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Can’t use this with my VPN/has been made useless to me
Believe my device has been taken over by firebaselogging googleapis that most all of my apps are now reporting to and now I can’t use my VPN and 1Blocker at the same time. Probably not 1Blockers fault it was working well until I started seeing all the firebaselogging and firebaseconfig believe they have connected all the pieces for someone to stalk me and who knows where they go from here.
Update:developer responded with solution but my network had been taken over and not so sure anything is secure now. 1Blocker seems to working again and I can use VPN and 1Blocker with their solution. Thanks!Show lessCover Blown
Developer Response
Hello, thank you for letting us know about this situation. iOS does not support multiple active VPN profiles, but there are few exceptions, so you can still try to run them simultaneously. If your VPN supports IKEv2/IPsec protocols, and it occupies the Personal VPN section in iOS Settings > VPN, it becomes compatible with 1Blocker's Firewall. Firewall must be set to DNS Proxy mode in the (...) button at the top right corner of Firewall tab. Update: we are happy to receive your comment. It's great to hear that 1Blocker keeps protecting your device and makes it more secure. Please, feel free to contact us anytime here, via the app or our email: support@1blocker.com We are always here for you.Great Ad Blocker for Safari & Great Customer Support, Too
I'd tried a number of different ad blockers, but none really did the job well or were cumbersome and required too much fiddling around to get them to work dependably. Then I tried 1Blocker and have finally found one that works well consistently and requires little attention.
Recently, I had a problem with my subscription. After emailing, I was promptly contacted by 1Blocker's customer support with the problem being quickly and easily resolved.Show lessRhetorical One
From getting less effective to becoming useless
The original, 1-star rating (see the review below) is changed to 5. On the latest iDevice running iOS 15.2, the app seems to be quite effective and doesn’t appear to hinder performance.
It does work well on some sites and is totally useless on others. Opening the app for it to refresh the “rules” is tedious. If kept refreshed in the background, however, the app drains the battery. Many sites, when being viewed with the Blocker engaged, seem to struggle to still push the commercial and other “social buttons”. In such instances, browsing within such websites is too sluggish.Show lessneretinus
Developer Response
We are happy to receive your review update! Your support and feedback means a lot to us.One blocker taking the place of many!
Initial failure to launch problems have been addressed, and iCloud synchronization with the previous version is working perfectly. I’ve tested this new version on some of the toughest websites I know of, that are littered with Russian bots that will take over your iOS device. 1Blocker easily defeated them! Kudos to the developers. 1Blocker has proven yet again, to be the best ad blocking application available. It’s an investment you’ll never be sorry that you made! You’ll actually like using the internet again on your iOS device, with 1BLOCKER.Show lessLee56232
Hands-down the best ad blocker for iOS
Singificantly improves privacy, aids some sites and apps to load faster, and is easily configurable. Ive tried half a dozen ad blockers and not one has been equally as effective as 1blocker. Excellent work!
My only complaint is that the app requires Cell phone access if you wan to use other apps that need cellular data. On the one hand, it can be a nuisance to flip it on and off, on the other it can serve as a guard against apps using your cellular data unexpectedly.Show lesswj4
Consistently the better blocker despite Safari limitation
I am very big on protecting my privacy and eliminating distractions. I have personally evaluated every ad blocker I can find. Many are good, but 1Blocker is consistently the better choice.
I resent Apple's attempts to limit what ad blockers and other extensions can do to help a user. However, I admire how 1Blocker works within those limitations to deliver a better browsing experience.
I hope that the Hide Element feature gets a little more love. It took me awhile to figure out that to hide an element in the hide interface, I must click the element once to make its background pulse, and then I must click the element AGAIN to actually mark it as the element I want to hide, before clicking Save. If I want to hide multiple elements on a page, I must know to click Save in order to be prompted to hide another element. Perhaps I still don't understand the functionality fully. I'm a stickler for intuitive usability, and I found this a bit frustrating.
And, I know this is devilishly difficult, but I would gladly pay an extra sum if there were a way to block Twitter ads.
All in all, 1Blocker remains my gold standard for ad blocking on Safari for macOS and Safari for iOS.Show lessJasonLovesApple
Developer Response
Thank you so much for your comment, JasonLovesApple! We will take your comments into account and try to improve our app in the future.Firewall feature doesn’t work with cellular connection
UPDATE: Seems to work flawlessly after the 5.1 update. Thank you for fixing the cellular data not working with firewall bug!!
Recently I updated my 13 Pro Max to the new iOS 15.1 and now my cellular connection doesn’t work with firewall feature on. It is super annoying to go back in the app and turn off the feature and not to mention you can’t use the feature that you’re paying for. Updates haven’t come out in a while either. Hope developer fix this issue as soon as possible.Show lessMunna_Badnam
Works great
Such a great app! Been using this for a few years now. It works great in Safari and is kept up to date. Totally worth the premium subscription for that alone. Their firewall also works well and seems more comprehensive than some similar apps and blocks more ads, including most of the ones in a certain fruit company’s news app. If this could block ads in Instagram, that would be awesome but I don’t know if that’s technologically possible. They may be hosted on the same servers as actual content.Show lessjam9999
The best ad and tracker blocker
1Blocker used to protect you from tracking you on the web. NOW, it also shields you from tracking inside apps. It is a big deal. In less than two days, more than 2000 trackers were detected and blocked. Of course, you can adjust your settings to whitelist your favorite sites. The decision is yours. Kudos to the developers. Edit: after using the updated app (which includes the trackers blocker), I can confirm that this app is superb: close to 37k trackers blocked in 30 days and absolutely no impact on phone performance (in fact probably better since trackers and ad are resources suckers).Show lesscastorix
Wow!! This is great!
I usually don’t rate products, but I just installed the premium version today. I use my phone quite a bit; larger screens drive me batty due to visual issues. I’m sick of advertisements, tracking and the like, despite Apple’s claims that iPhone sorts these things out for us. In my experience and opinion, the phone settings are an utter failure. So far, I am mightily impressed. There are some cool settings that are definitely over my low tech head, but that’s fine (and I’m used to it). That notwithstanding, I’m most grateful to not be bombarded and and harassed and this works very smoothly and quickly. So far, so good, as they say. Thank you!😊Show lessSMDOK
