Brave Browser & Search Engine Downloads & RevenueBrave Browser & Search Engine · App Store
Brave Browser & Search Engine is #20 in Utilities Free in United States and charting in 17 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 11 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
DeveloperBrave Software
CategoryUtilities
PriceFree
Released
Rating★ 4.8 (676k)
Version1.98
Age rating17+
First seen by us
24 Sep 2026
24 Sep 2026Installs (est.)100M+ worldwide
Brave Browser & Search Engine update history & changes
Last change · 57 events since 19 Feb 2016Full timeline ↓✏️Added hidden keywords: starts, proxy✏️Added hidden keywords: ahora🔎Top 10 for “ブロスタ”🔎Top 10 for “shizuku”📊Passed 100k downloads a day📦Updated to version 1.98📦Updated to version 1.97🆕First spotted by AppInsider🆕Released on the App Store
Full timeline · 57 events
- ✏️Brave Browser & Search Engine added hidden keywords: starts, proxywords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️Brave Browser & Search Engine added hidden keywords: ahorawords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 🔎Brave Browser & Search Engine reached Top 10 for “ブロスタ”#6 in Japan search · popularity 87
- 🔎Brave Browser & Search Engine reached Top 10 for “shizuku”#4 in Vietnam search · popularity 75
- ✏️Brave Browser & Search Engine added hidden keywords: ahorawords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 🔎Brave Browser & Search Engine reached Top 10 for “opera mini”#8 in Netherlands search · popularity 87
- 📊Brave Browser & Search Engine passed 100k downloads a day7-day average, our estimate
- ✏️Brave Browser & Search Engine added hidden keywords: website, break, ahora, blockerwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️Brave Browser & Search Engine: new iPad screenshots· KR
- ✏️Brave Browser & Search Engine: new screenshots9 screenshots (was 9) · KR
- ✏️Brave Browser & Search Engine: new iPad screenshots· AU
- ✏️Brave Browser & Search Engine: new screenshots9 screenshots (was 9) · AU
- 📦Brave Browser & Search Engine updated to version 1.98In this release:
- Shields Panel Redesign
- Other enhancements, stability improvements, and security updates
Have questions, comments, or suggestions for future releases? Visit the Brave Community (https://community.brave.com) to let us know. And, as ever, thanks for using Brave!… more - ✏️Brave Browser & Search Engine added hidden keywords: wantwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 🔎Brave Browser & Search Engine reached Top 10 for “chrome”#10 in Colombia search · popularity 92
- ✏️Brave Browser & Search Engine added hidden keywords: walletwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️Brave Browser & Search Engine added hidden keywords: firefoxwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️Brave Browser & Search Engine added hidden keywords: firefox, desktop, signalwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️Brave Browser & Search Engine added hidden keywords: firefox, dnawords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️Brave Browser & Search Engine added hidden keywords: protonvpn, explore, signalwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️Brave Browser & Search Engine added hidden keywords: firefoxwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️Brave Browser & Search Engine added hidden keywords: navigator, playlistswords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️Brave Browser & Search Engine added hidden keywords: 高速, desktopwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️Brave Browser & Search Engine added hidden keywords: wales, proxywords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️Brave Browser & Search Engine added hidden keywords: websiteswords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️Brave Browser & Search Engine: new iPad screenshots· US
- ✏️Brave Browser & Search Engine: new screenshots8 screenshots (was 8) · US
- ✏️Brave Browser & Search Engine: new iPad screenshots· KR
- ✏️Brave Browser & Search Engine: new screenshots9 screenshots (was 9) · KR
- ✏️Brave Browser & Search Engine: new iPad screenshots· AU
- ✏️Brave Browser & Search Engine: new screenshots9 screenshots (was 9) · AU
- 📦Brave Browser & Search Engine updated to version 1.97En esta versión:
- Mejoras de navegación al usar Leo o Ask Brave
- Compatibilidad con descargas en segundo plano
- Mejoras en la IU
- Otras mejoras, mejoras de estabilidad y actualizaciones de seguridad
¿Tienes preguntas, comentarios o sugerencias para futuras versiones? Visita la Comunidad de Brave (https://community.brave.com) para informarnos. Y, como siempre, ¡gracias por utilizar Brave!… more - ✏️Brave Browser & Search Engine added hidden keywords: safety, dragon, gate, noteswords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️Brave Browser & Search Engine added hidden keywords: player, sort, house, royal +4 morewords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️Brave Browser & Search Engine added hidden keywords: stars, videos, house, gemswords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️Brave Browser & Search Engine added hidden keywords: navigation, plane, videos, dugoutwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 🔎Brave Browser & Search Engine reached Top 10 for “fitness”#10 in Mexico search · popularity 66
