# Ad Blocker & Browser Protect

> Filter ads PRO for Safari

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1585053145](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1585053145)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id1585053145`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Tapto
- **Category:** Utilities
- **Rating:** 4.20 / 5 (7,313 ratings)
- **Version:** 2.2
- **Last updated:** 2026-01-09
- **First published:** 2021-09-14
- **Size:** 38 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-15
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ad-blocker-browser-protect/id1585053145)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://docs.google.com/document/d/11EPqgDjv0rmxoCWWgdz3n7kve7zdrE1S/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=100075722901469584257&rtpof=true&sd=true](https://docs.google.com/document/d/11EPqgDjv0rmxoCWWgdz3n7kve7zdrE1S/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=100075722901469584257&rtpof=true&sd=true)

## Description

Ad Blocker & Browser Protect provides Safari ad blocking, removes banners, pop-ups, and video ads, and offers whitelisting to keep favored sites. It also shields your privacy with tracker and analytics filters, helping you browse faster and with fewer distractions.

Premium features expand your control with custom filters, DNS privacy, and security filters for extra privacy and protection. Privacy policy: https://bit.ly/3lsNRDI • Terms of Use: https://bit.ly/3lqG09B

## Rankings

- #22,473 — Overall
- #12 — ad-blocking
- #18 — ad spy
- #20 — adblock
- #21 — adblocker
- #23 — skip ads

## Review summary

Users broadly praise this app for strong ad blocking and a smoother, ad-free browsing experience across apps and mobile sites, with ease of use. However, recurring drawbacks include steep, confusing pricing; reports of inconsistent blocking; perceived manipulative marketing and scare tactics; limitations to Safari/ browser scope; and billing or cancellation problems. Overall, it’s valued for ad blocking but criticized for cost, reliability, and marketing practices.

### Pros

- Strong ad blocking across mobile apps and websites, delivering an ad-free browsing experience.
- Improves browsing experience with fewer interruptions and gives users control over their online space.
- User-friendly and effective; praised for good ad-detection across apps and websites.
- Widely effective across different sites and apps, supporting cross-platform ad blocking.

### Cons

- Very expensive subscription pricing with annual/weekly plans and confusing billing.
- Inconsistent or ineffective ad blocking for some users (does not always block ads).
- Perceived manipulative marketing tactics and scare prompts that feel like scams/phishing attempts.
- Platform limitations or Safari-only restrictions (limited to Safari or certain browsers).
- Billing/refund/cancellation issues reported by users (difficult to cancel or obtain refunds).

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1585053145)