Wipr

Category

Description of App

Ad and Tracker Blocker

Wipr blocks all ads, trackers, cryptocurrency miners, EU cookie and GDPR notices, and other annoyances, so you can focus on the content that matters to you.

It works in Safari and all apps that use Safari to display web pages.

• Time, Data, and Battery Saver

Web pages load a lot faster with Wipr, and much less needs to be downloaded. Your mobile devices will love this.

• Private

Wipr prevents countless trackers from invading your privacy. Wipr itself cannot, nor wants to, know what you do on the web.

• Fast

By using a new technology called Content Blocking Extensions, Wipr can do its job without slowing down Safari at all.

• Up-to-date

Wipr's blocklist is updated twice a week to keep up with the ever-changing web.

• Honest

No one can pay to unblock ads. There are no "acceptable ads". Wipr only answers to you.

• Global

Wipr will use an enhanced blocklist for Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Thai, and Vietnamese speakers.

• Smart

You can set up Wipr in seconds, and it will update automatically in the background to block future annoyances. There is no configuration.

This app was built with love and patience. I hope you'll enjoy using it as much as I enjoyed designing and building it.

Wipr is also available for your Mac, look for it in the Mac App Store!

Enjoy a cleaner web!

Version

1.49

Free or Paid

Paid

Apple Watch Support

No

Device(s) App Was Tested On

iPhone

iOS Version

17.1.2

Accessibility Comments

It is fully accessible with Voiceover, and extremely simple to set up. Next version should support dynamic text according to the developer. Requires enabling 4 extensions in Safari to work properly, but you are guided through this in the startup wizard for the app. Only three buttons in the main window, and they are all labeled. Show test page, automatic refresh, and about. About has a great FAQ that has full documentation, as well as buttons to recommend and rate the app, provide feedback which was responded to in less than 24 hours, and to tip the developer if desired.

VoiceOver Performance

VoiceOver reads all page elements.

Button Labeling

All buttons are clearly labeled.

Usability

The app is fully accessible with VoiceOver and is easy to navigate and use.

Other Comments

It's a little confusing on the app store because the app is $1.99 and it says in app purchases, but this is only to voluntarily tip the developer. The features are not limited in any way. They make this clear in the FAQ.
The app was recommended by Jonathan Mosen on his Living Blindfully podcast, renamed from Mosen at Large. The developer is not a sponsor. I personally love how well the app works. The Safari extensions to enable are Wipr part one, two, and three, and Wipr Extra for stubborn web sites. They state clearly that no data is tracked, and they update all of their block lists weekly. This company is a one person shop, but I'm not using pronouns since I don't know how they identify.
They are on X and Mastodon at @mipstian
When I wrote they said they would add Voiceover Support to the description of the app to make it easier to find.

Developer's Twitter Username

@mipstian

Recommendations

1 people have recommended this app

Most recently recommended by Reginald George 11 months 1 week ago

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