Swisscows Private Search
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How much does Swisscows Private Search cost?
Prices are current as of 3 Oct 2026.
2 subscriptions from $3.99
In the United States, Swisscows Private Search has 2 subscriptions priced $3.99 – 39.99.
| Subscription | Period | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Swisscows Premium Monthly | Monthly | $3.99 |
| Swisscows Premium Annual | Annual | $39.99 |
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| Rating / 5 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| Reviews | 2.5K | 26K | 25K | 5.1K | 4.9K | 4K | 2.3K | 2.1K | 1.3K | 514 | 322 |
| Released | 2021 | 2017 | 2024 | 2009 | 2015 | 2016 | 2016 | 2023 | 2018 | 2022 | 2021 |
| Monthly price | $3.99 | — | — | $0.99 | — | $1.99 | $6.99 | $3.99 | — | — | — |
| Annual price | $39.99 | — | — | $4.99 | — | $19.99 | $47.99 | $29.99 | — | — | — |
| One-time price | — | — | — | — | $2.99 | — | — | $4.99 | $24.99 | — | — |
The going rate for each plan in United States, in its own currency, shaded from the cheapest price on the row to the dearest. Plans fewer than four in ten of the priced apps sell are left out.
Swisscows Private Search reviews
4.7 out of 5, based on 2,521 reviews.
What people like
- It keeps your personal data private.
- The interface is simple and clean.
- It feels safer than big tech apps.
What they complain about
- Video ads auto-play and block your screen.
- You cannot open multiple tabs at once.
- It lacks bookmarks and favorites features.
- Family filters sometimes let in bad content.
No Art-official Intel
I have loved having a I free search engine. It also means my info is not being sold ie shared like with big tech. Share this with everyone you know and support them we know the agenda for mass survey/lie/ants 😉
Wanted to use services that are “said 2 be” data privacy protectors…. Unlike “DuckDuckGo”
No updates on the swisscows app VIA iPhone 15 IOS 26.5 in over 9 months!!! That is crazy ridiculous… who knows what y’all are data saving from the global population that now lives breathes and is addicted to the fkn digital world…. Do y’all say you don’t collect data but in the un updated app that has obviously 0 coding patches for bugs and theft vulnerabilities and make synthetic identities of people??? Come on get it together!!!
Love it
Please continue pushing out the IOS app updates!! Will love continue to use your guys app.
un bon point pour le moteur de recherche
un bon point pour le moteur de recherche moins pour l'application sur ios ou ipados qui laisse passer les pubs en plein écran, obligeant à les fermer manuellement lors de la navigation.
Not precise in searching
I am happy with its privacy protection however it needs to improve the search precision.
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NA
Ahahah, buy for this app?
Чё за бред, емае, вы чё… и так мёртвый браузер, щас типа корпорации захватили всё в вы ещё и платный браузер делаете? Удачи.
Just needs maps
Happy with Swiss Cows so far though would like to see maps too
Good no more
Used to be pretty good. Now it does not work at all. Will not play videos in parallel. Video search results are non existent. Way too unreliable. Get it programmed properly and I will come back.
svp
les images marchent pas svp j’essaye de boycott google
dogcow
simple to the point goes a long way
Not working for me
Not working for me speech or typing 🤷🏻♀️
Nervig
Eingabebefehl keine Videos automastisch abzuspielen funktioniert nicht. Ist sehr nervig, darum habe ich die App wieder gelöscht. Sehr schade da ich eine Alternative zu Google suche.
Schade
Habe es lange genutzt. Und sogar bezahlt. Beim neuen Handy ging der Login dann nicht mehr. Und geht auch nicht mehr. Das ärgert mich. Sehr sogar. Nochmal zahle ich nicht.
Acceptable et fonctionnel
Une alternative à Google chrome relativement valable. Mais nécessite encore d’évoluer pour le concurrencer réellement en termes de user experience
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.
Not Safe For Families
So I tested the claim that this search engine was safe for families and kids, and it absolutely isn’t. I just try to set the search: girls kissing. On the first page, probably the fourth link it had a video of girls, a girl being, seduced in the bathroom, then as the two girls go into the stall to continue their make out, one was strangled to death and left slumped over on the public restroom floor, dead. Awesome. Can’t unsee that!
Ganz gut, aber…
…mehrere Tabs nicht möglich.
