AdBlock Reviews: Is It Legit?

Customer Experience

Positive experience43.9% of reviews
Neutral8.6% of reviews
Negative experience47.4% of reviews

~ Based on 1,550 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say about AdBlock

Is AdBlock Safe?

AdBlock appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for AdBlock is 86/100.

This assessment is based on 34,162 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.3/5.

Safety Analysis

81.8% of ratings point to a safe experience
4.1% of ratings suggest some concerns
14.2% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 33,969 App Store ratings for AdBlock.

Is AdBlock Legit?

AdBlock appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for AdBlock is 90/100.

Based on 90 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

Worked Great… until iOS 27

Worked great… until it didn’t. Zero updates in 5 years?! Come on!

Help me

I don’t know how to turn it on for all apps

Ios 27 on iPhones

Make sure to turn off the new option Connectivity Assist for AdBlock to still work.

Need to know

There is a new type of ad now known as a Malatisment. They are clickbates, misleading and spam. Adblock is making no attempt to stop them.

Not working FIX iOS 27

Props to whoever said turn off ‘connectivity assist’ in WiFi and connected WiFi, it works with both turned off. It stopped working as soon as I updated to iOS 27 but look In settings and WiFi, turn off ‘connectivity assist’ and it should work!

Ads

does not work, I am constantly bombarded with ads.. why?

Stopped Working

I’ve been a faithful user of this app for years. It’s worked flawlessly until the last few weeks. Suddenly I’m being bombarded with ads, even though the VPN is active and no changes have been made. If these problems aren’t corrected soon, I won’t be using this service any longer. What’s the point of the app taking up space on my phone if it doesn’t do the singular task it was downloaded for?
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Connectivity Assist

Turn it off! After my latest iPhone update, I would get so many app ads that you couldn’t get out of. I read another recent review to turn this feature off and it solved my problems. The Adblock is fine. It’s the connectivity assist that’s allowing the ads. I was about to quit all my games until this worked.
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Help

This app was a life saver, but it stopped working after my phone updated to the newest versjon of iOS. Please help!

Needs Work

When I first started using this “blocker” it worked wonders. However that has since changed. Ads slip through, some websites & apps it doesn’t appear to work at all. This has been progressively getting worse.
Update: Barely works at all now.

Stopped working - help!

I’ve updated to iOS 27 and adverts in apps are no longer blocked. Please fix!

Perfect System Wide AdBlocking

Use the StevenBlack host file in the dns settings and it truly will block every ad on the iPhone.

Unmatched.

Never seen another ad on any games or apps since.

Epic fail..

Doesn't work at all

iOS 27 stopped working

Well, it was a great run. I liked this app for its simplicity and not having to rely on third-party services. However, it hasn’t been updated for 5+ years. As far as I can tell on iOS 27, it has stopped working entirely, even though it appears to still be functioning…it just isn’t blocking anything. I’m going to try NextDNS instead.
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Quality Has Tanked

This used to be a 10/10 service that worked for 99% of my needs. After the iOS 27 update it appears to only block a portion of the ad pop ups from apps. The “contact support” button in the app doesn’t work either.

iOS 27+ Update

WHEN WE DROPPING?????

Good while it lasted

Worked great for about a week then stopped working all together. It still turns on, but it doesn’t block anything anymore.

Ios27 messes this app up

TURN OFF CONNECTIVITY ASSIST IN WIFI SETTINGS. It connects to an Apple DNS and bypasses this adblocker entirely. That’s why ads are showing in apps with this app. You have to turn that setting off in both your main WiFi settings and the individual WiFi network you use at home.

Still works with iOS 27, just change a setting

I experienced the same issue others have noted after updating to iOS 27. It was frustrating and I was about to give up on this app. But the issue is not with the app, it’s with iOS 27’s new Connectivity Assist for WiFi. It works differently than the old WiFi Assist in iOS 26. Without getting into the technical details, just turn that option off in Settings -> WIFi and you will find AdBlock is back to blocking ads just as it always had been.
If you absolutely need the WiFi Connectivity feature, unfortunately, you are probably out of luck until Apple changes how it works — if they ever do.
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