# Kiwi - Browser, Document, VPN — user reviews > 31 indexed App Store user reviews of Kiwi by TIMON SOFTWARE CO., LTD, rated 4.60/5 from 328 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/kiwi-browser-document-vpn/id6453991209/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/kiwi-browser-document-vpn/id6453991209.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 271 · 4★ 21 · 3★ 15 · 2★ 6 · 1★ 15 ## What do users think of Kiwi? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 🚀 Fast browsing experience - 🚫 Excellent ad blocking - 📺 Blocks YouTube ads - 🎵 Background YouTube Music playback - 🖼️ YouTube Picture-in-Picture - 💾 Saves PDFs - 👍 Easy to navigate - 🔒 Super safe and secure - ⚡ Loads pages very fast - 🚫 No built-in ads - 👍 Supports older iOS versions **Cons** - 👎 Lacks tabs on mobile - 🐛 YouTube ads still present for some - 🐛 Pornhub ad is annoying - 👎 iPhone version is useless for ad blocking - 👎 Difficult to add extensions - 👎 No dark mode - 👎 Cannot make default browser on iOS - 👎 Music stops when screen is off - 👎 Annoying YouTube Shorts shortcut - 👎 Photo saving capabilities need improvement - 👎 Felt like a virus - 👎 No tabs - 👎 Doesn't stay on computer **Commonly reported bugs** - YouTube ads not blocked for some users - Annoying ad on Pornhub - Music stops playing when screen is off - Cannot delete YouTube Shorts shortcut **Most requested features** - Add tab button/list for mobile - Add dark mode - Add paid option to remove Kiwi's ads - Add 'Add to Home Screen' option - Add repeat/loop button for videos - Fix music stopping when screen is off ## Newest reviews (11 of 31) ### 4/5 — YouTube ads really *2026-01-02* Why do I have ads on YouTube it isn’t Adblock like it says i don’t know if this is a glich or sum like that but please fix this . ### 4/5 — Nice *2025-11-16, version 22* Pour le moment je trouve que l'app est rapide et semble offrir de bons outils. ### 3/5 — so uh, *2025-05-15, version 21* i was able to get the extensions using this app. awesome app. super safe and secure. ### 3/5 — PORNHUB ADS???? *2025-04-17* Dawg can you take down the freaking ad that starts off the pornhub Drums? It’s annoying asl and has people thinking you’re watching porn. Frfr bouta delete the app atp. ### 3/5 — Awesome. Needs paid option. *2025-01-19* Seems fast and has many features. Blocks web ads nicely. However, I would love a paid version (not a subscription) to eliminate Kiwi’s own ads. They aren’t very frequent and seem to pop up only when you open the browser, but I would pay to have those removed. Also, it needs an “Add to Home Screen” option to pin websites to your Home Screen on iPhone. Update: I am removing one star since there is no way to make Kiwi your default browser. It is not listed as one of the options in iOS settings. Aside from that, I like how it blocks YouTube ads and it can play YouTube Music in the background. It can also play YouTube Picture in Picture. ### 4/5 — Awesome. Needs paid option. *2025-01-05* Seems fast and has many features. Blocks web ads nicely. However, I would love a paid version (not a subscription) to eliminate Kiwi’s own ads. They aren’t very frequent and seem to pop up only when you open the browser, but I would pay to have those removed. Also, it needs an “Add to Home Screen” option to pin websites to your Home Screen on iPhone. Aside from that, I like how it blocks YouTube ads and it can play YouTube Music in the background. It can also play YouTube Picture in Picture. ### 4/5 — Good app *2025-01-02* Allows me to use this app for all types of searches. Keeps data short and terse. Doesn’t give me the same data multiple times. ### 4/5 — Awesome *2024-12-22* Seems fast and has many features. Blocks web ads nicely. However, I would love a paid version (not a subscription) to eliminate Kiwi’s own ads. They aren’t very frequent and seem to pop up only when you open the browser, but I would pay to have those removed. Also, it needs an “Add to Home Screen” option to pin websites to your Home Screen