesome! I don’t know if this is how it how it works but like I had mentioned before, I do a LOT of surfing on the web, and so my history fills up fast. This makes the caches on my phone take up whole gigabytes of space(I think so), of which for me is extremely scarce. If there is a way to delete it all at once please let me know. This is such an amazing app to me and I hope others and myself can experience it to the fullest of its potential. Thanks!🙏🏾 —A citizen of the Brave Kingdom

Unfortunate. The browsing experience on Mac and iPhone using this browser is undeniably the best in the world, with a remarkable array of features available for free. However, when it comes to the iPad, it's an entirely different story. There seems to be a significant gap in the market, as none of the browsers I've come across provide the option to view the bookmarks bar, despite the ample 11 to 13 inches of screen space available. It begs the question: why should the browser interface differ so drastically from that of a laptop? I'd rate this browser with just one star due to a critical issue: the inability to initiate a search by pressing "return," a function that has become a standard search key on Apple keyboards for the past two decades. Neither the Magic Keyboard nor my laptop seemed to have a key that functions as an enter key, causing further confusion. Even attempting to tap "go" to start a search proved fruitless. Consequently, I found myself spending a frustrating 20 minutes just trying to figure out how to perform a simple search. This experience was far too exasperating, and I ultimately decided to delete the app in sheer frustration.

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Brave on iPhone 8. I tried this for couple months set it as default browser, which I don’t believe it was as every time i opened brave settings “set as default” was highlighted yet it showed as default in safari settings! Also I tried to purchase the vpn etc but something always went wrong for instance a pop up saying “your not connected to the internet “ when I clearly was. Plus a few more issues But today I deleted Brave when I found 60 plus screenshots from my photos on brave in downloads??? NOT WHAT I CALL PRIVATE. Thought I had finally found something online that actually delivered. Wrong!!!

Love this browser!. I downloaded the Brave browser after listening to a podcast with Joe Rogan about Google. I’m not a super privacy freak, but I just love the speed but brave loads websites and stops extra pop-up ads and other security features. I have set it as my default browser now on my iPhone and I love it. I never get pop-up ads or annoying other features. It would be great if there was a quicker and easier way to add a website as a favourite to the homepage with one touch of a button instead of going through the menus. But all in all a fantastic browser and well worth it.

Best browser I’ve used to stop Google trackers and all unwanted trackers. If you get onto using this browser you’ll see that you results come through far much faster than that of most others and you’ll have better access to the internet without being limited to googles intranet channels so to speak. Basically if you want your freedom of liberties use Brave. (Google Chrome is for noobs.)

Overall very good. This browser is very good. The adblocker is extremely useful, especially considering the fact that ads can be distracting whilst doing work. It’s also nice how it blocks things from tracking you. The AI is extremely helpful for explaining stuff, and when i just want to figure something out simply, the AI overview is very useful. The only downside is that it is more difficult to use this on mobile devices

Brave is amazing. It is so much better than chrome, safari and every other web browser I have tried. It comes with an automatic ad blocker which works super well. I’ve been informed by some privacy tech experts that brave is the most respectful of your private information than any other search engine right now, which is neat IMO. You can do normal searches like on chrome but it’s faster because there’s no personal data tracking and add loading that’s happening in the background, and you can also click on the AI assist option instead of pressing “enter”, which enables brave’s AI to summarise and simplify your search, making getting the information a lot easier and faster. I can’t recommend this app enough. If a developer or something is reading this; Well done, I’m so glad I found this search engine. Btw: I’ve only had brave for a few months and there are wayy more features I still haven’t mentioned, and many I heavnt tried. Thanks for reading.

From Chrome to Brave. It is definitely a leap from getting brave ads on chrome to deleting chrome for brave but here we are. Brave definitely is better in that things like ecosia can be used easier and it is slightly faster. The layout is fine, some stuff is more convenient than chrome and it crashes less for me. One of the main reasons I did get it was also to get an alternative to google which has been pretty dominant and fussy in my country so brave is a great alternative for people looking to try something different! Their are some pop up bit coin things at the Home Screen but their very easy to ignore.

My Brave Attempt at Text Size FAIL. This is okay app but I cannot change the text/font size of a COMPLETE downloaded file. I honestly feel idiotic but can only change the Text/Font size of a few pages, then the file, instead of scrolling completely on to its fin, comes to a dead end. My eyes need larger text sizes for e-books. This has me beat for time being! Over and out. And why is EVERY nickname taken?

Guaranteed to crash 5 times a week. Guaranteed to crash 5 times a week Most likely to cause you to rage quit / delete. I was enjoying brave as a simple browser, that was quick to load and removes a lot of the garbage that a lot of websites insist on drowning you in. But over the last few updates this browser seems to have regressed to the point where it is hard to recommend as the primary browser. Seems to crash the session or tab you are in far more frequently than Safari. Like every week I have something that I am viewing, or something that I am editing in the browser, that crashes and I loose everything that I am working on. Makes it very hard to recommend until they get an update provides more stability and fixes those crashes. Until then I am back to Safari. :)

No more Ads and Google Tracking. As someone who has used Chrome for years it’s finally refreshing to see someone addressing the elephant in the room. My browser experiences on chrome are destroyed by google ads. As soon as I open the page on Brave performance goes through the roof and all the ads and trackers are gone. It makes the experience so much better. I gave you guys 4 stars as it’s hard to reach the search bar at the top on mobile. If you could move the search to the middle like the Google search home page it would be perfect 5 stars

Really nice browser for those who worry about their privacy. Excellent browser with no complaints. Works as expected. I do have one feedback- If the browser allowed the option to reduce the text size of the page so that one can view the entire page if the page is not mobile friendly, that will be awesome.

Fantastic browser!. Brave has an essentially identical user-interface to Chrome, which is in my opinion the best one. What sets this browser apart from any other one, really, is the guaranteed prioritisation of your privacy as a user. Brave has an in-built ad-blocker, which means good times for mobile users (can’t have browser extensions on here!). My only complaint for this browser is that, despite having the setting to save logins enabled…my logins never seem to be saved. However, it’s a con much outweighed by the pros. I recommend Brave for everyone.

False claims. The cookie consent blocker is not working on the main news website in australia ABC news. Moreover, app fails to prevent a new “sign with your google account” popup. Ghosterys adblocker app which can be integrated with safari is a better solution towards controlling ads and cookie consent boxes. Their VPN is also poorly implemented. During change of network from wifi to mobile or vice versa. it blocks all the internet. The price of this vpn is extremely high with only 1 Australian location. They have not implemented wireguard and Open vpn is also missing. At about 16 dollars a month they are only offering IKE2 protocol from an unknown VPN company with just Sydney to choose from. Their news is also dishing out western propaganda and fails to maintain any neutrality.

I love this browser but…. So, I have been using this after Chrome, and it is a complete upgrade, but I have been experiencing some problems if I leave it running in the back for too long. It keeps crashing ( it says that it closed unexpectedly and wants to restore it, but 2 seconds later, it crashes), and there is nothing I can do to help it (e.g. refreshing it) except delete the app and redownload it and lose all my data saved. Please fix this or something, as there aren’t many browsers like this one. If this is fixed, I would definitely rate it 5/5.

Excellent Browser and Blocker. Amazing browser, awesome features. I do find on mobile that links opened in a new tab sometimes don’t load, staying blank… and the Playlist feature doesn’t autoplay next videos/streams so it can get a bit tedious having to hit play for each one, especially if they’re short videos. Otherwise, very good experience.

Almost perfect. The browser is great, really nice to not have most of ads on mobile. Two feature are missing, first is to allow blocking entire website, some really annoying ads manage to go through. Second would be a toggle like for JavaScript etc… to block app opening links, some website just force open apps non stop. Thanks for the hard work !

Home Page. The other browser that I have used for years stopped working with iOS 13.1.2 so I am giving Brave a go. Getting a shortcut on what the other browser called the ‘Home Page’ takes 3 steps instead of 1, quite cumbersome. Also the ability to open the current page in Safari so the page can be saved in full in Reader View was really handy. That would be a nice addition. Brave may have superior anti-tracking, it certainly gives you the info on what it is doing.

Crypto is real life. People are asking “that is blockchain and what is cryptocurrency” we didn’t have a real life use case for a long time. It was just an idea! Brave is the strongest use case of blockchain! It’s real and it works. Who would have guessed the the viewer of the ad gets paid not “Google” this model is going to work! give it 10 years, Google will lose 70% of its yearly revenue which is ads!!! GO BRAVE! Go BAT! Destroy Google and facebooks alike!!

Best browser there is. Been a user of alternative web browsers since the late 2000s and this one, in my opinion, surpasses them all. I liked Mozilla for a time and briefly, Duck Duck Go, but Brave does privacy in a mostly user-friendly way. Some settings are beyond my basic “what does this do” knowledge, but in general it serves well keeping away the nasties. Recommend 1000%

Good but glitchy. Can’t possibly submit feedback or review using the browser (no, I don’t want to register on a separate website and give you my personal information then verify my email just so that I could report a bug),so I will leave them here: 1. request desktop button often not displaying the correct word. 2. no option to choose request desktop site for specific websites 3. Any bugs present in chrome is also in Brave browser (too many to list) 4. Certain websites freeze or does not load properly with brave browser but is ok with chrome and Firefox, I suspect it’s because the protection, but I haven’t found out the reason yet

Almost the perfect Chrome replacement. Overall a great browser, however, it’s not quite there with being a Chrone replacement. The key thing missing is full sync between other devices in your chain. At the moment the iOS app can only sync bookmarks - passwords stored on your desktop for example will not sync to your iOS browser. This is a major barrier for people such as myself completely jumping ship. Apart from this the only other thing I would like to see is the addition of a quick search Home Screen widget. Once these two are added Chrome is out the door for good.

