Comparison

iDOS 3 vs StopTheMadness Pro

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

StopTheMadness Pro

This browser extension enhances your web browsing experience by preventing websites from interfering with standard browser functions and protecting your privacy. It offers a wide array of unique features to regain control over your online interactions.

Highlights
  • Prevent UI feature disabling (text selection, copy/paste)
  • Stop Google AMP and URL tracking parameters
  • Bypass URL shorteners and stop autoplaying media
  • Hide unwanted website banners and elements
  • Customize tab URL editing and font substitution
  • Run custom JavaScript and URL redirects
Features
Currently charting
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StopTheMadness Pro is a web browser extension that stops websites from making your browser harder to use, and it protects your privacy on the web. StopTheMadness Pro is not an ad blocker but rather a one of a kind extension with a huge number of unique features! Made by indie developer Jeff Johnson. The support link has documentation and my email address. StopTheMadness Pro includes extensions for Safari on iOS and iPadOS, Safari, Safari web apps, Chrome, and Firefox on macOS. StopTheMadness Pro is a major update to the beloved StopTheMadness extension, adding automatic iCloud sync of settings between all devices, as well as countless other new features and improvements. StopTheMadness Pro features: • Stop websites from disabling user interface features in your browser such as text selection, copy, cut, and paste, drag and drop, contextual menus, AutoFill, ⌘-key keyboard shortcuts, and 2-finger tap to open links in a new tab • Stop Google AMP • Remove URL query tracking parameters automatically • Stop clickjacking on Google Search, Gmail, Facebook, and DuckDuckGo • Stop hyperlink auditing (anchor "ping") • Stop tracking beacons (Navigator.sendBeacon) • Bypass well-known URL shorteners such as bit.ly, tinyurl, and t.co • Stop autoplaying audio and video • Always show Safari's native video controls, including Picture-in-Picture • Unmute videos automatically on first play • Auto-select video playback speed • Stop Safari from pausing audio in background apps such as Apple Music • Hide "Get the app" banners on Google, Google Maps, DuckDuckGo, IMDb, Quora, Patreon, Reddit, and Tumblr • Hide "Sign in with Google" on all websites • Hide "We'd like to send you some notifications" banners on many websites • Hide elements on web pages with a tap • Edit the tab URL in a large separate window instead of Safari's small address bar • Font substitution on websites • Website-specific CSS and JavaScript • Run custom JavaScript snippets at any time • Custom URL redirects • Stop losing characters in maxlength password fields • Force links to open in the current tab instead of a new tab, or force links to open in a new tab instead of the current tab • Force images to the front so you can drag, use the contextual menu, and save • Stop web animations • Stop websites from overwriting your system clipboard • Show the concealed password in password fields • Stop websites from disabling text replacements in Safari • Stop websites from changing the cursor and hiding the scrollbar • Stop the software keyboard from zooming in the web page • Stop websites from disabling pinch to zoom • Reload the web page on a timer • View and edit web page HTML • And many more!

Screenshots

iDOS 34 screens
StopTheMadness Pro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: iDOS 3 at $4.99 against StopTheMadness Pro's $14.99. iDOS 3 also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). StopTheMadness Pro's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 4.3) and update cadence (every 10 days vs every 6 weeks). On ads, in-app purchases 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 StopTheMadness Pro $14.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

StopTheMadness Pro holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 52 and 206 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 70% of iDOS 3's written reviews are positive against 82% of StopTheMadness Pro's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iDOS 3 ships an update every 6 weeks, StopTheMadness Pro every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
iDOS 3 versus StopTheMadness Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriDOS 3StopTheMadness Pro
Price$4.99 — better$14.99
Rating4.3 (52 ratings)4.7 (206 ratings) — better
Positive reviews69.7% of reviews82.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings52206 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
Best chart rank—#75 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer潮激 李Jeff Johnson

Customer experience

iDOS 3

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

StopTheMadness Pro

All ratings204 ratings
Positive92.2%
Neutral2.0%
Negative5.9%
Written reviews208 reviews
Positive82.2%
Neutral5.8%
Negative12.0%

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

StopTheMadness Pro

From 206 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Dramatically improves browsing experience
  • 🔒 Enhances privacy and security
  • 👍 Highly customizable and powerful
  • 💡 Innovative features not found in other extensions
  • ⭐ Essential tool for modern web browsing

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Buggy or unreliable behavior on some websites
  • ⚠️ Steep learning curve for advanced features
  • 💰 Expensive for a browser extension

Bugs and requests

iDOS 3

No bugs or feature requests surfaced in reviews.

StopTheMadness Pro

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Inconsistent behavior with 'Disable on Page' option
  • Unreliable 'Force Link into New Active Tab' functionality

Requested features

3 requests
  • Integrated ad-blocking capabilities
  • Improved visual filtering options (e.g., dark mode)
  • Easier per-site configuration management

In-app purchases

None

iDOS 3

No in-app purchases

None

StopTheMadness Pro

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is iDOS 3 free?
iDOS 3 costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is StopTheMadness Pro free?
StopTheMadness Pro costs $14.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, iDOS 3 or StopTheMadness Pro?
StopTheMadness Pro is rated higher. iDOS 3 averages 4.3 out of 5 from 52 ratings, while StopTheMadness Pro averages 4.7 from 206 ratings.
Do iDOS 3 or StopTheMadness Pro have ads?
Neither iDOS 3 nor StopTheMadness Pro shows ads.
Which is updated more often, iDOS 3 or StopTheMadness Pro?
iDOS 3 ships an update every 6 weeks, and StopTheMadness Pro every 10 days. Most recently, iDOS 3 was updated on November 7, 2026 and StopTheMadness Pro on November 8, 2026.

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