# Kidos - Safe Search — user reviews > 153 indexed App Store user reviews of Kidos by iComet, rated 4.00/5 from 1,562 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/kidos-safe-search/id1480200678/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/kidos-safe-search/id1480200678.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 984 · 4★ 160 · 3★ 106 · 2★ 84 · 1★ 228 ## What do users think of Kidos? Overall sentiment: neutral **Pros** - 👍 Safe and appropriate for kids - 🤩 Great protection from Google - 🥳 Useful for school projects - 😇 Provides kid-friendly content **Cons** - 🐛 Frequent crashes and freezes - ⏱️ Slow loading times - 🚫 Overly restrictive, blocks legitimate sites - 💤 Limited content and features **Commonly reported bugs** - Losing user data and favorites after updates - Inability to access Google and other essential services - Inappropriate content slipping through the filters **Most requested features** - Ability to delete bookmarks - Improved search functionality - Expand content library - Parental controls and settings ## Newest reviews (17 of 153) ### 4/5 — YouTube *2026-08-12* YouTube because you can’t search for that and you can’t say how old you are ### 3/5 — 🫪 *2026-06-30, version 3.4* I like it but it doesn’t let you go on stuff I like like scary things and fnaf if the producer is reading this please change it so it can verify your age to give you age appropriate things ### 4/5 — It works! But one thing *2026-06-30, version 3.4* This app is amazing for kids like me it is safe and you can put restrictions on it but one thing it uses SO MUCH WEBSITES!!! And if your parents restricted all websites then you have to ask and ask and ask because since it uses so much website’s I give it 4 out of 5 ### 3/5 — Bad *2026-06-12, version 3.4* Not goofy at all ### 1/5 — Soooooo stupid *2026-06-11* CANT DO NO NOTHING IM A ELEVEN YEAR OLD THIS APP STINKS CANT SEARCH A SIMPLE QUESTION ABOUT WHEN SUMMER ENDS ### 1/5 — Baddddddddddddddddddd *2026-06-09, version 3.4* I couldn’t search anything ### 1/5 — DELETE THIS APP NOW *2026-06-08, version 3.4* I tried to get a pic of KATsEye and it showed me pics of other people and when I click on the games it said word search so I clicked it and then it gave me a maths quiz! I thought I would like this app but no no no no no no no no no ### 1/5 — IT BLOCKED EVERYTHING *2026-05-21, version 3.4* I went to multiple sites- even a Lilo and Stitch one! And it was blocked! It sucks- and the PIN to get into parental controls is way too easy to access! Don’t get this- you can definitely do better, I would rate zero stars ### 2/5 — Ehh *2026-05-15, version 3.4* Ok so it’s defenetly good for young kids but blocks a lot of harmless stuff ### 1/5 — it sucks *2026-05-08, version 3.4* because I cannot search up anything, why would you make this app? ### 2/5 — Doesn’t give sufficient information *2026-04-20, version 3.3* I tried to search different types of wires but it left out the main ones. For example USBs, USB3s, and the Ethernet cable. ### 1/5 — Kidos sage search *2026-04-03, version 3.3* It is bad because whenever we look up something it says not allowed in our website ### 1/5 — Stupid *2026-04-03, version 3.3* Stupid ### 1/5 — Boring *2026-03-28, version 3.2* I was searching up my fave song and then it gave me a link and when i press it it says “you cannot go across this field “ ### 1/5 — Bad *2026-02-25, version 3.2* Bro, I am not very good with websites. I like it. The Safari way where it actually tells you in words not stupid websites ### 1/5 — 👎👎👎👎 *2026-02-25, version 3.2* No results and horrible images ### 1/5 — Kidos - safe search *2026-02-23, version 3.2* Umm what shoud I write ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — No way never again *2026-08-30, version 3.4* Number one I don’t know why but it’s not good can go on eny websites soooooo annoying ### 1/5 — bad *2026-08-23, version 3.4* says everything is bad once you search it, like I was trying to find the lyrics to something which is clean and has no words that should be filtered got filtered for exactly no reason ### 1/5 — It won’t let me search *2026-08-14, version 3.4* I am 13 and can not use google because it is a 17+ and I tried to search up a cake recipe and I blocked it saying that the contend was inappropriate. I would not recommend I would rate this lower if I could. ### 1/5 — Meh *2026-07-28, version 3.4* It was good, I favorited a site, but the next day, all my favorites on sites were gone. ### 1/5 — please read *2026-07-26, version 3.4* hello, it is me again. Something has changed. I cannot go on any kind of website. They're all blocked like what is wrong with you people like you can't just block on everything like it's not even even inappropriate I think you can just quit your job ### 1/5 — Denise *2026-07-19, version 3.4* I hate I can’t search bad things and weird like butt cheeks ### 1/5 — ABSOLUTELY AWFUL *2026-07-16, version 3.4* It’s honestly terrible. I don’t know why, but every single time I search for something it either just shows me links that I can’t open or says, “File not found”. It’s just so awful ### 1/5 — ☹️👎 *2026-06-28, version 3.4* This app is pointless ### 1/5 — Bad *2026-06-21, version 3.4* 👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬 ### 1/5 — Bruh it is rigged *2026-06-12, version 3.4* It doesn’t work it is a waste of storage do not get it ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Amazing *2026-06-30, version 3.4* This is a great app for kids. ### 5/5 — Idk if I like this lol *2026-06-02, version 3.4* So I deleted it and cried so idk why I did ### 5/5 — I love it *2026-03-25, version 3.2* This app helps me search so many different things and you get to play games. ### 5/5 — Omg so good *2026-02-21, version 3.2* I’m not allowed google and this is so good ty so much for this app ### 5/5 — Kidos💗 *2026-02-08, version 3.2* It’s such a great app it doesn’t have YouTube and bad stuff like that on it and perfect for young users I 100 percent think this is safe for kids⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ### 5/5 — If your a kid *2025-12-14, version 3.1* Try this if your dad doesn’t let you google ### 5/5 — Awesome! *2025-06-30, version 2.5* It has absolutely nothing bad I found ### 5/5 — Soooooooooooooo goooooooooooooood!!!!!!!!!!! *2025-06-06, version 2.5* My dad won’t let me google so it changed my life forever ### 5/5 — LOVEEE *2025-03-04, version 2.5* i LOVE your app because it is kid safe and has many apps!! 5 STARS ### 5/5 — No google *2025-01-22, version 2.5* GREAT PROTRCTION NO GOOGLE!! 🥳🥳🥳🤩🤩🤩🤩🤪 --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-09-01.*