Startpage Reviews: Is It Legit?

Customer Experience

Positive experience70.4% of reviews
Neutral11.5% of reviews
Negative experience18.0% of reviews

~ Based on 338 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say about Startpage

Is Startpage Safe?

Startpage - Private Browser appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for Startpage is 96/100.

This assessment is based on 7,456 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.8/5.

Safety Analysis

96.6% of ratings point to a safe experience
1.9% of ratings suggest some concerns
1.4% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 7,390 App Store ratings for Startpage.

Is Startpage Legit?

Startpage - Private Browser appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Startpage is 88/100.

Based on 88 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

Incredible

Incredible app very nice and useful for my activities

Good Browser

I like the design and the way this browser feels. Many browsers for the iPad do not allow you to set custom pages. Vivaldi is the only browser that allows you to set a custom homepage, and this one and Firefox are the ones that allow you to set a custom new tab page.

Even though I like the design of this one better than Firefox, I decided to go with Firefox because I need a browser for all devices. I see that this is for iPad and Mobile, but not desktop. If it was, this would be my go-to browser.

I don’t really have any criticism to say, since my feedback is a personal preference and not an actual issue. Therefore, I am giving this five stars.
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STILL Not opening since lastest update.

STILL Keeps crashing and going back 2 Home Screen

ad block is useless

since they got bought out by an advertising company, startpage will not block Microsoft ads at all due to contract limitiations. that explains why there are so many ads in the first few results when i search for something :/ this truly had potential but i won't be using something that doesn't deliver actual privacy
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Not opening since last update.

Keeps crashing and going back 2 Home Screen

Me

Simple to use without all the distractions

5⭐️

5⭐️

Great search engine

I got sick of getting curated answers from AI that often misunderstood the question and/or thought it appropriate to try to train me on what words to use to search.

Love it

Dario

Gonell

Smooth-running, clean interface with features that actually benefit the user!

A setup similar to Google Chrome, without forced features that make searching a hassle. Prioritizes security and privacy, but still get the job done as a useful search engine. I’d recommend Startpage to anyone who wants to switch browsers, you won’t regret it! Just remember to transfer your passwords before making the switch. πŸ˜…
Side-note: I’d love to have the day and night theme from the browser version added to the app as a customization option, I just think they’re good alternatives to the light and dark themes! :] πŸ™οΈπŸŒƒ
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Elbows UP Canada

Better than Google because it’s not American owned.

Startpage

Excellent browser, simple, fast and private.
His a little star our Startpage.

No Ai Overview

Great layout and no Ai

Fantastic alternative to Google!

Quick, private, easy to use and no AI being forced on you

Get this!

This browser is simple and easy to use, and it has a lot of great features.

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Good

Is it MS production?

No chance to choose search engine instead of bing..! Bad choice.

Yes! A thousand times YES!

Startpage might be my number one browser for iOS. I would always switch between Startpage, and DuckDuckGo, but when DuckDuckGo go added their β€œfree and ALWAYS optional AI”. I migrated to Startpage again. Then Startpage added vanishing AI. So I vanished, but I never got around to uninstalling the app. I had forgotten that I even had it on my phone until I saw an update for it. So I updated it. Opened the app to see if they turned on AI again, and I couldn’t find the settings. So I thought β€œgreat now it is baked in”. So I go back to the App Store to see change logs, and that’s when I saw it. Vanishing AI. It was its own entity. No longer apart of the browser. I was so excited that I asked the nice people over at Startpage if they took out AI,

And the reply verbatim:

β€œWe use to offer StartpageAI as part of the iOS app. We removed that due to extremely low usage, as well as many of our users saying that they did not want AI tied in to our core search product. So to be crystal clear: AI is truly gone from the iOS browser app.”

So if you are looking for a no AI browser. Your search has ended.

Other developers take note, and read the room.

Kudos to the Startpage team. Thank you for listening to your users.
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Appreciated Alternative

So refreshing to have a non-ai alternative! As a college student it’s become increasingly harder to find anything credible because you have to wade through all of the ai nonsense first. Thank you for your work!

Excellent

Privacy is important to me. Startpage works and the simplicity is perfect especially after the visual whiplash I got from Chrome.