Comparison

Roadblock vs Ad Blocker ·

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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/

About

Ad Blocker ·

This app helps reduce unwanted advertisements, pop-ups, and trackers while browsing the web in Safari. It aims to improve page loading speeds, conserve data, and enhance privacy by filtering out unnecessary content and known tracking resources.

Highlights
  • Safari ad blocking
  • Built-in privacy protection
  • Anti-tracking features
  • Improved web performance
  • Battery optimization
  • Reduced data usage
  • Video ad filtering
Features
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Ad-Blocker helps reduce ads and selected tracking elements while browsing supported websites in Safari. Minimize popups, banners, video ads, and other advertising content for a cleaner browsing experience. By reducing selected page elements and web requests, Ad-Blocker may also help supported webpages load with fewer unnecessary resources. KEY FEATURES: → Safari Ad Blocking: Helps reduce popups, banners, video ads, and other advertising elements on supported websites in Safari. → Anti-Tracking Protection: Helps reduce requests from known trackers and selected tracking resources while browsing supported websites. → Page Loading Support: By reducing selected advertising elements and web requests, Ad-Blocker may help supported webpages load with fewer unnecessary resources. → Reduced Content Downloads: May help reduce unnecessary content downloads when supported filtering rules are active. → Video Ad Filtering: Helps reduce interruptions from video ads on supported websites in Safari. → Privacy Filter Lists: Enable supported filtering rules designed to reduce selected trackers, social media elements, and third-party web resources. → Web Resource Filtering: Apply supported rules to block selected unwanted web resources while browsing. → Adult Content Filtering: Helps block selected adult-content websites using supported filtering rules. → Language and Region Filters: Enable ad filtering rules for supported languages and regions. → Custom Block List: Create custom filtering rules for selected websites and terms. DISCLAIMER: Ad-Blocker is not guaranteed to block all ads, trackers, websites, or web content. Results may vary depending on website implementation, Safari limitations, enabled filters, and applied filtering rules. Privacy Policy: https://www.pixsterstudio.com/legal-policies/ad-blocker/privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://www.pixsterstudio.com/legal-policies/ad-blocker/terms-of-use

Screenshots

Roadblock4 screens
Ad Blocker ·4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Ad Blocker · at 4.5 against Roadblock's 4.2. Ad Blocker · also leads on review sentiment (72% vs 54%) and ratings volume (6.2K vs 268). Roadblock's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.6). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Roadblock sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Ad Blocker · sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Ad Blocker · holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ad Blocker · has 6.2K ratings behind it against 268, 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 72% of Ad Blocker ·'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Roadblock versus Ad Blocker ·: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRoadblockAd Blocker ·
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (268 ratings)4.5 (6.2K ratings) — better
Positive reviews54.2% of reviews72.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2686.2K — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size35 MB100 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperObied Corner SoftwareAnish Modan

Customer experience

Roadblock

All ratings268 ratings
Positive78.0%
Neutral5.2%
Negative16.8%
Written reviews96 reviews
Positive54.2%
Neutral7.3%
Negative38.5%

Ad Blocker ·

All ratings6,151 ratings
Positive87.0%
Neutral4.8%
Negative8.2%
Written reviews656 reviews
Positive72.4%
Neutral5.8%
Negative21.8%

User reviews

Roadblock

From 268 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🎯 Effective ad and content blocking across devices
  • ⚡ Lightweight with minimal resource usage
  • 🎨 Clean and intuitive user interface
  • 🔧 Powerful custom rule filtering capabilities
  • 🔄 Cross-device synchronization

Room to improve

  • 💳 Switched from one-time purchase to subscription model
  • 🚫 Did not grandfather in legacy purchasers
  • 🐛 Custom filters don't work for some users
  • ⚠️ Misleading free vs paid feature presentation
  • 🔗 Cannot block domains without blocking subdomains

Ad Blocker ·

From 6.2K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Effective ad blocking
  • 🚀 Fast and efficient
  • 🔒 Secure browsing
  • 💡 Helpful for protecting children
  • 👍 Easy to use

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Doesn't block all ads
  • 🔒 Requires subscription for full features
  • 🐛 Doesn't work on some sites/apps
  • 🐛 Inconsistent performance
  • 🔋 Drains battery

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

Ad Blocker ·

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Frequent crashes
  • Login/setup issues
  • Incompatible with certain devices/OS versions

Requested features

4 requests
  • More customization options
  • Expand compatibility to other browsers
  • Improve ad blocking on YouTube
  • Add VPN functionality

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Roadblock

Subscriptions2
  • Premium (1 Month)$0.991 Month
  • Premium (1 Year)$5.991 Year
One-time1
  • Premium (Legacy)$1.99
8 purchases

Ad Blocker ·

Subscriptions6
  • Ad Blocker Plus Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Ad Blocker Pro1 Month trial$9.991 Month
  • Ad Blocker Plus Yearly1 Month trial$29.991 Year
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  • Ad Blocker Yearly Offer1 Month trial$29.991 Year
  • Ad Blocker Plus Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • Ad Blocker Pro3 Days trial$69.991 Year
One-time2
  • Ad Blocker Pro Lifetime$39.99
  • Ad Blocker Lifetime$49.99

Questions

Is Roadblock free?
Roadblock is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Ad Blocker · free?
Ad Blocker · is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Roadblock or Ad Blocker ·?
Ad Blocker · is rated higher. Roadblock averages 4.2 out of 5 from 268 ratings, while Ad Blocker · averages 4.5 from 6.2K ratings.
Do Roadblock or Ad Blocker · have ads?
Neither Roadblock nor Ad Blocker · shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Roadblock or Ad Blocker ·?
Roadblock ships an update every 2 months, and Ad Blocker · every 2 months. Most recently, Roadblock was updated on October 29, 2026 and Ad Blocker · on October 31, 2026.

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