# SponsorBlock for Safari — user reviews > 168 indexed App Store user reviews of SponsorBlock for Safari by Ajay Ramachandran, rated 4.40/5 from 79 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/sponsorblock-for-safari/id1573461917/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/sponsorblock-for-safari/id1573461917.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 60 · 4★ 7 · 3★ 1 · 2★ 2 · 1★ 9 ## What do users think of SponsorBlock for Safari? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - ✅ Effectively skips sponsor segments in videos - 🎯 Community-driven crowdsourced segment marking - ⚡ Works seamlessly on Mac Safari - 🔧 Highly customizable settings for segment types - 💰 Reasonably priced for functionality - 🚀 Fast updates and developer responsiveness - 📱 Successfully ported to iOS Safari - 🎨 Clean, unobtrusive user interface - 🔄 Works with other extensions like Vinegar and AdGuard - ⏱️ Saves significant viewing time - 🌍 Open-source and transparent development - 📊 Works on recently uploaded videos **Cons** - 🐛 Inconsistent skipping behavior across devices - 📱 Only works in Safari, not YouTube app - ⚠️ Doesn't block YouTube's own ads - 🔌 Doesn't work in background/locked screen on iOS - 🌐 Limited support for third-party YouTube clients - 💸 Paid on iOS while free on desktop browsers - 🔄 Occasional buffering and spinner issues - ⚙️ Requires manual extension enabling in settings - 🎬 Doesn't work on all videos consistently - 🔧 Settings sometimes reset unexpectedly - 📊 Incompatible with some browser extensions - 🎯 Misses early sponsor segments on new videos **Commonly reported bugs** - Extension stops working after Safari updates - Segments detected but not skipped automatically - Video buffering with spinner stuck on screen - Incompatibility with Vinegar extension causing freezes - Segments not detected in portrait mode on iOS - Extension fails to work on iOS despite being enabled - Auto-skip setting not functioning - Overaggressive skipping (skipping content mid-video) - Inconsistent performance on iPad vs iPhone - Settings reset after app restart - Doesn't work with invidious instances - Device overheating on iPhone **Most requested features** - Support for Invidious and third-party YouTube frontends - Background/locked screen functionality on iOS - Per-channel segment type whitelisting - Support for Chrome, Firefox, and Edge on iOS - Ability to submit segments on iOS - Improved compatibility with Vinegar extension - YouTube ad blocking integration - Settings persistence/sync across devices - Widget improvements for iPad display ## Newest reviews (19 of 168) ### 4/5 — Tiny Enhancement *2026-07-28* Great add on! It would be so cool if it could play well with Vinegar for YouTube, background play plus no sponsor dream utopia ### 4/5 — Works on Mac, not on iOS *2026-02-23, version 6.1.2* I downloaded SponsorBlock a while back on all of my devices and it works wonderfully on Mac. I haven’t gotten it to work yet in Safari on m.youtube. and I’m not exactly sure why. I’m on ios26.3 on my iPad and iPhone and I’ve had no success in getting it to work. I know that when it does work, it makes watching YouTube much more enjoyable on my Mac, even providing segments if the video doesn’t have them. I’d really like to know whether this is just a me thing that I’ve done wrong or perhaps a known issue that the team is working on. ### 2/5 — Only works sometimes *2026-02-01* About 50% of the time it skips the ad as it should. The other 50% I get a spinner and the video never stops buffering unless I reload the page. ### 5/5 — Happy to pay *2025-12-24* I was actually pleased to see there was a charge for this. Some free things are so great that you wish there was a way to pay for them. Welcome to the App Store! Even at 2.99 it’s underpriced. It works so well you forget you have it. Thanks to the community! ### 5/5 — Worth it! *2025-12-04, version 6.1* I use DeArrow and second plugin for this developer in other browsers. Happy to pay here Day and night difference for YouTube ### 5/5 — Funktioniert 1a *2025-11-23* Regelmäßige Updates. Funktioniert 1a. Den Preis absolut wert. ### 4/5 — Just works, but… *2025-10-16, version 6.0.3* I use it everywhere. However -1 star because it doesn’t work in background. When I put app to background and listen with turned off screen, extension doesn’t work. Please fix it ### 5/5 — Thank you! *2025-09-24* Works perfectly on MacOS Safari. Worth the money! ### 5/5 — one of the best extensions overall *2025-09-21, version 6.0* required for watching yt nowadays ### 4/5 — Great idea for an Extension! *2025-09-19* 4 Stars for 2 reasons. Firstly on any other browser, it’s free. Secondly it also doesn’t block all sponsors especially if you are super early to a video being released, Otherwise it works like a charm and its definitely a must have for experiencing YouTube ad-free paired up with an ad blocker. Awesome stuff :D ### 5/5 — Makes YouTube more relaxing *2025-09-04, version 5.14* No more creators ruining the mood of videos trying to sell you something. ### 5/5 — Everyone should use this *2025-08-06, version 