Halt: AdBlock Browser 17+
Ad Blocker & Fast Web Browsing
Pie Technologies Inc.
Designed for iPad
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- Free
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Description
Ad blocker FREE! > Ultra-fast browsing > No extension needed > Blocks video ads > Allows picture-in-picture > Saves battery life & data. Web browsing is a joy with Halt!
Halt is a FAST, SECURE, AD BLOCKER browser that can block ads on websites. It's also 100% FREE. That's right, NO annoying in-app purchases!
So, are you looking for an adblocker browser that actually works? Forget those complicated ad block "extensions" that don't work well and make you pay for the full features - Halt does it all for you easily, automatically, and for FREE!
Halt is a fully integrated, all-in-one adblock browser that blocks 3rd-party ads and loads websites insanely fast, all while protecting you from malicious websites and popups. It's also designed to be super simple and easy - anyone can use it!
Optimized perfectly for iOS, Halt even saves on your battery life and data! Join thousands of users and upgrade to Halt today for FREE! Because web browsing and ad blocking on iOS has never been so easy!
Tip: To play a video in the background, play it in picture-in-picture mode then swipe it off-screen (for iOS 14 and above only). It will also play while your screen is off!
►►► FEATURES
• 100% Free - Those other popular adblock apps trick you by having annoying in-app purchases to work properly. Halt is 100% FREE! No in-app purchases to worry about here.
• No Extension Needed - Forget those adblock "extensions". They're complicated to set up and just don't work so well. Halt is a fully integrated, all-in-one adblock browser. Just download the app and start browsing with ad blocker free! Easy-peasy!
• Built-in 3rd party Ad Blocker - Halt has a comprehensive built-in adblocker to prevent 3rd party ads and pop-ups from interrupting your browsing experience. Video ads are also blocked and picture-in-picture (for iOS 14 and above only) is often allowed, which makes your video viewing experience so much better.
• Lightning Fast Browsing - Supercharge your browsing speed. Halt is designed to start up quickly and load web pages super-fast, especially with ads being blocked.
• Save Battery Life & Data - Halt cuts down on data usage and improves your battery life by loading web pages more efficiently.
• Built-In Malicious Site Protection - No need to worry about whether that link you just tapped is a fraudulent website.
• SSL Everywhere - Browse with peace of mind knowing that Halt defaults to secure connections on all websites.
• Fast Tabs - Jump between multiple tabs with speed and ease using the tab bar, just like on your desktop browser.
• Incognito Browsing - Browse in incognito mode for when you don't want your history, tabs, or private data to be saved in the app. Halt makes clearing data much easier than other apps that say that they're a private browser with adblock.
• Built-in search engine – Type keywords in the link tab and go to see web results from the built-in search engine.
• Great customization – Turn any of the features on or off. Add bookmarks, favorites, request desktop sites, see history, share links, and more! Halt can adjust to your web browsing habits.
Now it’s time to upgrade your web browsing experience with a simple and blazing fast web browser.
► Download Halt: AdBlock Browser for FREE!
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◆ About Pie Technologies Inc.
Our mission is to deliver simple, streamlined, fast web browsing experiences to users around the world. We're funded by Y Combinator Startup School and supported by Atlanta Tech Village. We were founded in 2020 as a Delaware US corporation and our headquarters is based in Atlanta, Georgia.
If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to contact us! We would love to hear from you. Till then, enjoy our fast web browsing and superior ad blocker for apps free for iPhone and iPad!
Made with (heart) in Atlanta.
© 2022 Pie Technologies Inc.
What’s New
Version 1.7.4
Bug fixes and performance improvements.
Ratings and Reviews
Great Browser!
UPDATE AGAIN: Hi. Thanks. Would you consider making dark mode effective for websites too?
UPDATE: Please add dark mode. Thanks! This is now my default iOS browser. It’s great, and gets better with each update. Developer is responsive and clearly dedicated to the browser. Keep it up! Reader mode is working great since last update! Thanks.
Developer Response ,
UPDATE AGAIN: Hi! Yes, that's a great idea! We're working on a bunch of new improvements so bear with us, but we'll definitely look into doing it! Thanks for the great feedback! 😊 - The Pie Team.
UPDATE: Hi again, rMr.G! 😄 Dark mode is already in the app! Simply go to Settings, then Appearance, and select the option you'd like! Enjoy! - The Pie Team.
Hi rMr.G! Awesome! We're so glad you're enjoying it! And yes, we're super dedicated to constantly improving the app and creating an incredible adblock browser experience that can effectively block ads, that is completely free, easy to use, and also make our ad blocker free from the hassle of managing extensions. Much better than other apps that say that they're ad blocker for apps free. Make sure to try incognito mode too, it makes the tabs into a private browser with adblock. 😊 Thank you so much for the kind words! - The Pie Team
It’s ok, but…
It’s not as effective as the Brave Browser, but clears out about 95% of ads in my estimation. On the downside it leaves the ad place holders intact so it’s definitely not a seemless ad block browser. Another negative is that I get one of those pop ups periodically from a particular website asking me if I want to continue blocking ads, which is a little frustrating. I don’t have any of these issues with the other aforementioned ad block browser. On the plus, side it does remove about 95% of ads and pop ups, so you’re cell phone battery life is not being constantly drained by unwanted video ads. Compared to Safari, the Halt browser is a marvel. Once Halt cleans up the few issues I’ve noted above it will be a top notch go-to browser that you’ll want to set as your default browser.
The halt scam
Halt may be free to use at the expense of all your personal data including all usernames and passwords. Download the app called “lockdown” once running, open halt and you will see all the “tracking ads” that were blocked by lockdown. Use halt some more, do some browsing around and you will see more tracking ads being blocked by lockdown. After installation of “halt” during first setup, without ever visiting one page. Lockdown blocked 38 tracking ads from halt alone. (Without visiting any website) the main players in web browsers don’t even have 1 ad tracker within their app.
Developer Response ,
Hi wjdychr, thanks for your feedback! We followed your steps and used Lockdown to see what you mean. The domains that were being blocked are from Google Analytics, which is used to help us improve the app. It is not anything malicious as you stated. Regardless, we removed it anyway so please feel free to double check Lockdown again and see that nothing comes up. If you have any more feedback, please email us at support@piebrowser.com and we'd be happy to help out. (Also, if you could update your review, we'd very much appreciate it too!) Thank you very much for using our adblock browser! :) - The Halt Team
App Privacy
The developer, Pie Technologies Inc., 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.
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Information
- Seller
- Pie Technologies Inc.
- Size
- 82.7 MB
- Category
- Utilities
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 12.0 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 12.0 or later.
- iPod touch
- Requires iOS 12.0 or later.
- Mac
- Requires macOS 11.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
- Apple Vision
- Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- Languages
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English, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Norwegian Bokmål, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Swedish, Traditional Chinese, Ukrainian
- Age Rating
- 17+ Unrestricted Web Access
- Copyright
- © 2023 Pie Technologies Inc.
- Price
- Free
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