Roadblock vs WebFilter Content Blocker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Roadblock
Take control of your online experience by blocking unwanted ads, trackers, and other web content. This app enhances privacy, security, and speeds up page loading while reducing data usage. Syncs seamlessly across Apple devices.
- Block ads and trackers
- Block social, chat, and AI widgets
- Block notification banners
- Customizable blocking rules
- Hide webpage elements
- iCloud Sync across devices
- Passcode lock
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Control your web browsing experience with Roadblock, a powerful and lightweight content blocker for Safari. Roadblock blocks unwanted content, protects your privacy and security, improves webpage load time, and reduces browsing data usage. Roadblock is available for iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Profiles and settings sync seamlessly across all devices. Built-in Rules: • Block ads and trackers • Block social, chat, and AI widgets • Block privacy, newsletter, and notification banners Custom Rules: • Block or allow web resources and websites • Hide webpage elements • Strip cookies from web requests • Force the loading of websites and resources over a secure connection (https) • Specify filters using a simple and an intuitive format or using regular expressions • Search, import, and share custom rules Other features: • Block and hide content visually • Blocker profiles • iCloud Sync • Passcode lock • Built-in rules updates and improvements Please note that you can only enable the settings in the 'Block and Trackers' and 'Languages' sections. Upgrade to Premium and unlock access to all the features in Roadblock. Privacy Policy: https://www.obiedcorner.com/privacy/roadblock/ Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
WebFilter Content Blocker
This app allows you to block specific web content within Safari, including trackers, ads, and cryptomining scripts. You can also create custom filtering rules using JSON format for advanced control over your browsing experience.
- Block analytics, advertising, and social tracking cookies
- Block analytics, advertising, and social tracking content/scripts
- Block cryptomining scripts
- Block fingerprinting
- Create custom content filtering rules in JSON format
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The web filtering capabilities of WebFrame Pro Kiosk are now available as a standalone content blocker for Safari. Selectively enable or disable blocking of: • Analytics, Advertising, and Social Tracking Cookies • Analytics, Advertising, and Social Tracking Content/Scripts • Cryptomining Scripts • Fingerprinting Create custom rules: • Specify your own content filtering rules in JSON format • See https://webkit.org/blog/3476/content-blockers-first-look/ for details
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: WebFilter Content Blocker at 100% against Roadblock's 54%. WebFilter Content Blocker also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.2) and in-app purchases (none vs 3). Roadblock's advantage is price (Free vs $0.99) and update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 15 months). On ads, device support and iOS requirement 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
Roadblock is free to download; WebFilter Content Blocker costs $0.99 up front. Roadblock sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. WebFilter Content Blocker asks for nothing beyond the download.
WebFilter Content Blocker holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Roadblock has 266 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 54% of Roadblock's written reviews are positive against 100% of WebFilter Content Blocker's.
Roadblock ships an update every 6 weeks, WebFilter Content Blocker every 15 months. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and June 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Roadblock | WebFilter Content Blocker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 4.2 (266 ratings) | 4.8 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 54.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 266 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 15 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Obied Corner Software | WireFrameRate, LLC |
Customer experience
Roadblock
WebFilter Content Blocker
Bugs and requests
Roadblock
Reported bugs
10 issues- Custom filters fail to block websites despite being enabled
- Hide Content feature doesn't allow adding filters
- Text deforms when resizing window horizontally
- VoiceOver cannot focus Add button in rule edit UI
- Settings disable after iPad restart
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- Cookie stripping only works on HTTPS, not HTTP
- App crashes on latest iOS versions
- Safari broken or severely degraded after updates
- Restore purchases functionality broken
- Block Trackers option breaks website browsing
Requested features
10 requests- Quick whitelist feature in Safari toolbar
- Support for WebSocket and ping content types
- Ability to block specific YouTube channels
- Local activity log
- IP address and port blocking
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- Granular video blocking (not all-or-nothing)
- Better documentation for custom rule selectors
- Adjustable sidebar width
- Domain blocking without subdomain blocking
- Better pre-purchase clarity on subscription model
WebFilter Content Blocker
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Roadblock
- Premium (1 Month)$0.991 Month
- Premium (1 Year)$5.991 Year
- Premium (Legacy)$1.99
WebFilter Content Blocker
No in-app purchases
Questions
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