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Is Yandex Browser with Alice AI Safe?

Yandex Browser with Alice AI privacy label · by DIRECT CURSUS COMPUTER SYSTEMS TRADING LLC · checked November 2026

  • Tracks you
  • Collects location
  • Recently updated
App Privacy label Developer-reported · checked November 1, 2026
Used to track you
5types
Linked to you
11types
Not linked to you
0types

None declared

Short answer

It depends on how you feel about tracking: Yandex Browser with Alice AI declares data used to track you. The sensitive items are financial info, location, contacts, user content and browsing history. In total the label lists 11 data types; 14% of secure messengers we checked declare tracking.

At a glance

Yandex Browser with Alice AI privacy in one look

Data exposure on the label
Used to track you
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Built only from the developer's App Store label. It describes disclosure, not tested behaviour.

Verdict from the label
Tracks you

Yandex Browser with Alice AI's developer reports using location, contact info, search history, browsing history, identifiers to track you across other companies' apps and websites.

Try it

Did Yandex Browser with Alice AI ask for something?

Pick the permission prompt you saw. We compare it with what Yandex Browser with Alice AI's developer declared.

It asked me for access to…
Tap a prompt to compare it with the label.
Matches the label

Yandex Browser with Alice AI lists Location on its label, including for tracking. Choose While Using and turn off Precise Location if the feature works without it.

Matches the label

Yandex Browser with Alice AI lists User Content on its label, linked to you. Choose Limited Access and pick only the photos you want to share.

Matches the label

Yandex Browser with Alice AI lists Contacts on its label, linked to you. Limited Access shares selected contacts instead of your whole address book.

Expected — and you can decline

Yandex Browser with Alice AI declares data used to track you, so expect the “Allow to track?” prompt. Tap Ask App Not to Track; the app must keep working without it.

Not on the label

Health & Fitness is not on Yandex Browser with Alice AI's label. That can be fine: data used only on your iPhone does not have to be declared. If the data would need to leave the phone for the feature to work, ask why it is missing.

A permission is what the app can reach on your iPhone; the label is what the developer says leaves it. They answer different questions.

Line by line

What Yandex Browser with Alice AI collects, explained

Data typeWhat it coversWhere to limit it
Financial InfoSensitiveLinked to you Card numbers, bank details, credit scores, salary, income, assets or debts. Pay with Apple Pay where offered so the app never sees your card number, and turn on the app's own login lock.
LocationSensitiveUsed to track youLinked to you Where your phone is, either precisely (street level) or approximately (city or area). Settings › Privacy & Security › Location Services: choose Never or While Using, and turn off Precise Location if the app does not need it.
ContactsSensitiveLinked to you The people in your address book or social graph. Settings › Privacy & Security › Contacts: choose Limited Access to share only selected people, or None.
User ContentSensitiveLinked to you Messages, photos, videos, audio recordings, documents and support chats you create or upload. Settings › Privacy & Security › Photos: choose Limited Access or None; review Microphone and Files access too.
Browsing HistorySensitiveUsed to track youLinked to you Websites and other content you viewed that is not part of the app. In browsers, use private tabs and clear history; Settings › Apps › Safari has Safari's own controls.
Search HistoryUsed to track youLinked to you Searches you run inside the app. Look for a clear-history or private-search option in the app.
Contact InfoUsed to track youLinked to you Your name, email address, phone number or postal address. Use Sign in with Apple with Hide My Email where offered, and check the app's account and marketing preferences.
IdentifiersUsed to track youLinked to you An account ID, screen name, customer number or a device-level ID such as the advertising identifier. Settings › Privacy & Security › Tracking: turn off Allow Apps to Request to Track, or tap Ask App Not to Track when prompted.
Usage DataLinked to you What you tap, open and view inside the app, plus which ads you have seen. There is no single iOS switch. Look for an analytics or personalised-ads toggle in the app's own settings.
Other DataLinked to you Any data the developer did not fit into Apple's named categories. Read the app's privacy policy, linked from its App Store page.
DiagnosticsLinked to you Crash logs, launch times, hang rates and energy use. Settings › Privacy & Security › Analytics & Improvements › Share With App Developers controls what Apple passes on; the app's own crash reporting is separate.
Reading the label

What Yandex Browser with Alice AI's label means for you

Yandex Browser with Alice AI's label has 5 types under “Data Used to Track You”, 11 types under “Data Linked to You”. A data type can appear in more than one section when it is used for different purposes — for example, identifiers used for both analytics and advertising.

