Your search. Your business. Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS. 836 Ratings 4.7 Age Rating 16+ Years Category Utilities Developer Swisscows AG Language EN + 9 More We are Swisscows and we do not save your data! We respect your privacy and see it as our calling to protect your privacy. Swisscows is a data-safe search engine. We take the privacy of our users very seriously. More and more people are angry about how online companies handle user data. As Swisscows team, we have made it our business to offer Internet users a protected space. To ensure the protection of personal data and privacy on the Internet, we have developed the data-secure search engine Swisscows. By using Swisscows, you reduce the amount of data collected about you many times over. We do not create personal profiles, but anonymize all search queries after 7 days. • It is in our DNA to protect every user! • We do not save your data! • At Swisscows you are 100% anonymous! • We have our own servers and do not work with a cloud or with third-party providers! • Our data center is located in the Swiss Alps and this is the safest bunker in all of Europe! More privacy for all internet users! No monitoring, no data storage! Swisscows does not save any personal information and does not forward any personal information! Absolutely none! We make sure that your private life remains your private life. Swisscows is the efficient alternative for everyone who values data integrity and the protection of privacy. In contrast to other search engines, Swisscows users leave no traces. We do without countless analyzes of our visitors. Your topics, IP addresses and personal information will not be stored or used for additional business purposes. Our search engine is not only safe, but innovative. Our semantic map offers you an interactive search experience! This will give you the results you want much faster. We have been researching information analysis and search for over 20 years. Swisscows offers you a completely new kind of intelligent search. Learn more: You can find more information about Swisscows, our team and our vision at: https://swisscows.com/en/about You can find us here: Our blog: https://awiebe.org/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/swisscows Twitter: https://twitter.com/swisscows_ch LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/organization-guest/company/swisscows -- Privacy Policy: https://swisscows.com/privacy Terms of use: https://swisscows.com/gtc more Ratings & Reviews 4.7 out of 5 836 Ratings Perfect alternative to the other search engine apps 06/05/2023 Jcollins911 I downloaded Swisscows because I was sick of being tracked, advertised to, and generally cajoled into following the pre-ordained black holes of the internet algorithms that are so ubiquitous across Chrome, Safari and the other big ones. I just wanted to be able to make simple web searches for things like recipes, the news, or answers to encyclopedia-type questions. Swisscows has been perfect for that. My internet usage has rapidly diminished (according to my Screen Time reports) and I feel like the internet is now actually a good tool for me to use rather than the dangerous firebrand in my hands that it once was. Thank you Swisscows for simplifying the modern age. One note for users: most webpages and blogs these days have video ads, and on Swisscows those videos immediately pop out and have to be closed or minimized to return to the webpage. I actually don’t mind this feature, because I primarily use the app to reduce my internet use, and the annoyance of these pop outs makes me want to use it less, but it may be much more annoying to other users. Also, Apple, at this time, doesn’t support any interfacing with Swisscows, so you can’t click on links in iMessage and expect to open them in the app, or in Maps. Again, minor inconvenience that I actually see as a strength for my purposes, but that may discourage others from using Swisscows. Perfect alternative to the other search engine apps 06/05/2023 Jcollins911 I downloaded Swisscows because I was sick of being tracked, advertised to, and generally cajoled into following the pre-ordained black holes of the internet algorithms that are so ubiquitous across Chrome, Safari and the other big ones. I just wanted to be able to make simple web searches for things like recipes, the news, or answers to encyclopedia-type questions. Swisscows has been perfect for that. My internet usage has rapidly diminished (according to my Screen Time reports) and I feel like the internet is now actually a good tool for me to use rather than the dangerous firebrand in my hands that it once was. Thank you Swisscows for simplifying the modern age. One note for users: most webpages and blogs these days have video ads, and on Swisscows those videos immediately pop out and have to be closed or minimized to return to the webpage. I actually don’t mind this feature, because I primarily use the app to reduce my internet use, and the annoyance of these pop outs makes me want to use it less, but it may be much more annoying to other users. Also, Apple, at this time, doesn’t support any interfacing with Swisscows, so you can’t click on links in iMessage and expect to open them in the app, or in Maps. Again, minor inconvenience that I actually see as a strength for my purposes, but that may discourage others from using Swisscows. Perfect alternative to the other search engine apps I downloaded Swisscows because I was sick of being tracked, advertised to, and generally cajoled into following the pre-ordained black holes of