Comparison

Lagrange Smallnet Browser vs Regex Blocker

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

Head to head
About

Lagrange Smallnet Browser

Explore alternative internet protocols beyond the World Wide Web. This browser offers modern conveniences like inline images, multiple tabs, and customizable themes while supporting unique protocols like Gopher, Finger, and Spartan.

Highlights
  • Support for alternative internet protocols
  • Inline image and audio viewing
  • Multiple tabs and page zoom
  • Customizable themes and UI accent color
  • Identity management with TLS certificates
  • Smart URL suggestions
  • Split view browsing on iPadOS
Features
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Beyond the World Wide Web, there is a frontier of hobbyist network protocols that aim to restore a more human-centric ethos to the internet. This is called the "small internet", or smallnet. Lagrange supports many of these protocols and lets you explore smallnet sites while enjoying modern conveniences familiar from web browsers, like beautiful typography, inline image viewing, multiple tabs, visual themes, bookmarks, history, and page outlines. FEATURES * Beautiful typography with full Unicode support * Autogenerated page style and icon for each domain * Light and dark color themes * Customizable UI accent color * Page zoom (50%...200%) * Custom scaling factor for the UI * Support for the classic protocols, e.g., Gopher and Finger * Support for uploading and editing content using the Titan protocol * Support for hobbyist protocols: Spartan, Nex, Misfin, and Guppy * Instant back/forward navigation using cached content * Open image and audio links inline on the same page * Subscribe to Gemfeeds and Atom feeds * Identity management — create and use TLS client certificates * Smart suggestions when typing an URL — search bookmarks, history, feeds, identities * Search engine integration * Use remote pages as a source of dynamic bookmarks * Configurable text snippets that can be pasted in input fields and used as custom search queries * Sheet (iOS) or sidebars (iPadOS) for managing bookmarks, identities and subscribed feeds, and viewing browsing history, open tabs, page outline, and site structure * Multiple tabs * Split view for browsing two pages at once (iPadOS) * Open links via keyboard shortcuts * Audio playback: MP3, Ogg Vorbis, WAV * Read Gempub books and view ZIP archive contents * Support for proxy servers

About

Regex Blocker

This Safari extension allows users to block websites using powerful JavaScript Regular Expressions. It provides explanations and links to documentation for creating custom blocking rules. Users can edit rules directly within the app or the Safari extension, with optional password protection for enhanced security.

Highlights
  • Block URLs with JavaScript Regular Expressions
  • Create custom and complex blocking rules
  • In-app and extension pop-up rule editing
  • Explanation of Regex usage
  • Optional password protection
Features
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This is a Safari extension that lets you block URLs based on JavaScript Regular Expressions (Regexes). Regexes are a powerful tool that allow you to create custom and complex rules to block URLs based on certain criteria. The use of them is explained within the app, with links to further documentation. Users can edit the current blocking rules both from within the app, and within the extension pop-up in Safari itself. The app can additionally be password protected. If password protection is set up, editing the blocking rules is no longer possible from the pop-up in Safari. Editing is then only possible from within the app, after it has been unlocked with the password.

Screenshots

Lagrange Smallnet Browser3 screens
Regex Blocker4 screens

Verdict

The call

Lagrange Smallnet Browser and Regex Blocker both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Regex Blocker's written reviews are positive against 0% of Lagrange Smallnet Browser's. Lagrange Smallnet Browser's advantage is price (Free vs $0.99). On rating, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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

Lagrange Smallnet Browser is free to download; Regex Blocker costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Lagrange Smallnet Browser against 5.0 for Regex Blocker. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 0% of Lagrange Smallnet Browser's written reviews are positive against 100% of Regex Blocker's.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Lagrange Smallnet Browser versus Regex Blocker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLagrange Smallnet BrowserRegex Blocker
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings11
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB1 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperJaakko KeranenAugustin Krause

Customer experience

Lagrange Smallnet Browser

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

Regex Blocker

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Lagrange Smallnet Browser

No in-app purchases

None

Regex Blocker

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Lagrange Smallnet Browser free?
Lagrange Smallnet Browser is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Regex Blocker free?
Regex Blocker costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Lagrange Smallnet Browser or Regex Blocker?
Lagrange Smallnet Browser and Regex Blocker are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Lagrange Smallnet Browser or Regex Blocker have ads?
Neither Lagrange Smallnet Browser nor Regex Blocker shows ads.

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