Comparison

Cydog Toolkit vs Addons

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

Head to head
About

Cydog Toolkit

Enhance your web browsing experience with advanced security and privacy features. This extension offers multiple content blocker modes and integrated cybersecurity technologies to protect your online activity. It also includes a fully featured encrypted DNS client and a lightweight web browser with forensic monitoring tools.

Highlights
  • Content blocker modes (Extreme, Heavy, Lighter)
  • Content blocker firewall modes (Garden, Watcher)
  • Encrypted DNS Client with split tunneling
  • Forensic connection monitor
  • Offline LLM for quick answers
  • Anti-cookie potentiation
  • Ad/tracker blocking
Features
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TL;DR - Here's the bottom line on how our MacOS/iOS Security & Privacy Extension works: Three content blocker modes to clean up your web experience: Extreme, Heavy, and Lighter. Two content blocker firewall modes to secure your webspace: The Walled Garden (Garden) & The Wall Watcher (Watcher). Each mode uses our proprietary methodology for security and privacy. An in-app extension with set-and-forget settings and logs to prove it's working. Enable 'Allow' for every site or have it 'Ask' and customize your security! Integrated cybersecurity technologies, including: our new deterrence encryption program, proof of fingerprinting, and fingerprint blocking. Want to learn more about the new web standards we've integrated into your web experience? Check out our GitHub at: https://github.com/Cydog-Browser. For $0.99, you have made Safari on MacOS/iOS one of the most secure, private, and safely automated browsers in the world. TL;DR - Here's the bottom line on how our MacOS/iOS Security & Privacy App works: Here are some features you get for just $0.99. Fully featured encrypted DNS Client with split tunneling and network interface customizations. A lightweight web browser for saved logins and important bookmarks with a forensic connection monitor, cookie and local storage viewer, security header auditor, logger, and site settings features that includes mTLS and Leaf certificate pinning. iCloud database integration so content is saved across all your devices. A new quick answers feature that leverages an offline Large Language Model (LLM) to ask basic but highly technical questions and conduct a number of text generation tasks. HTTP proxy client that allows real-time monitoring. Add-ons to create and share web deployables. Phone broadcasting so those web deployables can be shared with anyone on their WiFi network. And much, much more. For $0.99, you have made your MacOS/iOS device one of the most secure, private, and safe devices in the world. Worried about data collection? We do not collect your data. Period. Still worried? Use our content blocker modes instead so you don't have to trust us. All content blocker modes and browsing features use anti-cookie potentiation and ad/tracker blocking technologies. Some of these technologies are more sophisticated than the top names in web security. L;WR - Here's our long(er) explanation: Mobile browsing can be a scary place. Hackers and Cyber Criminals have found innovative ways to target you on the devices and applications you use the most. Cydog Browser is a company which provides the world's leading web security for the masses. This app and safari extension uses multiple methods to accomplish this in order to serve our users. First, we want to help you secure your mobile browser, even though we believe we have a much better one for you to use. Safari is one of the most used mobile browsers in the world. We have developed this extension to secure it with new web standards that don't even exist yet. Second, we believe cyber security is a feedback loop. Without privacy, you can't keep your security over time. We take efforts to limit your web footprint so the data you create and the traces you leave behind don't tell a story to anyone. Lastly, we think the ad tracking ecosystem is detrimental to human behavior because it helps compromise the first two through insidious social loop-holes. Social life is one tactic Hackers and Cyber Criminals use to compromise you. We don't let them because we starve them of data. We hope you enjoy better mobile browser security with the Cydog Toolkit! Want to know more about Cydog Browser? Visit: cydogbrowser.com

About

Addons

Enhance Safari with custom scripts, ad blocking, resource downloading, and dark mode. This extension offers powerful customization for a personalized browsing experience across all Apple devices.

