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Brave Browser & Search Engine
Brave Software · 595,590 ratings · ★ 4.8
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Top complaints - extracted from 27 negative reviews
Recurring phrases mined from 1-2★ reviews. The bigger the percentage, the more users have the same problem. Fix the top 2-3 in your version and you have product-market fit on day one.
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"brave"
8 negative reviews mention this · 30% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Idk know what anyone is talking about. When they say this is better than google. It’s worse. I guess if you care more about believing random company they aren’t violating your privacy than actually getting good results, Brave is for you" - hatesyoutubesbull
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"browser"
7 negative reviews mention this · 26% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Pop-up ads can not be block. I tried this app because I was tired of pop up ads. Well, it does not work. I went to read a novel from a website using this app. I was informed private browser like this could block pop up ads. This statement is false." - aiwjejownqqosjd
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"block"
5 negative reviews mention this · 19% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Botted reviews. This app sucks… the ad blocker is like a pasta strainer. My little brother can get past it. It’s a joke of an app. Let alone one that claims to block ads." - the immaculate meister
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"work"
4 negative reviews mention this · 15% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Don’t use. Download 7 day free trial will not work at all did restore did e mail to confirm no way to contact them horrible service" - Jayp77777
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"youtube"
3 negative reviews mention this · 11% of all complaints
★★★★★ "This would be five star app if. Could you please add a buttom where we can flip YouTube videos or other videos too landscape? Wish you also could add a button to broadcast YouTube video to the TV like what we have in the YouTube original app. Keep the updates coming for i…" - Shawn Gh
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"videos"
3 negative reviews mention this · 11% of all complaints
★★★★★ "This would be five star app if. Could you please add a buttom where we can flip YouTube videos or other videos too landscape? Wish you also could add a button to broadcast YouTube video to the TV like what we have in the YouTube original app. Keep the updates coming for i…" - Shawn Gh
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"other"
3 negative reviews mention this · 11% of all complaints
★★★★★ "This would be five star app if. Could you please add a buttom where we can flip YouTube videos or other videos too landscape? Wish you also could add a button to broadcast YouTube video to the TV like what we have in the YouTube original app. Keep the updates coming for i…" - Shawn Gh
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"update"
3 negative reviews mention this · 11% of all complaints
★★★★★ "This would be five star app if. Could you please add a buttom where we can flip YouTube videos or other videos too landscape? Wish you also could add a button to broadcast YouTube video to the TV like what we have in the YouTube original app. Keep the updates coming for i…" - Shawn Gh
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"search"
3 negative reviews mention this · 11% of all complaints
★★★★★ "This browser is not private at all. I thought this is supposed to be a browser that stop other apps from knowing what we search online? It’s weird how ads for pages I look up on here are now are popping up on Facebook." - crawdaddy241
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"slow"
3 negative reviews mention this · 11% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Well…. Ad blocking works well, but browsing is somewhat slow. The UI and configuration are clumsy. Sponsored bookmarks, and too many unwanted features (in my case) are enabled by default, so I have to pick through them and remove them or disable t…" - Joe in NC
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This would be five star app if
Could you please add a buttom where we can flip YouTube videos or other videos too landscape? Wish you also could add a button to broadcast YouTube video to the TV like what we have in the YouTube original app. Keep the updates coming for iOS 17. I did not update to the AI iOS. I don’t want to
Don’t use
Download 7 day free trial will not work at all did restore did e mail to confirm no way to contact them horrible service
Botted reviews
This app sucks… the ad blocker is like a pasta strainer. My little brother can get past it. It’s a joke of an app. Let alone one that claims to block ads.
Terrible!
Hard to use....don't make sense! Still interrupted by damn ads. Often!
Netflix
It reset Netflix so I have to pay for it😡
Idk know what anyone is talking about
When they say this is better than google. It’s worse. I guess if you care more about believing random company they aren’t violating your privacy than actually getting good results, Brave is for you
No tab grouping. No tab group syncing.
It’s a shame as brave has been my favorite on desktop and android
This browser is not private at all
I thought this is supposed to be a browser that stop other apps from knowing what we search online? It’s weird how ads for pages I look up on here are now are popping up on Facebook.
Love it, but…
Still no Liquid Glass. The UI really needs work, it’d be nice if it could look more like Safari or anything else in general. No iOS 26 update yet also, what the heck man. It’s not complex or lengthy to do. Lazy.
Why does brave turn on location tracking?
Why dose brave turn on location with out my permission?? It randomly turns on location After I have turned it off. Why does it do this? Where’s the “privacy “ they claim?? Talking to you Brave developer… Update 12/5/22 still turns on tracking Update 12/21/22 Still randomly turns on tracking 12/27/22 still turns tracking when searching Why does this happen? Location and tracking have always been disabled on my phone. I have screen recordings to prove it…developers?
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Can’t bookmark multiple tabs
Can’t select and bookmark multiple tabs at once.
Ios 26.4.2
Ios 26.4.2
Useless
Worked for like the first hours I had it and then completely useless. Made no difference being on Brave then being on any other site where pop ups kept happening .
It’s fine…
It’s a decent browser alternative to the popular ones. Syncing is more difficult to setup, but it gives you some decent security control between devices. The only reason for the low review is I’m annoyed with the constant prompting to review the product.
My early 2000’s dial up connection loaded videos better than this browser
The only reason I got it was to block ads on mobile YouTube. It’s filled with AI garbage, slow, and they have a built in search engine that it defaults to that is somehow functionally worse than google, and it makes you do a captcha every handful of searches.
No Ad Blocking No VPN
Slow to respond. Too costly for Ad Blocking and VPN. Very slow to respond to requests. Cannot set own background picture.
Crab
If i can give neg- star i will give 30 negative star it aint block tha ads its make it worst, worster than ever
Pop ups suck
Stop the pop ups asking me to review the app
Battery and Heat
Well if you want your battery to deplete faster than Usain Bolt and your device to become a mini stove than the Brave Browser is perfect for you, but for people who actually value their device (normal people) than just stick with Safari + extentions, your battery and your device will thank you.
Pop-up ads can not be block
I tried this app because I was tired of pop up ads. Well, it does not work. I went to read a novel from a website using this app. I was informed private browser like this could block pop up ads. This statement is false.
Groups in Gmail
If I try to send an email out using one of my group names, it doesn’t work in this browser
Well…
Ad blocking works well, but browsing is somewhat slow. The UI and configuration are clumsy. Sponsored bookmarks, and too many unwanted features (in my case) are enabled by default, so I have to pick through them and remove them or disable them on installation. Installed footprint is huge. Constant nagging to use Brave Search, subscribe to VPN, set as default browser, etc. are annoying.
Adds on YouTube
I started using Brave to avoid adds while listening to music. It worked fora while, but so much now
Remove gestures
The gestures is right on top of the ios app switch swipe bar.
Webms
Webms seem to no longer play
Like the security, hate the sites that block you
I appreciate Brave’s security but finding the sites like Yelp that block you from content due to the same security.
翻译功能变差了
昨天更新到最新版本，结果翻译功能变差了，比如网页浏览reddit翻译功能失效，完全不能使用，翻译按钮灰色的无法点击
Broken and Downgraded
I don’t know what happened with the latest version, but I can no longer add videos to my playlists with the icon on the site bar and the CarPlay feature is totally gone. Very disappointing.
Sentiment summary
96%
Positive (4-5★)
2%
Neutral (3★)
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Negative (1-2★)