Adblock Fast vs Adieu
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Adblock Fast
This app is a fast, open-source ad blocker for iOS that optimizes web page loading by removing advertisements. It consumes fewer system resources than other ad blockers and works exclusively within Safari.
- Faster ad blocking
- Open-source
- Optimized ruleset
- Consumes fewer resources
- Blocks ads in Safari
- Easy to enable/disable
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Adblock Fast is a new, faster ad blocker and the first open-source ad blocker for iOS (http://appadvice.com/appnn/2015/09/adblock-fast-is-a-free-and-open-source-way-to-banish-ads-in-ios-9)! Just as webpages grew bloated with ads, so too have ad blockers grown bloated with little-used filtering rules and features that sap their speed and hog your device’s disk space, CPU cycles, and memory. Adblock Fast runs an optimized ruleset to accelerate pages more but consume less system resources than other ad blockers do. Adblock Fast blocks ads in Safari not in other apps. To allow Adblock Fast to block in Safari: 1. press the Home button on your iPhone or iPad, 2. tap the “Settings” app, 3. tap “Safari” > (under “ General”) “Content Blockers”, then 4. toggle the “Adblock Fast” switch on. To unblock ads, navigate to the “Adblock Fast” app. To see the effect of Adblock Fast on a particular page, you may have to clear Safari’s cache (tap “Settings” > “Safari” > “Clear History and Website Data”) before reloading the page. If you have any questions or comments, follow and message us: • https://www.facebook.com/adblockfast • https://twitter.com/adblockfast ••• Adblock Fast was created and is maintained by Rocketship, an award-winning app studio whose mission is to design and develop the finest mobile and web experiences.
Adieu
This content blocking extension for Safari removes all ads from web pages, making them more readable and cleaner. It also speeds up page loading times, conserves battery life, and reduces cellular data usage.
- Blocks banners and pop-up ads
- Faster web page loading
- Saves battery life
- Reduces cellular data usage
- Easy to use
- No access to user data
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Adieu is simple but very powerful content blocking extension for Safari. Once installed Adieu blocks all ads on the web pages opened in Safari and makes the pages more readable and clean. With Adieu the pages are loaded faster and it saves the battery life as well as it reduces your cellular data plan usage. FEATURES • Blocks banners and pop-up ads • Faster loading of web pages • Saves battery life • Reduces monthly cellular data plan usage • Very easy to use, just enable it and go browsing with Safari VERY IMPORTANT! Adieu doesn't have access to your data or browsing history! No proxy or VPN connections are used!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Adblock Fast at every 7 months against Adieu's every 126 months. Adblock Fast also leads on rating (3.9 vs 3.7) and ratings volume (11 vs 3). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Adblock Fast holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 11 and 3 respectively.
Adblock Fast ships an update every 7 months, Adieu every 126 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Adblock Fast | Adieu |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (11 ratings) — better | 3.7 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 62.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months — better | Every 126 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 26.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Rocketship Apps | Ivan Zahariev |
Customer experience
Adblock Fast
Adieu
Bugs and requests
Adblock Fast
Reported bugs
7 issues- App shuts down videos and comments
- No longer blocks YouTube ads
- Cannot skip ads when blocker is active
- Ads still not blocked after uninstalling
- Webpages do not load, show blank page
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- Safari browser becomes choppy and slow
- Incompatible with iPad 2
Requested features
8 requests- Ability to report webpages with ads
- Whitelisting option
- Show number of ads blocked and data saved
- Update filter lists for French websites
- Block sponsored ads on YouTube
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- Block ads on social media apps
- Remove blank ad spaces
- Force touch on/off feature
Adieu
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Adblock Fast
No in-app purchases
Adieu
No in-app purchases