Almost perfect.. It has in built Ad block and it’s fast and responsive. There isn’t much to complain except for a few things. 1. Night mode in Brave doesn’t follow iOS Dark mode. Night mode is very much it’s own thing which is nice that it exists, but it would be better if it automatically turned on/off by following iPhone Dark mode. 2. I want to hide the wallet and playlist options in the three dots settings menu as I do not care much about them. They can still exists in the actual settings menu, but I would rather not see them. Hopefully there will be a way to expose them/hide them in future updates. These are my only two gripes which is insane, I could go into a tangent on Safari, Chrome and Firefox. This goes to show how amazing Brave is.

Not quite as good on mobile as on pc. Great ad blocker, I got it on my windows laptop before iOS and it’s definitely better on pc than mobile but it still works great. Sadly you can’t access different profiles like you can on pc but definitely worth getting on iPad/iPhone especially if you already have it on your computer.

Unusable. The last few updates have turned Brave browser from a brilliant tool into an unusable app that crashes on startup without any way to resolve the issue. Such a pity I can't even access my extensive bookmarks. iPhone SE original ios 15.7.2 Edit: I have been given the opportunity to update my review, so I will, unapologetically. After a significant time lapse following my initial review, I received a reply from a very inattentive Brave representative asking me to USE my UNUSABLE app to fix the problem. Apart from knowing that that would be the response I would receive, due to the indepedant research I did trying to fix the problem and seeing other frustrated Brave users receiving inadequate responses, nothing has been resolved and I have been added to the TOO HARD basket along with the other users. I have found another browser and will recommend others to use the alternative and to steer clear of Brave Browser, as they have no adequate staff or responses. Happy days Brave! Well done!!

Great browser!. It took a few days until it became smooth and running efficiently. The links and the answers to my questions are intelligent and suggest better websites to continue searching. Please keep up providing us with the better knowledge and the better information all round. Thank you kindly 🛸🌟🛸🌟🤩

Smooth and reliable. Been using the Brave browser purely for privacy reasons. I do not have any additional Adblock app running. And in almost 99% of sites - it works, which is pretty good considering the fact that adblockers and certain privacy settings could potentially make some webpage unbrowsable. In the rare event where it doesn’t - I simply revert to Firefox or Safari. Keep up the good work!

Eight years of Safari is at an end for me. Brave is brilliant.. As per the title, Safari has been the centre of most of my self-driven education, last-minute fishing for those lost event tickets, checking news, and everything that doesn't involve a dedicated app. Until today. I must admit that my reservations against the Chrome engine still bug me at some level, and Firefox was never really a smooth/fast/sleek option in my experience. Yet, here we are. It seems there's a direct and thorough answer to the countless memes showcasing what an absolute disaster the internet of advertising and cookie notices has become. Thank you, Brave. You came to the right place at the right time, and you're brilliant. (and no, I wasn't paid to write this... I just go on spiels sometimes 🙃)

Using for years & discovering new things. One of the best things I love about brave is that not only so I earn crypto just by doing what I do every day, but I can still play videos in the background while I’m texting, researching or using other apps. Brave gives you lots of options and ways in which you can use the browser and retain your privacy. I haven’t seen a browser that is a close competitor yet.

A browser that is fast, but limited. I’ve been using Brave since it appeared now, it is fast, and it’s great that it reduces, if not eliminate tracking. However, there is a price to pay. Brave doesn’t play with some other essential apps like Evernote well. There is still no Evernote web clipper after waiting quite some time, and some other websites just don’t function as they could when viewed in Brave Browser. Yes, possibly because of an insistence of cookies or tracking of some kind. All in all it’s an individual choice, but I want a fully functioning browser, and Brave is found wanting.

how to clear saved data. the site is great but the saved data takes a lot of storage. I can clear the private data but not the saved data. The est saved data is different from the private data which is in settings so it won’t clear the est saved data. I’m trying to find the est saved data in settings so I can delete it but I can’t find it. I wanted to delete and reinstall the app to see if the saved data resets but I can’t since I have bookmarked important sites. if it’s possible I want to delete unnecessary saved data while keeping the important saved data to save storage space

Professional-Knowledgeable-Competitively Priced. My first encounter with David was roughly 12 months ago. I experienced above and beyond service. David explained in detail what I had likely done to my foot and proceeded to go through treatment options. Now, a year later, I require orthotics. I reached out to David as well as a few other podiatry clinics, asking for a quick consult and some orthotics as my injury seemed to be returning. David understood my requirement for a speedy pair of orthotics and made it happen faster than anyone else I had called. I was utterly impressed with his attention to detail and his brilliant offer of 3 free consults within three months of the orthotic fitting. My orthotics are perfect and keeping me exercising risk free of injury. I took him up on his offer for the second discounted pair as well. Well worth it too! Keeping one pair in work shoes and my other pair in exercise shoes. I will be recommending David to anyone I know who has foot issues, starting with my partner who will be contacting him within the month. He is a true expert of his field. And a great bloke to talk Watches with.

Good browser but now there’s an issue!. Been using this app for around a month now and it’s good much better than safari, but an issue cropped up a week a go where I couldn’t save an image in the photos app all of a sudden, I managed to bumble my way through the settings on my iPad and managed to fix it. Turns out it was only temporary though because it’s happened again and no amount of bumbling has fixed it this time. Everything else about this is great.

Best Ad Blocker on iOS. I’ve tried several different browsers so far, including Safari with AdGuard, and so far Brave has the best ad-free experience. When compared to Opera, Brave seems far more reliable at fully blocking ads. Furthermore, when compared to Chrome and Safari, Brave properly uses the inbuilt iOS video player, rather than the HTML one which often has poor support for touch interfaces. Safari’s use of the HTML video player often leads to random skipping around because it doesn’t respond correctly to touch interactivity. Brave has the best balance of features I’ve seen on iOS of any browser. It’s best for video, and even great for reading with dark-mode. The only thing I can fault is that I wish I could sync my Chrome browser’s bookmarks and history with Brave.

This is really useful!. Before I start, I want to that this app is gang. Firstly, I love the technology in this app, also the way it can use safari as a default, when you like login or something? thirdly, I love how Brave can use Siri (Like it’s your own personal assistant) (Even though she is ) but lastly, thanks for this app and hope you’ll release like a series 👐😂 (As in) BRAVE 2, BRAVE 3, BRAVE THE PROTECTOR, or maybe BRAVE 4: THE BUG KILLER (even though that number five is “bug killer” but also, it’s kinda dumb, because, WE ALL KNOW ITS NOT JUST A BUG KILLER! 😂: from Me.

Best browser ever. I love how the browser itself blocks ads so well, no need for extensions. love how you can turn off the sponsored background images in new tabs. I love how I can easily always automatically request desktop site in my settings. I love how simple, clean and ad free it is. I do wish there were more easily accessible extensions though.

It’s works better than Safari and battery saving but it keep crashes in a specific website. I’ve test it out the battery consuming and in 20 mins I can save 2% of the battery it consume than Safari which come in handy when I need my phone to last as long as possible. Sometime Safari doesn’t work and if I use this website it can load it perfectly. One thing though... It keep crashes on a specific website. Mostly it works, but sometime it doesn’t and would repeatedly crashes until it doesn’t and sometime it getting on my nerves. Maybe you guys can do something about it? Could be it’s too much for the app but then, I don’t like it.

Fast, reliable and excellent ad / tracker blocking. Brave is the best browser I've used so far. It's speed and It's out-of-the-box ad and tracker blocking are excellent and the in-browser controls to deal with these are easy to use. It works so well I just don't think about the browser and can instead enjoy browsing. A fantastic product.

Good. Overall, a chrome equivalent, unsurprisingly. The speed increase is evident without being mind-blowing. (Not as big a step up as wired connection instead of wifi - but noticeable) There’s built-in points, awards, and crypto currency - all nonsense of no value to man nor beast. It’s straight-forward - but not obvious and simple - how to turn these off, reduce the notifications clutter. What’s left is not entirely invisible, but simple to ignore in daily life.

Awesome browser. Brave browser is the best browser for privacy oriented individuals and groups surfing the standard internet. It feels great to flick Google and Facebook the proverbial data bird every time you use it and I feel safer browsing the internet as a result. Trust me, it is liberating using big tech products that mess with big tech agendas. As we can all see at the moment they are not always in our best interest.

Loving it!. I love Brave it’s a great browser and I can understand all the hype it’s getting. My only complaint for it is the load times for me have not been what has been advertised. But I love the add blocker and how I can support content creators. I really like the UI and the picture is cool behind the search. I also like how I can see how much time and data I have saved. Overall a great browser! :)

Good browser, no more FB targeted ads!. I’ve been using this browser for a while as a replacement for my Safari, I don’t have to see ads for things I google for anymore! The only downside is that sometimes it feels laggy and becomes unresponsive. Some websites definitely don’t like me using this browser and things don’t properly load there. Other than that it’s a good and relatively fast browser.