the internet algorithms that are so ubiquitous across Chrome, Safari and the other big ones. I just wanted to be able to make simple web searches for things like recipes, the news, or answers to encyclopedia-type questions. Swisscows has been perfect for that. My internet usage has rapidly diminished (according to my Screen Time reports) and I feel like the internet is now actually a good tool for me to use rather than the dangerous firebrand in my hands that it once was. Thank you Swisscows for simplifying the modern age. One note for users: most webpages and blogs these days have video ads, and on Swisscows those videos immediately pop out and have to be closed or minimized to return to the webpage. I actually don’t mind this feature, because I primarily use the app to reduce my internet use, and the annoyance of these pop outs makes me want to use it less, but it may be much more annoying to other users. Also, Apple, at this time, doesn’t support any interfacing with Swisscows, so you can’t click on links in iMessage and expect to open them in the app, or in Maps. Again, minor inconvenience that I actually see as a strength for my purposes, but that may discourage others from using Swisscows. I downloaded Swisscows because I was sick of being tracked, advertised to, and generally cajoled into following the pre-ordained black holes of the internet algorithms that are so ubiquitous across Chrome, Safari and the other big ones. I just wanted to be able to make simple web searches for things like recipes, the news, or answers to encyclopedia-type questions. Swisscows has been perfect for that. My internet usage has rapidly diminished (according to my Screen Time reports) and I feel like the internet is now actually a good tool for me to use rather than the dangerous firebrand in my hands that it once was. Thank you Swisscows for simplifying the modern age. One note for users: most webpages and blogs these days have video ads, and on Swisscows those videos immediately pop out and have to be closed or minimized to return to the webpage. I actually don’t mind this feature, because I primarily use the app to reduce my internet use, and the annoyance of these pop outs makes me want to use it less, but it may be much more annoying to other users. Also, Apple, at this time, doesn’t support any interfacing with Swisscows, so you can’t click on links in iMessage and expect to open them in the app, or in Maps. Again, minor inconvenience that I actually see as a strength for my purposes, but that may discourage others from using Swisscows. Great App—One Major Suggestion for Developers 03/05/2023 SaintC This is a great app, and I love the private and family-friendliness of this app. There is only one way I have found that this app could be better—there is a loophole to get around the “family-friendliness” of the app, and that is to simply search for another search engine within the app, and then search for non-family-friendly content on that search engine. Would it be possible for y’all to make it so that the family-friendly filter applies to *all* searches within the app (not just those done by SwissCows search engine)? Thank you! Great App—One Major Suggestion for Developers 03/05/2023 SaintC This is a great app, and I love the private and family-friendliness of this app. There is only one way I have found that this app could be better—there is a loophole to get around the “family-friendliness” of the app, and that is to simply search for another search engine within the app, and then search for non-family-friendly content on that search engine. Would it be possible for y’all to make it so that the family-friendly filter applies to *all* searches within the app (not just those done by SwissCows search engine)? Thank you! Great App—One Major Suggestion for Developers This is a great app, and I love the private and family-friendliness of this app. There is only one way I have found that this app could be better—there is a loophole to get around the “family-friendliness” of the app, and that is to simply search for another search engine within the app, and then search for non-family-friendly content on that search engine. Would it be possible for y’all to make it so that the family-friendly filter applies to *all* searches within the app (not just those done by SwissCows search engine)? Thank you! This is a great app, and I love the private and family-friendliness of this app. There is only one way I have found that this app could be better—there is a loophole to get around the “family-friendliness” of the app, and that is to simply search for another search engine within the app, and then search for non-family-friendly content on that search engine. Would it be possible for y’all to make it so that the family-friendly filter applies to *all* searches within the app (not just those done by SwissCows search engine)? Thank you! Needs work 04/10/2022 Sapphire1318 This is a really cool concept if I have a quick question or basic topic I want to search, but I still have to use the Google or Bing search engine if I want more thorough results for specific questions like for homework or hobbies. There’s also a really annoying issue with ads if I follow a link to a website that I don’t have a problem with using other apps/search engines. If I go to a blog, an article, a critic site or anything with ads (which is everything), the ads will automatically keep going full screen like a movie and completely block my view no matter how many times I click out of them or change cookie settings. Even if I scroll past any video ads on any site