Arc Search
AI browser that reads the web and hands you one answer page
Overview
Arc Search is The Browser Company's free mobile browser, best known for Browse for Me — an AI agent that reads multiple sites and assembles a single ad-free summary page. Now under Atlassian (acquired Oct 2025) while parent focus shifts to the Dia browser.
Pricing
Pricing shown for reference only. These figures reflect RECATOOLS research as of 11 Jul 2026 and may be out of date or incomplete. This is not financial or purchasing advice — always confirm the current price on the provider’s official website before making any decision.
Use cases
What you can produce with Arc Search
- Browse for Me: AI-synthesized single-page answers with citations
- Ad-free default mobile browsing
- Free with no premium subscription tier
- Available on iOS and Android
- Live multi-source web search per query
ASEAN Perspective
Arc Search in Southeast Asia
ASEAN-region availability and pricing notes coming soon. Drop the editorial team a note via /contact/ if you can supply local context (Singapore/Malaysia/Indonesia/Thailand/Vietnam).
Browse for Me is the reason to have this app: ask a question, and it reads several pages before landing one clean, cited answer instead of ten blue links. For quick research — "explain this," "compare these two phones," "what's the return policy" — it beats a Google search loop on mobile, and reviewers note it doesn't hallucinate the way some AI answer engines do.
It's still a single-feature app wrapped in a browser, not a full replacement for tabs and bookmarks, and there's no follow-up question support yet — each query starts fresh. Ownership has also shifted: Atlassian bought The Browser Company for $610M in October 2025, and all product energy now points at the Dia browser, not Arc. Free with no premium tier so far, iOS and Android only, no public API.
What people say
Free, with no subscription tier or ads — that's the current state of Arc Search, and The Browser Company has said it will keep a free version available even as it explores premium options down the line.
The headline feature, Browse for Me, gets consistent praise in app-store and blog reviews. One reviewer called it "the most refreshing mobile browsing experience of 2026," and multiple users highlight that it "actually reads sites and sources and uses live web search thoroughly before answering" rather than guessing. For quick lookups, product comparisons, and "explain this to me" queries, reviewers rate it well ahead of scrolling a normal search results page.
The complaints cluster around two things. First, no follow-up: users can't refine an answer conversationally, each Browse for Me session is a fresh query, which reviewers flag as the app's biggest gap. Second, general mobile-app rough edges — page freezes and an unhelpful in-app bug-report chatbot show up in App Store and Play Store feedback.
The bigger question mark is corporate, not product. The Browser Company stopped active development on the flagship Arc desktop browser in May 2025 to focus on Dia, its newer AI-first browser, and Atlassian completed a $610 million acquisition of the company in October 2025. Atlassian's public messaging leans almost entirely on Dia — CEO Mike Cannon-Brookes described wanting to "make Dia the browser" for SaaS-heavy work — with Arc mentioned only in passing. The Browser Company has said Arc Search itself will stick around, with more detail on a long-term plan promised but not yet delivered as of mid-2026.
Net: it's a genuinely good free tool for mobile research today, built by a team whose attention is now mostly elsewhere. Worth using; worth not building a workflow that depends on it getting new features.
Summary of public user & expert reviews, compiled by RECATOOLS.
About this listing
This entry was compiled from publicly available data including Arc Search's official website, press releases, documentation, and reputable third-party publications. RECATOOLS is not affiliated with Arc Search unless explicitly stated.
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