AdBlock

I would not be surprised if apple pulled this from the app store in a few hours. After all due to sand boxing technology this app should not work. if I understand my apple correctly.

Apparently not every app is supported. I hope the developer can add apps that have the ads to future updates to include all apps and all of that stuff. I'm reading some good reviews on the app store but I'll wait until it gets more before I decide to by. 11 is not enough.

There is another app from this developer. What is the difference between this one and the other?

One problem with AdBlock is that its ad suppression can break the functionality of apps or sites. Therefore, if you use this app, and you find that something on your device is behaving strangely, try disabling AdBlock and see if that fixes the problem.

For example, the MLB At Bat app will have problems playing audio, and possibly video, if AdBlock is enabled. Disabling AdBlock fixes the issue.

I'm not sure if the potential hassles caused by this app are worth paying for it, even though it is cheap. I have also used AdBlock on my computer, as a browser extension, and there have been multiple occasions where I had to disable the extension, either for a site or altogether, in order to get something to work. Problems primarily occur with sites that deliver audio or video streams, but other sites can also behave weirdly.

To the one who is wondering what the difference is between the two apps from this developer, I just tried out both, and they are actually very different.

Weblock is a much more complex app than AdBlock is. It not only blocks ads, but also has a ton of other blocking options, which are highly configurable. It works by sending requests for unwanted elements to a dummy proxy, which rejects the request and effectively prevents the content from downloading. This requires some configuration by the user, which is a bit tricky, but doable with VoiceOver. The biggest problem with this approach is that it only works with wifi and cannot block anything over cellular connections.

AdBlock is a brand new app which uses an entirely different method of blocking ads. It works by setting up a virtual VPN, which essentially accomplishes the same thing the dummy proxy does with Weblock. This method works with both wifi and cellular connections. However, AdBlock does not have nearly as much power as Weblock, which means you don't have the same level of configuration, and there are some ads that don't get blocked currently. That said, this app is very new, and I suspect the more powerful features in Weblock may eventually get added to AdBlock over time.

AdBlock is much easier to set up and use, and its ability to block ads over cellular makes it more attractive, despite its limitations. Still, I have a hard time recommending this to other users because of the problems I have run into with ad blocking in the past, as I said in an earlier post.

I will definitely contact the developer about the issue I mentioned here about MLB At Bat. I just discovered that the problem only happens with the new AdBlock app and not the alternative, Weblock, from the same developer. See my previous post about the difference between them.

Yes, updated filters can sometimes resolve issues, but as website designs change, new issues can surface, which means the filters need to be constantly updated. That's the nature of the beast.

Works and saves a little data.

Actually it is not frree, not in the us. it's still $0.99.

Saddly it says this is no longer in the US app store.

The App Store link above just worked fine for me.

Still not working for me.