One bug ruins the whole app
This app would be perfect but there is one glitch that ruins it for me. When you open certain websites, ads will auto play and the screen will turn fully black until you go out of full screen. A simple way to fix this would be to prevent videos from autoplaying, which they all do in this app. Thanks for reading.
Wenn sie doch nur eine wichtige Funktion erfüllen würde
Warum kann diese App keine Links von iOS Mail öffnen? Wäre sonst ein guter Browser-Ersatz zu Safari.
Weird name, good engine
I haven’t found anything wrong with it so far.
Try using and it won’t search for items I type in
Try using it to search items and 90%of time won’t let me
Verbesserungsvorschlag
Bei der Internetrecherche stört es, dass eine Suche „hängen bleibt“. Bei einem 2.Thema erscheint bei der Auswahl eines Vorschlags wieder die Auswahl des ersten Themas! Man muss erst das erste Thema löschen, bevor man eine Auswahl des 2. Themas anklicken kann
What Happened?!
I've been using Swiss Cows for a few years and it has worked well for me in the past. However, now it's fallen off the pedestal. You can't open multiple windows or easily go to other sites. It's high key aggravating when it doesn't allow you to access another website it will ignore the site you're inputting and close out any attempts to open it. You aren't able to add bookmarks.
Eigentlich super
Swisscow finde ich von der Idee sehr gut. Doch als mühsam empfinde ich, dass das ich mein Handy neu starten muss, weil ich keine neue Seiten herunter laden kann.
Search Results
The app may be private, but the search results are always far left. The algorithm shapes nudges thought patterns. Not for me.
Reserving judgment for now
Always suspicious of “free” apps. After a few minutes of using it my iPad screen was taken over by a series of video ads I could not interrupt. I had to force quit the app.
Manchmal halt mühsam
Finde Swisscows vom Prinzip „no tracking „ super - den Preis, dass sich manchmal Links nicht herstellen lassen manchmal halt mühsam…. Aber auch Einhalt gebietend, sich der eigenen Gier bewusst zu werden;-)
PopUps, ads, videos still abound…
Not impressed. I’m still getting them all. Video’s start by themselves, then restart with every click. PopUps still occurring…. I’ve been trying this out for a week or so. Not that different from Google or Safari (among other ad jungle browsers). I’ll keep tweaking, but just having to do this speaks loudly.
Sehr zufrieden.
Hin sehr zufrieden, aber dadurch das man nur eine Seite zur Verfügung hat und nicht mehrere Tabs in zudem auch keine Favoriten anlegen kann, schrenkt es die Nutzung ein. Eine Tabfunktion mit Favoriten und dann gibt's auch 5 Sterne.
Talk about straightforward!
This is a gem! Simple to use fast reliable , no unnecessary garbage! No#1 for me!
Bing Repackaged
You can’t resize the search results with a simple pinch & zoom. I was searching for Memes and it blocked all search image results stating it was blocking violence & porn. My search had nothing to do with porn or violence so Swisscows is censoring you based on your search query. That is completely different than not indexing material off specific websites. There is no option to clear the browser when you close it so you have to do that manually every time. Last, it is just using a filtered version of Bing. But hey, at least you can buy a cool Swisscows mug, lol.
Very good for what it is but imperfect
For a browser and search engine that keeps out all of the bad it does it very well only thing it doesn’t keep out are proxy sites but oh well it’s absolutely good in this regard. The only other issue it it doesn’t work for ones main browser as it can’t be set as the main browser and it can’t open multiple tabs but other than that stellar.
Leider keine Alternative
Ich finde die Suchoption mehr als gewöhnungsbedürftig. Ich habe bereits diverse Alternativen zu Google (Ecosia, Duck Duck Go) lange verwendet - leider sind diese nun auch mit Zensur. Aber das ich zu viele Anfragen gesendet habe und deshalb später nochmal anfragen soll ist mir bislang bei keiner Suchmaschine passiert. Schade
Not happy with the search engine
Don’t like how every link I search takes me to ads sometimes immediately and also makes my screen go blank
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.
Umm you got to do lots better
What I need it for is lacking. I have to have a search engine that has the capability to have bookmarks. This one didnt. It was useless to me. It was promptly deleted.
Missing features
Missing the find feature where you can look up a word and it highlights and teleports you to it
Needs work
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.