No adverts at last !. I was really getting sick of loud adverts interrupting my views , when I nice lady suggested Brave , to avoid ads . Well I’ve tested it out , and although it’s slower than safari , I think it’s great , cos there’s no adverts at all , and the security features are far better . I think it’s slower because it’s getting rid of tracking , ads and all the badys . That’s a fair trade in my opinion . I feel safer using it , with its great security features , and recomend the advert free viewing experence , which I did not even now it was possible , before the nice lady suggested trying out .

Absolutely incredible app‼️. I’ve been using Brave for about a month or so now and have loved it. Haven’t had a single issue at all from both the iPhone app and the Mac app on my laptop. Functionality is second to none and I honestly mean that. I’ve been a google chrome user since it was released and never thought I would use any other browser. For the last month I’ve been using Brave as an alternative to Chrome and I’m so impressed that i can’t recommend it more highly. Longtime Google Chrome users like myself struggle with using other browsers due to the difference in the interface and functionality of other browsers. However, Brave gives you the option to basically import your entire Chrome setup and layout onto the Brave browser. This gives users the comfort and ‘ease’ of using the Chrome layout, but also gain the added protection and security that Brave provides. (Btw, not having to manually import your entire Chrome bookmarks onto Brave is incredibly helpful) Seriously, I have been recommending Brave to everyone and anyone. Criminally underrated app. 10/10!!

Wonderful hotel for a amazing holiday!. We have a truly a wonderful experience at the Longbeach. Great location, probably the best in Gold Coast, close to trams, shops, restaurants, cafes and across the road from an amazing beach at Surfers Paradise. The hotel apartment view was amazing, the apartment was amazing. The pools, gym, spa, sauna, bbq area it’s got it all. We couldn’t stay away from the pools…beautiful. And of course Kevin the manager is a top gun, he’s so friendly and helpful amazing bloke. My little one and all my family are very satisfied and we miss the place. -Dalibor-

Good but could be great. I love the security aspect of brave and have been using this browser for about a year. The thing that really annoys me is that many many website pages simply don’t work. Even google images I only see half the images load up? I have to turn the security down or off just to see the images or web pages defeating the purpose of having the security in the first place. Why can’t you fix this? It’s hurting your brand

The only browser worth using. Privacy focused, allowing the end user control over their data and giving back the choice to say no to tracking and no to ads. Brave is my go-to on iOS and on PC. My only dislike is that you can’t earn BAT rewards on iOS due to Apple’s restrictions on apps but that’s not the fault of the developers of Brave. If you’re not sure whether to pull the trigger and get Brave or not, this is your sign to get it!

I’m loving this app. I first got brave when I saw a few ads. Noticed it was clean and didn’t look like other browsers. Brave looked professional. I like that you have the option to lock the app, download clips for offline and how simple it is. I especially like the lock app option as it’s a good way to keep extra privacy!!

So simple and easy to use. This browser has a very clean layout and it’s also extremely fast compared to safari at loading sites and images plus the built in adblockers do their jobs perfectly. Such a good browser and the option to sync across your devices is very useful too.

Just try it!. I was sitting on the fence for ages. Now that I have tried it, I am going to install it on every device I use. It’s so fast compared to the default browsers for each major operating system that I expect to be turning to them as my backup browser only when particular websites work better with them. Brave has become my preferred browser.

Tim sent me, I stayed and bought in.. Tim Ferris got me here. It’s my full time default browser and I’m used to it and recommend it. Im now halfway through the second year of paying $155 per year. Don’t really notice any difference of speed, but it’s saying it’s blocked 45K ads and trackers and I use the VPN always so that’s cool. An emailed discount for ongoing years year would be great.

Snappy & Responsive. Really enjoying it so far! Sites load faster than other browsers, built in ad & tracker blocking is a great feature and the care and attention to detail in the UI, makes this one of the best looking browsers on iOS right now. Just one small change I would like - the option to display two rows of favourites on the new tab page, before the “Show More” button.

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Too many issues!. My version of brave (yes it is updated) is not customizable. None of the buttons that should be on the home page bottom right are there, I cannot get them to show. I have 1 top site button and cannot add more. Hours of research and I can’t find a solution. This is one of a bunch of issues I have with this browser, I can’t be bothered to list them all but this one is the most annoying for me.

freezes up non stop. on ipad, freezes up non stop since last update. my favourite browser by far, but these crashes have mad the browser unusable.

Too Much Clutter. Too much clutter on the hub. Deleted.

No idea how I did without this.... Paired with a VPN, finally less annoying ads and more peace of mind. Great app.

Decent, but searches aren’t working. So, I’m liking Brave so far, I use it for privacy somewhat. However, the images part when using brave doesn’t work, and DuckDuckGo is just entirely broken… and that’s all I know is broken. But yeah, 5 stars if not for making it hard for me to search anything

Canada very difficult to access websites.. Not sure if the censorship bills passed in canada legislature are playing a role in difficult accessing websites? Also having problems when VPN is on since the Bill C11 and other bills passed in corrupt legislature left and right no difference.

Best browser for iOS plus…. … Brave does not artificially push social agenda’s of division. My respect and thanks. To each adult their choice, each is free to err and learn or even to err and fall. So as long as one does not infringe on another’s inalienable rights, so be it.

“Brave” new world. Thanks! ✌️

trbled. My beloved Brave used to be ‘Advert Free’. What has happened that I now have Sunny Dee commercials in my life ! ?

horrible playlist update. the new playlist update completely broke its function, causing most videos to crash the entire app halfway through. so far i havent had it able to stay running long enough to even reach the next video on the playlist. this sucks i wish i didnt update

Good browser, but.... Private Browsing mode always deletes all of your open tabs automatically when you reopen the browser. This is in contrast to Safari which allows you to keep Private Browsing on without losing tabs after restarting. What gives? I would like to keep it on all the time, so that it autodeletes cookies when I’m finished with the tab and close it myself, but it doesn’t work the same. If it was, I would have rated Brave much higher. I’d rather use Safari unless this will be changed.

Like Big Tech. Search’s are like big tech -the government narrative comes up first and the actual original search target is way down in the “findings” list OR not found at all. Tell me, who owns Brave?

Fix this PLEASE!!. I really love this app, but every time I scrub a video the ‘Add to Brave Playlist’ pops up. I tried to disable it but it did’t work. It’s quite annoying than the adds

Extremely glitchy and laggy. Nothing but problems trying to load pages, pop ups not disappearing, pages not responding but working fine on safari... useless. Works fine on my MacBook but is atrocious on my iPhone running iOS 14.

The benchmark. The best out there. Simple, fast. Watch YouTube without ads.

Its okay. Pretty much chrome but pays you for less intrusive ads. My gripes are that you can’t clear your history or cache, which is a basic feature on every browser. Also hardcoding referral links on crypto websites is a big nono especially for privacy’s sake, give us options, thats why people are interested in the first place. Until you can get the simple stuff covered, I can’t give it 5 stars.

Régulièrement ne fonctionne plus sur ipad. Used to be great on ipad. Now it's impossible to use it, especially with youtube and the adblocks. Please check that when its possible. Thank you On a computer, it works well.

iOS. Still a bit clunky on Mac OS and iOS. Can’t use password complete and payment info. Still prefer to safari though.

Going downhill. Functioning worse and worse as they add more fluff like their playlist, crypto, etc. It’s time to start looking for something else for me.

Missing key functionality. Site specific settings are normally accessed through the advanced settings menu. There is no option for advanced settings for Brave on iOS. Better not screw up any settings for a specific site, or you'll never be able to fix it.

Great ,the best. Use it on all my devices. Finished with anything Google thats for sure.

Ad blocking no longer works on youtube. Sadly this browser used to block youtube ads.

Good ..... Would be better if it didn't pull a chrome and keep begging to be default

Brave cannot fully replace Safari. Safari still needed to install iOS profiles on iPhone. Brave cannot do that.

Great but not the Best. good browser but if they just took out all the ai and crypto stuff it would be a top notch browser for sure.

Brave review. Why does the vpn option cost so much?

Best. Please dont sell out. The people need ya.

Speed dial. Show all favorites in main page is better to use. Don’t need press show more button !

Deleting Brave = a much cleaner conscience. 0.5 Stars Just deleted Brave, & feeling so much better. The folks who run this browser are dishonest hypocrites. They talk all about Privacy, while working with privacy violators, Coinbase and BlockFi (Coinbase openly sells user data to US intelligence agencies; BlockFi avoided disclosing being hacked for user data including physical addresses.) Brave’s sneaky profit strategy and “improvement” over Google’s business model, is to try to convince you to buy things and accept small payments using their digital “Basic Attention (BAT)” Tokens. "BAT” is an Ethereum ERC20 token, which basically means digital Monopoly money with an unlimited supply that can be infinitely copied for free by any 10 year old with web access. ERC20 tokens were a leading cause of the 2017 Crypto Bubble; only the ERC20’s used by companies with deep venture capital investment avoided bankruptcy from Securities Fraud lawsuits. Brave’s BAT is a straight-up Ponzi Scheme / Pyramid Scheme and even shamelessly uses a triangle as its logo, LOL. Brave wants you to believe these worthless tokens are actually money, to make more people use them, increasing their value. Their partner in crime, Coinbase, comes in to help sell BAT tokens to the naive public (keeping records of every transaction for the US government- one of the ways those guys make money). Of course, Brave kept a huge pile of the first BAT tokens for themselves… So they can dump piles of BAT onto the market in exchange for real money, every time people start actually using the “BATs” in commerce. This is why cryptocurrency price charts have those big up-and-down spikes of volatility, and why 99.9% of them will never become real money. The dictator Maduro uses the same tactic (see Venezuelan hyperinflation)... Controlling a currency is one of the sneakiest ways the powerful make money off of everyday people. There’s no such thing as a free lunch, people. If you want an easy to use, quality privacy browser, just go with one of the well known and long respected ones whose creators aren’t running any obvious scams, one pretty good one is Firefox.

