PiPifier vs Ad Blocker ·
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PiPifier
Enable Picture-in-Picture mode for any HTML5 web video directly from Safari. This extension bypasses restrictions on sites that hide native video controls, allowing seamless multitasking with your videos.
- Picture-in-Picture for HTML5 videos
- Works on any website
- Bypasses hidden video controls
- Safari Action extension
- Easy to enable and use
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PiPifier is an Action extension for Safari that lets you use every HTML5 (thats about every web video on iOS) video in Picture in Picture mode. If you have an HTML5 video playing on any website like Youtube just press PiPifier in Safari's Webtools Menu to enable Picture-In-Picture for this video. With this extension you can even run PiP mode on sites that hide the native video controls (so that you can not enable PiP there) Usage: 1. Open Safari 2. Open the Webtools Menu (aA) 3. Choose Manage Extensions 4. Enable 'PiPifier' 5. Select 'PiPifier' on a website with a video
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.
- Safari ad blocking
- Built-in privacy protection
- Anti-tracking features
- Improved web performance
- Battery optimization
- Reduced data usage
- Video ad filtering
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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
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: PiPifier at weekly against Ad Blocker ·'s every 2 months. PiPifier also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.6). Ad Blocker ·'s advantage is ratings volume (6.2K vs 323). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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. PiPifier sells 3 one-off in-app purchases 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for PiPifier against 4.5 for Ad Blocker ·. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ad Blocker · has 6.2K ratings behind it against 323, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 75% of PiPifier's written reviews are positive against 73% of Ad Blocker ·'s.
PiPifier ships an update weekly, Ad Blocker · every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PiPifier | Ad Blocker · |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (323 ratings) | 4.5 (6.2K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.3% of reviews — better | 72.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 323 | 6.2K — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 100 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Arno Appenzeller | Anish Modan |
Customer experience
PiPifier
Ad Blocker ·
User reviews
PiPifier
From 323 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Works as expected
- 🚀 Easy to use
- 💡 Useful for YouTube PiP
- 👍 Simple and lightweight
- 👍 Allows background playback
Room to improve
- 🐛 Compatibility issues with newer iOS versions
- 🐛 Occasional freezing or crashing
- 🐛 Blank/black screen in PiP mode
- 🔋 Increased battery drain
- 🐛 Doesn't work with embedded videos
Ad Blocker ·
From 6.2K App Store ratingsWhat 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
PiPifier
Reported bugs
4 issues- Doesn't work on some devices/iOS versions
- Randomly stops working with YouTube
- Disappearing PiP window
- Incompatibility with certain system settings
Requested features
4 requests- Automatic PiP mode on video start
- Ability to control PiP size/position
- Support for more video platforms
- Playlist/autoplay support in PiP
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
PiPifier
- Small Tea for the Developer$0.99
- Large Tea for the Developer$2.99
- Giant Tea for the Developer$4.99
Ad Blocker ·
- 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
- Ad Blocker Pro Lifetime$39.99
- Ad Blocker Lifetime$49.99