Highlights
  • Userscript support (Greasemonkey/Tampermonkey)
  • Resource sniffing and video downloading
  • Customizable ad filtering
  • Tagit mode for selective ad removal
  • Smart search engine switching
  • Webpage dark mode
Features
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【Platform】 Addons supports seamless usage across all Apple platforms, allowing for data synchronization between iPhone, iPad, and iMac devices. 【Greasemonkey/Tampermonkey】 One of the highlights of Addons is its support for Greasemonkey/Tampermonkey scripts. With this feature, you can add custom scripts to your Safari to achieve more functionality, such as automatic pagination, harassment blocking, automatic expansion, webpage translation, and more. This feature is very powerful and can give your Safari unlimited possibilities. 【Resource Sniffing】 Resource sniffing is another standout feature of Addons. It supports automatically merging and converting m3u8 files to mp4. It also supports background playback and export of videos, allowing you to enjoy high-definition movies anytime, anywhere. 【Customized Ad Filter】 Addons not only helps you block annoying ads, but also speeds up webpage browsing and provides a better user experience. Similar to AdGuard and Adblock Plus, Addons' custom rule function allows you to control ad blocking accuracy more flexibly, meeting your personalized needs. 【Tagit Mode】 The ad filtering feature allows you to get rid of annoying ads while browsing web pages. Addons supports tagit mode, which allows you to remove web page ads while retaining useful content, making your browsing experience more pure and comfortable. 【Smart Search】 The smart search feature allows you to quickly switch Safari search engines by using [trigger word + space + keyword]. You don't need to manually change settings multiple times; it can be done with just one click. 【Web Dark Mode】 Finally, Addons also supports webpage dark mode, helping you better protect your eyes and avoid the frustration of overly strong white light at night. In summary, Addons is a feature-rich and easy-to-use Safari extension that allows you to customize your Safari with more functionality and useful tools, giving your Safari unlimited possibilities! Come and experience it now!

Screenshots

Cydog Toolkit4 screens
Addons4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Addons at Free against Cydog Toolkit's $0.99. Addons also leads on ratings volume (351 vs 13). Cydog Toolkit's advantage is review sentiment (83% vs 60%). On rating, update cadence, 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

Addons is free to download; Cydog Toolkit costs $0.99 up front. Cydog Toolkit sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Addons sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Cydog Toolkit against 4.6 for Addons. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Addons has 351 ratings behind it against 13, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 83% of Cydog Toolkit's written reviews are positive against 60% of Addons's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cydog Toolkit ships an update every 6 weeks, Addons every 5 weeks. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Cydog Toolkit versus Addons: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCydog ToolkitAddons
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating4.6 (13 ratings)4.6 (351 ratings) — better
Positive reviews83.3% of reviews — better60.0% of reviews
Number of ratings13351 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS16.215.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size298 MB49 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperMatthew Benchimol庆彬 邓

Customer experience

Cydog Toolkit

All ratings13 ratings
Positive92.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative7.7%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%

Addons

All ratings344 ratings
Positive90.1%
Neutral2.9%
Negative7.0%
Written reviews25 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral4.0%
Negative36.0%

Bugs and requests

Cydog Toolkit

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Addons

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Web page sniffing function not working
  • Stopped working after 24 hours
  • Scripts adblocking and downloads sniffer not working
  • Serious bug on iOS 17.4 Dev Beta: blank UI after clearing cookies
  • Member logouts are frequent

Requested features

3 requests
  • Add Mac version support
  • Improve sharing and link copying
  • Fix persistent logouts for members

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Cydog Toolkit

One-time1
  • Cydog Toolkit System Admin$2.99
1 purchases

Addons

One-time1
  • Pro Lifetime$5.99

Questions

Is Cydog Toolkit free?
Cydog Toolkit costs $0.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Addons free?
Addons is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Cydog Toolkit or Addons?
Addons is rated higher. Cydog Toolkit averages 4.6 out of 5 from 13 ratings, while Addons averages 4.6 from 351 ratings.
Do Cydog Toolkit or Addons have ads?
Neither Cydog Toolkit nor Addons shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Cydog Toolkit or Addons?
Cydog Toolkit ships an update every 6 weeks, and Addons every 5 weeks. Most recently, Cydog Toolkit was updated on November 3, 2026 and Addons on November 3, 2026.

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