Not serious about ad blocking. There is no option to block all ads. It blocks ads that have trackers, but will allow all ads that don’t have trackers. I understand there is a rewards system for viewing ads that meet the privacy standards. What I don’t understand is why they show you those ads whether or not you’ve opted into that rewards system. I don’t opt in. I don’t want ads. If I don’t opt in I shouldn’t get the ads. Period. It’s that simple.

Thanks. I can now use a ad blocker on my phone

It’s alright. Three is no way to add a favourites bookmark to desktop…. Just to others folders. For this I have it 3-star . Should be under bookmarks/favourites. That’s it. Not jumping through hoops and scour through help sites and forums, and still can’t find it.

Sucks ZERO STARS. Glitches, bugs, trackers, incapability of playing online videos. “Brave” enough to call yourself a working app. Who made this some 12 yr old noob?

YouTube video. YouTube videos automatic stop while playing please fix

Used to be awesome. I liked brave when I was rewarded bat coin for adds, but with the new update, I don’t get any thing because apple apparently wants the money from the ads that uses my data that I pay for. This is the last apple product I will ever purchase.

Too Aggressive With Crypto Currencies. Keeps pushing ads on the new tab page for crypto currencies, crypto wallets, and other crypto stuff, and even goes so far as to add bookmarks for crypto stuff without user permission. Tried contacting the developer multiple times to resolve these issues but got no response. Will be switching back to Safari with Content Blockers.

Abuse of cypto ads. The browser is ok nothing wrong with it. Like any other chromium browser. The issue is they are annoying with their crypto ads.

Good browser but hampered by apple on mobile. I’ve used the brave browser on my pc desktop and iOS mobile for a few months now. It is a solid browser on both platforms and I quite like it. One issue though and that is that Apple blocks the BAT rewards ecosystem on apple mobile devices through their iOS v14 update from dec 10 2020. I still collect BAT on desktop but can’t on my mobile browsing due to the Apple block. It’s too bad and a great example of Apples App Store policies hurting innovation and users. I think Apple has got it wrong on this one and needs to give it a fair second look. Not Braves fault though - it’s a good overall browser and better than Safari / Chrome IMO.

Sync with desktop. Great browser, better than the default safari. Will be 5 stars when the sync for mobile is finished

They allow adds through on purpose.. They are allowing adds through. You basically need another add blocker just to use it without adds. There is no reason to use this.

Another annoying update. This time they moved the Brave Shields Global Settings an additional menu level down, making it more tedious to turn scripts off and on. You also have to back out to the top menu level to hit Done after making changes. Also, now when you hit the bookmark icon instead of immediately seeing your favourites it shows a folder named Mobile Bookmarks which you then have to select to see your favourites. UI updates should make the user experience better — not worse.

Chrome but better. It has built in crypto garbage (my opinion) but aside from that, it’s like Chrome but better and it doesn’t spy on you (spies less at least🤷🏼‍♂️)

Does NOT work. If i could give it 0 stars I would. The app doesn’t work. It only blocks some adds from time to time and pop up adds, it doesn't block it at all. Finally deleted it because an add blocker app that doesn't block adds is pointless.

Faster and ad free. It’s fast and ad free. Loved it

Cannot block pop up’s. Useless browsers.. can’t block anything

Can’t have separate password anymore. Brave used to have unique password protection to open the app. The most recent update removes this protection which makes the app useless for people that share an iPhone device. Now anyone who can open your phone can open the app. So disappointed.

Not secure. Got hacked somehow through their ios or desktop version. Have some respect for peoples time.

Broken Rewards. The browser is an ok app but until they fix the BAT reward issues and introduce a way where you can actually use those rewards it’s 0 star because they fail to deliver what is promised. These issues are there for a long time now.

Keep crashing. Hi Dev Team, The app is good however after upgrading to the latest version and the app crashed while I was browsing, I would say this happens at least once a day. Not sure if the next release will be fixed but I will try to find a way to downgrade. Ios 15.3.1 Iphone 8 plus Thanks, Leo

Deleted 100s of downloads without a prompt or asking me first. Deleted 100s of downloads i made—mostly hard to find Ebooks, presumably because that as the default behaviour. I went into settings and saw clearing of multiple things, including downloads, was in the on mode of the on-off switch which says clear downloads. I’ve never seen a web browser yet which has a turned on switch to clear a number of things including downloads. I was in the process of making Brave my default browser, pushing out iCabMobile which is a pay app, which I have using since my first Apple device but after 100s of downloads were cleared without even asking me first is completely unforgivable and unacceptable in my estimation and that’s why I gave it 1 star. I would have given it a 0 or some negative number like -5 if that was possible. Until that point I thought it was a great browser and would have made it my new default browser if this did not happen. ICabMobile NEVER deleted my downloads no matter how much space they took up or how old they were just sitting there. My iPad Pro has a gig of user available ram and I never really get to a point where I must delete stuff, but if and when I delete things it should be up to me and not some app to delete anything. I highly encourage the developer(s) of this app to turn off those clearing switches and let the USER decide how they should work but FOR SURE don’t delete downloads without at least prompting the user first. FOR SURE don’t have clear private data,, including all user logins and downloads turned on by default. Most users are capable of going in to SETTINGS and choosing the options they want to clear and setup a schedule of WHEN and HOW OFTEN they want to clear their items which are here configured as Private Data.

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FINALLY ... No Political Filters Preventing the Truth. When I first learned that the maker of Brave was also responsible for launching Mozilla Firefox, a trust had already been established, especially since Fox was the only browser that had the capability of accessing all of my online courses. During my studies, I used the internet to access credible resources on the internet, but it’s quickly become obvious how distorted Google’s algorithms have become because it is common that I can’t find the answers I seek, especially when it is political! Out of frustration, I downloaded Brave, using Duck Duck Go to search and the answers I was seeking appeared at the top .... My only request for Brave is to clearly mark the dates in the link, so users know which option is the most updated data ~ Thanks for bringing Brave into the world ... The public needs unfiltered access to knowledge if we intend to evolve in tomorrow’s world!

Update 1.13 is damned awful. I was a fan of the Brave browser until the update, supra. I was reading a report in a foreign newspaper to try and get a grip on Brexit, when the update, supra, autonomously downloads, kicking me out of my report and presenting me with new, long, legally dense and onerous terms of service. Those terms also incorporated by reference to long and dense privacy agreements. Being a lawyer, I dutifully began to read those agreements. By the time that I finished the terms of services, which are extremely prejudicial to the rights and interests of users of the Brave browser. I knew that I could never agree to Brave’s new terms. So I was going to finish reading my report and then migrate my bookmarks to to another browser and make other preparations to conclude my relationship with Brave. But everything was gone: The report that I was reading was gone; all of my bookmarks and folders were gone. The Update 1.13 had eliminated everything stored in my Brave browser and transformed my Brave browser into as virgin a browser as when I first downloaded it. And Brave, Inc. apparently has done this without warning, as an introduction to its new token, BAT, which it hopes to make the new economic model of the internet. So Brave Inc., starts you off by presenting new onerous and extremely prejudicial terms of service, and destroying everything extant in your bookmarks, so that you’ve no opportunity to reject the new agreement and then take your bookmarks elsewhere. Well, while those tactics won’t recruit me to Brave’s brave new world, but it has, by destroying my bookmarks, destroyed the only thing linking me to the Brave browser, which I shall forthwith abandon to almost certainly never return, except to maintain this dormant copy of Brave so as to maintain this censure of Brave and warning to others: If you can avoid the upgrade, supra, do so and backup your bookmarks elsewhere. And then drop Brave for the coercive piece of you no what that it’s become.

New favorite browser!. About a month ago I deleted all my other search browsers and have been using this one since then. There are quite a few different settings that you can mess with to make it more personal for you. That being said you can leave it just how it is and it works perfectly! One cool feature about this app is it can show you the amount of seconds it has saved you while searching as well as how many ads it has blocked. I have definitely noticed the lack of ads since using this and I mean who actually likes ads? Not me. If I were to try and find one bad thing about this app is that while you are trying it doesn’t auto correct your words while you are typing like safari does but that is a very minor thing. Over all I would definitely recommend using this browser over most others.

Best Browser of All. Brave just makes me feel happy with getting on the internet. Happy and safe and adfree - not including the temporary banners that they have pop down which is such a tiny nuisance that I’m willing to live happily with to have this app for free. Brave is hands down the best browser I’ve used my entire life on every type of OS I use it on. It just keeps getting better too. I look forward to the continuous adfree experience I get every time I browse the web now and I don’t really understand people who wouldn’t use Brave lol it’s how the internet SHOULD be. Everything is opt-in and tracking is dealt with gracefully. As long as the security measures to block ads and tracking are maintained and updated, Brave will remain the superior private browser. Plus, there are so many little extras that it comes with it makes it sooooooo valuable. Download it and you’ll see what I mean!

