Tempest for Web

Quick summary

Tempest is a free search engine built around privacy and security. It lets you look up news, answers, and media without collecting a detailed profile of your browsing habits, so results are less influenced by your past behavior.

Privacy and data protection

Tempest minimizes reliance on cookies and other persistent identifiers. Searches are encrypted and the service avoids building a personal profile that advertisers or third parties could use. This reduces the likelihood that ads or third-party apps will follow your online activity.

What you can search for

• News articles and current events
• Interactive maps and location results
• Videos and image results
• General webpages and links

Results are presented similarly to other engines, but with the privacy-first approach described above. You can filter results by region and by date to refine what you see.

Useful built-in tools

• Local time and timezone lookups
• Live sports scores and quick game summaries
• Weather forecasts at a glance
• Compact infocards that surface core facts without opening each site

These summary cards let you get the essential information quickly, often without having to click through to external pages.

Transparency via privacy reports

Tempest provides a privacy report for links you open that highlights trackers, cookies, and other data-collection mechanisms discovered on those sites. That report helps you understand which pages attempt to follow your activity and whether they might pose a security risk.

Location-based features and permissions

Some quick features (for example, precise local weather or nearest places) work best when the app is allowed to use an approximate location. You can enable a coarse location permission if you want those results; it’s not required for general searching.

Why it might suit you

With its focus on keeping searches private and encrypted, Tempest is a solid alternative for users who prefer search results that aren’t tailored by a detailed profile of their past behavior. It provides familiar search capabilities while offering extra transparency about the trackers and cookies present on the sites you visit.