Content Blocker+ vs FormatX
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Content Blocker+
Enhance your Safari browsing experience by blocking ads and trackers. This app speeds up web pages, reduces data consumption, and conserves battery life. It operates directly within Safari, offering a seamless and efficient way to browse the web.
- Blocks ads and trackers
- Speeds up web browsing
- Lowers data usage
- Improves battery life
- One-tap whitelisting
- Works directly with Safari
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"Wow Safari is so fast now!" -Everyone after they try Content Blocker+ for the first time Content Blocker+ is a new kind of app. It works directly with Safari to block unwanted ads and trackers, which speed up web browsing, lower data usage and improve the battery life of your device. Benefits of Content Blocker+ Faster web browsing Lower data usage Improved battery life while using Safari One tap whitelisting without leaving Safari Content Blocker+ does not track your web usage in order to work. Instead it provides a set of rules to Safari which then blocks the content automatically. Simply enable Content Blocker+ in the settings app and it 'just works'. Settings -> Safari -> Content Blockers Content Blocker+ is a universal app and is optimized for all 64 bit devices that run iOS9.
FormatX
This app is a comprehensive tool for converting and editing video, audio, and image files. It offers features like compression, extraction, merging, and format adjustments for a wide range of media types.
- Video format conversion
- Audio format conversion
- Image format conversion
- Audio extraction from video
- Video compression
- Video and audio editing
- GIF creation from video
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FormatX is an all-in-one format conversion tool that supports video, audio, and image format conversions, audio extraction, compression, cropping, merging, speed adjustment, rotation, aspect ratio adjustment, volume control, and more. Easily convert everything you want... FormatX has the following main features: Video Format Conversion: Supports conversion of videos in various formats with the freedom to customize settings like resolution, bitrate, frame rate, etc. Supported formats include mp4, mov, mkv, mpg, amv, ts, mpeg, m4v, wmv, asf, avi, vob, flv, etc. Audio Format Conversion: Professional audio format conversion settings to maintain the original audio quality. Supported formats include wav, mp3, aac, m4a, flac, etc. Image Format Conversion: Supports various image format conversions with the freedom to modify resolution and ratio. Supported formats include jpg, png, heic, jpeg, etc. Audio Extraction: Extracts various audio formats from videos with simple and convenient operations, maintaining the original sound sampling rate, bitrate, and supporting features like fade in and fade out. Video Compression: Supports limitless compression from 1% to 100%, compatible with multiple video formats. Video Editing: Features video cropping, merging, rotation, speed adjustment, volume control, and video denoising. Audio Editing: Supports audio cropping, merging, speed adjustment, volume control, and audio denoising. GIF Processing: Converts videos of various formats into high-definition GIFs, allowing personalized creation of desired GIFs. Subscription Auto-Renewal Instructions: -- Subscription Period: 1 week, 1 month, 1 year -- Subscription Price: Check iAP application information for details. -- Payment: Purchase confirmation and payment will be recorded in the iTunes account. -- Renewal: Apple iTunes account will be charged 24 hours before expiration, and the subscription period will be extended for one subscription cycle after successful payment. -- Cancel Renewal: To cancel the renewal, manually turn off the auto-renewal function in iTunes/Apple ID settings management at least 24 hours before the current subscription period is charged. -- Terms of Use: https://formatx-app.notion.site/formatx-app/Terms-of-use-37aaafcaef794d2d96c659595f243ac6 -- Privacy Policy: https://formatx-app.notion.site/formatx-app/Privacy-Policy-6920b3b28f944b60a977dc770b6c4c99
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: FormatX at 4.6 against Content Blocker+'s 3.8. FormatX also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). Content Blocker+'s advantage is ratings volume (214 vs 10) and iOS requirement (9.3 vs 17.0). 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
Both are free to download. Content Blocker+ sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and FormatX sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.29 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
FormatX holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Content Blocker+ has 214 ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Content Blocker+ ships an update every 3 months, FormatX every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and July 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Content Blocker+ | FormatX |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (214 ratings) | 4.6 (10 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 214 — better | 10 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.3 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 94 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dynamic App Design LLC | 阳 刘 |
Customer experience
Content Blocker+
FormatX
Bugs and requests
Content Blocker+
Reported bugs
4 issues- Crashes frequently
- Stops working after updates
- Unable to remove websites from whitelist
- Incompatible with certain iOS versions
Requested features
4 requests- Add ad blocking for apps
- Allow customization of blocked content
- Provide whitelist/blacklist options
- Implement dark mode
FormatX
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Content Blocker+
- Unlock EverythingFree
- Image Blocking$0.99
- Font Blocking$0.99
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- Unlimited Whitelisting$0.99
- Comment Blocking$0.99
FormatX
- 1 Week$0.297 Days
- 1 Month$0.991 Month
- 1 Year3 Days trial$9.991 Year









