# Pi-hole Remote — Ad Blocker, Privacy & Control

> Remote control application for managing Pi-hole network ad blocking and settings. (iPhone/iPad app by RocketScience IT.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pi-hole-remote/id1515445551 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [RocketScience IT](https://appshunter.io/developer/1502999561)
- Category: Utilities, Productivity
- Price: Free with in-app purchases (on sale, was $3.99)
- Rating: 4.80/5 from 1,224 App Store ratings · 393 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 16.2 · 78 MB
- Languages: Vietnamese, American English, Hungarian, Dutch, Greek, Danish, European Spanish, Italian, German (Germany), Norwegian Bokmål and 7 more
- Released: 2020-06-04
- Data updated: 2026-08-28
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pi-hole-remote/id1515445551/reviews.md

## What is Pi?

Take full control of your Pi-hole from your iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch and Apple TV. Pause blocking in a tap, block entire services, manage your lists, and watch your network's stats in real time.

*Disable Blocking*
Quickly disable blocking from the app, interactive Home Screen widgets, your Apple Watch, or Siri. You'll see a Live Activity for the duration to remind you blocking is disabled!

*Statistics & Queries*
Look up what domains are queried most on your network, as well as clients that send out the most requests. View your query log as well as a 'Live Log' which shows queries on your network in real-time.

*Blocked Services*
Want to quickly restrict access to Facebook, TikTok, Snapchat, Roblox, and more? Block all kinds of services effortlessly with just one tap.

*Pi-hole Settings*
Manage Clients & Groups, Domains & Adlists, and change all kinds of Pi-hole settings such as DNS/DHCP settings.

*Interactive Widgets & Live Activity*
Choose from a wide range of homescreen and lock screen widgets that show your Pi-hole status or statistics. There are also interactive widgets to disable blocking without opening the app! When you disable blocking, you will even see a Live Activity on your lock screen, Dynamic Island, and Apple Watch Smart Stack.

*Controls*
Quickly toggle blocking right from your Lock Screen, Control Center, or Action Button.

*Full Ecosystem*
Purchase Pi-hole Remote+ once and get access to it on the iOS, watchOS, iPadOS, macOS, and tvOS apps.

==

iPhone, iPad, macOS features:
- Disable Pi-hole blocking
- View basic & advanced statistics
- Add domains to your whitelist or blacklist (in bulk)
- One-tap blocking of entire services
- Full Query Log with search & filters
- Live Log which shows queries in real-time
- Manage DNS & DHCP settings
- Update Gravity
- Support for an unlimited amount of Pi-hole instances
- Combine statistics from multiple instances
- Support for SSL, reverse proxies, and custom headers
- Interactive widgets & Live Activity
- Controls for Lock Screen, Control Center, and Action Button
- Siri Shortcuts & Quick Action
- VoiceOver support
- Dark Mode, custom color schemes, alternative app icons
- Optimized design for iPadOS & macOS
- Clean and modern 100% SwiftUI design

Apple Watch features:
- Disable Pi-hole blocking
- Complications
- Support for the Smart Stack
- Custom Live Activity support

Apple TV features:
- Disable Pi-hole Blocking
- View basic statistics

==

Note:
You need at least one working Pi-hole instance running on another device for this app to function and you must use Pi-hole Version 6.0 or up. Pi-hole Remote is a third party app which uses the Pi-hole API and is in no way affiliated with Pi-hole. Find out more about Pi-hole at https://pi-hole.net/.

This app offers a "Pi-hole Remote+" version with additional features, in the form of a lifetime purchase, a monthly subscription, or a yearly subscription. Subscriptions will automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period and will be charged to your iTunes account. You can turn off auto-renew/manage subscriptions in your iTunes Account Settings after purchase. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

## Key features

- Disable/enable Pi-hole blocking
- Block specific services
- View real-time query logs
- Add domains to whitelist/blacklist
- Update gravity
- Manage adlists
- Configure DNS & DHCP settings

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| PHR+ Yearly | $4.99 | per year |
| Monthly PHR+ | $0.99 | per month |

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Small Tip | $0.99 | one-time |
| Medium Tip | $3.99 | one-time |
| Large Tip | $6.99 | one-time |
| Huge Tip | $17.99 | one-time |
| PHR+ Lifetime | $11.99 | one-time |


