DuckDuckGo Reviews 

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TrustScore 2.5 out of 5

2.5

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Considering 101 reviews, most reviewers were unhappy with their experience overall. Customers frequently complained about intrusive artificial intelligence features, describing them as unhelpful and disruptive to their daily browsing. Many people also noted serious issues with application stability, mentioning that pages failed to load properly and browser tabs crashed unexpectedly. Though some reviewers were happy with the platform, praising its fast overall performance and built-in privacy tools. Consumers particularly appreciated the simple search engine interface and the convenient button used to clear their browsing history quickly. These users found the application reliable for everyday tasks and valued the protection against unwanted tracking.

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Website

Customers had ambiguous experiences with website, as some consumers praised the easy-to-use search features... See more

User experience

People report ambiguous experiences with user experience, as some consumers appreciate the strong privacy... See more

Application

Consumers find application to be a mixed experience, as reviewers appreciate features like app tracking... See more

Product

Customers consistently note negative experiences with product, calling it a complete waste of time because... See more

Artificial intelligence

Reviewers highlight negative aspects of artificial intelligence, expressing profound disappointment with... See more

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Rated 3 out of 5 stars

I like the fire button to clear my history quickly and seamlessly. I would give it a 4.9 if their password manager solved the following Concerns from the majority of users. They still have... See more

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

There's no option to translate pages directly. They offer crap Ai , and there's not even a basic page translation function.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

I was using your website for the AI advise for starting up my business. Had been navigating in this website for three days, going well with all the advise, navigation and information. Then right in t... See more

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

Can't say that I am impressed with the DuckDuckGo search engine. The Duck.ai is no where near as good as Google AI. So for now I am sticking with Google. Damned the privacy issues. Full speed ahead... See more


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Privacy, simplified. One supercharged app, multiple types of privacy protection. Private search, browsing, email, and more.


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TrustScore 2.5 out of 5

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Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Disappointed

#1. Starts up and runs too slow.
#2. Slow browsing.
#3. Unable to use with some of my financial institutions.
#4. Too many ads, offers, suggestions, tips and junk on the home pate.
#5. Not user friendly for set up features like adding a website to a safe list.

October 23, 2026
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

It's excellent

I love it. Its simple, easy to navigate and i love how it looks overall. Its also very private and doesnt store any information on the user and sells it like google or other browsers. Its fast, its just everything. Its great.

October 5, 2026
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great Search engine

It’s definitely better than Google (that’s not hard anymore though). U have controls over most things, you can even change the font.The privacy is great, that’s the key feature

October 4, 2026
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

DDG IS Bad

DDG IS FINE, EXCEPT ON A PHONE. I TRY TO CORRECT SOMETHING IN MY SEARCH LINE AND I HIT THE DELETE BUTTON FAR TOO EASILY. THEN, I HAVE TO START OVER. FY DDG, YOUR POSITIONS OF YOUR BUTTONS SUK.

September 30, 2026
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

DDG VPN = LOL

I paid (roughly) $10/month (auto deduction) for DDG VPN, for over a year. One day immediately after taking their payment, it had simply disappeared from my laptop.

I searched with no luck (not exactly tech savvy) before contacting the for help. After several (6-8) back and forth emails, they continued telling me they had no record of my account, though they'd deducted money from my account for months. Then they started asking for information I didn't feel comfortable giving them, so i told them I'd handle the issue myself.

So I had my bank issue a new card (I was under no contract with them) because since they claimed to have no record of my account, they couldn't cancel it......yeah.

It's been approximately a month since I stopped them from being able to take money from my account, and have received about 10 emails informing me I needed to update my payment method because they can no longer access my money (for an account they claim doesn't exist). I still use it as a browser, but that's it.

September 20, 2026
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Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Not worth trading privacy for search results.

Trouble with DDG is that it trades privacy or at least the perception of privacy for relevant results. I tried DDG several times and always ended up disappointed in the search results with it. I would typically use Google search anyway to get better results. I mean if a search engine cannot provide good results, all the privacy focus means nothing.

September 5, 2026
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Rated 2 out of 5 stars

App & website far too slow to respond

I really really wanted to keep this browser as my default on my iphone but by god it is so incredibly slow. 90’s dial up slow. Which is such a shame because I like the ethos behind it - no tracking, no ai answers by default without having to enter “-ai” at the end of your search like other browsers. I can put up with the limited search results by improving my search words, but the slow loading times are too frustrating. I gave it a solid 3 weeks on my phone and laptop (unless you have the DDG browser open by default on startup, opening a new window is a known problem in that it doesn’t open a new window easily) but am sadly giving up.

September 2, 2026
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I sadly use Drivesafe.com a lot and…

I sadly use Drivesafe.com a lot and until recently I had a very wierd problem where every time I had to log in on a engine but thanks to the fire button I can delete all data on all websites so the search is finally over

August 23, 2026
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Rated 3 out of 5 stars

Used for 3 months

Used for 3 months, and I really like that it hides my personal information.Still, the search quality only in average. The AI also doesn't work that well, which is a let down.

May 9, 2026
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Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Some safe websites won’t open all the…

Some safe websites won’t open all the time using duckduckgo such as Facebook for just one example. I can open Facebook and other sites easily with Chrome. I have deleted history and cleared cash to no avail. I’m seriously thinking of going completly back to Chrome and removing DuckduckGo from my devices.

August 18, 2026
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

It is the worst, stick with GPTchat or…

It is the worst stick with GPTchat or Google because this artificial intelligence is stupid, you basically are giving them the answers in order for you to get an answer. It's a complete waste of time it barely reads anything you might upload as far as from your photo files unlike chat TPT and Google they read it automatically and give you suggestions this Duck Duck Go AI gives you nothing tells you they can't read it can't see it don't understand it I uploaded a coin and it told me it was a nickel it was actually a half dollar

August 14, 2026
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Increased Pop-Up's, loser scam

I down loaded 'Duckduckgo' to minimize pop-up's from previous searches. I now get more pop-up's than before. Within minutes I get pop-up's from the site I just left. Talk about a bait and switch scam, good thing I didn't pay any money for this joke of a program.

August 14, 2026
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Absolutely the best browser I have ever…

Absolutely the best browser I have ever used in my life
Super AI and just generally the best
If I could rate it higher than five then I would.Better than Google, better than chrome and safari combined
Five stars
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

August 12, 2026
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Rated 3 out of 5 stars

Their Private AI chat tool is a bit…

Their Private AI chat tool is a bit werid of prying eyes watching me saying stuff to their Duckduckgo Ai.

I love Duckduckgo, i have some gripes with the website, even the Ai too functionally from they advertised on their youtube ads program.

August 8, 2026
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