Handblock - Block Safari ads 4+
The most powerful ad-blocker
Konstantinos Papadakis
Designed for iPad
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- $0.99
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Description
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!
What’s New
Version 2.4.6
- Performance improvements
Ratings and Reviews
Compares well to others
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
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?
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.
App Privacy
The developer, Konstantinos Papadakis, 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
Information
- Seller
- Konstantinos Papadakis
- Size
- 27 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
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- © Papadakis Konstantinos. All Rights Reserved.
- Price
- $0.99
Supports
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Family Sharing
Up to six family members can use this app with Family Sharing enabled.