Swisscows Private Search

Name: Swisscows Private Search
Rating: 4.7 (812 reviews)
Author: Swisscows AG

By: Swisscows AG App

Your search. Your business.

Overview

Version:

2.0.8

Last updated: 2025-07-31

Ranking

#59,115 ▲ 72

Overall

Features & Capabilities

Swisscows Private Search is a privacy-first Chrome extension that never saves personal data. Queries are anonymized after 7 days, and the service runs on own Swiss-based servers to protect your privacy while you search.

Its semantic map provides an interactive, faster search experience, backed by over 20 years of information-analysis research. With Swisscows, your topics, IPs and personal information are not stored or used for profiling.

User Growth & Download Statistics

App Privacy & Security Data

By:

Swisscows AG

Rating:

4.70

(812) 1 new ratings

Version:

2.0.8 Last updated: 2025-07-31

Version code:

876846595

Creation date:

2021-09-09

Compatible devices:

Size:

25.90MB

URLs:

Website ,Privacy policy

Full description:

Source:

Apple Apps Store

Data ingested on:

2026-08-01

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 59,115 ▲ 72

Other platforms

Swisscows Private Search (v2.0.8)

156,361 4.19

(1,987)

Swisscows (v1.4)

8,443 4.68

(228)

Swisscows (v2.0.3)

7,911 4.50

(11)

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Developed by:

Swisscows AG

Apple Apps Store

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/swisscows-private-search/id1581108092

Website:

https://swisscows.com

User Reviews

User reviews praise Swisscows for privacy and simplicity, and for quick-search use. However, reliability problems, intrusive ads, missing core browsing features (bookmarks, multi-tab, find), and concerns about censorship/bias and inconsistent family-filter behavior dominate negative feedback.

Pros

Privacy-first design with anti-tracking and private browsing.
Simple, straightforward, fast interface ideal for quick searches.
Privacy-friendly features such as VPN compatibility and private email.

Cons

Ads and autoplay video cause full-screen interruptions and distractions.
Lacks essential browser features (no bookmarks, no multi-tab or new window support, no in-app find, no zoom/resize, and difficulty setting as the default browser).
Reliability issues: sites often fail to load, videos may not play, and overall performance is inconsistent.
Perceived censorship or bias in search results and inconsistent family-friendly filtering.

Recent reviews

No updates on the swisscows app VIA iPhone 15 IOS 26.5 in over 9 months!!! That is crazy ridiculous… who knows what y’all are data saving from the global population that now lives breathes and is addicted to the fkn digital world…. Do y’all say you don’t collect data but in the un updated app that has obviously 0 coding patches for bugs and theft vulnerabilities and make synthetic identities of people??? Come on get it together!!!