- ✏️Brave Browser & Search Engine added hidden keywords: share, secure, plane, latinwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️Brave Browser & Search Engine added hidden keywords: privacy, proxy, securewords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️Brave Browser & Search Engine added hidden keywords: pottowords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️Brave Browser & Search Engine added hidden keywords: safe, proxywords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️Brave Browser & Search Engine added hidden keywords: surflinewords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️Brave Browser & Search Engine: new iPad screenshots· US
- ✏️Brave Browser & Search Engine: new screenshots8 screenshots (was 8) · US
- 📦Brave Browser & Search Engine updated to version 1.96In this release:
- UI enhancements
- Other enhancements, stability improvements, and security updates
Have questions, comments, or suggestions for future releases? Visit the Brave Community (https://community.brave.com) to let us know. And, as ever, thanks for using Brave!… more - ✏️Brave Browser & Search Engine added hidden keywords: privacywords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️Brave Browser & Search Engine added hidden keywords: ad-free, safe, desktop, blocker +2 morewords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️Brave Browser & Search Engine added hidden keywords: safe, spam, blocker, broswords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️Brave Browser & Search Engine added hidden keywords: privacywords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️Brave Browser & Search Engine added hidden keywords: brewwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️Brave Browser & Search Engine added hidden keywords: 検索words in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️Brave Browser & Search Engine added hidden keywords: safety, secure, spamwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️Brave Browser & Search Engine added hidden keywords: privacywords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 📦Brave Browser & Search Engine updated to version 1.95このバージョンの修正内容は以下の通りです。
- タブトレイの改善
- その他の機能強化、安定性の向上、セキュリティの更新
ご質問、ご意見、提案や機能要望などございましたら、 Brave Community (https://community.brave.com/c/japanese-support/148/) にてお知らせください。 いつもBraveをご利用いただき、まことにありがとうございます！ - 🆕Brave Browser & Search Engine first spotted by AppInsider#42 in Top Grossing · Utilities · United Arab Emirates
- 📦Brave Browser & Search Engine version 1.94No release notes
- 🆕Brave Browser & Search Engine released on the App Store
Collected from the stores by AppInsider since we first spotted the app. Dates are when we saw each change.
Rating
4.8 ★
676k ratings
Measured
Best rank now
#20
Utilities FreeMeasured
New ratings a week
10.2k
▲ +5% vs the 2 weeks before
Measured
Brave Browser & Search Engine on the App Store
App details
App ID
1052879175
Publisher
Brave Software, Inc.
On the store since
Feb 2016
10 years on the store
Minimum OS
iOS 18.0+
iPhone XS and later
Devices
iPhone · iPad
Universal purchase
Content rating
17+
1 content note below
Languages
37
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Size
379 MB
Also listed in
Productivity
Content notesUnrestricted Web Access
Brave Browser & Search Engine downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Apple publishes no download counts. App Store downloads come from chart positions and daily rating growth per country, calibrated on Google Play install counts; lifetime installs from ratings worldwide × installs per rating. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
Where Brave Browser & Search Engine's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Stickiness (DAU / MAU)
how many monthly users open it on a given day
Retention · share of new users still active
Day 1
Day 7
Day 30
Time spent · per daily user
Average time spent Pro
min a day
Sessions a day Pro
Time per session Pro
min
How this is calculated
Monthly users come from lifetime installs across every store, fitted on monthly active user figures companies publish; daily users = monthly × the typical daily/monthly ratio for the category. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
In-app revenue
Worldwide, what users spend in Brave Browser & Search Engine before Apple and Google take their fee.
How this is calculated
Not in an overall Top Grossing chart, only in category charts: each category position is converted to the overall position it corresponds to, then priced on the same rank-to-revenue curve, inside the part of each market the charted apps leave over.
Business model: Subscription-led
How Brave Browser & Search Engine makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
SubscriptionsIn-app purchases
Subscriptions
/mo
of revenue
Top in-app purchases · App Store US, most popular first
| 1 | Monthly Firewall + VPN subscription | |
| 2 | Annual Firewall + VPN subscription | |
| 3 | Brave Leo AI (monthly) subscription | |
| 4 | Brave Origin subscription | |
| 5 | Brave Leo AI (annual) subscription |
Hidden keywords
Brave Browser & Search Engine shows up in App Store search (US) for 6 words that appear nowhere in its name, subtitle or developer name, so they are almost certainly in its private keyword field, and it ranks in the top 10 for at least one of them.