Tracking is the declaration that most separates apps. It means location, contact info, search history, browsing history, identifiers from Yandex Browser with Alice AI can be combined with data from other companies to target or measure ads, or shared with data brokers. On iOS 14.5 and later, the app must ask your permission before tracking you through the advertising identifier; answering “Ask App Not to Track” blocks that identifier and tells the developer you have declined.

The items that deserve the most attention are financial info, location, contacts, user content and browsing history. Financial data is high-value to criminals and is often regulated. Expect it in banking and budgeting apps; question it elsewhere.

Messengers see who you talk to as well as what you say. Even with end-to-end encrypted content, contact lists and metadata can be collected and linked to you. Check whether contact upload is optional, whether backups are encrypted too, and whether disappearing messages exist.

Among the 172 secure messengers in our snapshot with a label, 14% declare tracking, 54% collect data linked to you and 29% say they collect nothing. Yandex Browser with Alice AI lists 11 data types, more than the average of 2.8 for this group.

Utilities range from calculators to VPNs, so their labels vary more than any other category. A simple tool that collects identifiers and usage data for tracking is a sign of advertising SDKs.

On your iPhone

Settings to check for Yandex Browser with Alice AI

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    Tracking

    Settings › Privacy & Security › Tracking. If “Allow Apps to Request to Track” is off, apps cannot ask, and they are told to treat you as having declined. You can also turn it off for this app alone.

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    Location

    Settings › Privacy & Security › Location Services › Yandex Browser with Alice AI. Choose While Using or Never, and switch off Precise Location if a city-level answer is enough.

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    Photos

    Settings › Privacy & Security › Photos. Limited Access lets you pick exactly which pictures the app can see; Add Photos Only lets it save without reading your library.

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    Contacts

    Settings › Privacy & Security › Contacts. Limited Access shares only the people you select instead of your whole address book.

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    Microphone & camera

    Settings › Privacy & Security › Microphone and Camera. The orange and green dots in the status bar show when either is in use.

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    Sign-in

    When creating an account, Sign in with Apple can give the app a relay address from Hide My Email instead of your real one.

Cross-app tracking

Does Yandex Browser with Alice AI track you?

Yes — 5 data types

Location, contact info, search history, browsing history and identifiers. Apple defines tracking as linking data from this app with data from other companies' apps, websites or offline sources for targeted advertising or ad measurement, or sharing it with a data broker.

Does Yandex Browser with Alice AI track you? Full answer and how to stop it →

iOS 18 and later

Lock Yandex Browser with Alice AI behind Face ID

  1. Find Yandex Browser with Alice AI on your Home Screen or in App Library.
  2. Touch and hold the icon until the quick-actions menu opens.
  3. Tap Require Face ID (or Require Touch ID / Require Passcode, depending on your iPhone).
  4. Tap Require Face ID again to confirm. Yandex Browser with Alice AI now asks for authentication every time it opens.

The lock is an iPhone feature, so it works whether or not Yandex Browser with Alice AI has a passcode of its own. It does not change what the app sends to its developer.

Lock or hide Yandex Browser with Alice AI: step-by-step guide →

From the App Store record

About Yandex Browser with Alice AI

DeveloperDIRECT CURSUS COMPUTER SYSTEMS TRADING LLC
App Store categoryUtilities (also Entertainment)
Latest version26.10.4.504, released October 2026
First releasedDecember 2011
RequiresiOS 15.0 or later
Size350 MB
Age rating17+
Languages15 (CS, EN, FR, DE, ID, IT, JA, KK…)
Bundle IDru.yandex.mobile.search

The current version shipped in October 2026, so the app is actively maintained and its label is likely current. Labels are updated by developers when practices change.

Also by DIRECT CURSUS COMPUTER SYSTEMS TRADING LLC: Yandex ID, Yandex Mail, Yandex Disk secure storage.

