Comparison

iDOS 3 vs Wipr 2

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

Head to head
About

iDOS 3

Experience classic DOS games and applications on your iPhone and iPad. This app emulates a DOS PC, offering modern controls for enhanced playability. It also supports productivity tasks like word processing and programming.

Highlights
  • On-screen keyboard with custom layouts
  • Virtual gamepad with customizable bindings
  • Trackpad mouse emulation
  • MT-32 emulation and MIDI support
  • Bluetooth keyboard and gamepad support
  • Bluetooth mouse support
Features
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Play classic DOS games on your iPhone and iPad! iDOS turns your device right into a powerful DOS gaming PC, with modern game control to make your old favorites as playable as possible. You can also use iDOS for non-gaming purposes, such as word processing, casual programming. Apps in the DOS days are often simpler and surprisingly productive. KEYBOARD iDOS provides a PC compatible on-screen keyboard with carefully designed layouts for different devices and orientations. The keyboard has a sliding control in landscape mode so that you can keep it from covering critical part of the screen. Bluetooth keyboard is fully supported on iOS 14+. GAMEPAD iDOS provides a virtual gamepad with key bindings that are fairly common in DOS games. You can customize the bindings. The DPAD works in 8-axis way. It can also be toggled into a joystick. External bluetooth game controllers are supported. Make sure your game controller is connected (System Settings->Bluetooth). To customize button bindings, go to iDOS in landscape mode, tap on bluetooth icon on the auto-hiding top bar. MOUSE The screen area serves as a trackpad for moving mouse pointer. Tap on the screen for left click. If direct touch is enabled, the mouse pointer will move to where you tap. Hold one finger on the screen, and tap with another finger for right click. On-screen mouse buttons are also provided for your convenience. Bluetooth mouse are fully supported on iOS 14+. AUDIO iDOS supports mt32 emulation, MIDI sound fonts, cuesheet based CDimage with compressed audio tracks (ogg/mp3/flac). SUPPORT - Visit https://litchie.com/dospad for more information - Send email to idos@litchie.com - Follow the developer on Twitter: https://twitter.com/litchiedev - iDOS is open source, report issue on https://github.com/litchie/dospad

About

Wipr 2

This app enhances your web browsing experience by blocking ads, trackers, and intrusive pop-ups across websites in Safari. Enjoy faster loading times, improved battery life, and reduced data usage. It offers automatic blocklist updates and supports multiple languages.

Highlights
  • Blocks ads and pop-ups
  • Stops website trackers
  • Cleans up cookie warnings
  • Improves loading speed
  • Conserves battery life
  • Reduces data usage
  • Automatic blocklist updates
Features
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Wipr blocks ads, popups, trackers, cookie warnings, and other nasty things that make the web slow and ugly. Websites in Safari will look clean, load fast, and stop invisibly tracking you. You’ll notice significant improvements to your battery life and data usage. Setup is a snap. Apple featured Wipr in “The Best Safari Extensions”. The Filtr add-on extends Wipr’s blocking to all apps on your devices. It acts at the network level, but unlike a VPN, it can access none of your data, and can be used in conjunction with VPNs, iCloud Private Relay, and custom DNS. Wipr’s blocklist is updated twice a week automatically, and has enhanced versions for the following languages: Bosnian, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Macedonian, Malay, Montenegrin, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Spanish, Thai, and Vietnamese. Wipr is a universal app: install it on all your devices (iPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro) with a single purchase. It’s fully accessible with VoiceOver, Voice Control, and more. Dark, Tinted, and Clear icon variants are included. Family Sharing is supported. Because it’s developed by a single independent developer and 100% funded by its users, Wipr only answers to you: no one can pay to have their ads unblocked, and there are no “acceptable ads”. This app was made with love and patience. I hope you’ll enjoy using it as much as I enjoyed designing and building it. – Kaylee Terms & Conditions: https://kaylees.site/terms-and-conditions.html EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

iDOS 34 screens
Wipr 24 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: iDOS 3 at none against Wipr 2's 6. iDOS 3 also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). Wipr 2's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 6 weeks) and rating (4.7 vs 4.3). On price, ads and device support 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

iDOS 3 costs $4.99 and Wipr 2 $4.99 up front. Wipr 2 sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. iDOS 3 asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Wipr 2 holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Wipr 2 has 1.4K ratings behind it against 52, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 70% of iDOS 3's written reviews are positive against 81% of Wipr 2's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iDOS 3 ships an update every 6 weeks, Wipr 2 weekly. Both last shipped on October 27, 2026.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
iDOS 3 versus Wipr 2: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriDOS 3Wipr 2
Price$4.99$4.99
Rating4.3 (52 ratings)4.7 (1.4K ratings) — better
Positive reviews69.7% of reviews80.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings521.4K — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
Best chart rank—#3 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer潮激 李Kaylee Calderolla

Customer experience

iDOS 3

All ratings51 ratings
Positive82.4%
Neutral5.9%
Negative11.8%
Written reviews89 reviews
Positive69.7%
Neutral11.2%
Negative19.1%

Wipr 2

All ratings1,343 ratings
Positive91.2%
Neutral2.2%
Negative6.6%
Written reviews1,015 reviews
Positive80.6%
Neutral5.2%
Negative14.2%

User reviews

iDOS 3

From 52 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🎮 Playable classic DOS games
  • 🤖 Great DOS emulator functionality
  • 🎨 Awesome interface and user experience
  • 🔍 Supports mounting of various disk formats (floppies, ISOs)
  • 🖥️ Works best on M1/M2/M4 iPads

Room to improve

  • 🕹️ Steep learning curve for casual users
  • 🔧 Lacks support for some common disk formats (e.g. .img, .iso)
  • 🎮 Issues with game controls and mapping
  • 📁 Difficulty managing multiple floppy disk installers
  • 🔍 Limited disk mounting options in landscape mode

Wipr 2

From 1.4K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Blocks ads effectively
  • 👍 Simple and easy to use
  • 🔒 Doesn't slow down Safari
  • 💡 Frequent updates
  • 👍 Responsive developer

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional issues with YouTube ads
  • 🐛 Incompatibility with some websites
  • 🐛 Occasional blank spaces where ads used to be

Bugs and requests

iDOS 3

No bugs or feature requests surfaced in reviews.

Wipr 2

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Wipr Extra component not always working as expected
  • Occasional high CPU usage when app is left open

Requested features

2 requests
  • Option to disable on specific websites
  • Ability to customize blocking rules

In-app purchases

None

iDOS 3

No in-app purchases

6 purchases

Wipr 2

Subscriptions3
  • Monthly Recurring Tip$1.991 Month
  • Filtr$4.991 Year
  • Yearly Recurring Tip$9.991 Year
One-time3
  • Tip$4.99
  • Mega Tip$19.99
  • Filtr$24.99

Questions

Is iDOS 3 free?
iDOS 3 costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Wipr 2 free?
Wipr 2 costs $4.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, iDOS 3 or Wipr 2?
Wipr 2 is rated higher. iDOS 3 averages 4.3 out of 5 from 52 ratings, while Wipr 2 averages 4.7 from 1.4K ratings.
Do iDOS 3 or Wipr 2 have ads?
Neither iDOS 3 nor Wipr 2 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, iDOS 3 or Wipr 2?
iDOS 3 ships an update every 6 weeks, and Wipr 2 weekly. Most recently, iDOS 3 was updated on October 27, 2026 and Wipr 2 on October 27, 2026.

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