wBlock

The next-generation ad blocker

Free

wBlock turns Safari into a cleaner, faster, and more private browsing experience while being completely free and open-source.​ Userscript Support Enhance your browsing with powerful userscripts that add features mainstream browsers can't. Bring back YouTube dislikes, bypass paywalls, customize social media feeds, and more. wBlock gives you the power to shape the web the way you want it.​ Lightning-Fast Performance wBlock uses only ~40 MB of RAM at idle, one of the lightest ad blockers available. Your browser stays fast and responsive while blocking ads, trackers, malware, and annoyances across every website you visit.​ Complete Control Toggle blocking on individual sites with one click. Add custom filter lists to fine-tune protection. View detailed logs to troubleshoot issues. wBlock puts you in the driver's seat.​ Free & Open-Source Forever No subscriptions, no in-app purchases, no hidden fees. wBlock is completely free and always will be. The open-source codebase ensures complete transparency; you can verify exactly what the app does and how it protects your privacy.​ Privacy-First Design wBlock runs entirely within Safari's content blocking API. There's no data collection, no tracking, and no system-level extensions that can monitor your browsing. Your privacy stays yours.​ Comprehensive Protection Using AdGuard's comprehensive filters and more, wBlock blocks ads and trackers across the entire web. One-click filter updates keep protection current.​

  • 4.9
    out of 5
    109 Ratings

• Added support for older Apple releases: macOS 12.3+ and iOS/iPadOS 15.4+. • Improved background filter updates, including reliability after rebooting or restarting Safari. • Added built-in tinyShield userscripts, including regional variants for stronger anti-adblock coverage. • Improved userscript compatibility with better GM API support, binary XHR responses, progress events, MIME overrides, stream/runtime ports, and safer downloads. • Backups now include userscripts. • Improved onboarding with clearer regional filter and userscript recommendations, baseline userscripts enabled by default, and no reminder-notification prompt. • Added a Safari popup control to pause saved Element Zapper rules for the current site without deleting them. • Fixed Element Zapper cancel/status behavior. • Hardened iOS and shared app/extension storage to reduce background save and suspension-related crashes. • Fixed stale userscript indexing during metadata prefetching, remote downloads, and scheduled userscript updates. • Improved custom filter validation so userscript URLs, userscript metadata, and HTML challenge pages are rejected as filter lists. • Expanded built-in content blocker compatibility rules for diagnostic sites and YouTube-related scriptlet coverage. • Added localization updates, including clearer German strings.

The developer, Alexander Skula, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .

  • Data Not Collected

    The developer does not collect any data from this app.

    Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More

    The developer indicated that this app supports the following accessibility features. Learn More

    • Supported Features

      • VoiceOver

      • Voice Control

      • Larger Text

      • Dark Interface

      • Differentiate Without Color Alone

      • Sufficient Contrast

      • Reduced Motion

    Seller
    • Alexander Skula
    Size
    • 19.4 MB
    Category
    • Utilities
    Compatibility
    Requires iOS 15.4 or later.
    • iPhone
      Requires iOS 15.4 or later.
    • iPad
      Requires iPadOS 15.4 or later.
    • iPod touch
      Requires iOS 15.4 or later.
    • Mac
      Requires macOS 12.3 or later.
    • Apple Vision
      Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
    Languages
    English and 16 more
    • English, Arabic, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Traditional Chinese, Turkish
    Age Rating
    4+
    Copyright
    • © 2025 Alexander Skula