Comparison

iPage 2 vs Protego for Reddit

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

Head to head
About

iPage 2

Send messages to pagers from your iOS device. This app allows users to create and send pages with features like preset messages, contact management, and custom server support.

Highlights
  • Send messages to pagers
  • Preset messages
  • Favorites
  • Custom SNPP servers
  • Contact import/export
  • Carrier assignment for contacts
Features
Currently charting
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iPage 2 is a complete rewrite of iPage in the Apple Swift 4 programming language. It maintains the same purpose as the original iPage which allows a user to send a message (page) to someone's pager from their iOS mobile device such as iPhone or iPad. iPage 2 is a separate app to iPage rather than just an update. There are several features with this app including: optimization for iOS 12 and the larger screen devices, preset messages, favorites, custom SNPP servers, and importing/exporting contacts. iPage 2 does not have ads. One major difference from the original iPage is that in iPage 2 a carrier must be assigned to each individual contact. Assigning carriers can be done: 1. At the time of entering/editing a contact's information 2. At the time of sending a page 3. In bulk via 'Settings' (Settings->Carriers->Manage) 4. Via CSV file import. The User Guide (Settings -> Documentation -> UserGuide) explains these options. DISCLAIMER: iPage 2 requires an internet connection and sends information to SNPP servers that are not in its control. Therefore, the user of iPage 2 is solely responsible for verifying that the pages sent from this app are received in a timely manner. The user will not hold iPage 2 or its developers responsible for complications that arise becasue of someone not receiving a page as desired.

About

Protego for Reddit

Enhance your Reddit browsing by filtering out unwanted content. This tool allows you to block specific keywords, social media links, and domains, helping you focus on what matters and reduce distractions.

Highlights
  • Keyword filtering
  • Social media blocking
  • Domain blocking
  • Smart wildcards
  • iCloud sync
  • Ad-free browsing
  • Import/export filters
Features
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Add a keyword, a community, a user, or a domain, and matching posts quietly disappear from your feed. Protego is a Safari extension with a companion app, on iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Vision Pro. WHY THE BROWSER: Reddit belongs in your browser. The official app is built to keep you scrolling; in Safari, you decide what Reddit shows you. No notifications pulling you back, no "get the app" walls, and no Reddit app collecting in the background. FILTER WHAT YOU CHOOSE: - Keywords - Hide posts whose title, body, or community name matches a word or phrase - Communities - Hide everything from a community, or block its page entirely - Users - Hide one person's posts and comments - Domains - Hide posts linking to a particular site - Social Media - Hide posts linking to X, Instagram, TikTok, and more Keywords go further: * matches a word and its variations, # matches any 1 to 3 digit number, and groups switch a whole set on or off at once. Any filter switches off without deleting it. Reveal Mode outlines every post a filter would hide instead of hiding it, and Preview tries a keyword before you save it. Not sure what to filter? On a device with Apple Intelligence, pick a topic or type a word, and Protego suggests real terms to add. SET UP IN ONE TAP: Pick a preset (Off, Minimal, Balanced, or Focused) and Protego applies a recommended set of options, bringing new Reddit closer to the old one. Fine-tune anything afterward. CLEAR AWAY THE CLUTTER: - Hide thumbnails, avatars, flair, badges, vote controls, award and join buttons, community banners, and pinned highlight cards - Hide recommendations, promoted posts, login and app nudges, and Reddit Answers - Collapse or hide comments carrying media, and the moderator comment pinned to the top of a thread MAKE REDDIT EASIER TO USE: - Share a post, or a comment with the thread above it, as an image instead of a screenshot - Color-code comment threads by reply depth, with four themes to pick from - Jump between comments by reply depth, and return to the top of a thread - Open comment pages with every reply chain folded away - Open posts from a feed in a new tab, keeping your place - Land on old Reddit automatically, with an endless feed - Give old Reddit the dark theme it has never had, and drop communities' custom styling PUT REDDIT OUT OF REACH: Limits blocks Reddit itself, a step at a time: Home and Popular, then all main feeds, then everything but direct links to posts, then all of Reddit. Pair a limit with a Focus like Sleep or Study and it turns itself on. PRIVACY: No account, no tracking, no browsing history collected. Your filter lists stay on your devices and in your own iCloud. Keyword suggestions run on Apple's Private Cloud Compute, which stores nothing and never receives your lists. YOURS ON EVERY DEVICE: - One purchase covers iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Vision Pro - No subscription, and optional tips are the only in-app purchase. Nothing is locked behind them - Lists sync over your own iCloud, even with the app closed - Works on new and old Reddit - English, Spanish, and Brazilian Portuguese - Search every setting by name or by what it does - Import and export your lists - Stats showing how much Protego has filtered, with a shareable card Protego filters text: post titles, bodies, community and author names, and link addresses. It cannot read words inside images or videos. Filtered posts are hidden from your view. Nothing is removed from Reddit, and nobody is notified.

Screenshots

iPage 24 screens
Protego for Reddit4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: iPage 2 at none against Protego for Reddit's 3. iPage 2 also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 82%) and chart position (#143 vs unranked). On rating, ratings volume, update cadence 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

iPage 2 costs $2.99 and Protego for Reddit $3.99 up front. Protego for Reddit sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. iPage 2 asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

iPage 2 holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 47 and 26 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of iPage 2's written reviews are positive against 82% of Protego for Reddit's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
iPage 2 versus Protego for Reddit: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriPage 2Protego for Reddit
Price$2.99 — better$3.99
Rating4.8 (47 ratings) — better4.6 (26 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better82.1% of reviews
Number of ratings47 — better26
Update frequencyFortnightlyFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree — better
Best chart rank#143 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro — better
Requires iOS12.1 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB21 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAppsOnIce, LLCEdgar Sanchez

Customer experience

iPage 2

All ratings46 ratings
Positive95.7%
Neutral2.2%
Negative2.2%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Protego for Reddit

All ratings25 ratings
Positive88.0%
Neutral4.0%
Negative8.0%
Written reviews28 reviews
Positive82.1%
Neutral3.6%
Negative14.3%

In-app purchases

None

iPage 2

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Protego for Reddit

One-time3
  • Small Tip$1.99
  • Medium Tip$4.99
  • Large Tip$9.99

Questions

Is iPage 2 free?
iPage 2 costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Protego for Reddit free?
Protego for Reddit costs $3.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, iPage 2 or Protego for Reddit?
iPage 2 is rated higher. iPage 2 averages 4.8 out of 5 from 47 ratings, while Protego for Reddit averages 4.6 from 26 ratings.
Do iPage 2 or Protego for Reddit have ads?
Neither iPage 2 nor Protego for Reddit shows ads.
Which is updated more often, iPage 2 or Protego for Reddit?
iPage 2 ships an update fortnightly, and Protego for Reddit fortnightly. Most recently, iPage 2 was updated on November 2, 2026 and Protego for Reddit on November 12, 2026.

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