Ecosia Reviews 286

TrustScore 3.5 out of 5

3.5

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I could not even find news articles I was searching for, which I could find via other search engines, results were limited in number but one thing was very clear though they use bing as infrastructur... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

This app can answer almost every question accurately and it doesn’t use water that we can’t recycle! It’s environment healthy because the AI runs off of sunlight and plants trees every single time you... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Ecosia is the best searching, because: * Ecosia’s servers run on 100 percent on solar energy. * Ecosia plants trees where it is needed, for example The Amazon rainforest, Burkina Faso and... See more

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

I like the idea of planting trees, and ecosia worked as a search engine, but every time I did a search, besides pulling up results, it opened another tab which was the ecosia search page. By the end... See more

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Ecosia is a not-for-profit company that plants and protects trees. We dedicate 100% of our profits to the planet and create simple ways for people to be climate active every day. Collaborating with local communities, we have planted more than 170 million trees (and counting) all over the world!


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TrustScore 3.5 out of 5

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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

I love Ecosia

I love Ecosia and the fact that I'm planting trees searching the internet - Ecosia however is not a very good search engine, and when I want a more serious search, I just write "Google" on Ecosia and then start my search there - then I'm still one search closer to planting a tree ;-)
- (not too happy about the new look though, miss the old one)

October 27, 2022
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great search engine

Really easy to use and shows you how much your searches contribute to trees. It also has a nice and blocker, incognito tabs and other good settings options.

The only thing I don't like about it is you can't add pages to your home screen on mobile or set the incognito tab as the default when you open the app.

October 21, 2022
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great and love to be planting trees 🌲

The quality of search results is helpful and I am glad that I’m helping to plant trees. Uniquely, they also have a youtube channel showing where they plant trees so it’s legit. It can be a bit a bit slow or you have to re-search but overall, great,p. Keep up the good work 👍 Ecosia

October 7, 2022
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Just a really bad search engine

Just a really bad search engine. They supposedly plant trees when you search, but you’ll end up having to go somewhere functional to search again. If you care about planting trees do it yourself and use a real search engine.

July 6, 2022
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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

I miss the cute little Earth design

Please change the design to the previous one…it had a refreshing and pretty look whilst also reflecting on your goal for promoting environmentalism. I dislike the new design not only in terms of colour and appearance, but also because it is not the sort of design you’d easily identify and say “Oh, that’s of Ecosia!”. It has no special charm to it unlike the previous one..

June 18, 2022
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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Please bring back the old design!

Ecosia has a great concept and I fully support it, so well made and an amazing idea! I love it and have been using Ecosia as my main search engine since their early days.
But I must say that the new design is...just awful!! I have never been big on fancy looks but this new design disturbs me. The old look was so beautiful and perfect for what Ecosia is all about. I wonder what other users are thinking about this...what about a survey!

June 18, 2022
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Save the Ocean!

I think Ecosia is a great way to keep our planet healthy. But you know what would be even MORE helpful? If instead of planting all those trees, THEY REMOVED THE PLASTIC FROM THE OCEANS! It's really the plastic we need to worry about at the moment.

May 19, 2022
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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Greatly improved from a few years ago

Greatly improved from a few years ago. Not up to google standard yet, but it is easy to switch to google searches if needed. The planet is obviously the important thing here. Ecosia is my standard search engine and used for about 80% of my searches.

March 9, 2022
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Nice Job guys

Nice Job guys. Nice job. Just saying that u are doing great by planting trees. Great idea of searching for planting idea. 1 more thing, pls start plant tree project in India also.

February 15, 2022
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Stay AWESOME!

Hardly, (‘f literally ANY), issues. Honestly just wanted to tell you guys that you’re doing a GREAT job! Keep it up!

November 12, 2021
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Fantastic.

Such a brilliant and easy way to make simple habits environmentally friendly. A must use!

October 3, 2021
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

A wonderful initiative

A wonderful initiative- they're really transparent about how their income is used and their planting projects really seem to be making a difference.

May 22, 2021
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