I really like brave but it’s having a bit of problems.. I have been using Brave for a long time, and until maybe less than a year, I haven’t had this problem. The problem I face is, for some reason, the storage it’s taking is crazy. I used to keep a lot of tabs open at the same time, which understandably took a lot of storage, but now, even having a, I went from probably the 30s down to less than 10 tabs, but it still seems to be a problem. It’s gotten to the point where I delete the data entirely multiple times, and I use Firefox as well because I don’t want Brave taking so much storage, even though I love using Brave so much. I hope with this review; I can get some type on what to do because even after entirely wiping the app and having no downloads bookmarks, cleaning history constantly, and only keeping a few tabs open at a time, it's still chunking away at my storage

A Game-Changer in Web Browsing: Brave Delivers!. As a long-time internet user, I’ve tried various browsers, but Brave has truly impressed me. Its commitment to privacy and security is unparalleled. From the first use, I noticed a significant difference in loading speeds, especially on ad-heavy websites. The built-in ad blocker not only makes browsing more pleasant but also provides an added layer of protection against intrusive trackers. One of the standout features for me is the Brave Rewards system. It feels good to support content creators while maintaining my privacy. Additionally, the browser’s interface is sleek and user-friendly, making the transition from other browsers seamless. Battery life on my laptop has noticeably improved since I started using Brave. It’s evident that the browser is optimized for efficiency, making it a perfect choice for both casual browsing and more intensive online tasks. In terms of customer support, Brave has a robust community and a wealth of online resources, which I found incredibly helpful. The frequent updates show a commitment to continuous improvement and addressing user feedback. In summary, Brave is more than just a browser; it’s a forward-thinking tool for anyone who values speed, security, and privacy online. I highly recommend it to anyone looking for a refreshing and efficient browsing experience.

useless ©rapolå. flee this junk like the plague. time consuming dribble. this piece of trash automatically went into a dark and private mode and i lost all my tabs. then you spend huge amounts of time going through nonsense to find an answer. then, somehow, by itself, the pages all come back?! and i'm supposed to be thankful after wasting valuable time? who are the mental deficients disguised as experts that come up with such design garbage then tout themselves and their 'product' as something to behold? oh, and all the tabs area and '+ tab area' and url area for search, their tab banner, confining and tiny. Why? isn't there someone in companies such as this that has any common sense, whatsoever? oh, and there is no way to delete auto suggestion in url bar. i have a name of a person that comes up automatically and there is no way to turn it Off. i am deleting all webpages after i have saved those searches, elsewhere, and deleting this big pile of excrement which is totally useless, frustrating, time consuming. my suggestion, is find something else instead of tearing your hair out; flee this crap like the wind!

Miles ahead of all competitors. A Must have app for all + few suggestions for improvement. I started using brave browser. Quite honestly i was blown away by the insane features provided like playlists, ad and tracker blocking, llm integration, dark theme/night mode support for all webpages, and the list goes on. I find few improvements that can be made such as, 1. the AI chat. It should be accessible easily to the finger. But rather it’s shown in the menu/settings. A better approach would be to have a floating button that will slide up an overlay that will summarize the current webpage and a chat box. Right now, i feel it’s hidden and sometimes i forget this feature exists. This feature saves a lot of time on most pages. 2. Request to provide support for other models such as deepseek/qwen/gemma that are free just like llama and are way better and accurate compared to llama. 3. The chat box doesn’t remember the history. If you close, everything is gone. Bad design choice. Please make sure such that it reeves 4. The night mode bug: The night mode automatically turns off when i switch the “settings-> shields and privacy -> trackers and ad blocking” to aggressive. 😂 it automatically turns on if i switch this setting to “standard”🤣. Please fix this bug.

Love it. I have been a big fan of braves ever since it came out. I’ve know what it stood out for what it represents. I enjoy the features they add onto it even if I don’t use a great majority of them I love how relevant they have become I love the fact that, their software, their browser is not only private and secure but it’s accessible for people with disabilities it is quick smooth, private secure, and I love the fact that they support open source. There’s a lot of great things to love about Brave and these are just a few. I came from fire fox and brave has definitely taken over. I also believe brave will become more than a browser one day. it has its own search engine brave please keep doing what you’re doing. You’re doing it right and always include accessibility into your software so for people with disabilities like myself can utilize it as well.

Excellent functionality on Ipad and Iphone. Brave has been my desktop browser AND search default for years. When I switched to more ipad based computer work, I started using Brave on the ipad. It is fantastic, and gets you out of the Apple recommended search engines. One suggestion for developers, is that I would love to see the iphone option of putting the search/address bar at the bottom. On ipad, many times it would be better to have the address bar on the bottom like you can do on the iphone version. This makes it more accessable when using the touch screen keyboard instead of repositioning your hands to the top of the tablet. Great work, keep it up! Ps, there is a toggle to DEACTIVATE PULL TO REFRESH… TY BRAVE! Pps, please allow search and top bar to be moved to bottom like iphone option. This would help ipad users.

worked well and then stopped working?. went on a site i’ve regularly visited and previously, i never got redirect/pop up ads when id click on anything. after a few months, still on brave browser, i get getting the redirects even though i had shields set to aggressive. all it did was stop the page from loading, but didn’t stop it from popping up and then id have to manually delete the tab and go back to the previous tab. it doesn’t sound like a big deal, but when it happens with every click it gets super frustrating. another AWFUL bug is that all my tabs got deleted. i had 100+ tabs open and they all disappeared one day. i didn’t force quit the app, app didn’t crash, all i did was go from the browser to another app and all of a sudden all my tabs were gone. i looked through the brave community forums and it seems like others have had this problem and for some, force quitting the app and restarting it works but for me it did not. even restarted my phone but still nothing. i used to love this app, but i will definitely be switching to a different one now that brave seems to be barely functioning properly.

Great so far. I came across the Brave search engine app on one of my professional forums so I decided to give it a try. I love the auto blocking feature of my personal information and speed is no problem (even faster than before) which was a concern. I’ve made Brave my default browser. I’m also going to try their VPN since it should integrate nicely with their browser. Update, I appreciate the broad spectrum coverage provided with Brave’s VPN. However, the cost of your VPN does not work for me due to the limited sharing ability. Since Braves paid VPN can only be shared with 5 devices on ONE iTunes account (obviously, other family members have their own personal iTunes account). Why can’t Brave allow one paid subscription be used on 5 separate devices regardless of iTunes accounts? That format, would move Brave’s VPN to the top of the VPN market. Sorry, but I’ve canceling my subscription due to inability to share with family members.

Mostly good, what I’ve been hoping to find. I am absolutely fed up with being marketed to and my data being bought and sold incessantly. Trying to find a balance of not completely cutting myself off from the modern world without being so entangled by things we ought not be required to be entangled by. This browser -seems- to be the closest I’ve found to that. So far, it seems to speed up load times and present the sites in a more phone-friendly format without looking weird or ugly. BUT, there are some glitches to work out. Like, it won’t give a solid action to auto fill my login information. I’ve become really accustomed to that and have extremely complex passkeys now, so it’s not like it was 15 years ago when I would just remember all my login info and not have to do any copy and paste stuff from my password management app. Not a big deal, ultimately, and I’ll live with it until it’s fixed and keep using the browser. The other glitch I’ve noticed is that when it blocks some popups, it doesn’t actually block it all the way. It’s happened when the content from the popup will load in the original tab, which is fine since that’s the data I’m actually trying to load, but it launches a blank tab and forces me there. Not a big deal overall, but it interrupts the experience. Planning to install the browser on my desktop today. A cleaned up internet where this sort of thing wouldn’t be necessary really would be ideal, but, such as it is, I’m glad to have this browser as a simple option.

One of the best!. I’ve been using Brave for a while now and it’s easily my favorite mobile browser to use. I’ve rarely used any other browser since, and I don’t know how I lived for so long without it! Everything is formatted well, it does everything I expect out of a mobile browser, and I never have any trouble getting what I want out of it. If I could add one feature though, it would be a “zoom lock” toggle in the settings, that when turned on, would prevent zooming in on a website. That’s it! This browser has everything else! Great app - 10/10! Edit: I’ve continued to use Brave on the regular, a few long months after first getting it. It’s wonderful and fast! I still would like a toggle to prevent double-tap zooming or zooming in entirely, though perhaps I am just blind as a bat and cannot see it. Still 10/10!

Best iOS And OsX Browser for iPhone & Mac. I would rate this browser second only to a quality TOR Onion browser in regards to privacy, anonymity, and digital footprint protections. With its many options for privacy and security settings which includes a built in VPN designed specifically to work in tandem with the browser provides for effortless protection of your digital personal identification markers which are not only at high risk but even exploited openly by other browsers and services offered as “free” by its more well known mainstream counterparts. If I had to rank browsers by their security features and options, both mobile and PC I would rank them: 1. Tor Onion 2. Brave 3. Duck Duck Go As a caveat I would suggest anyone who has concerns about digital privacy to the point where they have looked at this browser to the point of actually reading my review, I would tell them to stop using the industry standard website for doing web searches and switch to the equally effective and extremely safer competitor Duck Duck Go. I am not an employee, family member of an employee, or have been in any way influenced or incentivized monetarily or otherwise by any of the companies or products mentioned in this review. It has been written by me without request for the sole purpose of educating and informing fellow citizens of the world that are concerned with the 3rd Industrial Revolution of the digital age. Essayons.

