I like Kagi search, it’s great for most day to day use. However, I find myself a bit frustrated with the safari app. My request to search with google through the “More > Google” feature are ignored, so I end up needing to switch to the chrome app just to complete the search on Google.

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 🙏"

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.

Thank you for reverting to the old version for now. Big fan of Kagi but it’s hard to break the habit of relying on the auto redirect. I’ve been using the iOS app since it came out to automatically redirect searches to Kagi. The latest update will not work. I realized I couldn’t find it on the App Store anymore and downloaded this new version which looks the same and also doesn’t work. Hopefully the old functionality can be restored.

It's a lot of work to build a cross-platform Safari extension, and I appreciate the effort of the Kagi team to ensure a seamless experience. In addition to being cross-platform, this new extension does not require broad permissions to work: you only need to give it permission on one website (your default search engine) for it to correctly redirect to Kagi. There are some kinks to be worked out, but this redesign puts the whole effort on a more sustainable development path which I appreciate.

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.