Comparison

Sanitize vs Addons

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

Head to head
About

Sanitize

This app enhances mobile browsing by blocking intrusive ads, tracking scripts, and pop-ups. It speeds up page loading, conserves mobile data by preventing ad images from downloading, and cleans up cluttered web pages. Users can customize their experience with whitelisting options.

Highlights
  • Blocks ads and tracking scripts
  • Saves mobile data
  • Hides ad white space
  • Removes social share buttons
  • Customizable whitelisting
  • Supports select ad networks
Features
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Sanitize is a powerful and efficient ad-blocker. It blocks ads, tracking scripts, social share buttons, pop-ups, and other annoyances from websites you visit. Sanitize makes your mobile browsing experience faster, and leaves you with more data at the end of the month. Features: • Blocks ads and tracking scripts with an extensive and regularly-updated list. • Saves mobile data by preventing large ad images from ever loading. • Hides the wasted white space behind ads. • Removes annoying social share buttons. • Full custom whitelist support, so you can support the sites you love. • Whitelist of high-quality ad networks — if you want to support independent blogs and websites, but still block annoying ads everywhere else, you can allow only ads from networks that serve small, unobtrusive ads.

About

Addons

Enhance Safari with custom scripts, ad blocking, resource downloading, and dark mode. This extension offers powerful customization for a personalized browsing experience across all Apple devices.

Highlights
  • Userscript support (Greasemonkey/Tampermonkey)
  • Resource sniffing and video downloading
  • Customizable ad filtering
  • Tagit mode for selective ad removal
  • Smart search engine switching
  • Webpage dark mode
Features
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【Platform】 Addons supports seamless usage across all Apple platforms, allowing for data synchronization between iPhone, iPad, and iMac devices. 【Greasemonkey/Tampermonkey】 One of the highlights of Addons is its support for Greasemonkey/Tampermonkey scripts. With this feature, you can add custom scripts to your Safari to achieve more functionality, such as automatic pagination, harassment blocking, automatic expansion, webpage translation, and more. This feature is very powerful and can give your Safari unlimited possibilities. 【Resource Sniffing】 Resource sniffing is another standout feature of Addons. It supports automatically merging and converting m3u8 files to mp4. It also supports background playback and export of videos, allowing you to enjoy high-definition movies anytime, anywhere. 【Customized Ad Filter】 Addons not only helps you block annoying ads, but also speeds up webpage browsing and provides a better user experience. Similar to AdGuard and Adblock Plus, Addons' custom rule function allows you to control ad blocking accuracy more flexibly, meeting your personalized needs. 【Tagit Mode】 The ad filtering feature allows you to get rid of annoying ads while browsing web pages. Addons supports tagit mode, which allows you to remove web page ads while retaining useful content, making your browsing experience more pure and comfortable. 【Smart Search】 The smart search feature allows you to quickly switch Safari search engines by using [trigger word + space + keyword]. You don't need to manually change settings multiple times; it can be done with just one click. 【Web Dark Mode】 Finally, Addons also supports webpage dark mode, helping you better protect your eyes and avoid the frustration of overly strong white light at night. In summary, Addons is a feature-rich and easy-to-use Safari extension that allows you to customize your Safari with more functionality and useful tools, giving your Safari unlimited possibilities! Come and experience it now!

Screenshots

Sanitize4 screens
Addons4 screens

Verdict

The call

Sanitize and Addons both sit at 4.5 stars, but that hides the real split: 74% of Sanitize's written reviews are positive against 60% of Addons's. Sanitize also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Sanitize sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Addons sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Sanitize against 4.6 for Addons. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 203 and 344 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 74% of Sanitize's written reviews are positive against 60% of Addons's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sanitize ships an update every 6 weeks, Addons every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Sanitize versus Addons: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSanitizeAddons
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (203 ratings)4.6 (344 ratings) — better
Positive reviews74.3% of reviews — better60.0% of reviews
Number of ratings203344 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS9.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB49 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperHenry Lee庆彬 邓

Customer experience

Sanitize

All ratings203 ratings
Positive89.2%
Neutral3.4%
Negative7.4%
Written reviews35 reviews
Positive74.3%
Neutral5.7%
Negative20.0%

Addons

All ratings344 ratings
Positive90.1%
Neutral2.9%
Negative7.0%
Written reviews25 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral4.0%
Negative36.0%

User reviews

Sanitize

From 203 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Blocks ads effectively
  • 🚀 Fast loading pages
  • 👍 Free to use with optional support
  • 👍 Doesn't break websites
  • 👍 Works well on macOS

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Report problems button doesn't work
  • 🐛 Doesn't block all ads
  • 🐛 Doesn't work with YouTube
  • 🐛 Doesn't work with video ads
  • 🐛 Increases stored cookies

Addons

From 344 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Faster web loading
  • 👍 Useful alternative to 'Stay'
  • 👍 Great for many reasons
  • 👍 Works very well
  • 👍 Safari usability greatly improved

Room to improve

  • 👎 Useless, bad bad bad
  • 👎 Does nothing
  • 👎 Stopped working
  • 👎 Requires external apps
  • 👎 Misleading claims

Bugs and requests

Sanitize

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Report problems button doesn't work
  • Doesn't work with YouTube
  • Doesn't work with video ads
  • Increases stored cookies
  • Stopped working for some users

Requested features

6 requests
  • Add a blacklist feature
  • Add a whitelist feature
  • Add DNS configurations and ability to add/edit other DNS addresses
  • Add Safari share menu option to whitelist or blacklist sites
  • Add whitelist websites option in Safari extension
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  • Block advertisements on mobile applications

Addons

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Web page sniffing function not working
  • Stopped working after 24 hours
  • Scripts adblocking and downloads sniffer not working
  • Serious bug on iOS 17.4 Dev Beta: blank UI after clearing cookies
  • Member logouts are frequent

Requested features

3 requests
  • Add Mac version support
  • Improve sharing and link copying
  • Fix persistent logouts for members

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Sanitize

One-time3
  • Silver Supporter Package$0.99
  • Gold Supporter Package$1.99
  • Platinum Supporter Package$3.99
1 purchases

Addons

One-time1
  • Pro Lifetime$5.99

Questions

Is Sanitize free?
Sanitize is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Addons free?
Addons is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Sanitize or Addons?
Addons is rated higher. Sanitize averages 4.5 out of 5 from 203 ratings, while Addons averages 4.6 from 344 ratings.
Do Sanitize or Addons have ads?
Neither Sanitize nor Addons shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sanitize or Addons?
Sanitize ships an update every 6 weeks, and Addons every 5 weeks. Most recently, Sanitize was updated on October 16, 2026 and Addons on October 12, 2026.

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