Safest browser. I’ve been using brave almost exclusively for years now. I don’t get any BS pop up adds and the search results are vastly different than say that of Google. Some things can be harder to find, or limited results. The creators seem to take privacy and not curating searches seriously so I think it comes back on us to be better researchers and ask better questions. I absolutely have found things I haven’t found on Google (especially anything controversial in the political realm) and I appreciate that. Also not suggesting searches has a big impact on what you seek and impedes in our abilities to free think, so I appreciate Brave also not subscribing to that system. The Private search added with a vpn is also a nice added touch for extra security. Especially when you’re on public WiFi and/or online purchasing. I’ll continue to use this as my primary browser.

Browser is great, don't use the VPN. I am a big fan of Brave's browser, which by itself is easily 5 stars for me. The new VPN service, however, is terrible on iOS. It disconnects constantly on both the iPhone and iPad (and it doesn't tell you when it does). When the VPN breaks while it's connected, I have to completely remove the VPN profile from the device before any data will work again. The 5 device per subscription is a joke, since the account logs itself out daily and constantly asks me to pay for a premium subscription I already have. Customer support for this paid services seems to primarily be just a community forum (there is a separate option for a ticket, though I haven't received any response from it). I cannot justify paying a monthly subscription to a company that has no customer service phone number or email. No reason to pay to be a beta user when Brave charges the same as the biggest VPN names on the market right now.

Only App I Update and Recommend. It’s simple, effective, goes above and beyond, has everything you could ask for from a search engine (im just a casual user so it has everything i could ask for, at least). With the amount of features it has + how helpful and responsive the devs are + the fact that there’s no ads or fees besides the beautiful photography backgrounds (?), i really don’t know how you guys do it. What made me go out and make this review was the fact that there was an issue for a month or two where downloads wouldn’t clear even if history and data were cleared, so storage space would start to rack up quite fast. But now, i see a new option for removing download storage. Any other app and I would’ve been waiting a year or two to get a fix for such a minor thing, if it were to happen at all. 10/10 I recommend

I use Brave on all of my devices now. Okay, I've gotta say, Brave Browser surprised me. I was pretty used to the same old slow, ad-filled browsing on my iPhone. Here's the deal: What I Love: * The Speed Difference is Real: Seriously, websites snap open so much quicker than Safari. If you hate waiting, this alone is a huge win. * I Feel Way Less Tracked: Brave tells you how many ads and trackers it blocks on every site – it's eye-opening. * The security of disabling JavaScript by default and turning it on on a case by case basis is enough to make this worth it on its own. * Rewards...Maybe: They have this optional system where you can earn rewards for seeing ads. It's not for everyone, and it depends where you live, but it's kinda interesting. The "Hmm" Part: * Some Websites Get Quirky: Very rarely, a site won't look quite right because Brave blocks stuff so aggressively. Usually, it's a quick settings tweak to fix. * Not for Tweakers: If you love customizing every little detail of your browser, Brave might feel a bit limited. My Honest Opinion: If speed and privacy are your main concerns, I'd say try Brave. You might have to troubleshoot an odd website here and there, but for me, the benefits are worth it. It feels refreshing to have a browser that actually seems on my side.

ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL app!. Brave is, arguably, the most important app on my phone. It’s installed on every device I own, and is set as the default browser. If you’re serious about your data privacy, and blocking ads so you can actually READ articles & SEE the content on sites, then Brave is an integral part of your arsenal (along with DuckDuckGo and a VPN). The ad-blocking in Brave is so superior to most third-party adblockers you might install in, say… Safari. You can test this yourself: In Safari, even with an adblocker installed, you still get those pages that say “You appear to be using an adblocker”, asking you to support them by turning it off, or to continue without disabling. I’d rather not even get the guilt trip. In Brave, you don’t even see this window. You just get your page, minus the ads. This is the way I prefer to roll, and why Brave will always have my support. Brave is much more than a browser; It’s a way of life!

Not Ad Free. I downloaded Brave two years ago after hearing about it from a friend, and I couldn’t have been happier. However, in the last 6 months, I feel betrayed by the experience. It still blocks the majority of ads in websites so if that’s all you’re looking for, it’s excellent. I can’t recommend it enough. But now the formerly blank background has ads that you can’t really avoid on it. It started with NewEgg and a few random things I’d never heard of before, and now it’s got Chipotle ads. This will probably be the new norm unless they offer some subscription option to get rid of it all. Plus, now that they’re advertising more mainstream companies, how long before we get to ads from more poisonous sources? The whole point of going ad-free is because advertising is disgusting and arguably immoral. Please offer an alternative to ads through some kind of one-time payment option or a subscription method. We support you and use your product to get away from the constant bullying and nefariousness of advertisements. Please let us keep it that way.

Concern citizen. So far it seems like it protects and don’t Sherry what you are browsing and looking and searching for which is good because people don’t need to know what you searching looking for man, your business, enough advertising and people in your phone trying to pay attention to what you are searching and looking for. I’m not doing anything wrong but what I’m searching and looking up and researching I’m adding my own business and then the next thing you know somebody’s popping up something on your phone trying to advertise something that you’ve been looking up and that’s concerning to me that means somebody’s in your phone snooping I don’t like that it’s enough that the government and everyone is looking and watching everything we’re doing that means we have no rights. It also means if that’s the case they know everything that people are doing and things should be stopped if people are doing wrong.

As An App Itself & As An App In Comparison.. In comparison to all other browser apps, Brave is by far the best you will find from my wide range of experience. But where it delivers in superiority, it under delivers in its hasty unexpected IOS updates. You’ll often find yourself having a perfect experience with the app, it’s refresh speed is near flawless as well as it’s privacy first features yet then some unrequested overtly convoluted fresh UI “modern experience” update comes through to confuse you further after you’ve already grown accustomed to a system with no apparent customization feature to rollback to a previous more efficient design that was easier to navigate. Performance wise, I’ve found it streams videos faster than the majority of services I’ve used, with the one caveat being it crashes only slightly more often from time to time—which, if you’re able to handle a very brief and occasional CTD for a high quality, high performance speeds, then you’ll find it more than tolerable to manage. Brave is certainly bolder than other web browser apps you’ll find. Yet for a high priority privacy built app, you’d expect user autonomy over to be a nonnegotiable; but as recent pushes into what could be unexpected for many users regarding sudden changes to their system’s UI, it seems as though experience has taken a backseat.

Brace rating. Compared to one of the other main used searching engines-vroooom vroooom!! Nah that’s not the search engine that’s the sound of an engine;) nvm to the point-Google- Well I’ve used google for over 20 years which would include the use of safari firefox bing and some random ones here and there… now using only brave for the last month! So far I’ve come to realize I’ve been missing out, I started using brave because I’ve gotten into trading cryptocurrency which led me to doing much more research in life and getting sick of all the generic forced results when searching the web about anything. Now I may get some results that are the same. So not all is bad about other engines, though it’s like comparing a push scooter to a motersickle! Obviously if going fast far slow and in all the places you were told not to go in life hen you have more options using the motorized bike over the push scooter! My comparison is out there though it’s what comes to mind, I feel brave isn’t feeding me a bunch of generic garbage when searching alternative narratives. Also one thing I enjoi is the approach it takes when I type something possible wrong or just “different” then the average person. It doesn’t just correct me, it actually suggest I may of meant something else which to me it sounds like someone is talking to me and actually trying to build with me. Maybe all these concepts are not actually what the purpose is and I should create my own engine that actually pays people for there data usage and for giving pathways to places people don’t dare to explore ;) Well stay BRAVE !!

Love it cannot live or feel safe w/o it. With Duck Duck Go I was hacked into based on having a health app which must remain open! After I got Apple Pay card sent to my house without ever applying I assumed out of sheer ignorance it was like a chime card So I did my research&from what I read you should never have banking apps on your phone if you have a CGM or a hearing device or anything which forced your phone to stay open WHEN YOU ALSO HAVE banking stuff on your phone I try to avoid certain things like tech because though I was a well versed playful hacker when I was a minor on prodigy&do silly stuff like change the graphics on government sites I’D HAVE NEVER STOLEN FROM PEOPLE as there is no such thing as a victimless crimeBrave is the best&safest some say there are better ones which I have tried out but to me they were too difficult to use! Anyway be smart about being safe y’all and certainly safe with whom you are smart to!!!!

This makes me feel safe. It’s a better interface than Chrome, has an incredible amount of settings and resources that make it nearly as dynamic as Firefox, AND… is most importantly; PRIVATE. It’s private in a way that can protect you from dangerous sites stealing your info. It also pays you teeny tiny bits of crypto cash for advertisements that are genuinely relevant and not even slightly annoying, and easily blocks the ads that are incredibly annoying. Basically, if you’re a control freak like me, but don’t want to be bothered with taking too much time and discipline to ACTUALLY control your internet security (and make a few bucks on the side), this app is for you. One thing really upsets me though, their integrated VPN is $10 a month. It only serves as a VPN for your internet activity used through the Brave program. It’s useful, but not worth NEARLY $10. Bring it down to $2 and I promise I’ll change my review to 5 stars.

Brave doesn’t handle video content as well as it did in the past for external displays. I have an iPad I sometimes connect to the TV. In the past it would detect video media when I fullscreened the video in the player so that it filled up the entire 16:9 screen of the TV instead of continuing to mirror the iPad so the video shows smaller due to mirroring the 4:3 iPad aspect ratio. Was the reason I used brave over safari, since it handled that perfectly while Safari didn’t. I wish it could get back that video fullscreen function. If that doesn’t make sense an example of app that handles output of video well to a connected display is VLC. When I play a video on VLC it stops outputting the video on the iPad and instead says “this video is playing on the TV” and the media is shown on the TV in fullscreen. Brave used to do that hand off well, but now it doesn’t so cases where I want to watch videos from a browser I’ve had to move to connecting a laptop instead.

