Cookie DNT Privacy for Safari User Reviews

Name: Cookie DNT Privacy for Safari
Rating: 3.9 (11 reviews)

Cookie DNT Privacy for Safari

Sufiyan Yasa

🔧 Utilities

📊 Productivity

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Says it doesn’t track but it does

It says here it doesn’t track what you do but when you install it it says you have to send to them all your browsing history. Not cool.

Prairiegirlnd

24 days ago

Response from developer

Thank you for flagging this — it's a completely valid concern. The permission prompt you saw ("can access browsing history") is Apple's standard dialog shown for every Safari extension, because without it the extension can't detect which site you're on to apply your rules. Cookie DNT never collects or transmits any data — everything runs entirely on your device with no server, no analytics, and no account. The one exception: if you opt into the remote cookie list feature in Settings, the app fetches an external blocklist — but even then, no personal data is sent, only a plain download request. If you'd like to verify this, Apple's Privacy Report in Settings → Privacy & Security shows all network connections your apps make. You won't find any unexpected connections from Cookie DNT. We really appreciate you taking privacy seriously — that's exactly why this app exists.

Why has the enable toggle been removed?

I use this extension in block all cookies mode (the only mode that honestly matters to me) but the toggle to easily add to a site to a whitelist has been removed I so I need to manually add the address of the site to the white lost every single time. The ease of use made this app a great alternative for Safari, for the cookie auto delete app, but now that the easy to use toggle is gone on mobile I now need to find a new alternative.

Velin92

3 months ago

Potentially essential utility but there’s a lack of transparency with the updates.

Why does this app/extension have such frequent updates but the release notes are always identical? Hard to tell if this is an attempt to game the ratings or if there are real changes happening here that are just not being disclosed in the notes. If it’s just improvements and bugfixes then the developer should be transparent about it. But there’s been a lot of updates with the exact same vague release notes and it isn’t very reassuring for an app that requires user trust.

ethayad

5 months ago

Response from developer

Thanks for taking the time to review. I'd love to hear more about what could make this better. Feel free to reach out to me@sufiyanyasa.com!

Nifty extension to selectively block cookies

I’ve been looking for this kind of functionality in Safari for a long time, so I’m glad someone finally built it. The ability to selectively and automatically block cookies from specific websites is incredibly useful. I especially appreciate the option to block all cookies while whitelisting only the sites you want to allow.

That said, getting this to work smoothly with sign-in–heavy services like Gmail (and other sites that rely on multiple domains) can be tricky. The app clearly has a lot of power, but it would really benefit from clearer documentation and step-by-step guidance explaining how it works and how to configure it effectively. Right now, the changelog is the main way to understand how features have evolved, which isn’t ideal for new users.

With better user-facing documentation, this would easily be a five-star app. I’m excited to see how it continues to evolve alongside changing web and privacy technologies.

showbiz

5 months ago

Response from developer

Thanks for the feedback! Happy to hear it's working well. Feel free to reach out to me@sufiyanyasa.com if you have any suggestions to make it even better.

Works Great!

This extension does exactly what it claims and does it cleanly. Cookie DNT Privacy for Safari works by enforcing Do Not Track rules at the browser level and automatically blocking or deleting cookies on a per site basis instead of relying on Safari’s blunt global settings. You decide which sites can store cookies and which get wiped the moment you close the tab or page.

It runs quietly in the background with no popups, no dashboards to babysit, and no broken websites. Once configured, it continuously removes tracking cookies, limits cross site tracking, and keeps Safari sessions clean without slowing anything down. Settings sync across devices via iCloud, and the app itself collects no data. It feels like a missing native Safari feature rather than a third party add on.

And for anyone clutching a smartphone while loudly complaining that apps collect user data, give me a break. Carrying a modern phone and pretending you live off grid is pure self parody. Tools like this exist for people who actually understand the game and choose to limit the damage instead of playing the fool.

Elwood.Dowd

6 months ago

Response from developer

Wow - Thank you for this review. Definitely I posting this to my wall

Good and bad

I've been a user since the beginning. The application roots are great, it works fine. However there are still bugs but the support is inexistant.

