Ecosia for PC

★ ★ ★ Ecosia Overview

What is Ecosia? Ecosia is a search engine that uses its ad revenue to plant trees in various biodiversity hotspots around the world. It is a privacy-focused search engine that doesn't save your searches, track the websites you visit, or sell your data to advertisers. Ecosia is CO2 positive, meaning that each search removes around 1 kg of CO2 from the atmosphere. The company is transparent about its finances and tree-planting receipts, and has signed a legal contract to stay true to its not-for-profit cause.

Software Features and Description

1. We're interested in trees, not your data: we don’t save your searches, we don’t track the websites you visit, we don’t sell your data to advertisers, and your searches are always SSL-encrypted.

2. Ecosia is a search engine like Google, but very different: we use our ad revenue to plant trees where nature and people need them most.

3. The Ecosia community has already planted millions of trees in Ethiopia, Brazil, Indonesia, Spain, as well as many other biodiversity hotspots.

4. Thanks to our solar plant and the Ecosia forests around the world, each of your searches removes around 1 kg of CO2 from the atmosphere.

5. "Web page contents" - This is required to make it possible to search with Ecosia through the Safari Smartbar.

6. “Browsing history” - A consequence of the first permission but we don’t use it.

7. That’s why we publish our monthly financial reports and tree-planting receipts on our website.

8. We also signed a legal contract that requires us to stay true to our not-for-profit cause, forever.

9. Trust has to be earned.

10. CO2 neutral is not enough.

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Download and install Ecosia on your computer

GET Compatible PC App

App	Download	Rating	Maker
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Or follow the guide below to use on PC:

Select Windows version:

Windows 10
Windows 11

Install Ecosia app on your Windows in 4 steps below:

Download an Android emulator for PC:
Get either Bluestacks or the Nox App >> . We recommend Bluestacks because you can easily find solutions online if you run into problems while using it. Download Bluestacks PC software Here >> .

Install the emulator:
On your computer, goto the Downloads folder » click to install Bluestacks.exe or Nox.exe » Accept the License Agreements » Follow the on-screen prompts to complete installation.

Using Ecosia on PC [Windows 10/ 11]:

Open the Emulator app you installed » goto its search bar and search "Ecosia"
The search will reveal the Ecosia app icon. Open, then click "Install".
Once Ecosia is downloaded inside the emulator, locate/click the "All apps" icon to access a page containing all your installed applications including Ecosia.
Now enjoy Ecosia on PC.

Download a Compatible APK for PC

Download	Developer	Rating	Current version
Get APK for PC →	Ecosia	1	4.2.1

Get Ecosia on Apple macOS

Download	Developer	Reviews	Rating
Get Free on Mac	Ecosia	0	1

Download on Android: Download Android

Ecosia functions

- Planting trees with ad revenue: Ecosia uses its ad revenue to plant trees in various parts of the world, including Ethiopia, Brazil, Indonesia, and Spain.

- Privacy-focused search engine: Ecosia doesn't save your searches, track the websites you visit, or sell your data to advertisers. Your searches are always SSL-encrypted.

- CO2 positive: Each search removes around 1 kg of CO2 from the atmosphere, thanks to Ecosia's solar plant and forests around the world.

- Radical transparency: Ecosia publishes its monthly financial reports and tree-planting receipts on its website, and has signed a legal contract to stay true to its not-for-profit cause.

- Available on Safari: Ecosia can be used as a search engine through the Safari Smartbar.

- Social media presence: Ecosia has a blog, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube accounts to keep users updated on its tree-planting projects, team, and mission.

- Positive reviews: Ecosia has been praised by The Guardian and Treehugger for its fundraising progress and environmental impact.

✔ Pros:

- Ecosia is an environmentally conscious search engine that plants trees with every search made.

- The app is easy to use and integrates with Safari search bar.

- Ecosia is a Certified B-Corp and does not track users.

☹ Cons:

- The latest update removed the ability to use Smartbar Search.

- Some users have reported experiencing bugs and pop-ups on their devices after using Ecosia.

- The app is not compatible with VPNs and requires a reCAPTCHA challenge for every search, which can be inconvenient.

Top Pcmac Reviews

Amazing Idea but...

By hippoTHOTamus (Pcmac user)

I first saw this app through multiple adds and didn't download at first, until I saw the reviews. I checked out the website and it seemed pretty legit. I downloaded the app and was happy as can be knowing I was helping the planet. But probably a week into using the app, I started experiencing some trouble with bugs on my computer. Pop ups started appearing more than usual, random apps that were clearly scams downloaded themselves onto my laptop. I didn't know what happened until my dad(who fixes computers for a living) said it was my search engine causing the problem. I haven't downloaded any other programs and my computer is pretty new. I would really like to believe that it was something else I did that caused these problems, this truly does seem like an amazing company that I would love to support. I'm hoping I'm just that extremely rare case and that this app fixes their bugs so they can continue to grow.
Unusable with a VPN

By ClassicalBoy (Pcmac user)

While I love this app's mission, admire that they're a Certified B-Corp, and appreciate that they don't track users, the browser extension is unusable when it comes to anything resembling a convenient let alone frictionless experience if you use a VPN. If you have a VPN, you get a reCAPTCHA challenge every time you try to do a search: 'Our systems have detected unusual traffic from your computer network'. Ain't nobody got time for that. I understand the need to avoid DDoS attacks etc, but this breaks the app. More importantly, this does NOT happen with Duckduckgo. If you fix this, and stop discriminating against the traffic of privacy-conscious users, I will switch to your search engine immediately.
Genius

By aliyah123456 (Pcmac user)

I love using the internet and helping the envirnment. This is one of the only honest tech companies out there so download it before google tries to squash it. The more searches a search engine gets, the more it improves, so please download it now (you'll also be planting trees).
Great until...

By angelina:))) (Pcmac user)

I absolutely LOVE this app. I think the whole concept is brilliant, and it is extremely easy to use. Simply search in your normal safari search bar, and it comes up in this app. Well, until the newest update. I have no clue why the developers decided to do this, but now you can't use Smartbar Search. Which is a big no for me. If I'm going to search something up, I'm going to search for it directly, not have to tap the little this app button in the top corner and THEN search. This new update is horrible. As far as I can tell, there are no benefits to this new system.