through a link I find with this app they still keep going into full screen mode over and over again and it’s extremely hard to view or scroll through any websites I find using Swiss Cow :( If I open the page in Safari, I don’t notice this problem, so idk why this is happening, but I hope something will change because I want to keep using Swiss Cow for certain censored topics. Needs work 04/10/2022 Sapphire1318 This is a really cool concept if I have a quick question or basic topic I want to search, but I still have to use the Google or Bing search engine if I want more thorough results for specific questions like for homework or hobbies. There’s also a really annoying issue with ads if I follow a link to a website that I don’t have a problem with using other apps/search engines. If I go to a blog, an article, a critic site or anything with ads (which is everything), the ads will automatically keep going full screen like a movie and completely block my view no matter how many times I click out of them or change cookie settings. Even if I scroll past any video ads on any site through a link I find with this app they still keep going into full screen mode over and over again and it’s extremely hard to view or scroll through any websites I find using Swiss Cow :( If I open the page in Safari, I don’t notice this problem, so idk why this is happening, but I hope something will change because I want to keep using Swiss Cow for certain censored topics. This is a really cool concept if I have a quick question or basic topic I want to search, but I still have to use the Google or Bing search engine if I want more thorough results for specific questions like for homework or hobbies. There’s also a really annoying issue with ads if I follow a link to a website that I don’t have a problem with using other apps/search engines. If I go to a blog, an article, a critic site or anything with ads (which is everything), the ads will automatically keep going full screen like a movie and completely block my view no matter how many times I click out of them or change cookie settings. Even if I scroll past any video ads on any site through a link I find with this app they still keep going into full screen mode over and over again and it’s extremely hard to view or scroll through any websites I find using Swiss Cow :( If I open the page in Safari, I don’t notice this problem, so idk why this is happening, but I hope something will change because I want to keep using Swiss Cow for certain censored topics. This is a really cool concept if I have a quick question or basic topic I want to search, but I still have to use the Google or Bing search engine if I want more thorough results for specific questions like for homework or hobbies. There’s also a really annoying issue with ads if I follow a link to a website that I don’t have a problem with using other apps/search engines. If I go to a blog, an article, a critic site or anything with ads (which is everything), the ads will automatically keep going full screen like a movie and completely block my view no matter how many times I click out of them or change cookie settings. Even if I scroll past any video ads on any site through a link I find with this app they still keep going into full screen mode over and over again and it’s extremely hard to view or scroll through any websites I find using Swiss Cow :( If I open the page in Safari, I don’t notice this problem, so idk why this is happening, but I hope something will change because I want to keep using Swiss Cow for certain censored topics. Best of the best! 11/06/2024 J0p@tts I love Swisscows Private Search because they keep my personal information private! I know I’m not being tracked when using their services. They function as well, if not better than Google, without censoring and keeping information from me because they may consider it “misinformation “. I feel safe when using Swisscows. A friend (who is an IT professional), shared it with me and just yesterday I shared it with my sister-in-law, so it’s going to continue to grow. Please keep earning our trust. Best of the best! 11/06/2024 J0p@tts I love Swisscows Private Search because they keep my personal information private! I know I’m not being tracked when using their services. They function as well, if not better than Google, without censoring and keeping information from me because they may consider it “misinformation “. I feel safe when using Swisscows. A friend (who is an IT professional), shared it with me and just yesterday I shared it with my sister-in-law, so it’s going to continue to grow. Please keep earning our trust. Best of the best! I love Swisscows Private Search because they keep my personal information private! I know I’m not being tracked when using their services. They function as well, if not better than Google, without censoring and keeping information from me because they may consider it “misinformation “. I feel safe when using Swisscows. A friend (who is an IT professional), shared it with me and just yesterday I shared it with my sister-in-law, so it’s going to continue to grow. Please keep earning our trust. I love Swisscows Private Search because they keep my personal information private! I know I’m not being tracked when using their services. They function as well, if not better than Google, without censoring and keeping information from me because they may consider it “misinformation “. I feel safe when using Swisscows. A friend (who is an IT professional), shared it with me and just yesterday I shared it with my sister-in-law, so it’s going to continue to grow. Please keep earning our trust. Fixed minor bugs, improved performance and stability 2.1.0 Aug 19 Fixed minor bugs, improved performance and stability This update contains bug fixes and performance improvements. 