# Userscripts vs R2Explorer

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Userscripts at none against R2Explorer's 1. Userscripts also leads on chart position (#14 vs unranked) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). R2Explorer's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs monthly). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Both are free to download. R2Explorer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Userscripts asks for nothing beyond the download.

Userscripts ships an update monthly, R2Explorer weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

## The numbers

| Metric | Userscripts | R2Explorer |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | **[4.3 (191 ratings)](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/userscripts/id1463298887/reviews)** | — |
| Number of ratings | **191** | — |
| Positive reviews | 78.3% of reviews | — |
| In-app purchases | **No** | Yes |
| Ads | No | No |
| Update frequency | Monthly | **Weekly** |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Best chart rank | **#14** | — |
| Size | 2 MB | 11 MB |
| Requires iOS | **15.0** | 26.0 |
| Devices | **iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac** | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | [Justin Wasack](https://appshunter.io/developer/1463298886) | [Magenta Creations](https://appshunter.io/developer/492433904) |

## What reviewers say

### Userscripts

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

**Currently charting:** #14 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


### R2Explorer

[App page](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/r2explorer-bucket-manager/id6761668362)

**Features:** Family Sharing, Vision Pro support

**In-app purchases (1)**

| Purchase | Price | Billing |
| --- | --- | --- |
| R2Explorer Pro | $5.99 | one-time |


## Frequently asked questions

### Is Userscripts free?

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

### Is R2Explorer free?

R2Explorer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.

### Do Userscripts or R2Explorer have ads?

Neither Userscripts nor R2Explorer shows ads.

### Which is updated more often, Userscripts or R2Explorer?

Userscripts ships an update monthly, and R2Explorer weekly. Most recently, Userscripts was updated on November 3, 2026 and R2Explorer on October 28, 2026.

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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.*