Shut Up vs Mutable for Safari
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
Mutable for Safari
Take control of your online browsing experience by muting unwanted content across multiple social media platforms. Customize keyword lists to blur, hide, or replace posts, or even substitute them with cute animal images.
- Mute content across multiple social media sites
- Create custom keyword mute lists
- Blur, hide, or replace posts
- Replace posts with animal images
- Works on Twitter/X, Facebook, Reddit, and more
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Take control of the websites you browse every day and eliminate the content you don't want to see! Mutable helps you mute unwanted content across multiple sites at once. Just pick the keywords you want to hide and Mutable will blur, hide, or replace any posts it finds containing those terms! Features: - Control what you see (and what you don't) across multiple social media sites at once! - Create keyword mute lists that work across Twitter/X, Facebook, Mastodon, Reddit, and Bluesky, and more! - Choose between blurring out posts, blurring with a preview, or hiding them altogether - You can even replace posts with cute images of kittens, puppies, or hedgehogs for that additional serotonin!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Mutable for Safari at 4.9 against Shut Up's 4.2. Shut Up's advantage is ratings volume (49 vs 15) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, review sentiment, update cadence 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Mutable for Safari holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 49 and 15 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 56% of Shut Up's written reviews are positive against 64% of Mutable for Safari's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Shut Up | Mutable for Safari |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (49 ratings) | 4.9 (15 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 56.1% of reviews | 63.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 49 — better | 15 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Richard Romero | Idrees Hassan |
Customer experience
Shut Up
Mutable for Safari
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
Mutable for Safari
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Shut Up
No in-app purchases
Mutable for Safari
No in-app purchases
