Web Mute vs WebA11Y
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Web Mute
This Safari extension lets you create custom lists of words and phrases to filter web content. It notifies you when a page matches your filters, helping you avoid triggering or objectionable material and spoilers. A PRO upgrade offers unlimited lists and advanced customization.
- Customizable word and phrase filters
- Web page content matching notifications
- Block triggering or objectionable content
- Avoid movie spoilers
- PRO upgrade for unlimited lists
- Tolerance and notification style controls
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Take control of what you see on the web with Web Mute. Web Mute is an extension for Safari that allows you to build custom lists of words and phrases, and will notify you if a web page matches one of your filters. Web Mute is perfect for blocking triggering or objectionable content, or even avoiding movie spoilers. Take Web Mute even further with a one-time purchase PRO upgrade, includes: - Unlimited filter lists! - Tolerance and notification style controls - Trigger a shortcut when one of your filters is matched. - Help support further development
WebA11Y
Enhance web accessibility with this Safari extension. It allows you to customize text appearance, underline interactive elements, reduce distracting animations, and apply custom fonts and CSS for a more comfortable browsing experience.
- Boldens all text
- Underlines links and buttons
- Reduces animations and transitions
- Applies custom fonts
- Inserts custom CSS
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Safari Extension to improve web accessibility. You can make the following changes to the Website: - Boldens all text - Underline links and buttons - Reduce animations and transitions - Use custom fonts - Insert custom CSS
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Web Mute at 5.0 against WebA11Y's 3.0. Web Mute also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 months). WebA11Y's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and device support (5 vs 3). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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
Both are free to download. Web Mute sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. WebA11Y asks for nothing beyond the download.
Web Mute holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 2 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Web Mute ships an update every 2 days, WebA11Y every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Web Mute | WebA11Y |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | 3.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Vision Pro — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Christopher Patty | Cizzuk Shihu |
Customer experience
Web Mute
WebA11Y
In-app purchases
Web Mute
- Web Mute Pro$1.99
WebA11Y
No in-app purchases
