Arc Search is a simple search engine in your web browser on your mobile device, it is simple but smart. You ask a question and it provides a neat answer (summary) as opposed to just giving you a list of links (results).
It uses AI in search to do the heavy lifting so you can go right to your answer super fast search functionality with the least noise.
Minimal design, light experience
By default, it is ad free as well. Ads? Trackers? Popups? Cookie nags? Nope, gone. You get a clean and light browsing experience, nothing more.
And the old anymore tabs? They auto archive after a day. No more tab issues or performance drain.
Useful AI shortcuts that you will use
One of its most powerful functions is “Browse for Me”. It visits multiple sites, once it builds the answer page for you it formats everything in a nice layout.
If you pinch any web page you get a summary of it it almost feels like you can fold the page (nearly origami style). Oddly satisfying (think, fast TL;DR).
Sync, privacy, habit forming
Arc Search syncs right up to your Arc desktop setup, which allows you to be in sync across devices. It is built on a privacy first platform; no tracking, no selling your data just a great experience.
Thus far, being ad & subscription free is not a priority Instead they are focusing on habit forming tools first.
Pricing discussion (no stress, a casual take)
Here’s the thing: Arc Search on IOS and iPad is free. Yep, free. If you want Pro features they do Pro for about $20 per month, where they include heavier duty AI models like GPT 4 or Claude.
Pretty cool for power users.
Traffic and social media
Arc’s main website is at 1.1 million visits a month not bad for a growing browser startup, hopefully still building a team. Social media? Arc is active on Twitter, Instagram, Threads, etc.
I think all in, they probably have low hundreds of thousands of total followers across all of these platforms, which is decent for a product that is new.
What is nice, what needs improvement
The UI is a super clean interface. The AI summarizing capabilities feel really custom and well done. Pinching to summarize feels very satisfying.
That said, sometimes the summaries lose detail or nuance, so reference the original if you need to be accurate.
Conclusion
Arc Search is that mobile AI browser that slides in and quietly makes your day better. Fast answers, simple browsing, blocking ads, collapsing into auto archives, syncing love it’s easy and smart.
And if you wanna get in heavy with the AI juice, for about $20 a month you can go Pro. Monthly visits hover around 1.1 million, so lots of people are giving it a try.
All in all, if you want a lean, mean searching machine in your pocket, you could do worse than this.
