# Userscripts vs Cookie

The clearest difference is rating: Userscripts at 4.3 against Cookie's 3.4. Userscripts also leads on review sentiment (78% vs 40%) and update cadence (monthly vs every 4 months). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Userscripts holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 181 and 91 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 78% of Userscripts's written reviews are positive against 40% of Cookie's.

Userscripts ships an update monthly, Cookie every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.

## The numbers

| Metric | Userscripts | Cookie |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | **[4.3 (181 ratings)](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/userscripts/id1463298887/reviews)** | [3.4 (91 ratings)](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/cookie-editor/id6446215341/reviews) |
| Number of ratings | **181** | 91 |
| Positive reviews | **78.1% of reviews** | 40.4% of reviews |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Ads | No | No |
| Update frequency | **Monthly** | Every 4 months |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | **#22** | #30 |
| Size | 2 MB | 2 MB |
| Requires iOS | **15.0** | 15.4 |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | [Justin Wasack](https://appshunter.io/developer/1463298886) | [Christophe Gagnier](https://appshunter.io/developer/1676668149) |

## What reviewers say

### Userscripts

[App page](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/userscripts/id1463298887)

**Currently charting:** #22 Top Free · Developer Tools (US App Store)

This open-source Safari extension allows you to run custom JavaScript and CSS code on any website. Enhance your browsing experience with personalized styling, automatic redirects, and ad-blocking.

**Highlights:** Run custom JavaScript, Inject custom CSS, Automatic page redirection, Website page manipulation, Custom ad-blocking, Open source, No user tracking

**Features:** Safari Extension, Vision Pro support

**In-app purchases:** none

**What reviewers like**

- 🚀 Works well to inject CSS on iPad in Safari
- 👍 Best thing since sliced bread
- 💡 Allows you to do thousands of things that were previously desktop only
- 🔒 Very stable and works flawlessly with Safari
- 👍 Excellent Safari extension

**What reviewers complain about**

- 🐛 Satisfactory to an extent, stops working sometimes
- 🐛 Broke until reinstall
- 🐛 Slowed my Safari down to a crawl
- 🐛 Unpredictable when it applies scripts, but still useful
- 🐛 It's been way too unpredictable for a while now

**Reported bugs**

- Failed to load user data
- Saying there's an error when trying to download something
- Won't work, keeps saying there's an issue and retry
- Disappeared from Safari preferences and won't return after troubleshooting

**Requested features**

- Add support for Safari Tech Preview
- Allow editing of userscripts from the browser extension popup
- Allow creation of a new script from the Safari Extension for the current site
- Allow specifying the order in which scripts should be loaded
- Add support for running scripts in normal mode, private mode or both


### Cookie

[App page](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/cookie-editor/id6446215341)

**Currently charting:** #30 Top Free · Developer Tools (US App Store)

Manage your web browser cookies with this open-source tool. Easily view, create, edit, and delete cookies, and import/export them in various formats. Ideal for web development, testing, and enhancing online privacy.

**Highlights:** List all cookies, Search cookies, Create, edit, delete cookies, Import/export cookies, Delete all cookies, Customizable interface

**Features:** Safari Extension, Vision Pro support

**In-app purchases:** none

**What reviewers like**

- 👍 Works for some users
- 👍 Free and open source
- 👍 Useful for data migration
- 👍 Good for privacy control
- 👍 Works on macOS

**What reviewers complain about**

- 🐛 Does not work on iOS 18
- 🐛 Does not work on newer iOS versions
- 🐛 Does not work on Sequoia update
- 🐛 Does not work on MacOS updates
- 🐛 Extension not loading

**Reported bugs**

- Extension cannot be loaded
- Manifest version error
- No cookies detected
- Not working on iOS 18
- Not working on MacOS updates

**Requested features**

- Update for iOS 18 compatibility
- Update for newer MacOS versions
- Fix extension loading issues
- Remove intrusive advertising
- Improve cookie parsing for import


## Frequently asked questions

### Is Userscripts free?

Userscripts is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

### Is Cookie free?

Cookie is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

### Which has better reviews, Userscripts or Cookie?

Userscripts is rated higher. Userscripts averages 4.3 out of 5 from 181 ratings, while Cookie averages 3.4 from 91 ratings.

### Do Userscripts or Cookie have ads?

Neither Userscripts nor Cookie shows ads.

### Which is updated more often, Userscripts or Cookie?

Userscripts ships an update monthly, and Cookie every 4 months. Most recently, Userscripts was updated on September 28, 2026 and Cookie on September 27, 2026.

### Which is more popular, Userscripts or Cookie?

Userscripts currently peaks at #22 in the App Store charts, and Cookie at #30. Chart position reflects recent download velocity rather than total install base.

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*Compared by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/) from daily US App Store data. Review summaries are generated from verbatim App Store reviews.*