Qudelix vs Wipr 2
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Qudelix
This app serves as an official remote controller for compatible Qudelix DAC/AMP devices. It allows users to connect via Bluetooth to manage audio settings, customize equalizers, and monitor device status. Users can adjust volume, DAC settings, and update device firmware.
- Device control and status monitoring via Bluetooth
- Equalizer settings and preset management
- Volume control
- DAC and audio output settings
- Battery status monitoring
- Device firmware updates
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Official remote controller app for Qudelix DAC/AMP devices. Connect a compatible Qudelix device via Bluetooth to configure audio settings, manage equalizer presets, and monitor device status. Features include: * Device control and status monitoring via Bluetooth * Equalizer settings and preset management * Volume control * DAC and audio output settings * Battery status monitoring * Device firmware updates * Bluetooth codec and streaming information Feature availability varies by device. Requires a compatible Qudelix DAC/AMP connected via Bluetooth.
Wipr 2
This app enhances your web browsing experience by blocking ads, trackers, and popups in Safari, leading to faster load times and reduced data usage. An optional add-on extends this protection to all apps on your devices, without compromising your data or VPN usage.
- Blocks ads, trackers, and popups
- Improves website load speed
- Reduces data usage and improves battery life
- Extends blocking to all apps with Filtr add-on
- Works with VPNs and iCloud Private Relay
- Automatic blocklist updates
- Universal app for all Apple devices
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Wipr blocks ads, popups, trackers, cookie warnings, and other nasty things that make the web slow and ugly. Websites in Safari will look clean, load fast, and stop invisibly tracking you. You’ll notice significant improvements to your battery life and data usage. Setup is a snap. Apple featured Wipr in “The Best Safari Extensions”. The Filtr add-on extends Wipr’s blocking to all apps on your devices. It acts at the network level, but unlike a VPN, it can access none of your data, and can be used in conjunction with VPNs, iCloud Private Relay, and custom DNS. Wipr’s blocklist is updated twice a week automatically, and has enhanced versions for the following languages: Bosnian, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Macedonian, Malay, Montenegrin, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Spanish, Thai, and Vietnamese. Wipr is a universal app: install it on all your devices (iPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro) with a single purchase. It’s fully accessible with VoiceOver, Voice Control, and more. Dark, Tinted, and Clear icon variants are included. Family Sharing is supported. Because it’s developed by a single independent developer and 100% funded by its users, Wipr only answers to you: no one can pay to have their ads unblocked, and there are no “acceptable ads”. This app was made with love and patience. I hope you’ll enjoy using it as much as I enjoyed designing and building it. – Kaylee Terms & Conditions: https://kaylees.site/terms-and-conditions.html EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Qudelix at Free against Wipr 2's $4.99. Qudelix also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 6) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). Wipr 2's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 4.3) and update cadence (weekly vs every 6 weeks). On 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
Qudelix is free to download; Wipr 2 costs $4.99 up front. Wipr 2 sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Qudelix asks for nothing beyond the download.
Wipr 2 holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Wipr 2 has 1.4K ratings behind it against 85, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 70% of Qudelix's written reviews are positive against 81% of Wipr 2's.
Qudelix ships an update every 6 weeks, Wipr 2 weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Qudelix | Wipr 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | 4.3 (85 ratings) | 4.7 (1.4K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 69.6% of reviews | 80.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 85 | 1.4K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #3 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Qudelix, Inc. | Kaylee Calderolla |
Customer experience
Qudelix
Wipr 2
User reviews
Qudelix
From 85 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Excellent app, works perfect
- 💡 Amazing EQ results
- 🚀 Super long term support
- 👍 NO bugs. Runs well.
- 👍 Great control app
Room to improve
- 🐛 UI clearly created by engineers
- 🐛 Documentation not updated correctly
- 🐛 Unacceptable basic feature setup
- 🐛 Won't recognize Bluetooth devices
- 🐛 Useless if can't connect device
Wipr 2
From 1.4K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Blocks ads effectively
- 👍 Simple and easy to use
- 🔒 Doesn't slow down Safari
- 💡 Frequent updates
- 👍 Responsive developer
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional issues with YouTube ads
- 🐛 Incompatibility with some websites
- 🐛 Occasional blank spaces where ads used to be
Bugs and requests
Qudelix
Reported bugs
25 issues- App needs work
- Documentation does not provide a coherent answer
- Wont recognize any Bluetooth devices
- App is useless if you can’t connect a device to it
- Doesn’t work on iPhone 15
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- Causes iPad to lock up
- Some settings won’t apply until I disconnect and reconnect
- Causes issues when it’s running in the background and it’s become extremely bad
- Wont connect to app
- Just won’t connect to app even though it’s connect to my phone
- Thoroughly disappointed
- App kept disconnecting from the 5k at random
- Stopped reconnecting
- App still will not recognize the 5k Device
- Still got the sound, but at a near whispered volume
- App fails to recognize the connected device multiple times
- Even pressing “connect” within the app does nothing
- Rarely registers my Qudelix
- For some reason the EQ just doesn’t sound right
- No app connection
- Connects in phone; not detected in app, even in pairing mode
- Doesn’t work with FW2.0
- 5K also playing up with buttons not working correctly etc.
- Battery graph is unusable on iPadOS
- App is very frustrating to use on the iPad since it opens with gigantic black bezels
Requested features
10 requests- How to set a preset for PEQ for each headphone
- Firefox or Safari extension
- Dark mode
- Live 20 band VU meter displayed in low opacity behind EQ curve
- Update autoeq list
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- Allow importing autoeqs
- German translation
- Toggle absolute volume and volume protection
- Native iPad UI
- Enable modern iPadOS multitasking paradigms
Wipr 2
Reported bugs
2 issues- Wipr Extra component not always working as expected
- Occasional high CPU usage when app is left open
Requested features
2 requests- Option to disable on specific websites
- Ability to customize blocking rules
In-app purchases
Qudelix
No in-app purchases
Wipr 2
- Monthly Recurring Tip$1.991 Month
- Filtr$4.991 Year
- Yearly Recurring Tip$9.991 Year
- Tip$4.99
- Mega Tip$19.99
- Filtr$24.99
