# Swisscows Private Search

> Your search. Your business.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1581108092](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1581108092)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id1581108092`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Swisscows AG
- **Category:** Utilities
- **Rating:** 4.70 / 5 (834 ratings)
- **Version:** 2.1.0
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-19
- **First published:** 2021-09-09
- **Size:** 41 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-13
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/swisscows-private-search/id1581108092)
- **Website:** [https://swisscows.com](https://swisscows.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://swisscows.com/privacy](https://swisscows.com/privacy)

## Description

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.

## Rankings

- #58,952 — Overall
- #24 — default search
- #37 — search
- #56 — searchable
- #61 — data privacy

## Review summary

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.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1581108092)