Quick verdict
- What it is
- Store information collected; independent summary not yet available.
- At a glance
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- Free to download
Categories and search queries
Official categories
- Utilities
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Key functions
| Function | Availability | Access | Scope | Evidence |
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| Free app | Yes | Free | — | Store published |
Screens
App Store
11 store screenshots
Pricing & paywalls
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- Free
Ratings & reviews
App Store
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4/5Notice for iOS 17.5 users of pre-2.2.5 versions
If you're having issues with the app not working whatsoever, install the Apple TestFlight app. There is a dev preview of an upcoming update that fixes the problem. The link can be found from Kagi's changelog on their site (you might see a notification bell on the search page). To quote the log: "Kagi Search for Safari update If you are using Safari with iOS developer beta (17.5), Kagi Search for Safariextension may have stopped working due to a bug introduced in this iOS release last week. We have released a TestFlight version of the new version that should work. We are planning to release it to app store as soon as we get positive verification from users. It may help long term if you took a second and sent feedback to Apple to consider including Kagi as a search engine choice in Safari. Thank you 🙏"
WantTheMail · 6 Aug 2026
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5/5Almost Perfect, Definitely The Best
Kagi is a great search engine, just try it and you'll see that it meets or beats Google in every search. It's so good at finding results that it has created a new problem of sometimes spoiling the plots to TV shows for me. Imagine how it'll work for that programming topic you're researching? Don't imagine, I'll tell you! I'm an iOS developer by trade and Swift changes constantly -- Kagi manages to show me properly relevant results instead of years-old posts that bump their publishing date to stay on top of SEO rankings. Kagi sometimes magically shows me sub-results by by language version, too! I have no idea how it works so well, it feels impossible. That said, Kagi (the search engine) is great, but I want to focus on talking about the quality of Kagi (the company) instead. I sent an email to Kagi with feedback around an issue. They engaged in a conversation with me about it in only a few hours and within days they had updated their App Store description to reflect limitations with Safari and provide more transparency to their users. I had first-hand proof within minutes of being a Kagi customer as to their commitment to transparency, which is a core reason I wanted to use Kagi in the first place. It can only get better from here!
Tapenade27 · 6 Aug 2026
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4/5Great search engine
Give Kagi a whirl. I am very pleased to pay a nominal fee for my family to have access to safer search made for humans to use (not to use humans). Thoughtful use of AI. Ad free. Tracker free. It is much more peaceful in terms of the noise when searching the web. The extension is a difficult implementation to get your searches routed in Safari. Take a moment to ask Apple to add Kagi as a default search option in Safari. Also take a look at Orion Browser on iOS, iPadOS, and macOS-it’s a neat browser-fast-like a beefed up Safari.
Giant Microbe · 6 Aug 2026
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5/52.0 Finally fixed the biggest problem with it
This is not a review of the Kagi search engine, this is about the Kagi extension for Safari... Version 2.0 which came out Dec 27 or so, finally fixed my biggest concern with the Kagi extension - they swapped the framework they use so that now you can have Kagi installed and it doesn't need to have access to every website you visit, AND it still can allow the ability to use other search engines when you actually want to. Very much improved, and thank you Kagi team!
r8erz · 6 Aug 2026
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3/5Too slow to be useful
I love Kagi search on my laptop computer. But the wonky way it works here is too slow and unreliable. I search in Safari, I get answers (from Google), I click on them, and then 20 seconds later, Kagi interrupts that with its own search results. That's worse than not having it at all, and I will be uninstalling it. What I really want is a standalone app experience, sort of like the Google search app. Then I'd stop searching in Safari and use that instead.
milkipedia · 6 Aug 2026
Privacy & accessibility
App Store
Privacy
- Data Not Collected Developer declared
Accessibility
No accessibility labels collected yet.
Versions
App Store
- 2.0
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2.0.1
- [Fixed] First search in a private browsing session should be logged in to Kagi - [Fixed] Safari versions 14.0-15.4 now load correctly - [Fixed] Reliability improvements by removing background permission request - [Changed] Removed "activeTab" permission from manifest
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2.0.2
- [Fixed] Private session tabs should bypass kagi login page on first search (including on devices with Lockdown enabled)
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2.1.0
- [Changed] Releasing the legacy iOS extension (same underlying code as version 1.0.10) while we resolve issues found in the 2.0.x releases.
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2.2.0
- [Fixed] Improved reliability using the webNavigation APIs - [Changed] Moved settings & private session link from the Kagi app, into Safari Extension Popup similar to the legacy Kagi Safari extension - [Changed] New app and toolbar icons
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2.2.1
- [Fixed] Non-search Google urls no longer get redirected to Kagi
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2.2.2
- [Added] Change the search engine that redirects to Kagi using the dropdown in the extension popup. Useful if you granted permission to the extension to multiple search engines or "Allow All Websites" was chosen during setup. - [Changed] Adopted monochrome icon for toolbar/menu to match Safari icon styles
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2.2.3
- [Changed] All Safari searches now default to redirecting to Kagi, regardless of the Safari Search Engine choice. To limit Kagi redirects to a single search engine, you can select one in the extension popup in Safari. If you previously ran the extension version 2.2.2, if you want to have all searches redirect to Kagi, you can select "All Search Engines" in the extension popup in Safari.
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2.2.4
- Fixed broken redirection on iOS 17.5
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2.2.5
- Fixed kagi search redirections
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2.2.6
- Added dnr redirections back for faster redirection. - Added option to disable redirections using dnr, and instead use background script listerners for redirections
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2.2.7
- Fixed redirection for iOS 18
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2.2.8
· 10 Jun 2025
- Fixed individual search engine selection on iOS 18.5
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Availability by market
- US
Data quality & evidence
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- Live store listing
- Last verified
- 6 Aug 2026
- Sources
- App Store
- Independent summary has not been published yet.