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| United States | UtilitiesFree | #20 |
 Japan | UtilitiesFree | #29 |
 South Korea | UtilitiesFree | #17 |
 United Kingdom | UtilitiesFree | #25 |
 Germany | UtilitiesFree | #28 |
 France | UtilitiesFree | #21 |
 Canada | UtilitiesFree | #17 |
 Australia | UtilitiesFree | #22 |
 India | UtilitiesFree | #22 |
| France | UtilitiesGrossing | #40 |
| United Kingdom | UtilitiesGrossing | #67 |
| Germany | UtilitiesGrossing | #69 |
| India | UtilitiesGrossing | #39 |
 Italy | UtilitiesFree | #30 |
| Italy | UtilitiesGrossing | #36 |
| Canada | UtilitiesGrossing | #48 |
 Indonesia | UtilitiesFree | #27 |
| France | All AppsFree | #164 |
 Brazil | UtilitiesFree | #52 |
| Australia | UtilitiesGrossing | #66 |
 Saudi Arabia | UtilitiesGrossing | #48 |
| Saudi Arabia | UtilitiesFree | #43 |
| United Arab Emirates | UtilitiesFree | #32 |
| United Arab Emirates | UtilitiesGrossing | #78 |
 South Africa | All AppsFree | #75 |
 Philippines | All AppsFree | #127 |
 Colombia | All AppsFree | #115 |
Apps near Brave Browser & Search Engine on the chart
Utilities Free, around #20.
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Rating
4.8 ★
676k ratings
Measured
Ratings
676k
Measured
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisNew ratings a week
10.2k
▲ +5% vs the 2 weeks before
Written reviews a week
47+
US App Store (Apple shows only the newest)
Recent ratings
4.6★
vs 4.7★ lifetime
Recent written reviews
3.8★
people who write skew negative
Review momentum
85/100
top 1% of Utilities apps
Growing fastest in Philippines ▲ +109%
New ratings by country (12)
| Country | New ratings a week | Share | Last 2 weeks vs the 2 before |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3,006 | 33% | steady |
| Japan | 1,490 | 16% | ▲ +6% |
| India | 641 | 7% | steady |
| France | 588 | 7% | steady |
 Mexico | 541 | 6% | – |
| Germany | 488 | 5% | steady |
| Canada | 425 | 5% | ▼ -7% |
| United Kingdom | 415 | 5% | steady |
 Spain | 381 | 4% | – |
| Colombia | 379 | 4% | – |
| Philippines | 369 | 4% | ▲ +109% |
| Brazil | 306 | 3% | steady |
App Store ratings in the countries we track, 4-week average.
Review momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
What users say about Brave Browser & Search Engine
From the 200 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Mixed but leaning positive (67% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for few ads, and speed. The main complaints are about crashes and bugs, and recent updates.
What people like
- Ads: “Love that the ads are blocked”
- Speed & performance: “Ai is fast google killer!!!”
- Useful: “Can’t recommend this app enough”
- Features & content: “Lots of great privacy option”
Common complaints
- Crashes & bugs: “Not working on my iPad 15.8”
- Updates: “Update for iPhone duo please!”
- Features & content: “Very lackluster customization features”
- Ads: “Doesn't Block Ads Or Popups”
About Brave Browser & Search Engine
Brave is a fast, private web browser that blocks ads and trackers on every site, automatically. No settings to change, no extensions to install.
Over 125 million people browse with Brave. It's free, open source, and independent — we don't sell your browsing data.
Everything below is built into the browser. One app, not a stack of them.
BLOCK ADS ON EVERY SITE
Brave Shields stops banner ads, pop-ups, autoplay interruptions, and the ads that play before and during videos. Same on news sites, shopping sites, forums and video pages — no per-site setup, no ad blocker extension. It dismisses cookie consent banners too, and it's on from your first tab.
PRIVATE BROWSING THAT BLOCKS TRACKERS
Private mode in most browsers only hides your history from your own phone. Brave blocks the cross-site trackers and fingerprinting scripts that follow you from a shopping page to your social feed, strips tracking codes from links you copy, and turns on Global Privacy Control by default.
SHRED: DELETE ONE SITE'S DATA, NOT ALL OF IT
Clearing browser data usually logs you out of everything. Shred deletes the cookies and storage for one site and leaves your other sessions intact. Set Auto Shred to run whenever you close a tab.
BRAVE SEARCH: A PRIVATE SEARCH ENGINE, BUILT IN
Brave Search is the default search engine in the browser, running on its own independent index — not resold results from Google or Bing. It doesn't profile you or log your searches. Ask Brave puts search results and AI answers in one place. Switch search engines any time.
BRAVE LEO: A FREE AI ASSISTANT
Summarize a long article, translate a page, or draft a reply without leaving the tab. Choose from several AI models. Leo doesn't record your conversations, share them, or use them to train models.
BRAVE NEWS: A FEED WITH NO PROFILE BEHIND IT
Personalize a news feed from hundreds of sources or any RSS feed with Brave News.
FASTER PAGES, LESS MOBILE DATA
Ads and trackers are most of what a modern page downloads. Blocking them means fewer requests, less data and less battery drain. We rebuilt Brave's ad blocking engine to use 75% less memory, so it stays responsive with many tabs open.
