Ecosia: Search to plant trees

Name: Ecosia: Search to plant trees
Rating: 4.7 (9364 reviews)
Author: Ecosia GmbH

By: Ecosia GmbH App

Plant trees as you browse.

Overview

Version:

12.5.0

Last updated: 2026-09-02

Features & Capabilities

Ecosia is a search engine that plants trees as you browse. By using it, your searches help fund climate action, support biodiversity, and empower local communities. Ecosia uses only what’s needed to deliver results and encrypts your queries, so your privacy stays intact.

Powered by renewable energy, Ecosia operates as a not-for-profit, steward-owned company that publishes monthly financial reports showing exactly how your clicks translate into real-world impact. Join millions of eco-conscious users and plant trees with every search.

User Growth & Download Statistics

App Privacy & Security Energy Data

By:

Ecosia GmbH

Rating:

4.70

(9,364) 45 new ratings

Version:

12.5.0 Last updated: 2026-09-02

Version code:

890628100

Creation date:

2013-08-12

Compatible devices:

Size:

323.66MB

URLs:

Website ,Privacy policy

Full description:

Source:

Apple Apps Store

Data ingested on:

2026-09-05

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 18,410 ▲ 14

Other rankings

#10 in Superpowered Internet Browsers

#3 in environment keyword 15 ▼ 1

#7 in sustainable keyword 3 ▲ 2

#19 in search keyword 51 ▲ 2

#31 in search bar keyword 7

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Developed by:

Ecosia GmbH

Apple Apps Store

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ecosia-search-to-plant-trees/id670881887

Website:

https://info.ecosia.org

User Reviews

Many reviewers praise Ecosia for its tree-planting mission and eco-friendly approach, along with a clean, easy-to-use design and the option to disable AI features. However, they cite drawbacks: concerns about AI's environmental impact, slow loading and reliability problems, crashes on older devices, privacy/verification friction, and issues with login and seed tracking or syncing across devices. Overall, users value the environmental goal but worry about performance, reliability, and privacy related to recent AI changes.

Pros

Planting trees with every search / clear environmental mission
Eco-friendly focus and climate action emphasis
Clean, easy-to-navigate design
Ability to disable or opt out of AI features
Seedlings earned with searches to support environmental causes

Cons

AI feature controversy: perceived harm to the environment and conflict with sustainability claims
Slow loading and overall performance issues
Crashes and instability, especially on older devices
Privacy concerns and verification friction (sketchy policies, Cloudflare)
Account issues: frequent logouts, seed-tracking limitations, and lack of cross-device syncing

Recent reviews

The only thing I’d change is when you press on images you can scroll, because you can’t scroll to find related images, but other than that five stars! Very awesome search browser!! Thank you!

by No*****, 2026-08-28

I used to have this app a bit back. The search and app in general worked AMAZINGLY, there was also such a fun mini game where you could plant the trees in your own little island, as the people behind it planted trees irl for your searches! Now its bland, boring, and full of Ai? How could you so horribly change an app so bad, when the most charming part of the app was the old layout, the one i introduced my friends to that made them hop RIGHT on because the site was not only helpful, but was fun to mess around on WHILE searching for things! Disappointing to see how the app has changed to something just. Meh alongside the ai use, seems you guys just wanted to be on the newest thing and trend, instead of actually being fun AND useful