# Cydog Toolkit vs Addons

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.

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.

## The numbers

| Metric | Cydog Toolkit | Addons |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Price | $0.99 | **Free** |
| Rating | [4.6 (13 ratings)](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/cydog-toolkit/id1564679714/reviews) | **[4.6 (351 ratings)](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/addons-scripts-and-adblock/id6446811843/reviews)** |
| Number of ratings | 13 | **351** |
| Positive reviews | **83.3% of reviews** | 60.0% of reviews |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Ads | No | No |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | **Every 5 weeks** |
| Monetization | Paid | **Free with in-app purchases** |
| Size | 298 MB | 49 MB |
| Requires iOS | 16.2 | **15.0** |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | **iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac** |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | [Matthew Benchimol](https://appshunter.io/developer/1543638141) | [庆彬 邓](https://appshunter.io/developer/1630153590) |

## What reviewers say

### Cydog Toolkit

[App page](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/cydog-toolkit/id1564679714)

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:** Safari Extension, Family Sharing

**In-app purchases (1)**

| Purchase | Price | Billing |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Cydog Toolkit System Admin | $2.99 | one-time |


### Addons

[App page](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/addons-scripts-and-adblock/id6446811843)

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:** Safari Extension, Family Sharing, Vision Pro support

**In-app purchases (1)**

| Purchase | Price | Billing |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pro Lifetime | $5.99 | one-time |

**What reviewers like**

- 🚀 Faster web loading
- 👍 Useful alternative to 'Stay'
- 👍 Great for many reasons
- 👍 Works very well
- 👍 Safari usability greatly improved

**What reviewers complain about**

- 👎 Useless, bad bad bad
- 👎 Does nothing
- 👎 Stopped working
- 👎 Requires external apps
- 👎 Misleading claims

**Reported bugs**

- 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**

- Add Mac version support
- Improve sharing and link copying
- Fix persistent logouts for members


## Frequently asked 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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*Compared by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/) from daily US App Store data. Review summaries are generated from verbatim App Store reviews.*