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!
Hypocrites!
I'm a very liberal person from Texas, yes, we exist. I looked up Uvalde, Texas and found several Fox News, i.e. far right propaganda, and other MSM that just played along with the unchallenging rhetoric. These were towards the top of the search list and in the videos. I find this offensive. Fox News is a known propaganda sight for right wing extremists/terrorists. I searched for Michaelangelo's David. None of the pics showed the whole statue. This is ridiculous. Censoring art while allowing potentially violent inducing propaganda. Hypocrisy!
Good option
This is a better option than other apps, but I just wish I had way to open new window, and the back arrow I think it works strange.
Версия 1.4
Добавьте ярлыки, пожалуйста. Спасибо.
Horrible search tool
Every time I try to Open a site with this EngineIt says it cannot be found even Amazon I don’t even give it one star
Great but missing features
Everything is great except two things; you cannot have multiple tabs or websites open at the same time and there is no private or incognito mode. Besides those to things the app is perfect, great job!
Swisscows Private Search price by country
A monthly subscription costs $3.17 in the Philippines and $6.02 in Colombia — 1.9× more for the same thing. Below is the going rate for each plan in every country that sells it — the middle price of what the app charges there, in the country's own currency with the dollar equivalent beneath it.
| Country | Monthly | Annual |
|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | $3.99 | $39.99 |
| Albania | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Algeria | $3.99 | $39.99 |
| Angola | $3.99 | $39.99 |
| Anguilla | $3.99 | $39.99 |
| Antigua And Barbuda | $3.99 | $39.99 |
| Argentina | $3.99 | $39.99 |
| Armenia | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Australia | A$5.99$4.31 | A$59.99$43.16 |
| Austria | €3.99$4.50 | €44.99$50.72 |
| Azerbaijan | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Bahamas | $3.99 | $39.99 |
| Bahrain | $3.99 | $39.99 |
| Barbados | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Belarus | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Belgium | €3.99$4.50 | €44.99$50.72 |
| Belize | $3.99 | $39.99 |
| Benin | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Bermuda | $3.99 | $39.99 |
| Bhutan | $3.99 | $39.99 |
| Bolivia | $3.99 | $39.99 |
| Bosnia & Herzegovina | €3.99$4.50 | €44.99$50.72 |
| Botswana | $3.99 | $39.99 |
| Brazil | R$19.90$3.83 | R$199.90$38.52 |
| British Virgin Islands | $3.99 | $39.99 |
| Brunei Darussalam | $3.99 | $39.99 |
| Bulgaria | €4.49$5.06 | €44.99$50.72 |
| Burkina Faso | $3.99 | $39.99 |
| Cambodia | $3.99 | $39.99 |
| Cameroon | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Canada | CA$4.99$3.51 | CA$49.99$35.20 |
| Cape Verde | $3.99 | $39.99 |
| Cayman Islands | $3.99 | $39.99 |
| Chad | $3.99 | $39.99 |
| Chile | CLP 4,990$5.13 | CLP 49,990$51.36 |
| China | CN¥28.00$4.17 | CN¥298.00$44.41 |
| Colombia | COP 19,900$6.02 | COP 199,900$60.43 |
| Congo | $3.99 | $39.99 |
| Congo, Democratic Republic | $3.99 | $39.99 |
| Costa Rica | $3.99 | $39.99 |
| Cote Divoire | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Croatia | €3.99$4.50 | €44.99$50.72 |
| Cyprus | €3.99$4.50 | €44.99$50.72 |
| Czech Republic | CZK 99.00$4.56 | CZK 999.00$46.02 |
