# TUSK Search — user reviews > 97 indexed App Store user reviews of TUSK Search by Virtual World Computing, LLC, rated 3.60/5 from 198 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/tusk-search/id1598045944/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/tusk-search/id1598045944.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 104 · 4★ 14 · 3★ 22 · 2★ 17 · 1★ 41 ## What do users think of TUSK Search? Overall sentiment: neutral **Pros** - 🚀 Fast and reliable browser - 🔒 Censorship-free experience - 👍 Intuitive and user-friendly interface - 💡 Innovative concept for a conservative-focused browser **Cons** - 🐛 Frequent crashes and bugs - 🔍 Limited search engine options - 🔍 Biased search results - 🔍 Inability to remove certain bookmarks **Commonly reported bugs** - Blank screens and pages not loading properly - Issues with app updates and the update process - Inconsistent behavior when using the back button **Most requested features** - Add support for more search engines like DuckDuckGo - Improve tab management and closing functionality - Implement a dark mode option - Add syncing for bookmarks and browsing history across devices ## Newest reviews (11 of 97) ### 3/5 — The Beginning of Something Good *2025-03-23* I want to like this app, but so far, I just like it and don’t use it as much as I’d like to. One glitch I discovered right away, and they acknowledged when I wrote of it to them, is that it crashes when you try to call a number or send an email that might have a hot link on any site. They said they were working on it, but it still hasn’t been fixed. And that was maybe 6 months ago. There are other bugs too. For example, when you search, and then hit back, it doesn’t always go back to your search. It often starts over from scratch. So you have to do the whole thing over again. This app could be great. But it needs some development. Maybe they are waiting for more support. But I think they need to put that into the app. Or make it more obvious. I’d pay for it if it worked better. ### 2/5 — Not ready for prime time *2024-11-18* When you hit the back button it might go back to your results. It might go back to the start page and you lose your search results. History may be there. It may be blank. If you search for a product, it isn’t private. You’ll get flooded with social media ads for the product you searched for. It appears you’re either not private or you’re selling information. ### 3/5 — Selecting News Sources *2024-11-12, version 0.1.208* I would like to select all news sources at one time. Also I am unable to select some sources do to the UI. Is it my imagination or am I limited to a certain number of new sources? ### 2/5 — Good idea; poor execution *2024-10-24, version 0.1.208* I like the concept of the app because as a conservative we need this. But the app has its problems, it’s very glitchy and it crashes often. This feels like a skeleton of a good idea but with some development it could certainly work. ### 4/5 — update *2024-09-24, version 0.1.208* ot has not updated to iOs 18.0 update yet ### 4/5 — One of a Kind Selectable News Feed App *2024-08-18* In my experience, there are not many apps out there, if any, that let you choose your news sources, and you get your news feed all in one place especially if you want both sides. Now these features weren’t working as advertised for awhile, including updating of feeds. I absolutely love the idea that I can tune out the echo chamber of legacy media that still is abetted by alphabet to force the lies down your throat, and when I say lies I mean full-on non truth, falsehood, fallacies; and opinions of people that I have come to distrust and do not respect for the simple reason that I don’t like to listen to liars. So, here I can select the news sources that don’t dominate the narrative, and I can get both sides, but particularly the side of truth that the Liar doesn’t want you to hear. Truth. I am aware there are equally bad sources on all sides but i am so relieved here is a place I can get the news they don’t want you to hear. I can deduce the truth, as can many people, with a healthy blend of all viewpoints. Thank you sirs for fixing the issues of not saving preferences and of not updating the feed on a regular, polling the sources as soon as I open the app. Love it thank you! Finally ! As for the browser, I don’t use that often so can’t comment too much on it, and the AI is careful, which is good? Not sure, but for news feed, fantastic ! ### 2/5 — On day one *2024-05-26* By pressing the back button to return to the previous web page, this goes through the tabs that are opened, and if you close that tab, it actually closes a different tab. It’s really weird and funky… AI is a bit wacky on this platform. But the issue makes this app useless unless I’m only checking the weather, so useless. ### 3/5 — You can’t zoom in on web pages *2024-01-19, version 0.1.207* Wanted to like it but not being able to zoom in on a phone size screen makes the app unusable ### 4/5 — Love it, but… *2023-11-02, version 0.1.204* Tusk is the best (only) conservative browser out there. Only things I really do not like are 1) ads all over the place; 2) they track your location. But, it’s an excellent resource for those with conservative values. ### 2/5 — Just lame *2023-10-19, version 0.1.204* Like others using this app, I was excited for its possibilities. But, it doesn’t even meet its potential. You can’t close tabs. If I do a copy paste into the search function and hit return, it does nothing. If I search for a specific alternative news website it bypasses it for its competition. Dismally disappointing!! ### 2/5 — Dark mode needed *2023-07-27, version 0.1.188* Can't use browser without dark mode Geterdone and I'll use it /230727 ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Not real - it is unmodified perplexity AI *2026-04-29, version 0.1.214* This is literally perplexity with absolutely no changes or modifications. It sucks Upon downloading the app and trying to use GIPPR, the bot literally says that no such thing as GIPPR has