Ad Blocker · vs Deep Work Coach
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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
Deep Work Coach
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Deep Work Coach helps you turn focused work into a repeatable practice. Start a focus session, choose a duration and category, log distractions as they happen, then complete a short review when the session ends. Your history and insights help you see when you focus best, which distractions keep appearing, and which durations are most reliable. Key features: - Focus timer with pause, resume, end, and review states - Distraction logging with common reasons and optional notes - Session review with completion score, focus score, and notes - History with session details and distraction summaries - Insights for today, this week, this month, common distractions, completion rates, and best focus blocks - Custom duration presets, categories, and start reminders - Local notifications for session completion and start reminders - iCloud sync for eligible app data when available - Widgets, Lock Screen widgets, Live Activities, and external status snapshots - Optional Pro subscription for full history, advanced insights, iCloud sync, custom categories, and unlimited presets Deep Work Coach is local-first. When iCloud is available, eligible app data may sync through Apple's CloudKit infrastructure under your iCloud account. The app does not upload your task titles, review notes, distraction notes, or focus history to developer-operated servers.
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Verdict
Ad Blocker · and Deep Work Coach are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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. Ad Blocker · sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Deep Work Coach sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | Ad Blocker · | Deep Work Coach |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (6.2K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 72.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 6.2K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 100 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Anish Modan | 晓龙 徐 |
Bugs and requests
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
Deep Work Coach
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
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
Deep Work Coach
- Pro Monthly$0.991 Month
- Pro Yearly$4.991 Year
Questions
Is Ad Blocker · free?
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Do Ad Blocker · or Deep Work Coach have ads?
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