| Denmark | DKK 39.00$5.89 | DKK 349.00$52.72 |
| Dominica | $3.99 | $39.99 |
| Dominican Republic | $3.99 | $39.99 |
| Ecuador | $3.99 | $39.99 |
| Egypt | EGP 199.99$3.82 | EGP 1,999.99$38.24 |
| El Salvador | $3.99 | $39.99 |
| Estonia | €3.99$4.50 | €44.99$50.72 |
| Fiji | $3.99 | $39.99 |
| Finland | €3.99$4.50 | €44.99$50.72 |
| France | €3.99$4.50 | €44.99$50.72 |
| Gabon | $3.99 | $39.99 |
| Gambia | $3.99 | $39.99 |
| Georgia | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Germany | €3.99$4.50 | €44.99$50.72 |
| Ghana | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Greece | €3.99$4.50 | €44.99$50.72 |
| Grenada | $3.99 | $39.99 |
| Guatemala | $3.99 | $39.99 |
| Guinea-bissau | $3.99 | $39.99 |
| Guyana | $3.99 | $39.99 |
| Honduras | $3.99 | $39.99 |
| Hong Kong | HK$32.00$4.08 | HK$288.00$36.69 |
| Hungary | HUF 1,790$5.48 | HUF 17,990$55.07 |
| Iceland | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| India | ₹399.00$4.14 | ₹3,999.00$41.49 |
| Indonesia | IDR 69,000$3.84 | IDR 699,000$38.90 |
| Iraq | $3.99 | $39.99 |
| Ireland | €3.99$4.50 | €44.99$50.72 |
| Israel | ₪14.90$4.84 | ₪149.90$48.67 |
| Italy | €3.99$4.50 | €44.99$50.72 |
| Jamaica | $3.99 | $39.99 |
| Japan | ¥600$3.80 | ¥6,000$37.99 |
| Jordan | $3.99 | $39.99 |
| Kazakhstan | KZT 1,990.00$4.49 | KZT 19,990.00$45.15 |
| Kenya | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Kosovo | €3.99$4.50 | €44.99$50.72 |
| Kuwait | $3.99 | $39.99 |
| Kyrgyzstan | $3.99 | $39.99 |
| Lao Peoples Democratic Republic | $3.99 | $39.99 |
| Latvia | €3.99$4.50 | €44.99$50.72 |
| Lebanon | $3.99 | $39.99 |
| Liberia | $3.99 | $39.99 |
| Libya | $3.99 | $39.99 |
| Lithuania | €3.99$4.50 | €44.99$50.72 |
| Luxembourg | €3.99$4.50 | €44.99$50.72 |
| Macao | $3.99 | $39.99 |
| Macedonia | $3.99 | $39.99 |
| Madagascar | $3.99 | $39.99 |
| Malawi | $3.99 | $39.99 |
| Malaysia | MYR 19.90$4.87 | MYR 199.90$48.88 |
| Maldives | $3.99 | $39.99 |
| Mali | $3.99 | $39.99 |
| Malta | €3.99$4.50 | €44.99$50.72 |
| Mauritania | $3.99 | $39.99 |
| Mauritius | $3.99 | $39.99 |
| Mexico | MX$89.00$4.87 | MX$899.00$49.18 |
| Micronesia | $3.99 | $39.99 |
| Moldova | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Mongolia | $3.99 | $39.99 |
| Montenegro | €3.99$4.50 | €39.99$45.08 |
| Montserrat | $3.99 | $39.99 |
| Morocco | $3.99 | $39.99 |
| Mozambique | $3.99 | $39.99 |
| Myanmar | $3.99 | $39.99 |
| Namibia | $3.99 | $39.99 |
| Nauru | $3.99 | $39.99 |
| Nepal | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Netherlands | €3.99$4.50 | €44.99$50.72 |
| New Zealand | NZ$6.99$3.93 | NZ$69.99$39.32 |
| Nicaragua | $3.99 | $39.99 |
| Niger | $3.99 | $39.99 |
| Nigeria | NGN 6,900.00$5.20 | NGN 69,900.00$52.65 |
| Norway | NOK 49.00$5.09 | NOK 499.00$51.82 |
| Oman | $3.99 | $39.99 |
| Pakistan | PKR 1,100$3.97 | PKR 9,900$35.73 |
| Palau | $3.99 | $39.99 |
| Panama | $3.99 | $39.99 |
| Papua New Guinea | $3.99 | $39.99 |
| Paraguay | $3.99 | $39.99 |
| Peru | PEN 17.90$5.19 | PEN 179.90$52.14 |
| Philippines | ₱199.00$3.17 | ₱2,290.00$36.45 |
| Poland | PLN 19.99$5.14 | PLN 199.99$51.41 |
| Portugal | €3.99$4.50 | €44.99$50.72 |
| Qatar | QAR 14.99$4.12 | QAR 149.99$41.21 |
| Romania | RON 19.99$4.27 | RON 199.99$42.73 |
| Russia | RUB 349.00$4.18 | RUB 3,490.00$41.83 |
| Rwanda | $3.99 | $39.99 |
| Sao Tome & Principe | $3.99 | $39.99 |
