Comparison

ProtectAd Plus vs SafaShield

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

Head to head
About

ProtectAd Plus

This app blocks all advertisements across the web within the Safari browser. It helps save battery life, reduce data usage, and improve page loading speeds. Enjoy a cleaner browsing experience with built-in privacy protection and anti-tracking features.

Highlights
  • Blocks video ads
  • Removes pop-ups and banners
  • Protects against redirects
  • Blocks YouTube ads in Safari
  • Saves battery life
  • Reduces data usage
  • Improves page loading speed
  • Built-in anti-tracking
Features
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Stop seeing ads on the web. Block ads is the completely free content blocker for the Safari browser Blocks all ads including: * Video ads * Rich media advertising, interstitial ads and floating ads * Unwanted pop-ups and pop-unders * Banners and text ads * redirects to "xxx" websites * YouTube video ads in Safari * scrolling banners * timed popups Accept no substitutes. * Save battery life by only loading the content you care about * Save money on monthly data usage * Enjoy faster web page performance * Built-in privacy protection with anti-tracking * Custom language setting to block region-specific ads * Speeds up webpage loading and saves bandwidth, due to the removed ads and pop-ups. Download now to say goodbye to annoying ads! Terms of Service: https://vvpstudio.blogspot.com/2020/03/terms-of-service-ad-blocker.html Privacy Policy: https://vvpstudio.blogspot.com/2020/03/privacy-policy-ad-blocker.html Support email: vvp.studio@gmail.com

About

SafaShield

Enhance your Safari browsing experience by blocking malicious domains, ads, and trackers. This utility offers customizable rules to protect your privacy and reduce online threats.

Highlights
  • Block malicious domains
  • Block ads and web trackers
  • Block abused TLDs
  • Whitelist custom domains
  • Allow ads on trusted sites
  • Block custom TLDs
Features
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SafaShield is a Safari content blocker app developed by NoVirusThanks Company Srl that was created to improve Safari web browsing security by blocking potentially suspicious and malicious domains. We provide built-in options to block most abused TLDs (such as domains that end in .top or .xyz), dynamic DNS domains, free hosting domains, internationalized domains, unsecure connections, and more. We added also options to protect the user's privacy by blocking ads and web trackers. Other useful features you can find aboard are the possibility to whitelist a domain so it will never be blocked, allow ads on websites you trust and that you visit frequently to support their work, block custom domain names and also custom domain TLDs (such as .it or .info). The main focus of this app is to reduce the attack surface by improving the Safari web browsing security with smart content blocking rules.

Screenshots

ProtectAd Plus4 screens
SafaShield4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: SafaShield at 4.7 against ProtectAd Plus's 4.1. SafaShield also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 6) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 10 months). ProtectAd Plus's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). On price, ratings volume, ads and device support 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. ProtectAd Plus sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $10.49 per month. SafaShield asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

SafaShield holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 6 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ProtectAd Plus ships an update every 10 months, SafaShield every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
ProtectAd Plus versus SafaShield: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterProtectAd PlusSafaShield
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (8 ratings)4.7 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews77.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings8 — better6
Update frequencyEvery 10 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS11.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size69 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVu Van PhongNOVIRUSTHANKS COMPANY SRL

Customer experience

ProtectAd Plus

All ratings8 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral12.5%
Negative12.5%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive77.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative22.2%

SafaShield

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

6 purchases

ProtectAd Plus

Subscriptions4
  • 1 Month3 Days trial$10.491 Month
  • 1 Month3 Days trial$13.991 Month
  • 1 Year3 Days trial$16.991 Year
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  • 1 Year3 Days trial$21.491 Year
One-time2
  • Life time$22.99
  • Lifetime$25.99
None

SafaShield

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ProtectAd Plus free?
ProtectAd Plus is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SafaShield free?
SafaShield is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, ProtectAd Plus or SafaShield?
SafaShield is rated higher. ProtectAd Plus averages 4.1 out of 5 from 8 ratings, while SafaShield averages 4.7 from 6 ratings.
Do ProtectAd Plus or SafaShield have ads?
Neither ProtectAd Plus nor SafaShield shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ProtectAd Plus or SafaShield?
ProtectAd Plus ships an update every 10 months, and SafaShield every 3 weeks. Most recently, ProtectAd Plus was updated on October 14, 2026 and SafaShield on October 8, 2026.

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