## What do users think of Pi?

Overall sentiment: positive

**Pros**

- 🚀 Amazing app!!
- 🚀 Excellent app
- 🚀 Perfect for managing Pi-hole
- 🚀 Brilliant
- 🚀 Great app to keep an eye on things
- 🚀 This is awesome
- 🚀 A true gem
- 🚀 Elite app
- 🚀 Fantastic
- 🚀 Excellent app!
- 🚀 Highly Recommend
- 🚀 Genius!
- 🚀 Brilliant App
- 🚀 Awesome!
- 🚀 Incredible app
- 🚀 Perfection
- 🚀 Beautiful app
- 🚀 Life changing
- 🚀 A MUST HAVE for PH Admins
- 🚀 Super App!
- 🚀 Cutting edge features
- 🚀 A One
- 🚀 A Must-Have App for Pi-hole Users
- 🚀 Perfetta
- 🚀 Useful
- 🚀 Perfect
- 🚀 Fantastic Quick Utility
- 🚀 Ottima applicazione per controllare il proprio Pi-Hole
- 🚀 A must have for anyone with a Pi-Hole
- 🚀 Cleanest Pi-hole app out there!
- 🚀 Excellent Interface

**Cons**

- 🔍 Disappointing
- 🔍 Pulled a bait-and-switch with paid features
- 🔍 Widget unreliable
- 🔍 Replaced block percentage with clients
- 🔍 Unusable if not upgraded to pihole v6
- 🔍 Can't use v5
- 🔍 Disabling doesn't work
- 🔍 Recent updates cause it to crash often
- 🔍 Paywall
- 🔍 Rogue money grab
- 🔍 Not free
- 🔍 No longer supports v5
- 🔍 Each update breaks things
- 🔍 Widgets Not Working

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Crashes when pressing certain options
- Unable to reach Pi Hole after configuration
- Statistics screen crashes the app
- Widgets not working
- Live Logs not working properly
- Login screen freezes
- Incompatible with older devices

**Most requested features**

- Add and remove adlists from the internet
- DHCP management, like assign static IPs, change host names of devices
- Change other pihole settings, like upstream DNS servers
- A command line interface
- Group management, I.e. the ability to whitelist or blacklist certain domains only for certain groups of devices, and to be able to create new groups and edit which devices are in each group
- Option to style query bar graph as stacked bar graph colored by client
- Notification to update pihole
- Ability to update the OS and pihole from the app
- Wildcard support for the whitelist
- View DHCP Leases or add reservations
- Query Log
- Dark mode option
- Advanced analytics dashboard

## Recent user reviews (10 of 393)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pi-hole-remote/id1515445551/reviews.md

### 3/5 — App is solid everywhere but my Apple TVs

*2026-08-16, version 9.3*

App performs well on all of my Apple devices (MBP, iPhone, iPad) but NOT my Apple TVs…the Pi-Hole Remote app basically grinds my Apple TV performance into the ground and makes it unusable. Beyond that would recommend!

### 5/5 — Wonderful addition to PiHole is this app!

*2026-07-30, version 9.3*

As a longtime Pi-hole user, this app is a fantastic companion to have in my pocket. It's genuinely full-featured — you get real control over your instance without hunting through the web admin on a small screen. The layout is clean and well thought out, clearly built by someone who actually uses Pi-hole rather than just wrapping an API.

The best part for me is that it runs great on my M-series Mac in addition to iOS, so I get the same polished experience whether I'm on my iPhone or at my desk. Having one app that works seamlessly across both platforms is a nice touch.

Pricing is very reasonable for what you get. The free tier is great for people who just want user-level blocking control, and the premium tier makes sense once you want the full feature set. That tiered approach feels fair — it doesn't lock away basic functionality, but gives power users a reason to upgrade.

Highly recommend for any Pi-hole fan who wants better on-the-go access to their setup.

### 4/5 — The best Pi-hole monitoring app

*2026-07-06, version 9.2*

Removing one star because there’s no Android version and I can only use this on my terrible work iPhone

### 5/5 — Better and better…

*2026-06-25, version 9.1.2*

This app keeps getting better and better with every update. Beautiful interface with seamless access to live logs so you can observe a site’s data request. Easier and faster access to gravity, network flush, DNS restart, and client tables. Grouping of devices/clients while in the app.

### 5/5 — Helpful with one instance, an absolute must for synching multiple instances.

*2026-06-12, version 9.1*

I got on this app early and it was very helpful. The synching has been easy and incredibly useful. I just realized I could also install this on my mac, and now I’m even more pleased. This is an app that feels like the developer made it so they could use it, and then shared it with us. Thank you!

### 4/5 — Good enough free features

*2026-05-21, version 9.0*

Ok

### 5/5 — Easy to use PiHole App

*2026-05-20, version 9.0*

A very easy to use and setup. All the stats and features are clear and easy. I set it up for my wife as well on her phone and she uses it frequently and finds it easy too.