Never touching Google Chrome again. I’ve been a chrome user since day one essentially sadly so for 13 years they have been money off of my information, I never realized how much of my info was out there until I had a random thought about changing browsers after having a popular VPN for a while and how much they talk about security and how much your info is being stolen and sold no matter how much you try to secure it. Chrome, Opera, the list goes on they all have the same goal and the fact of the matter is that they aren’t upfront with it is what bothers me the most. I will never go back, Brave please don’t ever sell to a company that will take the fundamentals of what has been set from the beginning because what you guys have created is perfect and I can’t wait what you guys make this into even more beautiful.

solid, reliable, a few fussy issues. There’s not a lot I can say about Brave in general that hasn’t been said in other reviews, and the app specifically is a generally solid mobile browser. A few sites won’t work quite right with it (and are not a mobile issue, because they work alright in firefox or chrome), but that’s pretty rare. A little pet peeve I’ve recently encountered is that, for some reason (unlike more mainstream browser apps), Brave often sets off the iphone’s ‘data detectors’, aka when it highlights something that says ‘tomorrow night’ or ‘this afternoon’ so you can click it and set a reminder or create a calendar event. This is distracting when trying to read a news article or webnovel, and makes no sense. It’s not a thing that can be disabled on the iPhone at large, and I checked the same sites on other apps (firefox, chrome) which don’t have the same issue, so I’m not sure why Brave does. Again, this is a pretty minimal issue, but I do personally find it irritating.

Unfortunate. The browsing experience on Mac and iPhone using this browser is undeniably the best in the world, with a remarkable array of features available for free. However, when it comes to the iPad, it's an entirely different story. There seems to be a significant gap in the market, as none of the browsers I've come across provide the option to view the bookmarks bar, despite the ample 11 to 13 inches of screen space available. It begs the question: why should the browser interface differ so drastically from that of a laptop? I'd rate this browser with just one star due to a critical issue: the inability to initiate a search by pressing "return," a function that has become a standard search key on Apple keyboards for the past two decades. Neither the Magic Keyboard nor my laptop seemed to have a key that functions as an enter key, causing further confusion. Even attempting to tap "go" to start a search proved fruitless. Consequently, I found myself spending a frustrating 20 minutes just trying to figure out how to perform a simple search. This experience was far too exasperating, and I ultimately decided to delete the app in sheer frustration.

👌🏾Better than Safari!👌🏾. Since I am a growing mind, I need something to satisfy my hunger for knowledge. So, I use this search engine every day. It offers the best, top quality, FREE(I’m not kidding), search tools to help enhance your experience surfing the web. This includes ADVERTISEMENT BLOCKERS on all websites, and more complicated blockers. There is even a private browsing mode! Additionally, the Dev(s) added in a rewards system that makes using Brave Browser, well, rewarding! You can get points the more you use the app, and you can donate ACTUAL MONEY to Brave Rewards verified website/content creators! I don’t think you’ll find Safari being this brave!😏 Note to Developers: There’s just one thing. If you guys could add in an option to delete your non-private browsing history ALL AT ONCE instead of one by one that would be awesome! I don’t know if this is how it how it works but like I had mentioned before, I do a LOT of surfing on the web, and so my history fills up fast. This makes the caches on my phone take up whole gigabytes of space(I think so), of which for me is extremely scarce. If there is a way to delete it all at once please let me know. This is such an amazing app to me and I hope others and myself can experience it to the fullest of its potential. Thanks!🙏🏾 —A citizen of the Brave Kingdom

Misinformation. I started using Brave because, I was sick and tired of Fox News and the far right media of disinformation. I was also disgusted with Google’s involvement in the political rhetoric as, WE THE PEOPLE, are who utilize the services more than that orange criminal and it’s illogical followers. I could have rated Brave a 5 but each time I do a news search, Brave immediately shows Fox News first; like if that business was registered as a legitimate news source with the IRS. It is registered as an entertainment network. I want real news from around the world, especially news from my neighborhood, not fake news. I also DO NOT want to hear about a fake president, Felon #45. Furthermore, each and every time I attempt a search, Brave immediately goes to Google searches instead of Brave doing its job. Brave doesn’t even give me the option to remove Fox News or Google from my search results. And yes, I WILL let family and friends know the different options of search engines out there including the negatives and positives that I have found; this includes Brave.

Love Using Brave!. I've been using it for months now on my iPhoneXR. You can tell the folks who made it care! The user interface is much easier to understand compared to other browsers - the options are laid out in a clear and concise format that makes it intuitively easy to find what I'm looking for. Does a great job translating what the technology is doing into user friendly terms (I'm thinking of the Manage Website Data screen). I am still tweaking how I use Brave to maximize performance! I would love a faster route to the Page Zoom option - I often find myself on websites that do not take complete care of their mobile users and I think using the Page Zoom more often would help alleviate my browsing frustrations (my current work around is opening the website I'm struggling with finding a comfortable viewing experience in Safari ). Five Stars from me! I will continue using as my daily mobile browser!

Some interfaces are pointless. Likes: blocks a lot of tracking and data gathering which eats up data and slows things down. Definitely faster than safari. Blocks a lot of pop ups that other browsers won’t block. Dislikes: they change things just to change things, some of the “features” are pointless and can’t be deleted. Whatever the quick pop up when you touch a link is pointless. If I want to go to another page though a link then go to that link, I end up having this pop out that I have to wait to go away and then hit the link. Double or triple the time which eats up whatever times savings I get from the restricted tracking. Also in the latest update on the favorites page you can only see one line of favorites, you have to hit a button to see the rest of your favorites. WHY??? Absolutely no point here except to aggravate me and make me use extra time to see my favorites. Who is making these decisions? Are you trying Lisa people off? What is the point?

OMG DOWNLOAD THIS BROWSER. I started using Brave several weeks ago, due to all the intrusive ads on every page that I continually had to scroll past to read whatever I was searching for. It’s taken a while to work out some kinks, like page zoom (because the font on brave’s search page is miniscule, but maybe that’s peculiar to my ipad?). I actually gave up once and switched back to chrome—for about ten minutes. Really, after being almost complete ad free, it’s shocking what I used to put up with (with much aggravation) because I didn’t know it CAN be better. I had a video suddenly pop up on a site the other day. I am so used to intrusion free web surfing that it actually shocked me! Which is kind of shocking in itself. And also the reason I am leaving this review. I am not using the pay-for-VPN option. I am using a newer iPad (ninth gen?).

Recent update has major issues. The app sometimes randomly becomes totally corrupted, especially when using the playlist and then exiting the app and opening the app again. It shows the front start page and a exclamation mark icon ("!"), and then the app is frozen and unresponsive to touch. The only fix is to completely delete the app and install it again. This results in me losing months of playlist music as there's no way to back up my playlist over the cloud. ALSO another big issue is when playing songs in the playlist, after playing several songs, the music player REFUSES to play the next song and only plays the same track no matter what song you select or what button you press. When exiting the playlist and going back to it, it says "Playlist is already active in another window". The only fix is to close the app and reopen it again. This was never an issue before. Another issue with playlist is when you select a track and play it, then exit the Brave app screen to the home screen, and go back to the Brave app screen again, the track selected is no longer highlighted, therefore it is difficult to know which track is selected and currently playing. Very annoying bug. Lastly, the app often lags during bootup, often having a 2-5 second delay. And sometimes it briefly shows a screenshot of the last screen I was looking at before I closed the app previously. This is very concerning as this is the final update for iOS 15 and it has so many issues, please fix these issues before you end support for iOS 15 as my iPhone 6s cannot update past iOS 16.

Bad VPN. I had the most horrible time with my iPhone 14 Pro Max. My Bluetooth speakers were switching around from the countertop to my RV till the ones I had in my ears. After not being able to log on to my banking account, I tried using the Internet and couldn’t get anywhere. I called T-mobile and they had me do what I already did, which was reset my phone settings, restart my phone, and make sure that cellular was turned on. Nothing works, so I called Apple thank God the phone work, cause I was in the middle of nowhere with no Internet. It ended up being that after an hour and a half of Apple doing screen sharing and walking me through my phone they noticed that my VPN was jumping on and on and off on and off with no service at all. They told me to turn the VPN off and your VPN was the problem. It was causing me so much grief that I thought my phone was being hacked. And not only was your VPN at fault somehow your VPN caused a scammer to get into my phone. And no one knows how or why my phone wasn’t working, but the spam folder would not empty. I want to cancel my subscription so I will be doing that through the App Store today.

Unaware. I can’t believe I had no idea how I really felt about web browsers. I thought the magic had just dissolved since the internet is nothing new anymore. Sure, I’ve tried ad-blockers in the past... but they always slowed everything down too much for me. So, I would think, “This is just the way it is. Ads are how they keep this free.” I’ve been using the Brave Browser for a week now, and I can’t believe how happy it makes me. Everything keeps moving unexpectedly fast, even while blocking ads. The aesthetic is gorgeous to look at. I’m actually excited to surf the web again! Thank you, Brave. I now follow all your Social Media - it makes me happy to see you take your users’ input to heart to keep improving your product. I am incredibly satisfied with this browser, and I’ve already switched on all my devices!

