Kadaza Review: Why Personalized Homepages Are Back

In the early days of the web, personalized homepages were a common sight on desktops. It was where you could organize everything from your RSS news feeds and bookmarks to weather updates and email previews.

However, with the rise of the search-engine-first approach, smartphones, and social media, these customizable start pages gradually faded from the mainstream. Netvibes, iGoogle, and even MyYahoo are now relics of the past.

Instead of carefully curating our own dashboards, most of us now rely on search engines, algorithmic feeds, or mobile apps to guide our daily browsing.

In 2026, it’s time to run it back, and Kadaza is here to help!

If like me, you’re tired of being spoon-fed the news some algorithm decided or want to bypass the chaos of social feeds, Kadaza puts you back in the driver’s seat. 

What is Kadaza?

Kadaza was launched against the grain in 2008 and is a modern take on the classic personalized homepage. It offers a return to simpler, more intentional browsing habits. You can organize your favorite websites, reduce distractions, and take back a bit of control over how you start your time online.

While it has an Android app and extensions for Firefox, Chrome and Edge, users can also simply set  their homepage manually on any browser to Kadaza.com or one of the international versions of Kadaza.

You are then free to use its multi-search bar, directory of sites, or customize it to your liking.

Let’s take a closer look at its features:

Comprehensive Web Directory

By default, Kadaza already offers a comprehensive and well-organized directory of sites and web services, covering all common browsing activity. This includes categories for news, email, social media, AI chat, shopping, games, and much more. 

The sites are carefully selected and organized to make navigation simple and intuitive. It doesn’t have endless scrolling or suggestions that steal your time.

The categories allow you to discover popular sites quickly, without searching for them individually. In practice, this means it acts as both a homepage and an overall internet guide. What’s more, there are no intrusive ads or algorithms forcing content onto you.

Multi-Search Bar

At the top of the page, Kadaza includes a search box that aggregates multiple search engines that you can choose from the dropdown. This includes Google (web, maps, and translate), Bing, Yahoo, Startpage, Wikipedia, and YouTube.

You can also choose between the available search engines to appear at the top.

This makes it easy to switch between search functions without opening separate websites, turning the homepage into a central hub for your searches.

Personalization

Of course, the most important feature is personalization. What immediately strikes me about Kadaza is you do not need to register an account. Imagine that, in 2026, a service where you don’t have to sign over all your personal info!

Instead, settings are stored locally in the browser, typically through anonymous cookies and a saved personal URL, which keeps the experience simple and private.

Personalization falls under two areas: Custom homepage tiles and themes.

Themes:

Themes change the visual appearance of your homepage by applying photo-based background images, color themes, or pattern designs.

These backgrounds are available across several categories such as nature, cities, and animals, and helps create a more personal browsing environment, something many modern browser start pages lack.

Personal Favorites:

Under the search bar, Kadaza presents favorite site links as large visual tiles arranged in a grid of 32. By clicking the edit button, you can add your personal favorites and organize them however you want.

If the site isn’t already in its large directory, you can add it to your personal database.

Next, simply drag-and-drop tiles, rearranging them to prioritize the sites you visit most often. This makes it function like a visual bookmark manager, where everything important is visible at a glance.

If you miss the old “start page” style of browsing, this feature alone is a big draw. It also makes browsing feel faster and more intentional compared to modern algorithm-driven feeds.

Mobile and Tablet Compatibility

Android users can opt for the app version, but Kadaza is well optimized for tablets and mobile devices. The interface adapts to smaller screens so users can access their homepage and favorite sites from any device.

You can also choose between two layouts; one with categories in a menu on the left, loading in the center, or the classic view with all the categories in a list in the center, loading below each other. 

International Versions

Kadaza isn’t just a single website, it’s actually a network of localized homepages for different countries.

In fact, the service is available in nearly 60 different country versions, each designed with local users in mind.

For example, the Italian version of Kadaza is fully localized, with its own language and a curated selection of websites tailored specifically for Italian users.

Behind the scenes is an international network of volunteers and contributors who help maintain and update website categories around the world. They assist with translations, suggest new websites and help keep the platform up to date.

Kadaza Review – Verdict 

To conclude this Kadaza review, the site provides something that I’ve personally needed for a long time but didn’t realize it. A calmer, more organized way of beginning a browsing session.

Almost all of the standard routes now try to catch our attention and keep us engaged at all costs, rather than aiding productivity and giving us the freedom to browse with intent.

Of course, you might immediately jump to social media after starting on Kadaza, but even just a one-page buffer can be enough to change your outlook.

Kadaza is completely free, so give it a try and I’m certain you’ll find the same nostalgic charm as me.

Are personalized homepages back? Let us know if you’re using Kadaza or similar tools in the comments below!