2.0.8 07/31/2025 This update contains bug fixes and performance improvements. This update also includes bug fixes and performance improvements. 2.0.7 06/23/2025 This update also includes bug fixes and performance improvements. Bugs fixed, search capabilities improved. 2.0.5 04/28/2025 Bugs fixed, search capabilities improved. Fixed minor UI bugs. Improved search behaviour. 2.0.4 03/17/2025 Fixed minor UI bugs. Improved search behaviour. Fixed minor bugs. 2.0.3 01/29/2025 Fixed minor bugs. Added detail Home Screen. Fixed minor bugs. 2.0.2 12/26/2024 Added detail Home Screen. Fixed minor bugs. Added premium subscriptions that allow searching without ads. Improved application performance. Fixed minor bugs. 2.0.0 12/05/2024 Added premium subscriptions that allow searching without ads. Improved application performance. Fixed minor bugs. Infobox widget. Fixed In-app browser. 1.17.0 11/07/2024 Infobox widget. Fixed In-app browser. New UI design, added tabs and bookmarks, fixed minor bugs. 1.16.0 10/30/2024 New UI design, added tabs and bookmarks, fixed minor bugs. Fixed minor bugs.Improved app stability. 1.14.0 06/09/2024 Fixed minor bugs.Improved app stability. Fixed a bug when the application did not launch. Minor improvement app behaviour. 1.13.0 05/19/2024 Fixed a bug when the application did not launch. Minor improvement app behaviour. Improved app behaviour, fixed minor bugs. 1.12.0 05/10/2024 Improved app behaviour, fixed minor bugs. Improved app stability, fixed minor bugs. 1.11.0 04/12/2024 Improved app stability, fixed minor bugs. Added shopping search for Germany region. Added In-app video player. Fixed minor bugs. 1.10.0 03/20/2024 Added shopping search for Germany region. Added In-app video player. Fixed minor bugs. Added new voice search feature. Fixed minor bugs. Improved application stability. 1.9.0 02/08/2024 Added new voice search feature. Fixed minor bugs. Improved application stability. Implemented music search. Fixed minor bugs. 1.8.1 09/29/2023

Implemented music search. Fixed minor bugs. Adapted UI for tablets, improved application stability and performance, fixed minor bugs. 1.7.0 05/03/2023 Adapted UI for tablets, improved application stability and performance, fixed minor bugs. Added thumbnails in web results. Fixed minor bugs, improved application stability. 1.6.0 01/24/2023 Added thumbnails in web results. Fixed minor bugs, improved application stability. Added the possibility to control the usage history. Fixed potential personal information leak when loading images from the internet. Improved application stability, fixed minor bugs. 1.5.0 01/12/2023 Added the possibility to control the usage history. Fixed potential personal information leak when loading images from the internet. Improved application stability, fixed minor bugs. Added dark UI theme, fixed minor bugs. 1.4.0 10/28/2022 Added dark UI theme, fixed minor bugs. Added Nederlands localization. Fixed bugs. 1.3.2 07/12/2022 Added Nederlands localization. Fixed bugs. Fixed minor bugs. 1.3.1 03/29/2022 Fixed minor bugs. New improved in-app browser, added widgets. 1.3.0 03/24/2022 New improved in-app browser, added widgets. Fixed minor bugs, improved stability. 1.2.1 02/03/2022 Fixed minor bugs, improved stability. Fixed minor bugs, improved performance and stability more The developer, Swisscows AG , indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. This information has not been verified by Apple. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy . To help you better understand the developer’s responses, see Privacy Definitions and Examples . Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More Data Not Collected The developer does not collect any data from this app. The developer, Swisscows AG , indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy . Data Not Collected The developer does not collect any data from this app. Data Not Collected The developer does not collect any data from this app. Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More iPhone Requires iOS 15.1 or later. iPad Requires iPadOS 15.1 or later. iPod touch Requires iOS 15.1 or later. Mac Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. Apple Vision Requires visionOS 1.0 or later. English, Dutch, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Russian, Spanish, Ukrainian Infrequent Horror/Fear Themes Medical Treatment information Alcohol, Tobacco, Drug Use or References Contains Unrestricted Web Access Advertising Swisscows Premium Monthly $3.99 Swisscows Premium Annual $39.99 © 2024, Swisscows AG Developer Website More by Swisscows AG View TeleGuard TeleGuard - secure messenger View TeleGuard Business Business View VPN - Secure & Private Swisscows VPN – Safe Internet View Swisscows Email Sicher. Privat. Persönlich. View MyVoice.World Your Conference Assistant You Might Also Like View Qwant Private Search Discreet & Private search View Presearch Privacy Browser Search Better. View Startpage - Private Browser Start here, stay private View Search All - Smart Web Browser Search Engines All-in-One View SPIN Safe Browser Block Porn & Unsafe Websites View Safe Page – Web Browser Fast & private web browser. View Puma Browser: fast & private Chat with private local AIs View Secret Browser Dedicated Private Web Browsing View Private Browser • Brovacy Privacy browser, full screen View SnowHaze Private Browser and VPN