| Saudi Arabia | SAR 17.99$4.80 | SAR 179.99$48.00 |
| Senegal | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Serbia | €3.99$4.50 | €44.99$50.72 |
| Seychelles | $3.99 | $39.99 |
| Sierra Leone | $3.99 | $39.99 |
| Singapore | SGD 5.98$4.67 | SGD 59.98$46.86 |
| Slovakia | €3.99$4.50 | €44.99$50.72 |
| Slovenia | €3.99$4.50 | €44.99$50.72 |
| Solomon Islands | $3.99 | $39.99 |
| South Africa | ZAR 79.99$4.80 | ZAR 799.99$47.99 |
| South Korea | ₩5,500$4.04 | ₩55,000$40.44 |
| Spain | €3.99$4.50 | €44.99$50.72 |
| Sri Lanka | $3.99 | $39.99 |
| St. Kitts and Nevis | $3.99 | $39.99 |
| St. Lucia | $3.99 | $39.99 |
| St. Vincent & The Grenadines | $3.99 | $39.99 |
| Suriname | $3.99 | $39.99 |
| Swaziland | $3.99 | $39.99 |
| Sweden | SEK 49.00$4.88 | SEK 499.00$49.70 |
| Switzerland | CHF 3.50$4.21 | CHF 38.00$45.67 |
| Taiwan | NT$120.00$3.75 | NT$1,290.00$40.33 |
| Tajikistan | $3.99 | $39.99 |
| Tanzania | TZS 11,900.00$4.49 | TZS 99,900.00$37.72 |
| Thailand | THB 149.00$4.43 | THB 1,490.00$44.25 |
| Tonga | $3.99 | $39.99 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | $3.99 | $39.99 |
| Tunisia | $3.99 | $39.99 |
| Turkey | TRY 179.99$3.66 | TRY 1,799.99$36.64 |
| Turkmenistan | $3.99 | $39.99 |
| Turks and Caicos | $3.99 | $39.99 |
| Uganda | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Ukraine | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| United Arab Emirates | AED 14.99$4.08 | AED 149.99$40.87 |
| United Kingdom | £3.99$5.40 | £39.99$54.11 |
| United States | $3.99 | $39.99 |
| Uruguay | $3.99 | $39.99 |
| Uzbekistan | $3.99 | $39.99 |
| Vanuatu | $3.99 | $39.99 |
| Venezuela | $3.99 | $39.99 |
| Vietnam | ₫99,000$3.82 | ₫999,000$38.51 |
| Yemen | $3.99 | $39.99 |
| Zambia | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Zimbabwe | $4.99 | $49.99 |
Swisscows Private Search FAQ
- Is Swisscows Private Search free?
- Yes. The app and its basic features are free, in all 175 countries it sells in. Premium features are paid: they start from $3.99 (US), across 2 subscriptions.
- How much does Swisscows Private Search cost per month?
- Swisscows Premium Monthly is $3.99 (US). The annual plan works out cheaper per month: $39.99 a year.
- Does Swisscows Private Search have a free trial?
- No. None of its offers (US) come with a free trial.
- Where is Swisscows Private Search cheapest?
- A monthly subscription costs ₱199.00 (≈$3.17) in the Philippines and COP 19,900 (≈$6.02) in Colombia, its cheapest and dearest countries.
- What are the best alternatives to Swisscows Private Search?
- Qwant Private Search (4.6 from 26,350 reviews), Startpage - Private Browser (4.8 from 24,603 reviews) and Secret Browser (4.5 from 5,098 reviews, premium from $0.99).
Swisscows Private Search download
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Swisscows Private Search sells in 175 countries. It was released 5 years ago, on 9 Sept 2021. It holds a 4.7 rating from 2,521 reviews.
Supports 10 languages: English, Dutch, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Russian, Spanish, Ukrainian.
How much does Swisscows Private Search make?
Third-party estimates for the last 30 days, worldwide — not the store's own figures, which Apple publishes for nobody.
Revenue by plan
- Annual 64%
- Monthly 36%
Revenue by country
- United States 36%
- Switzerland 30%
- Germany 17%
- Canada 4%