Shut Up vs Widgelytics
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Shut Up
This app helps you avoid unwanted online discussions by automatically hiding comment sections while browsing the web in Safari. You can customize which websites should always display comments.
- Hides comment sections in Safari
- Customizable website exceptions
- Simple and free to use
- Works on websites only
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Shut Up spares you the opinions of troglodytes by hiding comment sections when browsing the web in Safari. You can also set your favorite websites to show comments by default. That's it. Simple and free. Enjoy! NOTE: Shut Up can only hide comments on websites, not inside apps. Uses shutup.css by Steven Frank, with permission. https://github.com/panicsteve/shutup-css
Widgelytics
Display your social media analytics directly on your device's home screen. Track followers, subscribers, and likes across various platforms with customizable widgets. Personalize your home screen with endless design options.
- Analytics widgets for home screen
- Track followers and subscribers
- Support for Instagram, TikTok, Twitter, YouTube
- Customizable widget designs
- Track likes and growth
- Endless design options
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Widgelytics brings beautifully designed Analytics Widgets to your Home Screen! It starts with choosing your favorite social platform and your name. Then choose your desired widget size and template. And finish it off by creating your own unique style to make the perfect Home Screen! Track all your Followers & Subscribers on: - Instagram - TikTok - Twitter - YouTube - More coming soon! Key Features: · Beautiful Analytics Widgets · Track your Followers & Subscribers · Customise your Home Screen · Track your Growth · Track your Likes · Endless Designs · Supports the most Popular Social Platforms If you have any feedback or get stuck, just contact us inside the app under Settings —> Contact Us, and we get back to you as quickly as possible. If you like the app, please consider leaving a positive rating and a review, which helps support the development. Information about the auto-renewable nature of the Premium Subscription - Subscription term is 1 month or 1 year. The subscription is renewed every month or year. - Payments will be collected from your iTunes account after you confirm your purchase. - Automatic renewals will be renewed unless cancelled 24 hours before the subscription expires. - You can cancel your subscription at this address: http://support.apple.com/HT202039 - Terms of use: https://fromstreets.com/terms-and-conditions/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Shut Up at none against Widgelytics's 2. Shut Up also leads on review sentiment (56% vs 23%) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 14.0). Widgelytics's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 months). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Widgelytics sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Shut Up asks for nothing beyond the download.
Widgelytics holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 49 and 65 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 56% of Shut Up's written reviews are positive against 23% of Widgelytics's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Shut Up ships an update every 6 months, Widgelytics fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Shut Up | Widgelytics |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (49 ratings) | 4.4 (65 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 56.1% of reviews — better | 23.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 49 | 65 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 36 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Richard Romero | Niels van Straaten |
Customer experience
Shut Up
Widgelytics
Bugs and requests
Shut Up
Reported bugs
24 issues- Does not work for YouTube comments
- Does not work for mobile app versions
- Stopped working on iOS 26 and later
- Does not shut up Disqus
- Does not block anything
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- No longer works on iOS Safari
- Misses some websites
- Does not work on YouTube in Safari
- Does not block comments on Instagram on iOS Safari
- Does not work on Pinterest.co.uk
- Does not work on mobile sites unless desktop version is requested
- No good for social apps like Instagram
- Reinstalling required after updates
- App crashes at opening
- Whitelist resets every time it's opened
- Does not work in Ventura
- Not blocking YouTube comments
- Does not work on the YouTube app
- Comments still show up after removing from exception list
- Cannot turn on in app settings for Safari
- Had to install twice before it worked
- Stopped working on Safari 15.1 (Monterey)
- Comments disappeared, but ALL comments disappear (not desired)
- App crashes at opening
Requested features
8 requests- Block comments in mobile app versions
- Improve blocking for YouTube comments
- Improve blocking for Disqus comments
- Improve blocking for Pinterest comments
- Work on individual apps (not just Safari)
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- Ensure compatibility with newer iOS/macOS versions
- Fix whitelist reset bug
- Fix app crashing bug
Widgelytics
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Shut Up
No in-app purchases
Widgelytics
- Monthly Subscription$3.991 Month
- Yearly Subscription$23.991 Year
Questions
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