Handblock: Block Safari ads

Name: Handblock: Block Safari ads
Price: 1.99 USD
Rating: 4.1 (29 reviews)
Author: Konstantinos Papadakis

Powerful ad-blocker for Safari

$1.99 · Designed for iPad

29 Ratings
Ages

4+
Years
Category

Utilities
Developer

Konstantinos Papadakis
Language

EN
English
Size

27
MB

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Welcome to Handblock, the most powerful content blocker for Safari!  Handblock is an advanced content blocker for iPhone & iPad providing the best browsing experience when browsing with Safari! It includes options on whitelisting your favourite sites and blacklisting the annoying ones with Parental Control. Handblock is blocking ads, content, tracking url's and cookies from Safari and increases up to 5X browsing speed and 22% of battery life on your device. Handblock installs directly on Safari and needs no additional setup! Enjoy ad-free browsing using Handblock!

Ratings & Reviews

4.1

out of 5

29 Ratings

Compares well to others
03/04/2017

funtongue
I compared this content blocker, Handblocker, with two others: Content Blocker+ and Ad Block Multi. I opened a clickbait article on Facebook (Oola, Diply, etc) like "25 people share the moment they realized they wanted to run away and hide because they went into public with no pants on" where each story is on its own page plastered with 30 ads, and tested each of the blockers, one at a time.Results:- Ad Blocker Multi blocked NOTHING - same as no blocker at all- Content Blocker+ and Handblock: both pretty good. Blocked all the ads scattered within the story content I came to see.Block lists and advertisers change over time. I tested these blockers on March 4, 2017.
Compares well to others
03/04/2017

funtongue

I compared this content blocker, Handblocker, with two others: Content Blocker+ and Ad Block Multi. I opened a clickbait article on Facebook (Oola, Diply, etc) like "25 people share the moment they realized they wanted to run away and hide because they went into public with no pants on" where each story is on its own page plastered with 30 ads, and tested each of the blockers, one at a time.Results:- Ad Blocker Multi blocked NOTHING - same as no blocker at all- Content Blocker+ and Handblock: both pretty good. Blocked all the ads scattered within the story content I came to see.Block lists and advertisers change over time. I tested these blockers on March 4, 2017.
Did not block sites on BGR
11/05/2015

BeyondtheTech
One of the most obnoxious tech sites out there when it comes to embedded and instructive advertising is Boy Genius Report (BGR). It constantly sends visitors to download apps on the App Store, has full-screen ads and overlays, and is riddled with sponsors and ads throughout their articles.I tried this app with good hopes, but a number of their ads slipped through, while others such as Blockr successfully blocked every one of the elements.As an buyer of this app, I'll download again in the future if I see an update fixes the holes in their filter, but for now and for the sake of my sanity, it's uninstalled.
Did not block sites on BGR
11/05/2015

BeyondtheTech

One of the most obnoxious tech sites out there when it comes to embedded and instructive advertising is Boy Genius Report (BGR). It constantly sends visitors to download apps on the App Store, has full-screen ads and overlays, and is riddled with sponsors and ads throughout their articles.I tried this app with good hopes, but a number of their ads slipped through, while others such as Blockr successfully blocked every one of the elements.As an buyer of this app, I'll download again in the future if I see an update fixes the holes in their filter, but for now and for the sake of my sanity, it's uninstalled.
9.2.1 not working?
01/23/2016

SilentSpartan.com
It was working great on a site that I use but after upgrading to iOS 9.2.1 it no longer works. Hopefully an update is on the way.
9.2.1 not working?
01/23/2016

SilentSpartan.com

It was working great on a site that I use but after upgrading to iOS 9.2.1 it no longer works. Hopefully an update is on the way.
White list works fine.
11/05/2015

NonstickRon
Just read the instructions. I wouldn’t have bothered to write a review but the only one that was on here was rating the app 3/5 for not being smart enough to use it, which is pretty annoying.
White list works fine.
11/05/2015

NonstickRon

Just read the instructions. I wouldn’t have bothered to write a review but the only one that was on here was rating the app 3/5 for not being smart enough to use it, which is pretty annoying.