on iPhone. Aside from that, I like how it blocks YouTube ads and it can play YouTube Music in the background. It can also play YouTube Picture in Picture. ### 4/5 — Good Adblock and YouTube can pop out *2024-06-23, version 11* But how do I enable dark mode ### 4/5 — Please add a tab button & list for mobile users *2024-05-22* Good stability, relatively quick to load pages, and a well-thought out look to make it look pretty. However, without an option to have multiple tabs open at once it becomes extremely limiting, reducing it to nothing but a single search page that has to be repeatedly managed. The addition of a tab list would be the last step required to make this a full-fledged search engine. Oh, I almost forgot that the photo saving capabilities could also use improvements. ### 3/5 — Best app *2024-04-17* Pretty good browser ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Worst thing ever *2026-03-23* This was recommended to me to get a custom cursor because it supports them and omg this thing sucks. There are no tabs, it felt like I was using a virus, and didn’t stay on my computer longer than 3 minutes and my friends were clowning it without installing because it was that bad ### 1/5 — Lame, Useless *2024-11-09* Android version is way better, blocks every pop ups and ads but for iphone its useless. I would rather use chrome ### 1/5 — PLS LET ME PUT extensions!!!!! *2024-10-18* 1/10 CUZ there’s no extensions 😪… ### 1/5 — Garbage *2024-04-17* It’s a garbage browser and trying to add anything like extensions is difficult and you have to search the web for instructions. I’m used to using both chrome and safari on my iPhone and this browser doesn’t compare. Uninstalled this piece of trash and won’t ever use it again. **Developer response:** This is privacy browser, Only focused to privacy and block ads ### 1/5 — dark mod *2024-03-22* please dark mod ### 1/5 — Don’t download *2024-02-12* Low quality app **Developer response:** This is privacy browser, Only focused to privacy and block ads ### 1/5 — Malisimo *2023-12-21* Asqueroso e inutilizable ### 2/5 — Moto *2025-09-13, version 22* Friend ### 3/5 — Roblox extensions difficult to have. *2026-07-05* I’ve been searching forever to find ropro. I can’t find it anywhere and please add a dark mode! ### 3/5 — Desktop mode does not work *2026-06-17* Tried to see a few webpages through desktop view, but the browser could not make it happen. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — awesome *2026-02-20, version 23* best browser ever, faster than chrome, easy to navigate, vpn work awesome. ### 5/5 — Great for adblocking *2025-11-02* Blocks ads on youtube, 10/10 would recommend ### 5/5 — Best thing ever *2025-10-05* I love little kiwi ### 5/5 — Supplements *2025-06-17* In progress… ### 5/5 — Muy buena app *2025-05-26* Es la mejor app para evitar comerciales molestos ### 5/5 — Love kiwi *2024-10-30* Love it just it safe my pdfs ### 5/5 — awesome sauce *2024-10-29* no ads on mobile thank you so much absolute lifesaver. with that being said please please please add a dark mode my eyes cant take this ### 5/5 — perfect *2024-09-30* User friendly.effortless. Great service. ### 5/5 — idunno *2024-02-14* i duno but no ads cool ### 5/5 — Very FAST, No Ads, & Background Video Play *2023-11-23, version 11* I notice that this browser loading pages much faster than other browsers, even other ad blocking browsers. It blocks ads very well, even on YT videos. There's also no built-in ads in the app and I hope it stays that way. I'm also glad iOS 15 is still supported. The annoying thing is I cannot delete the YouTube Shorts shortcut at the front start page. Also, I wish there was a "repeat" or loop button for videos (especially on YT). And also, the music often stops playing when I turn the screen off, though I can still play the audio but I have to press the play button on the lock screen which is a minor annoyance but I hope that gets fixed. --- *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 2026-09-10.*