ever existed. It says that its perplexity and it is explicitly not GIPPR. This is my first experience ever using it, and the very first answer is not only wrong but completely full of lies. It also said there were no outages or issues with Grok in April 2026… despite being widely reported. I was hoping to use GIPPR in place of grok as the company handled outages extremely poorly in April 2026 and I do not want to use it now. ### 1/5 — Liars *2025-10-20, version 0.1.208* Not in the least bit conservative. I asked for the top Republican PACs and they sent me left wing sites like open society, and democrat pacs ### 1/5 — Had a lot of hope for this app. You failed. *2024-11-23* When you hit the back button it might go back to your results. It might go back to the start page and you lose your search results. History may be there. It may be blank. If you search for a product, it isn’t private. You’ll get flooded with social media ads for the product you searched for. It appears you’re either not private or you’re selling information. ### 1/5 — Biased and full of “shirt” *2024-08-19* This app’s AI is incredibly biased and it is non factual. When put in front of blatant contradictions it states, the answer is “your request does not comply with terms of use”. It speaks like some sort of slimy trash. If yo want facts, this is definitely NOT the place where to get them. The app is as bad as VICE, on skewed to the right instead of the left. It’s like asking Hitler instead of Stalin. Stay away from it. It’s trash. ### 1/5 — Horribly Ineffective And Useless *2024-07-14, version 0.1.207* Your browser app constantly goes blank on its own. There’s no ability to long depress to open a new tab which is standard in every browser and browser app. This browser app is useless. ### 1/5 — On day one *2024-05-29* The Home Screen and web browser are too confusing!!! When you have several tabs open the app doesn’t know what to do, it’s confused and literally no way of switching between any opened tabs. By pressing the back button to return to the previous web page, this goes through the tabs that are opened, and if you close that tab, it actually closes a different tab. It’s really weird and funky… AI is a bit wacky on this platform. But the issue makes this app useless unless I’m only checking the weather, so useless. This app is not even a good attempt at a web browser! You need the basics to start and they’ve failed miserably. ### 1/5 — Terrible app *2024-05-26, version 0.1.207* Terrible app ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work *2023-09-23* I was excited for the concept of this app! I downloaded this browser and I cannot use it. There’s no way to delete tabs. A video was playing and I couldn’t even figure out where it was to turn it off. It was a video that I had already listen to. I finally found it just by pushing different parts of your app until it finally brought it up. I have tried to use it four or five times and I’m going to have to delete it. It should be real simple because all the other browsers, make it simple to push an X and the tab is gone. I don’t know what y’all are trying to do with the functionality of this app but the most basic things don’t work. ### 1/5 — not happy with search engine at all *2023-08-12* What good does a search engine do for you, if the screen keeps going black, and it won’t let you sign up. When I tried to sign up it would bot ket me see tge lunes where I put in my address and other information. I own a iPhone 12, and I use it almost exclusively to search for everything . I will try in a few months to use it again. If they have bot fixed it by them I will just delete the app. ### 1/5 — Not working *2023-07-10, version 0.1.159* When first downloading and using Tusk it worked great but for two months it won’t pull up anything that you type in to search. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Be Patient otis getting Better All of the Time !! *2025-12-09, version 0.1.214* 12/09/2015 I don't remember the exact date that I found Tusk browser ,but it was some time this year 2025. I couldn't believe I had finally found a browser that didnot produce lies of the left, if I didn't want it to be shown. Now I know there is the Deep State in the Republican party, so that is why I am very careful of which news websites that I check under the ### 5/5 — excellent search browser with biases removed or set by the user *2025-06-05, version 0.1.208* excellent search browser with biases removed or set by the user ### 5/5 — Jem *2025-06-03, version 0.1.208* I really enjoy the news from this search engine. It is always relevant and current. ### 5/5 — Judy *2025-06-03, version 0.1.208* Great sight to find answers to questions that are not censored! Thank you for offering this in a censored-crazy world. I look forward to using Tusk for all my searches. God bless and keep up the good work. ### 5/5 — Keep it on.God bless you. *2025-01-22, version 0.1.208* Keep it on.God bless you. ### 5/5 — Excellent browser! *2024-11-27, version 0.1.208* Highly recommend ### 5/5 — I had it before and it worked great but Now not so *2024-07-04* I had previously used Tusk as my web browser and it worked great! And this was just in the last year(2024) So now on July 4,2024, I add it and it will NOT get past the first webpage instructions of going into Safari and changing it to Tusk . I did that and that page will not disappear so I can use it . Tusk , You Need To Fix It NOW!! ### 5/5 — Apple needs to allow this as a default search engine *2024-03-28* I love TuskSearch! Search results are vastly better than Google and DuckDuckGo. My only complaint is with Apple – they need to allow us to use TuskSearch as a default search engine. ### 5/5 — Tusk *2023-08-20, version 0.1.188* So far I love this browser its fast and reliable. It has never not allowed a restriction on a search of anykind ### 5/5 — GREAT! *2023-08-07, version 0.1.188* Works great! You download like any other app, and you start browsing as if it were another 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 2026-08-30.*