MAKE BRAVE YOUR DEFAULT BROWSER
Open Settings, scroll to Brave, choose Default Browser App. Every link you tap — from Mail, Messages or any app — opens with ad and tracker blocking already on.
WHAT'S FREE AND WHAT ISN'T
Free: the browser, ad and tracker blocking, Shred, Brave Search, Brave Leo, Brave News, Sync and night mode.
Subscriptions:
- Brave Firewall + VPN encrypts your whole device, not just browser traffic, with a kill switch and smart proxy.
- Brave Leo Premium unlocks more capable AI models.
- Brave Origin: The streamlined, minimalist browser that gives you Brave's industry-leading privacy and ad-blocking, with none of the extras.
One-time purchase: Brave Origin, an ultra-minimalist build of Brave — no AI, no crypto, nothing but the web. One purchase covers all your devices.
Also inside: encrypted
Over 125 million people browse with Brave. It's free, open source, and independent — we don't sell your browsing data.
Everything below is built into the browser. One app, not a stack of them.
BLOCK ADS ON EVERY SITE
Brave Shields stops banner ads, pop-ups, autoplay interruptions, and the ads that play before and during videos. Same on news sites, shopping sites, forums and video pages — no per-site setup, no ad blocker extension. It dismisses cookie consent banners too, and it's on from your first tab.
PRIVATE BROWSING THAT BLOCKS TRACKERS
Private mode in most browsers only hides your history from your own phone. Brave blocks the cross-site trackers and fingerprinting scripts that follow you from a shopping page to your social feed, strips tracking codes from links you copy, and turns on Global Privacy Control by default.
SHRED: DELETE ONE SITE'S DATA, NOT ALL OF IT
Clearing browser data usually logs you out of everything. Shred deletes the cookies and storage for one site and leaves your other sessions intact. Set Auto Shred to run whenever you close a tab.
BRAVE SEARCH: A PRIVATE SEARCH ENGINE, BUILT IN
Brave Search is the default search engine in the browser, running on its own independent index — not resold results from Google or Bing. It doesn't profile you or log your searches. Ask Brave puts search results and AI answers in one place. Switch search engines any time.
BRAVE LEO: A FREE AI ASSISTANT
Summarize a long article, translate a page, or draft a reply without leaving the tab. Choose from several AI models. Leo doesn't record your conversations, share them, or use them to train models.
BRAVE NEWS: A FEED WITH NO PROFILE BEHIND IT
Personalize a news feed from hundreds of sources or any RSS feed with Brave News.
FASTER PAGES, LESS MOBILE DATA
Ads and trackers are most of what a modern page downloads. Blocking them means fewer requests, less data and less battery drain. We rebuilt Brave's ad blocking engine to use 75% less memory, so it stays responsive with many tabs open.
MAKE BRAVE YOUR DEFAULT BROWSER
Open Settings, scroll to Brave, choose Default Browser App. Every link you tap — from Mail, Messages or any app — opens with ad and tracker blocking already on.
WHAT'S FREE AND WHAT ISN'T
Free: the browser, ad and tracker blocking, Shred, Brave Search, Brave Leo, Brave News, Sync and night mode.
Subscriptions:
- Brave Firewall + VPN encrypts your whole device, not just browser traffic, with a kill switch and smart proxy.
- Brave Leo Premium unlocks more capable AI models.
- Brave Origin: The streamlined, minimalist browser that gives you Brave's industry-leading privacy and ad-blocking, with none of the extras.
One-time purchase: Brave Origin, an ultra-minimalist build of Brave — no AI, no crypto, nothing but the web. One purchase covers all your devices.
Also inside: encrypted
Latest updates
1.98
In this release:
- Shields Panel Redesign
- Other enhancements, stability improvements, and security updates
Have questions, comments, or suggestions for future releases? Visit the Brave Community (https://community.brave.com) to let us know. And, as ever, thanks for using Brave!
1.97
En esta versión:
- Mejoras de navegación al usar Leo o Ask Brave
- Compatibilidad con descargas en segundo plano
- Mejoras en la IU
- Otras mejoras, mejoras de estabilidad y actualizaciones de seguridad
¿Tienes preguntas, comentarios o sugerencias para futuras versiones? Visita la Comunidad de Brave (https://community.brave.com) para informarnos. Y, como siempre, ¡gracias por utilizar Brave!
1.96
In this release:
- UI enhancements
- Other enhancements, stability improvements, and security updates
Have questions, comments, or suggestions for future releases? Visit the Brave Community (https://community.brave.com) to let us know. And, as ever, thanks for using Brave!
Store changes
What Brave Browser & Search Engine changed on its store page: name, icon, screenshots, price, size, languages, requirements.
New iPad screenshots
New screenshots
9 screenshots (was 9)
New iPad screenshots