Name: Brave Private Web Browser
Rating: 4.79875 (307705 reviews)

User Reviews for Brave Private Web Browser

4.8 out of 5

307.7K Ratings

3 months ago, luisruben1997

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.

3 months ago, deyenda

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!

1 year ago, Rrrraachhs

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

5 years ago, ReprobateHero

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.

2 months ago, Ripplerage

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?

3 years ago, Bugz Lee

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

1 month ago, TrumP200020

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.

3 years ago, Hoping2LearnSpanish

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.

4 years ago, Moonchildmommy

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 :)

3 years ago, Oldorange

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.

9 months ago, Magicmailzero

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! 👏

3 years ago, Alliiieee5821

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.

11 months ago, -Fire cat

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

5 months ago, WolverineIsAlive

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.)

4 months ago, PowerlineGuy

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.

11 months ago, hiddenlawyer

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.

2 weeks ago, The DC-10

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.

5 months ago, Kál42

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!

9 months ago, Ka5p3r214

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

1 year ago, pickle_yea

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!

5 years ago, ClausoPlus

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.

1 year ago, DsrtTrkr

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.

1 year ago, FarewellFreedom

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

3 years ago, Fus ro Dah!!!!!!!!!

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.

4 months ago, Lorandrea

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.

2 years ago, Schillysrh

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!

3 years ago, curseofmen

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.

4 months ago, Sadly, disappointed

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.

3 months ago, julesbeguiles569032

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.

2 years ago, Airway4me

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.

1 month ago, EricHopeSF

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!

3 years ago, Piratesapper

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.

1 year ago, MasterMassa

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!!!!

4 years ago, MikesterAZ

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.

2 years ago, Netadmin1

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.

11 months ago, Ooogsaafholsten

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.

4 years ago, Asdffgh19283847

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?

2 years ago, SageNabooru

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.

4 years ago, Pfft Nicknames

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.

1 year ago, Lizzy_D

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.

1 year ago, Metarlro

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.

2 months ago, Jmoreno1415

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!

10 months ago, Joshtrua

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.

4 years ago, Edessa ~

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!

4 years ago, Squidboy32

👌🏾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

1 year ago, p from MI

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.

10 months ago, SueCQ

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!

2 years ago, crapola analyst

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!

2 years ago, TheUltimategamer1

Free ad-block on mobile? Count me in!

New Review: Brave is awesome. Between the playlist letting you save videos for later, the built-in adblock, and all the privacy and security features? It’s awesome. In my last review, I took off two stars because the latest update had deleted all of my offline archives from the Brave Playlist, and some of the videos I had saved were copyright struck, making them lost to me forever. A three-star rating for a single small problem like that was a bit harsh, so now that I’m calmed down I’m bumping it back up to 5-stars for everything else. Old review: I love Brave. Been using it for a long time now, the ad-free viewing and everything makes it amazing. Well, with the latest update, I lost all the downloaded data in the Brave playlist. I recommend not updating until this is fixed if you have songs in there you want kept.

6 months ago, DarkWolfPro

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

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Brave Browser is a super fast, safe and private web browser with Adblock. It is 3X faster than other browsers and has over 50 million users. Now with Firewall + VPN, Brave Wallet, Brave Search, Brave Playlist, and night mode! NEW features: • Firewall + VPN • Brave Wallet. A secure multi-chain crypto wallet built into the browser. • Brave Search. Search without being tracked. • Brave Playlist. Add media and play anytime, even offline. • Night Mode. Easily read in low light. Additional Features: • Built-in 3rd party Adblock • Pop-up blocker • Saves battery and data • Tracking protection • HTTPS everywhere (for security) • Script blocking • Browsing history • Private and recent tabs NEW: BRAVE WALLET Buy, store, send, receive, and swap crypto with Brave’s secure Web3 wallet, built right into the browser. Support for Ethereum, Solana, BNB Chain, and more. NEW: BRAVE SEARCH Brave Search is the world’s most complete, independent, private search engine. It is built on top of an independent index of the web, and doesn’t track you, your searches, or clicks. NEW: BRAVE PLAYLIST Make a playlist of the content you love. Add almost any media and play anytime, anywhere, even offline, or with Apple CarPlay. FAST & SECURE BROWSER Get protected from ads infected with malware. Brave simply provides the fastest, most secure private browsing experience available. BATTERY & DATA OPTIMIZATION Brave is proven to have a 2x to 4x speed increase on iOS, reducing both battery and data consumption. PRIVACY PROTECTION Be protected with leading privacy and security features such as HTTPS Everywhere (encrypted data traffic), script blocking, cookie blocking, and private incognito tabs. All other browsers fall short of the level of privacy and security protection that Brave provides. DEFAULT BROWSER Set Brave as your default browser! Select Settings - scroll down to select Brave - select Brave as the Default Browser App. FIREWALL + VPN Pricing Price may vary by location. Subscriptions will be charged to your credit card through your iTunes account. Subscriptions are offered for either 1 month ($9.99) or 1-year ($99.99) periods, and will automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You will not be able to cancel the subscription once activated. You can manage your subscription in Account Settings after purchase. Free trials may only be used once. Any unused portion of a free trial will be forfeited if you purchase a subscription. ABOUT BRAVE Our mission is to save the web by making a safe, fast and private browser for all. Brave aims to transform the online ad ecosystem with micropayments and a new revenue-sharing solution to give users and publishers a better deal, where safe, fast browsing is the path to a brighter future for the open web. To learn more about Brave, visit https://www.brave.com Questions/support? Email us at https://brave.com/msupport. We love hearing from you. Enjoying the app? Please leave us a 5 star review! Terms of Use: https://brave.com/terms-of-use/ Privacy Policy: https://brave.com/privacy/