I was showing my mom a new recipe on my iPhone, and right in the middle, a full-screen pop-up ad of some horned up dating sim game hijacked the moment. I get that some apps solely rely on ads for revenue but idgaf if you’re showing these two bit ads on my whole screen, I’m gonna do my utter best to block that shit.
I’m feeling super petty and I need a good ad blocker, but I don’t even know if there are those for ios(?). I’ve looked up some older threads on here and I’ve seen Adguard and Wipr recommended with some mixed reviews.
Idk if these are good though, and if I’m missing some other option? Ideally something not taxing enough that makes my phone beg for its life. Please help me feel vindicated
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AdGuard Pro
I use NextDNS for all my system wide DNS based Ad Blocking. Works like a charm.
AdBlocker but with the DNS profile installed on my phone.
https://adguard-dns.io/en/public-dns.html#:~:text=method no2%3A configure adguard dns manually “Method №2: Configure AdGuard DNS manually”
Nobody ever mentions this but FireFox focus has a safari extension for ad blocking. It’s really quite good and almost never beaks a page like some of the others I have used. Very low key and just usually works and is free.
1Blocker
I use 1Blocker too but noticed that I can only open some apps if it’s disabled which is annoying because there’s an app I use for work sometimes 3-4 times a day and have to go in and manually disable it in the app and turn the vpn off in the iPhone settings. Haven’t noticed much of a difference with the blocker since getting it tho
RethinkDNS with the OISD tracker enabled. Can download the Apple config on your phone.
uBlock Origin
AdGuard
Try nextdns.io
It’s an adblocker at the dns level. I’ve used it for 2-3 years now. Every once in a while I’ll click an ad in search results and it throws up a message about not being able to connect. If I want to actually go there, I’ll set dns back to default and then do what I need and turn it back on. I’d rather that than all the damn ads. It’s not 100%, due to all the different kinds of ads, but it’s the best I’ve found. It also very customizable if you want to spend the time tweaking it.
Adguard DNS
Firefox Focus for safari
I have been using AdGuard and it’s working well
Wipr is king. Maybe not as robust as other offerings like a custom NextDNS blocklist or AdGuard, but it is the best set it and forget it blocker.
I’m having a good experience with Arc Browser’s built in ad blocking on both desktop and ios
Wipr for Safari and I host PiHole at home so most ads are zapped on my network.
AdGuard is the only one you will ever need.
Edit: You can even Self-Host it at the network level!