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Brave Browser & Search Engine
Brave Software · 617,853 ratings · ★ 4.8
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Top complaints - extracted from 24 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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"browser"
6 negative reviews mention this · 25% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Way to go Brave. I USED to love Brave UNTIL they decided what device I can use IT ON, became Biased in their Search results, decided to erase ALL my Home Screen links . I LOVED brave until they said my device was no longer compatable etc etc. NOW I decided …" - Lozykio
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"offline"
4 negative reviews mention this · 17% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Latest removed offline saving. Why did the latest update remove saving of offline videos from the Playlist? This is my secondary use for Brave…" - Nightowl4272
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"videos"
4 negative reviews mention this · 17% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Latest removed offline saving. Why did the latest update remove saving of offline videos from the Playlist? This is my secondary use for Brave…" - Nightowl4272
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"brave"
4 negative reviews mention this · 17% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Latest removed offline saving. Why did the latest update remove saving of offline videos from the Playlist? This is my secondary use for Brave…" - Nightowl4272
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"search"
4 negative reviews mention this · 17% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Way to go Brave. I USED to love Brave UNTIL they decided what device I can use IT ON, became Biased in their Search results, decided to erase ALL my Home Screen links . I LOVED brave until they said my device was no longer compatable etc etc. NOW I decided …" - Lozykio
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"update"
3 negative reviews mention this · 13% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Latest removed offline saving. Why did the latest update remove saving of offline videos from the Playlist? This is my secondary use for Brave…" - Nightowl4272
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"playlist"
3 negative reviews mention this · 13% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Latest removed offline saving. Why did the latest update remove saving of offline videos from the Playlist? This is my secondary use for Brave…" - Nightowl4272
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"anymore"
3 negative reviews mention this · 13% of all complaints
★★★★★ "No point anymore.. Can no longer save videos for offline viewing." - Patrick_Moon
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"longer"
3 negative reviews mention this · 13% of all complaints
★★★★★ "No point anymore.. Can no longer save videos for offline viewing." - Patrick_Moon
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"videos offline"
3 negative reviews mention this · 13% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Can’t download YouTube offline any longer?. Cannot keep YouTube videos offline anymore after recent update. Terrible. Please fix this, developers!" - azxsj
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"been"
3 negative reviews mention this · 13% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Hasn’t Been Reliable As Of Late. I’ve been using this browser on my desktop my phone and my tablet for quite some time. About a month ago I noticed it was having a difficult time loading sites on my iPad, reputable/secure ones too, like Amazon. This past week I’m noticing …" - a.neallyo
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"nothing"
3 negative reviews mention this · 13% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Very bad App. This is a very poorly coded app. It is nothing more than a resource hog. It fails to release memory that it has taken and used. The application becomes very slow and drains the system of resources. The interface is constantly refreshin…" - Vickygirl15
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No point anymore.
Can no longer save videos for offline viewing.
Way to go Brave
I USED to love Brave UNTIL they decided what device I can use IT ON, became Biased in their Search results, decided to erase ALL my Home Screen links . I LOVED brave until they said my device was no longer compatable etc etc. NOW I decided to try them once more , hoping it was just a series of glitch's and....there isn't even a "ADD TO HOME SCREEN " option offered anymore. Way to Go Brave, in destroying a PERFECT Search Engine/ Browser. From a 5 to a ZERO.
Very bad App
This is a very poorly coded app. It is nothing more than a resource hog. It fails to release memory that it has taken and used. The application becomes very slow and drains the system of resources. The interface is constantly refreshing to load another round of “clickbait”. These are amateurish programming mistakes made by amateur programmers.
Playlist doesn’t work
It works on every other device except this one.
Captcha
This browser n needs to drop the use of captcha every time I try to do certain searches. I don’t run across them using other browsers. If they don’t drop captcha, I’ll drop the app.
Leaks your IP address to Google
Just learned from Leo Brave's own Ai that Brave frequently leaks IP address to Google "because it's built on Chrome" you see...
Good
Switched from safari, I regret nothing. The Adblock has been wonderful. Would recommend.
Terrible
Klutzy confusing, congested, and still have not figured out how to clear cache & cookies
Autoplay
Would normally be my preferred browser, but the media autoplay feature makes it unusable. Should be a simple on-off setting, but no such luck and digging through years of complaints has yet to reveal a solution. Wasted potential.
Slow & unresponsive
Absolutely slow & unresponsive. I expected a fast & reliable browser. Disappointing.
Not really private
Refuses to delete search history most of the time, and it seems worse on Mac than iPhone. Uninstalling from both devices.
Settings
Will not save your settings
What the
Just realized cause oddly have a bunch of rando pop ups and other things that this browser has a bunch of options blocked that were available before.
This browser has been going down hill for a while. Don’t know what’s going on
This browser has been going down hill for a while. Don’t know what’s going on
Connection
It keeps taking forever to load
Youtube vide loading
Youtube video loading is criminal. So frustrating.
Recent update removed offline playlist
With this recent update it has stopped downloading YouTube videos offline when added to playlist. Can you please fix this issue soon ?
Latest removed offline saving
Why did the latest update remove saving of offline videos from the Playlist?
This is my secondary use for Brave…
This is my secondary use for Brave…
WOW
Brave WOULD be excellent if it were not for the fact that someone is syncing my app with whatever they have. Ultra Creepy!!
Poor performance on iOS now
Poor performance on iOS now, especially on sites that feature a lot of media content such as x dot com.
Hasn’t Been Reliable As Of Late
I’ve been using this browser on my desktop my phone and my tablet for quite some time. About a month ago I noticed it was having a difficult time loading sites on my iPad, reputable/secure ones too, like Amazon. This past week I’m noticing the same issues starting to creep up on my desktop and mobile versions. I’ve tired to delete and reinstall to no avail. I can only conclude the software is faulty. If this keeps up I’m going to have to switch browsers, which I would rather not have to do. Please fix this!
Updates are making it worse
I used to type a couple letters and it would know the URL i wanted. Now it remembers nothing and I haven’t changed any settings. Also the press and hold to open in a new tab was much better and now it shows an entire URL with things like Amazon is huge and you have to scroll just to do it. These updates are making it awful.
Can’t download YouTube offline any longer?
Cannot keep YouTube videos offline anymore after recent update.
Terrible.
Please fix this, developers!
Terrible.
Please fix this, developers!
Search memory sucks
If I do a search and click on a site, if I go back to the search page I have to scroll down to where I left off. When ur actually looking for something, it sucks
AI Gaslighting
Be wary of the AI. It’s starting to get things very wrong and gaslight you over the results. Nearly every time I use the “search engine” it gives me false information. I’m close to being done with this app.
Sentiment summary
95%
Positive (4-5★)
2%
Neutral (3★)
3%
Negative (1-2★)