Cydog Toolkit vs Addons
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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
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.
- 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
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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!
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Verdict
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
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.
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.
Cydog Toolkit ships an update every 6 weeks, Addons every 5 weeks. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Cydog Toolkit | Addons |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.6 (13 ratings) | 4.6 (351 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews — better | 60.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 13 | 351 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.2 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 298 MB | 49 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Matthew Benchimol | 庆彬 邓 |
Customer experience
Cydog Toolkit
Addons
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
Cydog Toolkit
- Cydog Toolkit System Admin$2.99
Addons
- Pro Lifetime$5.99
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