Buggy
it does what it does, I guess, but catches things it shouldn’t like DuckDuckGo’s search box (!) go figure
I don’t think it’s good enough
I don’t think it’s good enough
Good but not perfect
I realized that Facebook was using a lot of battery in the background so I switched to the web version. On the web, "open in app" was constantly visible and took a good amount of screen real estate. This fixes that, and I'm now using it for Instagram as well. Unfortunately it breaks the Messages page on Instagram.
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Barely works
This hardly works anymore. Developer seems to have abandoned it. It would require frequent updates to be viable and that just isn’t happening. Useless app now.
Not perfect
Blocks entire BBC website at the time of writing. Not ideal, having to turn it off.
doesn’t work
doesn’t work in 2026
Great
This Banish app makes browsing great, like it’s 2002 again!
Breaks too many websites
More trouble than it is worth
D
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So good I forgot what it does!
I’ve had this installed so long I forgot what it was. I looked it up and literally had forgotten that “open in the app” popup banners were a thing. Clearly Banish is doing exactly what it promises. Well done.
Stopped working
This app is clearly not being updated anymore, and it started blocking so many erroneous things it shouldn’t. More trouble than it’s worth now
No longer works
No longer works.
Banish
Waste of money, does not work
Doesn't work...
Unfortunately doesn't work on YouTube so the banners keep coming up...
A+
Working great
Doesn’t work
Open in app banners present everywhere none of them are hidden. Banish is enabled on both toggles with allow on all websites.
Works perfectly for what it is designed to do!
I wonder if some of the reviewers of this app understand what it is supposed to do. It has a limited but very effective and important action. It prevents those annoying pop-ups that ask you if you want to "open the app" instead of the website. It works. That is all. Thank you!
Three dollars down the drain
Paid for this app to stop annoying “open in mobile safari” messages and I have the required os and followed the directions only to get the same messages.
Not for me
I’m sorry I think I misunderstood what this was all about…. Having read some misleading reviews I guess. I hate that some companies; Reddit, Evernote force you to use the app when in IOS. There is no way to open the actual website since you are thrown into the app. Evernote is particular good at this. You try all the tricks, open in background etc… it slams you into the app…..
So I had read that Banish could prevent this. But it doesn’t. I enabled everything as stated and still get thrown into the App Store if I try to log into Evernote. Reddit also just opened my app, but I am less bothered about that
So I don’t really know what else it is used for, that was my only irritation with safari!!
So I had read that Banish could prevent this. But it doesn’t. I enabled everything as stated and still get thrown into the App Store if I try to log into Evernote. Reddit also just opened my app, but I am less bothered about that
So I don’t really know what else it is used for, that was my only irritation with safari!!
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More harm than good
Doesn’t block a lot of popups. On the other hand, blocks Apple Pay buttons on lots of websites from appearing. Very useful!
Straight up makes pages not work
It might block ads, but it usually does so by making the page itself break. Things like PayPal doesn’t load and it’s just more trouble than it’s worth.