### 1/5 — Paid for, now features are paywalled

*2026-05-17, version 8.7.2*

See above I bought good in 2024, now the features I need are behind an additional paywall.  Tried doing restore purchase to no avail

### 5/5 — Best app for pi

*2026-05-02, version 8.7.2*

Hands down the best app to view your pi-hole setup in easy and user friendly way.

### 5/5 — amazing

*2026-04-16, version 8.7.1*

I never write reviews for apps, but this one deserves it. This app is incredibly well-made and well-maintained. I really love it.

## Frequently asked questions about Pi

### What does Pi-hole Remote do?

Pi-hole Remote allows you to control your Pi-hole ad blocker from various devices. You can quickly enable or disable blocking, block specific services like social media apps, view network statistics, and manage your Pi-hole settings such as adlists and DNS/DHCP configurations.

### What are the key features of Pi-hole Remote?

Key features include the ability to disable blocking via widgets, Apple Watch, or Siri, view real-time query logs and statistics, block entire services with one tap, manage adlists and domains, update gravity, and configure DNS/DHCP settings. It also offers interactive widgets and Live Activities for quick control.

### How much does Pi-hole Remote cost?

The app is free to download and use with basic features. An optional 'Pi-hole Remote+' version is available with additional features, offered as a lifetime purchase, a monthly subscription, or a yearly subscription.

### What devices is Pi-hole Remote compatible with?

Pi-hole Remote is available for iOS, watchOS, iPadOS, macOS, and tvOS. The 'Pi-hole Remote+' purchase unlocks access across all these platforms, offering a full ecosystem of control.

### What do I need to use Pi-hole Remote?

To use Pi-hole Remote, you need at least one working Pi-hole instance running on another device, and it must be Pi-hole Version 6.0 or up. The app utilizes the Pi-hole API to function.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 9.3 — 2026-07-30

v9.3 lets you jump from the Home chart straight to matching Query Log entries and adds an aggregated query chart for combined instances. It also improves Sync Instances, widget reliability, and brings a broad round of fixes.

* Changelog *
New:
- Select a time in the Home chart to view matching Query Log entries (press and pull down on touch devices, or click on Mac)
- Combined instances now show an aggregated query chart
Improved:
- Sync Instances now preserves enabled states and group assignments when copying adlists and domains, and batches new entries for faster transfers
Fixed:
- Apple Watch now stays in sync when you add, edit, remove, or reorder Pi-hole instances
- PHR+ status now syncs automatically to Apple Watch after purchases, restores, and subscription changes
- Improved connection reliability for IPv6 hosts and custom API paths, and fixed sessions sometimes refreshing too late
- Fixed older Query Log results opened from charts sometimes being incomplete or duplicated, and blank hidden-domain entries hiding results
- Fixed Query Log date ranges around daylight-saving changes and the newest partial history period sometimes being omitted
- Fixed Sync Instances incorrectly reporting different domains, adlists, or Local DNS records as already in sync, showing stale connection details, and repeatedly timing out on unavailable instances
- Fixed Sync Instances not updating existing group and client settings, silently ignoring some transfer failures, starting multiple transfers at once, and showing incorrect item counts before syncing
- Fixed a crash when disabling blocking from a Shortcut or widget after all Pi-hole instances had been removed
- Fixed indefinite blocking from Shortcuts showing an expired Live Activity, and prevented failed disables from starting one
- Live Activities now update and end more reliably when timers are extended or blocking is re-enabled, display the correct final status, and support controls on iOS 17.0
- Improved stability when Pi-hole returns malformed or unusually large query, history, or statistics data, while preserving more detailed error messages
- Widgets now refresh more reliably and recover correctly after connection errors or when no Pi-hole instances are configured
- Fixed Statistics widgets showing placeholder values as real data when every selected instance is unavailable, and formatting zero blocked queries incorrectly in percentage mode
- Fixed the Disable widget preview when All Instances is selected, restored the Query Graph legend, and ensured Indefinitely is translated correctly

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v9.2.1 makes client activity easier to inspect and fixes iCloud syncing and a lingering Live Activity.

* Changelog *
Improved:
- Clients & Groups now also shows network devices discovered by Pi-hole; tap one to view its DNS queries
Fixed:
- Fixed instance syncing through iCloud, including instances disappearing from the Apple TV app
- Fixed the Live Activity sometimes remaining on the Lock Screen after blocking was re-enabled

---

v9.2 improves error reporting in Blocked Services and keeps your screen on while viewing the Live Log, plus a couple of bug fixes.