Much Better browser but not perfect. Pros: loads faster, rarely hangs up during loads, blocks ads, blocks pop ups, does not send as much of my info to advertisers, seems to list more of the websites on a given topic (history and science) not just the ones its management prefers, like Google does. Cons: not sure how to turn pop ups on temporarily because some banks and other companies stuck in 1500s require them for log on and transactions; ditto for videos that i do want to see, like weather reports. Those could be toggles. Need an easy to find indexed help file of “how to’s”, just the basics, kiss. Should not need to browse instructions to use browser, they should already be there like the F1 key. Would be nice to add codecs to view raw photos in Nikon, Canon, etc formats. Need “block redirects” toggle, if you scroll tablet too near an ad (like same half of page the add is on) suddenly you are going there instead of seeing bottom of page.

Love Brave but having issues…. I have always recommended Brave Browser to friends but lately it is acting a bit weird. I cannot figure out a real way to report an issue that needs updating. So if I enter something into the search bar automatic responses will pop up but they are overwritten other text making it near impossible to read. Then if you decide to renter something into the search bar, the text will move in such a way that it is over top of other text. This is very difficult to describe without seeing a picture. So this was a problem from day one but I have worked around it. Now I have a new issue. Each time I search for something the first few entries are unclickable. Nothing happens when you try to click on the entry. So that means scrolling down until you see a duplicate or needing to manually type in the website address. I hope someone sees this and makes the fix!

Currently glitchy. I have been using the Brave browser for a couple years now and I have been very satisfied with it. However, lately, I have been having problems with the way it displays - or doesn’t display - some websites. Sometimes the photos don’t show up; there are blank spaces where they should be. Sometimes the photos will show up in reverse, as if they were photo negatives. But the most annoying thing of all is that when I click on a link within a website, nothing happens. They simply don’t open. I have tried rebooting and have downloaded the latest version, and I have the most current OS on my iPhone. It doesn’t seem to matter, so if I am trying to get to a link, I end up going to Safari, which defeats the whole purpose of being tracked. If there is some way to fix this, I would sure like to know about it. Otherwise, I am going to have to find another browser - if there is one - where I have the same level of privacy that Brave provides.

Bookmark order. 1.42 is another bad release. Bottom part of screen on iPad is unresponsive. Renders browser worthless. Don’t they check their releases beforehand? Has become worthless again. I have reported at least 10 common sites that the app will not work with anymore. Either stay current or go home. Waiting for updates to fix problems is a waste of my time. I like the promise of this app but it does live up to its goals. Too frustrating to use anymore. Yesterday I opened the app and all my bookmarks are in a different order. I can move them in edit mode but when I reopen bookmarks the order has reverted and no changes have been save. There have just been too many problems with this browser in the last few months. It is not a stable app. I am trying to sync my bookmarks for my iPad to my Mac Pro running El Capitan. Both computer and iPad recognize the other device but nothing has yet been synced in two hours. I am just trying to get my bookmarks exported in an organized manner. I cannot fin where to report this bug on the brave community website.

Yay. OK so I do love this browser and I’m going to keep using it but I am taking two stars off because for some reason it doesn’t synchronize between desktop and mobile devices which is a huge drawback, because it means I can’t use one single passwords database, or my saved cards, and maybe most annoyingly I can’t pool all of my Brave rewards in a single uphold account, in fact I can’t even figure out how to get my BAT off of it either on mobile or tablet device at all. They seem to just sit there in the wallet and only allow me to use them for tips, which I would actually be fine with if more content creators accepted them but otherwise they’re mostly only useful to cash in. If this whole synchronizing issue were fixed so that my Brave experience were a single unified experience across all my devices then I would bump it to five stars because other than that I love it.

Best in privacy, not in interface. Brave is the best browser in terms of privacy, ad blocking, and preventing cookies/trackers. Despite all the I have noticed that the interface gives a cheap feeling. Someone who has been an Apple user for a long time, I have gotten used to the clean interface which Brave lacks, it rather complicates it by adding so many things in visible places. Also, there have been instances where I haven’t been able to access the top bar when it was hidden during interaction. Often with privacy browsers websites don’t function properly but with Brave, they seem to do find and Brave even lets you customize the type of Brave shield being used which allows you to be able to disable a certain thing that may be preventing the website from functioning properly. Overall, best privacy feature and good quality browser.

Makes life easier!. Ever since I’ve started using Brave, it felt refreshing. Almost my entire life, I’ve been using either Safari, or Google as my searching browser (I may be wrong), and I’ve grew a little tired of it. There were other minuses as well, for example, I’ve heard some controversy about Google and Palestine-Israel conflict and felt that I had to participate too. I started boycotting Google a while ago, and I remembered that my close friend recommended this delightful app. Not only did it protected me from various ads, and saved me time, but comparing it to ordinary Google searches, the Leo AI was a genius move! It collected information easily, and hastily. In addition, it has contexts of the information as well. Next generation browser? God knows. But I am very grateful for the creators who took time in mastering this browser. This is truly a success.

Brave is a brilliant fork of Firefox. Brave is a brilliant fork of Firefox that has everything that both Firefox and Firefox Focus completely and embarrassingly totally lack. Features: • Real clickable tabs at the top with titles and an X to close the tab, not just a single blank bottom tab with zero information, that requires multiple clicks to navigate to or close other tabs. • A single menu at the bottom right with Settings, History, Bookmarks, Downloads, Add Bookmark, and Share with…, unlike ‘those other two’ which have these often-used functions spread all over the screen, hidden under several menus and sub-menus, with completely non-mnemonic names, so you actually have to think about it and remember where these things are hidden and spend a lot of time clicking the right menus and submenus––Excuse me!? Hello Firefox! Is anybody home!?. • Built-in 3rd party Ad-Block that actually works, unlike Firefox Focus's which does not work. • Pop-up blocker that actually works, unlike Firefox Focus's which does not work. • Much faster load time • Saves on battery and memory usage. - 2x to 8x speed increase on iOS, reducing both battery and data consumption. • Tracking protection that actually works. • HTTPS everywhere (for security). • (Java)Script blocking if you want that. • Private VPN switchover. • And many more features too numerous to list… This my Firefox replacement. Firefox couldn't design a user interface for real human beings if the entire Mozilla project depended on it. I have seen their product decline over the years since first using Firebird 0.6.

I wish I could rate higher. This app does provide more privacy and less tracking, which is important to me. Got tired of Google Chrome for that reason. However, every few minutes, it freezes up. Badly. It resolves within about ten seconds, but it’s deeply annoying. Moreover, the freezeups are most likely to happen when the app is trying to run its own ad bars across the top of the screen. Most of them are for crypto investment and NFT garbage (lol what??), and I have to swipe them away. I wouldn’t mind them so much if they didn’t cause the app to freeze and clam up, but it’s simply so irritating to deal with that nonsense. I should be able to read a Wikipedia article without the screen freezing up every two paragraphs, leaving me unable to scroll for the next fifteen seconds. Edit: The freezing issue seems to have been resolved, and the ads for crypto and NFTs have greatly diminished although they’re still present. However, upon making Brave my default browser again, it now crashes immediately whenever I switch between apps, and I have to open it again.

New update with playlist. I’ve been using braves playlist function for forever and I’ve only ever wanted it to be able to shuffle. Now that this new update has happened, this is 100% my favorite app of all time. However, there are some bugs with it. First of all, when you open the playlist, this message saying “tap videos from your playlist to play” shows for like 5 seconds and it can’t be stopped. Also, anytime you leave or enter the app while a song is playing, it skips like ten seconds of a songs each time. Additionally, I can no longer move through a song from the Home Screen on my phone, and sometimes the song randomly stops. Even more, anytime I open the playlist it starts off the song I started off last time and have since moved from, so that should be changed. Moreover, the skip song button I have on my steering wheel and with my AirPods no longer works.

iOS Brave Browser Needs Improvements. So I typically use DuckDuckGo for my browser but I decided to try the Brave browser because of the privacy hype. This rating is primarily for the mobile browser addition. DDG has a command at the bottom of the page to burn the information taken from websites and other sources of data gathering and I noticed that the Brave browser does not, which means that one has to “trust” that the browser clears ALL necessary data from itself. I’m not confident about that. Secondly, I wanted to import my bookmarks and passwords from the DDG browser but the Brave browser on my iPhone won’t import the data. Thirdly, I wanted to do the same importing from the Safari browser which creates a zip file containing browser bookmarks and password data, but the Brave browser won’t interpolate the zip file from Safari, so what am I supposed to do now? Load one by one link into the Brave browser? Yeah, I don’t think so. Fix these issues and the browser might get a higher rating!

Sync is unreliable, and security and privacy concerns.. I would rate this browser higher immediately if I could get the sync feature to work as advertised.I use sync In Firefox and it is far more effective. Update: After exploring more, I think I see their concept. Unlike FF, Brave will show you the last opened tabs on your other devices and offer to open those on your current device. I’ll evaluate and return as this may work out. I don’t see any requirement I missed, or related faqs. Also, likely Google Chrome style, Brave promises security and privacy but offers to immediately feed ad laced news and share my data. Like Chrome, they may offer security against outsiders, but Google owns your content and are ultra leftists? FBI? IRS? Justice dept? Who knows who they partnered with? I get they aren’t Google, but I have huge trust issues today. I’d like more info on sync features and operation, and assurances about privacy when using Brave features like news and ads.