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4.4 avg rating

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Updated October 2026

Banish - Block 'Open in App'

Big Pineapple LLC

🔧 Utilities

📊 Productivity

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4.7😊(201 ratings)

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This browser extension enhances your web browsing experience by preventing websites from interfering with standard browser functions and protecting your privacy. It offers a wide array of unique features to regain control over your online interactions.

What We Love

🚀 Dramatically improves browsing experience
🔒 Enhances privacy and security
👍 Highly customizable and powerful
💡 Innovative features not found in other extensions
⭐ Essential tool for modern web browsing

Room to Improve

🐛 Buggy or unreliable behavior on some websites
⚠️ Steep learning curve for advanced features
💰 Expensive for a browser extension

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4.2😊(760 ratings)

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Enhance your YouTube viewing experience by replacing the default player with a streamlined HTML video tag. Enjoy ad-free playback, enable picture-in-picture, and listen to videos in the background with audio-only mode.

What We Love

👍 Works as advertised
🚀 Fixes YouTube
💡 Useful for audiobooks
👍 Quality of life improvement
👍 Essential extension
👍 Awesome when it works
👍 Invaluable
👍 Awesome app
👍 Excellent app
👍 Lovely when it works
👍 Wonderful app

Room to Improve

🐛 Video quality issues
🐛 Buggy and inconsistent
🐛 Breaks functionality
🐛 Doesn't work with VPNs
🐛 Doesn't work with other extensions
🐛 Doesn't work on iPhone
🐛 Frequent updates cause disruption
🐛 Doesn't work as expected

Vidimote for Safari by IOSPIRIT GmbH

Video speed, PiP & skip

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🔧 Utilities

4.1😐(57 ratings)

$2.99

#39in Utilities

Enhance your web video experience with advanced playback controls for Safari. Adjust playback speed, skip sections, and utilize Picture-in-Picture mode for seamless multitasking. Works with major streaming and video platforms.

What We Love

🚀 Seamless integration with Safari
👍 Intuitive interface and controls
💡 Enables PiP mode easily
💡 Allows playback speed control (beyond 2x)
💡 Useful for online courses/tutorials
💡 Enhances video viewing experience
💡 Works on mobile Safari (iPad/iPhone)
💡 Good for speeding up streams/podcasts
💡 Fast developer response mentioned
💡 Worth the price for functionality

Room to Improve

🐛 Extension stops working intermittently
🐛 Causes Safari to crash/lag
🐛 Not working on newer iOS versions (iOS 26)
🐛 Extension doesn't work on iPad
🐛 Videos not recognized ('No video found')
🐛 Hijacks YouTube mute icon
🐛 Conflicts with other websites (e.g., Weibo)
🐛 High CPU usage reported
🐛 Video in background darkens when controls show
🐛 Not worth the price for some users
🐛 Some users report it's a scam/malware
🐛 Does not work on all websites
🐛 Airplay functionality unreliable

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