* Changelog *
Improved:
- Improved error reporting in Blocked Services
- The screen no longer dims automatically while viewing the Live Log
Fixed:
- Fixed certain Blocked Services (such as YouTube, Discord and Pinterest) sometimes staying active on your Pi-hole after being toggled off
- Fixed a glitch when editing or removing Upstream DNS Servers in DNS Settings

### 9.2.1 — 2026-07-15

v9.2.1 makes client activity easier to inspect and fixes iCloud syncing and a lingering Live Activity.

* Changelog *
Improved:
- Clients & Groups now also shows network devices discovered by Pi-hole; tap one to view its DNS queries
Fixed:
- Fixed instance syncing through iCloud, including instances disappearing from the Apple TV app
- Fixed the Live Activity sometimes remaining on the Lock Screen after blocking was re-enabled

---

v9.2 improves error reporting in Blocked Services and keeps your screen on while viewing the Live Log, plus a couple of bug fixes.

* Changelog *
Improved:
- Improved error reporting in Blocked Services
- The screen no longer dims automatically while viewing the Live Log
Fixed:
- Fixed certain Blocked Services (such as YouTube, Discord and Pinterest) sometimes staying active on your Pi-hole after being toggled off
- Fixed a glitch when editing or removing Upstream DNS Servers in DNS Settings

### 9.2 — 2026-06-30

v9.2 improves error reporting in Blocked Services and keeps your screen on while viewing the Live Log, plus a couple of bug fixes.

* Changelog *
Improved:
- Improved error reporting in Blocked Services
- The screen no longer dims automatically while viewing the Live Log
Fixed:
- Fixed certain Blocked Services (such as YouTube, Discord and Pinterest) sometimes staying active on your Pi-hole after being toggled off
- Fixed a glitch when editing or removing Upstream DNS Servers in DNS Settings

### 9.1.2 — 2026-06-17

v9.1.2 contains a small new feature, as well as some improvements & fixes.

- You can now filter the Live Log by a specific client, right from the Live Log screen
- New 'Setup Guide' when adding an instance
- Fixed the Live Activity not stopping after opening the app when blocking is enabled
- Fixed a crash when using swipe-to-delete on a domain or adlist in Domains & Adlists
- Fixed the 'Remove' button not working for Local CNAME records
- Improvements related to the 'Reduce Motion' accessibility setting

---

v9.1.1 contains a fix for a rare crash.

---

v9.1 lets you swap blocking-re-enable notifications for a proper Alarm (iOS 26+), adds full config backup downloads, brings adlist & domain imports, and introduces a live tail for dnsmasq, FTL and Webserver logs. Plus reliability boosts and a fresh round of fixes.

Enjoy!

* Changelog *
New:
- New option to use an Alarm instead of a notification when blocking re-enables (iOS 26+, requires PHR+)
- Download a full config backup .zip file from your instance (requires PHR+)
- Import adlists & domains (requires PHR+)
- View a live tail of dnsmasq, FTL and Webserver logs from your instance
- The 'Away Connection' configuration of your instances is now selectable in widgets, controls & Shortcuts
Improved:
- Improved Away Connection reliability when Wi-Fi details are unavailable
- Improved toolbar on the instance detail screen (OS 26+)
Fixed:
- Crash fixes for Clients & Groups settings
- Several small fixes for the Live Activity, Widgets, Notifications
- Minor background crash fixes

### 9.1.1 — 2026-06-13

v9.1.1 contains a fix for a rare crash.

---

v9.1 lets you swap blocking-re-enable notifications for a proper Alarm (iOS 26+), adds full config backup downloads, brings adlist & domain imports, and introduces a live tail for dnsmasq, FTL and Webserver logs. Plus reliability boosts and a fresh round of fixes.

Enjoy!

* Changelog *
New:
- New option to use an Alarm instead of a notification when blocking re-enables (iOS 26+, requires PHR+)
- Download a full config backup .zip file from your instance (requires PHR+)
- Import adlists & domains (requires PHR+)
- View a live tail of dnsmasq, FTL and Webserver logs from your instance
- The 'Away Connection' configuration of your instances is now selectable in widgets, controls & Shortcuts
Improved:
- Improved Away Connection reliability when Wi-Fi details are unavailable
- Improved toolbar on the instance detail screen (OS 26+)
Fixed:
- Crash fixes for Clients & Groups settings
- Several small fixes for the Live Activity, Widgets, Notifications
- Minor background crash fixes

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