Brave Software Reviews 449

TrustScore 2.5 out of 5

2.6

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Review summary

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Evaluating 55 reviews, most reviewers were unhappy with their experience overall. Many people found the browser to be slow, especially with multiple tabs open, and experienced frequent crashes. Customers also reported issues with the password manager, including deleted passwords and difficulties with synchronization. The search engine was often criticized for being biased and providing irrelevant results. Some people were dissatisfied with the AI features, finding them unhelpful or even contradictory. There were also complaints about intrusive pop-ups and the browser automatically changing default settings without permission. Conversely, a small portion of people found the ad blocker effective and appreciated the privacy focus, with some noting good performance for YouTube and the convenience of the AI summarization feature.

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Rated 3 out of 5 stars

Brave is an average browser, for me as a consumer, the ad blocking and other schticks is nice, but besides that it's just every other browser, their search engine is utter garbage, it's worse than... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I wanted to give Brave a try. It just doesn't work. I searched the website for a solution. Many users are experiencing the same problem, and there's no immediate solution. We'll continue our search f... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

"You have been reported to the authorites". Yet also supposedly "This conversation is temporary and will not be saved". After I threatened to sue them for misinformation. Case and point, see above... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

When a browser acknowledges your question and understands the question and refuses to provide an answer.... "Stating it is Anti American" and tells you why... Then you know it’s time to delete and re... See more


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2.6

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TrustScore 2.5 out of 5

449 reviews

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Waiting over two months for any…

Waiting over two months for any response to my marketing enquiry: I offered them my money to advertise, they never responded. I'm going to sell all my BAT ASAP and stop promoting this junk.

3 August 2023
Unprompted review
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Good software.

Good software.
Have used their browser. Great. Nothing to complain about. Blocks 100% of ads and trackers based on my experience and it's really faster than alternatives. The only drawback that it doesn't have the option to translate the whole page on iPhone, unlike chrome has.

6 August 2023
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Loved it at first, but,,,,

Have used this browser for about 3 years, but getting ready to uninstall as soon as I find a decent replacement. The Shields setting used to work great, but now are just a joke. When you set them for stricter control, they just revert back to Standard every time you close the browser. Contacted support, but never hear a peep from them. It used to be decent, but this browser is anything but secure or configurable. Don't waste your time with their empty promises and claims about privacy and security.

8 July 2023
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Brave is stealing my money

The Brave browser is very good, the search engine not so good and the customer service the worst in the industry. I have been double billed for Brave Talk for MONTHS and there is NO WAY short of cancelling your credit card to get them to stop billing you, or in my case DOUBLE billing you. NEVER GIVE THEM YOUR CARD NUMBER FOR ANYTHING - THERE IS NO WAY TO CANCEL!!!!!

22 June 2023
Unprompted review
Rated 3 out of 5 stars

Never again!

Problema risolto, dooop quasi 2 mesi. 3 stelle definitive.
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The search data is out of date: several weeks ago the webmaster deleted a page with my personal data. But such a page still appears in Brave searches. There is no outdated content removal tool like for Google or Bing and despite writing, no one responds. Very bad for those who pride themselves on protecting privacy! Never again!

22 June 2023
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Don't Use Brave Browser, You will feal a worst experience using it. .

When was using brave from one last year. At first, it was good and fast. But now it is so worst, every website is hanging to load and especially YouTube videos it takes several minutes to start the video. After staring the video, we could not pause or mute the video, and it continually plays. Now I'm having the worst experience with Brave browser. Please don't download the Brave browser, instead use chrome with required extension. Thanks

17 June 2023
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Thieves!

Browser is mediocre at best... i mean you can't even sync devices... But the incentive that got me here, brave rewards, is a lame scam. They claim Uphold and Gemini are not supported in my country??? But you still make money from my activity? I HAVE A GEMINI ACCOUNT THIEVES!!!
Stay away from this waste of time!

16 May 2023
Unprompted review
Rated 2 out of 5 stars

do not find Brave useful.

I tried the BRAVE browser today; I could find no way to to customize the desktop properly. I could not add a history icon, a one button bookmark icon with a drop down menu, a font size changer, a print icon, a refresh page icon, an e-mail link etc to the desktop. It could be used as an emergency browser, but not much else for me.

6 April 2023
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

BAT Scam Scheme by Brave Team

They repeatedly launch scam scheme to steal our token earned. They recently launched "not supported region" to hold our BAT token that was already earned, while they are still sending us ads. They are feeding their creepy self interest. They are making fool of their advertisers as they are sending ads to the users but taking token to themselves through scam scheme. My 66 BAT is about to be stolen by Brave Team.

20 December 2022
Unprompted review
Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Add Brave Browser to the list of companies that do not want users to communicate with them

PS: I finally DID add Brave to be used as my PDF converter. I was unable to access my "Associate a File Type or Protocol..." in the Windows control Panel. I guess it is too complicated for Brave Browser to answer a question as how to activate the PDF feature with Brave Browser.

Add Brave to the list of companies that do not want to 'hear' from their users. Occasionally, Brave will 'convert' DOCX, DOC files to PDF files. Then, something happens and those files will no longer be converted by Brave. There are no PDF, buttons, links, etc to activate the PDF feature in Brave. Neither are there any ANSWERS in the Q&A that address the PDF feature. Add the fact users cannot contact Brave about problems. IF THERE IS AWAY, PLEASE TELL ME HOW.

17 March 2023
Unprompted review
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Salute to the Brave Mission

I haven’t watched an ad on YouTube in years. I love this browser and their mission of an ad free internet.

Here is a list of trash websites that auto ban you for Brave. Brave needs to lay the smackdown on these sites:

PlayerAuctions.com
OfferUp
LetGo
Probably Others

16 March 2023
Unprompted review
Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Very good!

Very good!

I have no complaints, and the BAT system works great in my opinion. My wallet was suspended 3 times for "suspicious activity" (Still don't know why) but support quickly resolved it every time. It's a great browser and I recommend it!

31 January 2023
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

SCAM! All my tokens are gone

I downloaded Brave a year ago and I have been using it for everything on both my phone and desktop. I earned around 10 (V)BAT and stored them on an unverified wallet.

Brave decided to sunset vBAT meaning that all my BAT will be gone. I also do not have the option to verify and receive my BAT because Gemini and Uphold are both not supported in my country. This is fraud because I have already earned those BAT that I will be forced to donate away.

7 February 2023
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

It was good until today

I had a good experience with Brave Browser until today. For some reason, the browser kept crashing on my Ubuntu system. I uninstalled it and re-installed. Everything works great again. However, I lost my crypto wallet. I used my recovery phrase to import my wallet, but the BAT tokens are not there. I only earned about 3 tokens. Aren't the coins supposed to be in Brave's wallet?

I deleted Brave from my system.

7 February 2023
Unprompted review
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

outstanding browser i ever seen any…

outstanding browser i ever seen any browser with lot of features.you can stream ads-free youtube web. you can listen ads-free music (spotify web player) in pc only. in mobile this spotify web player will won't support. it will block all cookies and it will protect from scam ads.if you will use correctly brave is so much better than chrome.it can detect the unsecure sites.you can change the search engine also.you will get rid from scam ads notifications.

18 January 2022
Unprompted review

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