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About this app

At DuckDuckGo, we believe the best way to protect your personal information from hackers, scammers, and privacy-invasive companies is to stop it from being collected at all. That's why millions of people choose DuckDuckGo over Chrome and other browsers to search and browse online. Our built-in search engine is like Google but never tracks your searches. Our browsing protections, such as ad tracker blocking and cookie blocking, help stop other companies from collecting your data. While our optional integrated AI features, Search Assist and Duck.ai, are private and never use your data to train AI. Oh, and our browser is free — we make money from privacy-respecting search ads, not by exploiting your data. Take back control of your personal information with the browser designed for data protection, not data collection.

FEATURE HIGHLIGHTS

Protect Your Searches by Default: DuckDuckGo Search comes built-in, so you can easily search online without being tracked.

Shield Your Browsing History: Our 3rd-Party Tracker Loading Protection blocks most trackers before they load, greatly exceeding what most popular browsers offer by default.

Chat Privately with AI: Duck.ai lets you have private conversations with 3rd-party AI models, anonymized by us and never used to train AI.

Secure Your Email (Optional): Use Email Protection to block most email trackers and hide your existing email address with @duck.com addresses.

Watch YouTube Videos Without Targeted Ads: Duck Player protects you from targeted ads and cookies with a distraction-free interface that incorporates YouTube’s strictest privacy settings for embedded video.

Automatically Enforce Encryption: Shield your data from network and Wi-Fi snoopers by forcing many sites to use an HTTPS connection.

Protect Your Personal Information in Other Apps: Block most hidden trackers in other apps around the clock (even while you’re sleeping) and prevent 3rd-party companies from invading your privacy with App Tracking Protection. This feature uses a VPN connection but is not a VPN. It works locally on your device and does not collect personal data.

Escape Fingerprinting: Make it harder for companies to create a unique identifier for you by blocking attempts to combine info about your browser and device.

Sync and Back Up Securely (Optional): Sync encrypted bookmarks and passwords across your devices.

Clear your tabs and browsing data in a flash with the Fire Button.

Banish cookie pop-ups and automatically set your preferences to minimize cookies and maximize privacy.

DUCKDUCKGO SUBSCRIPTION
Subscribers get:

- Our VPN: Secure your connection on up to 5 devices.

- Advanced AI models in Duck.ai: Chat privately with AI models built for complex tasks.

- Personal Information Removal: Find and remove personal info from sites that store and sell it (access on desktop). 

- Identity Theft Restoration: If your identity is stolen, we’ll help restore it. 

DuckDuckGo Subscription Pricing & Terms 
Payment will be charged automatically to your Google Account until you cancel, which you can do in app settings. You have the option to provide an email address to activate your subscription on other devices, and we will only use that email address to verify your subscription. For terms of service and privacy policy, visit https://duckduckgo.com/pro/privacy-terms

Read more about our free Tracking Protections at https://help.duckduckgo.com/privacy/web-tracking-protections

Privacy Policy: https://duckduckgo.com/privacy/

Terms of Service: https://duckduckgo.com/terms

Note about 3rd-Party Tracker Protection and Search Ads: while there are some limitations following search ad clicks, viewing ads on DuckDuckGo search is anonymous. Learn more here https://help.duckduckgo.com/privacy/web-tracking-protections

What's New

What's new:
Bug fixes and other improvements

App Information

Version Name

5.201.1

Version Code

52011000

File Size

61.6 MB

Minimum OS

Android 8.0+

Target SDK

Android 34

Developer

DuckDuckGo

Contact

[email protected]

Website

https://duckduckgo.com/app

Content Rating

Everyone

Package Name

com.duckduckgo.mobile.android

Permissions Required

This app may request the following permissions:

approximate location (network-based)
precise location (GPS and network-based)
read phone status and identity
read the contents of your USB storage
modify or delete the contents of your USB storage
take pictures and videos
record audio
view Wi-Fi connections
view network connections
full network access
change your audio settings
run at startup
prevent device from sleeping
install shortcuts

Recent Reviews

Troy Henderson

4.0★

Exceptional protections, fully functioning browser, alright search results. I love that I'm not being tracked, the lack of ubiquitous ads, and the fact that it actually loads every single page I've been to correctly (not gonna call anyone out. You know who you are.) Search results with DDG are not quite as good as using Google, but for most searches, it's acceptable.

Eric Pudalov

5.0★

I love DuckDuckGo! I'm referring to both the search engine and the browser in this case. Privacy has become a huge concern of mine lately, and I think that we need more search engines that don't track us based on our activities. I do realize that DDG has also jumped on the AI bandwagon, but theirs seems less intrusive than some of the others, at the very least, i.e., according to their privacy policy, it doesn't collect personal data from you either.

Nabil Khan

2.0★

If the app works, its great to maintain privacy while still surfing the web. The issue is it doesny work thr majority of the time. When I use the address bar for a search or enter a website address, the app doesnt do anything but refresh the start page 9 out of 10 times. After wasting my time with multiple attempts, I exit the app and use something else. I will likely delete and not waste more time. I like the idea but the execution fails.

Christina Perry

5.0★

I love that it prefills the cookie selection for sites for me (it auto fills for the most private that it can)! I hated having to go in and manually select all of them. I really like that clearing your data is just a click on the toolbar. not that it was a ton of work in other apps, but its the little things. Also, I like that it shows when it blocks companies from getting my data. It's crazy to see how many though. After not even 1 full day, it had blocked over 1k.

Shannon

2.0★

Love the search engine. It doesn't lock you into an algorithm that gives you the same three reslts over and over again. I feel like I've finally popped the information bubble I was trapped in. But about 1/4 of the webpages I visit don't load at all. I'll often get a blank white screen or a popup that asks me to update my browser. Could just be that my phone is too old. And the youtube player doesn't work. Still gives me ads, can't play playlists and has been crashing in the middle of videos.

Jacob Stewart