# Purify: Block Ads and Tracking — user reviews > 720 indexed App Store user reviews of Purify by Chris Aljoudi, rated 3.80/5 from 727 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/purify-block-ads-and-tracking/id1030156203/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/purify-block-ads-and-tracking/id1030156203.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 435 · 4★ 47 · 3★ 39 · 2★ 49 · 1★ 157 ## What do users think of Purify? Overall sentiment: neutral **Pros** - 🚀 Works great - 🔒 Blocks ads effectively - 👍 Simple and easy to use - 🚀 Faster browsing - 👍 Unobtrusive - 👍 Excellent app - 🚀 Lightning fast - 👍 Worth the price **Cons** - 🐛 Doesn't work anymore - 🐛 Blocks too much content - 🐛 Causes performance issues - 🐛 Whitelist not working - 🐛 Abandoned by developers - 🐛 Doesn't block all ads - 🐛 Blocks important content **Commonly reported bugs** - Doesn't work on iOS 15+ - Breaks websites - Blocks YouTube ads - Blocks Google News - Causes Safari to lag **Most requested features** - Add manual whitelist/blacklist - Improve whitelisting functionality - Support for more browsers/apps - Provide more customization options - Improve ad blocking accuracy - Add dark mode ## Newest reviews (10 of 720) ### 2/5 — Joelle *2025-07-07, version 1.4* Beaumont ### 2/5 — Stopped working in 2025 *2025-01-11, version 1.4* Worked great for years, suddenly I’m buried in ads. Not sure what happened but don’t notice much difference with it on or off now ### 1/5 — Not for me *2024-05-26, version 1.4* Apparently I don’t have the feature required to activate. Content Blocker doesn’t appear anywhere in the Safari app settings so I’m out $1.99 for nothing. Very disappointing Actually I was able to change the extension setting and turn it on but then remembered I don’t use Safari so I really can’t fairly rate Purify ### 1/5 — Not seeing anything that is different. *2024-05-17, version 1.4* Not so sure ### 1/5 — Stopped working *2024-04-10, version 1.4* Worked great when I first purchased it but then they stopped updating and it has no effects on ads. ### 5/5 — works *2024-04-01, version 1.4* been using for years works great for me ### 5/5 — Essential *2024-03-31, version 1.4* 1st line of defence. Excellent. ### 5/5 — Deleted Purify and got it back within a week *2024-03-31, version 1.4* I have used Purify for years and it just silently did its job and didn’t harass me for so long I just figured it was deprecated and obsolete. I decided to delete Purify and within a week I realized how irritating the internet has become. The internet without a ad blocker reminds me of the 90’s all over again. Bloated, frustrating and borderline unusable. I installed Purify again a few days ago to protect my sanity and I’m astonished how much it helps the internet be tolerable. ### 5/5 — Works *2024-03-23, version 1.4* No need to say more. ### 1/5 — Worthless *2024-03-23, version 1.4* Used to work but now doesn’t ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — not being updated or maintained *2026-08-05, version 1.4* this was great but no longer works. users should disable/delete the app until the developer becomes active again ### 1/5 — App abandoned. Scam *2025-12-07, version 1.4* App abandoned. Scam ### 1/5 — Stopped removing ads *2025-06-11, version 1.4* No longer works. Doesn’t remove ads anymore! ### 1/5 — Not good *2025-04-01, version 1.4* Simple, It doesn’t work & there is no support to troubleshoot. ### 1/5 — Out of date *2025-02-28, version 1.4* A long time favorite but as of this writing it’s been years since an update and it breaks some big sites including X/twitter and Fandom wikis ### 1/5 — Waste of Money *2024-12-30, version 1.4* Doesn’t work where you want it to. Works too well where you don’t want it to. Good luck reading any professional sports articles with purify on. ### 1/5 — Does not block ads; DOES block websites I WANT to visit *2024-12-25, version 1.4* Does not block ads; DOES block websites I WANT to visit ### 1/5 — Outdated do not buy *2024-10-28, version 1.4* This was a great content blocker back in the day but it hasn't been updated in 6 years. ### 1/5 — Will this ever be updated again? *2024-10-15, version 1.4* It’s been over half a decade. LOL. Where is the dark mode icon? ### 1/5 — Stopped working *2024-08-13, version 1.4* Hasn’t worked well for a while now. Useless. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — This works great even though it’s OLD! *2026-06-17, version 1.4* I’ve been using this for over 10 years and it is extremely impressive how well this works despite not having been updated since 2018. Having said that, I do wish the developer *would* update it. ### 5/5 — Bonne application *2025-12-02, version 1.4* Je ne comprends pas la note de cette application, ça fait presque 10 ans que je l’utilise, elle est très simple, elle ne se met pas à jour et pourtant elle est toujours aussi efficace. Dommage qu’elle ne soit pas suivie par ses développeurs. ### 5/5 — It’s excellent *2025-10-14, version 1.4* Probably my favorite utility app. I’ve been using it for years with no issues. ### 5/5 — Pop up blocker *2025-03-20, version 1.4* So far is working good thank you I love it. Willie ### 5/5 — Excellent app *2025-01-14, version 1.4* Simple and effective. Never intrusive ### 5/5 — Block ads. *2024-11-03, version 1.4* Very good software. ### 5/5 — Sehr nützlich *2024-05-26, version 1.4* Macht zuverlässig was es soll ### 5/5 — Whitelist *2024-05-17, version 1.4* Wie kann man etwas auf die Whitelist setzen? ### 5/5 — Neat app! *2024-05-09, version 1.4* Does what it says on the tin! Works so well, I forget it’s there! ### 5/5 — Simple. Effective (for Safari app) *2024-05-04, version 1.4* I’m a little surprised Apple never acquired this, because Purify fulfills the Apple promise “it just works”. The exception to that being, it doesn’t seem to apply to in-app browsing outside of the Safari app proper. It would be nice if it did that, too, but I don’t know if that’s even possible. (Would love it to work in the Voice Aloud Reader app if it is!) --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-27.*