wBlock User Reviews

Customer Experience

Positive experience82.9% of reviews
Neutral2.9% of reviews
Negative experience14.3% of reviews

~ Based on 70 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say

Is wBlock Safe?

wBlock appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for wBlock is 93/100.

This assessment is based on 121 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.8/5.

Safety Analysis

96.3% of ratings point to a safe experience
1.2% of ratings suggest some concerns
2.5% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 81 App Store ratings for wBlock.

Is wBlock Legit?

wBlock has limited verification signals. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for wBlock is 53/100.

Based on 53 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

Works great

Works great and it’s free and open source!

Did not work on Safari, at all.

Did not work on Safari. Gone thru all settings and applied. Did not work at all.

Just enough and out of the way of the user!

Simple to use and not constantly annoying!
If it misses some-things how am I supposed to know these things. Im not a programmer!
Sales pitch of other software relies on us dummies!!!! Some webpage content can not be blocked so don’t bash this product unless you understand this concept! Looking at you Youtube! Lol..

Thanks Alexander for this simple and effective software.
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Best available option

I’ve used uBlock lite, Wipr2 and some other options. This is currently the best option for adblocking on iOS and the closest to the functionality of uBlock Origin on desktop. Element hider actually works!

Didn’t even work for a minute

The very first website I went to had ads.

A Spectacular FOSS AdBlocker!

This has to be one of the best AdBlocker solutions for Apple platforms. And an even bigger bonus that it’s FOSS (free and open source)! Plus its filter rules update independently from the app, which means updates can come quicker than uBlock Origin Lite on iOS! A must download for anyone needing a reliable AdBlocker on Safari.
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自定义脚本问题

开发者您好!请问自定义脚本在那下载?支持哪些格式?有官方论坛,TG类似的官方讨论平台吗?谢谢!

Best available

This is by far the best adblocker available on iOS.

Incredibly Effective at Blocking YouTube Ads

I’ve used uBlock Origin Lite since it just became available for iOS and, while it’s a fine Adblock in its own right, wblock just works better for YouTube. wblock just blocks all the ads without breaking the page. With UBOL I would often have to refresh the video for it to properly load. Not with wblock, which is more effective and efficient overall. It’s become my go-to ad blocking app and I’m thankful to the developer for making it available to all of us for free.
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Beyond useful

Super props to this developer. The VERY BEST blocker available.

Best adblocker for safari

Have been following this project from its alpha days, exactly what an ad blocker should be!

Practically Flawless

I can’t think of a single problem that I’ve encountered because of wBlock. This is the best adblocker since the death of proper extensions on Safari and the userscript manager is the cherry on top for convenience. Works perfectly on both MacOS and iOS. Great job.

It’s amazing

It’s effective in blocking ads and trackers. Only improvement I would recommend is adding the ability to see what’s being blocked in the toolbar.

Doesn’t complete install on Tahoe

I cannot complete the install of version 2.01 on macOS Tahoe 26.3.1 on an M1 MacBook Pro because it won’t let me click “Apply & Finish” after everything is set up. I have to Force Quit wBlock. Relaunching it then puts me back at that same point.

Works Great and FREE

App works really great plus its open source and free. Thank you dev for this.

Game Changing

The only real true iOS alternative to ublock origin

Suggestion

wBlock needs a DNS server feature to encrypt website traffic, using (at least) Cloudflare, Quad9, Google and OpenDNS servers. I recently switched from AdGuard, which has a DNS feature that allows access to websites and site features I can no longer access since switching to wBlock without a DNS route.
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Response from developer

This is something I've been considering, actually. It would unfortunately require maintaining server infrastructure on my end, which would be a recurring cost. I don't want to force users onto a subscription model, but if I do implement it, it would probably be done as a supplemental paid feature unless I find an economically viable alternative.

Better than all others

literally the best adblock app on ios

Would be my favorite blocker but running into issues

Lately I’m having it not load video properly compared to ublock origin lite. Not sure why cause I went through and disabled to see if I could find what was causing it and nothing fixed it. So maybe if we could get a report issue. It seems like sometimes it’s blocking too well or there is something on the back end that ublock is doing better.
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Great!

This app was such a nice surprise to find! Updated frequently, iCloud synch, Userscripts integration, and lightweight. Highly recommended!