Read with care

What the label cannot tell you

  • A label is self-reported. Apple publishes the developer's answers and can reject apps that misrepresent them, but it does not independently verify what Yandex Browser with Alice AI sends.
  • It does not say where data is stored, how long it is kept, whether it is encrypted, or which companies receive it. The privacy policy covers those points.
  • Optional data counts: if a feature lets you add something (a profile photo, a phone number), the type is listed even if you never use the feature.
  • Data handled only on your iPhone is not 'collected', so a no-collection label is compatible with an app that reads your files locally.
  • Third-party sign-in, payment processors and SDKs are supposed to be included, but a label can lag behind a new version.

The question to ask Yandex Browser with Alice AI's developer: Is the message content end-to-end encrypted by default, including backups?

How it compares

Yandex Browser with Alice AI vs similar secure messengers

Data types listed on each App Store privacy label
Tracks youLinked to youNot linkedCollects nothing

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Your Yandex Browser with Alice AI privacy checklist

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Quick quiz

True or false?

  1. Q1Yandex Browser with Alice AI's privacy label says it uses data to track you.
    Right.
    Not quite.

    True: it lists location, contact info, search history, browsing history and identifiers under Data Used to Track You.

  2. Q2Apple tests every app to confirm its privacy label is accurate.
    Right.
    Not quite.

    Labels are self-reported by developers. Apple can reject or remove apps that misrepresent practices, but it does not audit each label.

  3. Q3Yandex Browser with Alice AI collects Financial Info.
    Right.
    Not quite.

    True: Financial Info appears on its label.

  4. Q4Data “Not Linked to You” is never sent off your iPhone.
    Right.
    Not quite.

    It is collected and sent; the developer says it is de-identified rather than tied to your account or device.

  5. Q5Tapping “Ask App Not to Track” can stop an app from working.
    Right.
    Not quite.

    Apple's rules require apps to work the same whether or not you allow tracking.

Questions people ask

Yandex Browser with Alice AI privacy FAQ

Is Yandex Browser with Alice AI safe to use?
Based on its App Store privacy label, yandex Browser with Alice AI's developer reports using location, contact info, search history, browsing history, identifiers to track you across other companies' apps and websites. Whether that is acceptable depends on what you will store in it. The label is developer-reported, not an independent security test.
Does Yandex Browser with Alice AI track you?
Yes. Its label lists location, contact info, search history, browsing history and identifiers under Data Used to Track You. You can decline at the iOS tracking prompt.
What data does Yandex Browser with Alice AI collect?
Financial info, location, contacts, user content, browsing history, search history, contact info, identifiers, usage data, other data and diagnostics. Of these, financial info, location, contacts, user content, browsing history, search history, contact info, identifiers, usage data, other data and diagnostics are linked to your identity.
Who makes Yandex Browser with Alice AI?
DIRECT CURSUS COMPUTER SYSTEMS TRADING LLC, according to the App Store. It was first released in December 2011 and the current version is 26.10.4.504.
Can I lock Yandex Browser with Alice AI with Face ID?
On iOS 18 or later, touch and hold Yandex Browser with Alice AI's icon and choose Require Face ID (or Touch ID / Passcode). This is an iPhone feature and works for most downloaded apps, whether or not the app has its own lock.
How does Yandex Browser with Alice AI compare with other secure messengers?
Across 172 secure messengers with labels in our snapshot, 14% declare tracking and 29% say they collect no data. Yandex Browser with Alice AI lists 11 data types against an average of 2.8.
Is the message content end-to-end encrypted by default, including backups?
The privacy label cannot answer that. Look for it in Yandex Browser with Alice AI's privacy policy or support pages, linked from the App Store listing. Check whether contact upload is optional, whether backups are encrypted too, and whether disappearing messages exist.
How do I delete my data from Yandex Browser with Alice AI?
Apps that let you create an account must also let you start account deletion from inside the app (an App Store rule since June 2022). Deleting the app from your iPhone alone does not delete data already sent to the developer.
Facts on this page come from Yandex Browser with Alice AI on the App Store, as reported by the developer. Checked 2026-11-01. How we collect data · Report a correction