Ecosia: Search to plant trees

4.2
183K reviews
10M+
Downloads
Content rating
USK: All ages
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About this app

Search the web. Plant trees. Power the planet.

Ecosia is more than just a search engine — it’s a simple way to take climate action every day. Just by browsing the internet, you can help plant trees in biodiversity hotspots, support local communities, and combat climate change.

🌳 Search with purpose
Like other search engines, Ecosia earns money from ads. But unlike them, we use 100% of our profits to fund climate action. Over 230 million trees have already been planted across 35+ countries, restoring landscapes and saving wildlife.

🔒 Your data stays yours
We only collect what's needed to deliver search results, and your searches are always encrypted. — We want trees, not your data.

⚡ Powered by the Sun
Ecosia runs on renewable energy. In fact, our solar plants generate twice the electricity we need to power your searches — pushing out fossil fuels from the electricity grid.

🌍 Climate positive & transparent
As a not-for-profit, steward-owned company, we publish monthly financial reports that show you exactly where your clicks go — toward real, measurable climate impact.

Download Ecosia and join a global community of millions taking meaningful action for the planet, one search at a time.
Updated on
Oct 17, 2025

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
No data shared with third parties
Learn more about how developers declare sharing
This app may collect these data types
Personal info, App activity, and App info and performance
Data is encrypted in transit
You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

4.2
174K reviews
Jamie Lee Leibner
May 29, 2020
Generally I like Ecosia and the concept of planting trees with ad revenue from searches. Unfortunately, lately I have not been able to sign in on any website (email, facebook etc.) In the browser. That's a shame because I don't use some social media apps and prefer accessing FB or my student email through my browser. Please fix! Other than that, great app and I'll keep using it.
23 people found this review helpful
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A Google user
September 17, 2019
It´s really great, the design looks good and it´s easy to use. Because of the news that Ecosia sends you regularly, you get updated on their projects to help the enviroment. So they actually do great things done. The thing I miss on Ecosia, though, are the similar picture suggestions under a photo when you search for pics. It happened a few times that I looked at photos and had to change to Google for a moment so I could look through the suggestions of similar pics. Though that´s really the only "problem" I´ve come across.
139 people found this review helpful
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A Google user
April 14, 2020
I like the concept, but I miss a lot of things chrome offers. When I open ecosia, I type my search request into a brand new tab. Because firstly I didn't know that, I suddenly had 17 tabs running, I always used a new tab. Therefore I miss the option in settings to choose to use an old tab as soon as I open the app. Also ecosia offers a horrible spell correction. Sometimes I mistyped just one letter in the middle of the word and instead of auto-correcting it, it shows like 1 result with my typo.
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What’s new

We have updated the entire foundation of our app, making our browser faster, more stable and more secure.

Highlights:
- improved website translation feature
- the search box can be set to the bottom
- we fixed the bugs with the widgets