5.14* This is by far the most useful extension I use behind a password manager. I hate advertising so much I paid for YouTube Premium, just to have to watch ads anyway. Well not with this! Thank you so much for making this extension. ### 2/5 — Eh *2025-07-31, version 5.14* It works but with AdGuard you use their own media player and it doesn’t work with that. So it’s either block ads or block sponsors ### 5/5 — Worth it *2025-07-20* I held off getting this for so long since I thought I didn’t mind skipping the sponsors myself. I was so wrong, this is so much better. Instead of having to tab out of my work for 20 minutes, this is great. Videos that have come out in the last 10 minutes already have its sections scoped out, the community is fast. So worth it. ### 5/5 — Works like a charm *2025-06-24, version 5.13.1* Excellent extension, with an awesome community! ### 5/5 — Великолепно *2025-06-24* Теперь можно не слушать рекламу дяди Вали ### 5/5 — браво! *2025-06-23, version 5.13.1* Спасибо за сэкономленное время! ### 5/5 — Perfect addition for Safari *2025-06-05, version 5.12.3* Works nicely. Thank you for porting it. ### 5/5 — A must-have! *2025-05-16* SponsorBlock is easily one of the best browser extensions ever created, it’s set & forget and saves me the time of manually skipping the sponsors! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Stopped Working *2025-12-20* It was a great extension, until it stopped working in Safari. It shows it’s enabled; the green segment appears in the timeline, but it does not skip it anymore. I checked the settings and it is set to Skip. Tried uninstalling and re-installing to no avail. The other versions of this extension (for Firefox and Chromium) work fine. Only Safari’s stopped working. ### 1/5 — Works in browser only *2025-03-20* Does not work in the YouTube app. This is not mentioned in the description. **Developer response:** Looks like a problem with the german translation of the description. I'll update it ### 1/5 — Useless *2025-01-14* Didn’t work at all ### 1/5 — Stopped working with invidious *2025-01-09* Stopped working with invidious ### 1/5 — money wasted *2024-11-23, version 5.9.6* unfortunately it doesn't work. doesn't skip sponsored content. money wasted. ### 1/5 — Completely useless. *2024-11-03, version 5.9.5* $3.99 down the krapper. ### 1/5 — Not worth using *2024-11-02* Have tried it and still allows heaps of ads, not worth it. **Developer response:** this doesn't block normal youtube ads, just sponsors by the creator. You can use Adguard for normal ads ### 1/5 — No funciona *2024-07-25, version 5.7* Se siguen viendo los anuncios ### 1/5 — Nee Funzt nicht *2024-06-04* Hmm, alles in Englisch. Die App so wie es ausschaut funktioniert nicht. 2.99 Geschenkt….. ### 1/5 — Ne fonctionne pas sur I phone 15 pro *2024-06-03* Ne fonctionne pas ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Fonctionne bien *2026-07-09* Fonctionne très bien surtout combiné avec un anti pubs. ### 5/5 — Great *2026-07-02* For a once off purchase, it offers great value. Combine this with AdGuard and you get ad free sponsor free viewing experience without a subscription. ### 5/5 — War erst skeptisch *2026-05-28* Ich war erst skeptisch, da prinzipiell jeder irgendeine App hier veröffentlichen kann. Diese Erweiterung macht allerdings genau was sie soll. Soweit ich es verstehe, gibt es bei europäischen Videos gar keine Probleme, da hier die Creator ihre Werbung in Videos grundsätzlich markieren müssen. Dadurch wird der Teil direkt übersprungen. Bei Videos die außerhalb dieses Raums entstehen, melden scheinbar die Zuschauer die Segmente und dann wird ausgefiltert. Es kann also sein, dass ein Video kurz nach release noch nicht in der Datenbank ist. Das kann man natürlich dem Entwickler nicht vorwerfen, denn irgendjemand muss halt erst mal feststellen was überhaupt der Werbepart ist. Fazit: dank dieser Erweiterung muss ich mir keine dumme Werbung für überteuertes Getränkepulver oder anderen Mist mehr pressen. Danke Dafür! ### 5/5 — Отличное приложение! *2026-04-29* Так держать! продолжайте в том же ### 5/5 — Works as expected *2026-04-26* Works as expected across all devices. Fantastic ### 5/5 — Parfait *2026-04-17* Très pratique, installation intuitive, vaut chaque centimes. ### 5/5 — Support the developer *2026-02-01* I’ve used this extension on other browsers and it works great. Help the developer pay for the servers and buy this! ### 5/5 — WORTH IT *2026-01-14* I bought this and Dearrow in the bundle for only $6 and I can never look back (and to think Apple takes a 30% cut AND makes you pay $100/yr just to host the app on their app store) I genuinely cannot remember the last time I had to sit through a sponsorship ### 5/5 — Tolle Erweiterung *2026-01-14* Funktioniert wirklich super. Jeder kann über die Erweiterung mitmachen. Die Integration in Safari bzw. die YouTube Benutzeroberfläche ist wirklich gelungen. ### 5/5 — Le meilleur investissement possible *2026-01-01* Merci pour cette extension incroyable elle me sauve la vie merci --- *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 2026-09-13.*