TechnoAddiction

6 months ago

Response from developer

Sorry to hear you're having trouble. One thing to try: force quit Safari and enable the extension again. Let me know if that helps! You can also reach out to me@sufiyanyasa.com if the issue persists.

Now works! But

Now is working pretty well, don’t know if something has changed, or just learned how to use it. Specifically I use in “Block all cookies” mode, and then whitelist specific sites for which I am okay keeping cookies. However the only issue I am having, is with google account, sometimes, but not always, a weird page telling me that google needs me to allow all the cookies appears. And I actually whitelisted all possible google sites, “account.google” “www.google” and so on… and still I get this message from time to time.

Velin92

a year ago

Working on iOS 18

Thanks! Finally one working with the new iOS!

Elbeborandy (puerto rico)

2 years ago

Response from developer

Thank you for the feedback

Great idea, well executed

I’ve been using this app for a couple of weeks now, it works exactly as described. The fact that my data isn’t being sold on the back end is great, and quite rare these days. There has been a few sites where the functionality breaks without cookies but it’s real simple to disable cookie deletion on a site by site basis. Great app, thanks to the dev for nailing it.

dmg15

2 years ago

Awesome

Light and affective

Quicho773

2 years ago

Extension?

I don’t see any Safari extension in iOS 17.1.2. So it seems pretty worthless. Help menu is a waste of time. Do not buy!

Gordon1468

3 years ago

Response from developer

Thank you for the report. If the extension does not appear - could you force quit Safari and see if that works? In the meanwhile, I will check on iOS 17.1.2

Thanks!!

The developer keeps the application up to date and considers online privacy important. It is the only app that actually removes cookies and not just cookie banners.

sacbegg

3 years ago

Are you sure you want to exit?

The new update prompts this on every, single, page. Please remove it!!! Will disable the extension until this is fixed.

Zomars

4 years ago

Privacy no-go

This app claims that no data is collected, but that doesn’t seem to be the case. The privacy policy linked below says:
“ Cookie Blocker does not collect anything. Cookie Blocker does not send any data from or to your device. All functionality is performed on your device. There are no analytics.”
Apple’s app privacy report shows that the app is contacting 4 internet addresses. Two are Apple metrics related, one is an ocsp certificate check and the last is the developer web site.
It seems like a mistake to give an extension full access to all websites that you visit when it is violating its own privacy policy so blatantly.
The cookie deleting does appear to work as described, so kudos for that, I guess.

Enoch Metatron

4 years ago

Response from developer

Thank you for the feedback. I agree that Cookie blocker privacy statement and Apples privacy report doesn't align. The only reason why Cookie blocker needs to access sufiyanyasa.com is to access this page https://sufiyanyasa.com/resource/cookies.json The above page is a static resource file contains names of secure cookies. Secure cookies are invisible in Safari and I would manually add them here after investigation. In coming release, I would add two improvements: 1. A switch to turn off secure cookie name downloading feature 2. Better aligned policy statement about Apple's Privacy report Thank you for highlighting this to me and apologies on the delay.

Works perfect

Works as advertised. Gives me the ability to block cookies from individual websites. More control over privacy. Great extension.

Rambo8649

4 years ago

Response from developer

Thank you for the feedback

Perfect

You’ve done an awesome job. Great stuff!

Alex Canton

4 years ago

????

Because the instructions are too much inssuficent, IMPOSSIBLE TO USE THE APP!!!!

Aschino

4 years ago

Superb

Just what I was looking for. Fantastic app. So simple to use!

Matthew_Smithy

4 years ago

Response from developer

Thank you for review

Simple And Effective

it works well, no subscription needed. it also makes all websites desktop version, which is unexpected but welcome.

randomcreep72

4 years ago

Response from developer

Thank you ! I wasnt aware of the desktop version impact. Will investigate about this 🙏

Just one thing…

Excellent extension, love the ability to tailor the cookie policy per domain. But wish I could use this on my Mac too!
Update: and just like that - Mac support, amazing thank you!

ben_mw