Printer Friendly for Safari vs StopTheScript
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Printer Friendly for Safari
This utility extension helps you clean up webpages before printing, saving paper, ink, and money. You can remove unwanted elements like ads, images, and videos, or even edit text directly. It's available across your Apple devices.
- Remove ads and junk content
- Edit webpage text
- Remove images and videos
- Apply grayscale theme
- Save paper, ink, and money
- Available on iOS, iPadOS, and macOS
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• Available on all your devices, on iOS, iPad and macOS • Printer Friendly for Safari is a wonderful extension, just a press away, ready to use every time you change the content of a webpage before printing. Save paper, ink and money before sending your browser to the printer. FEATURES • Save paper, ink and money by editing the content of your webpages before printing • Update content, remove ads, navigation or useless junk • Change some text or facts from the article before sending it to the printer • Remove images, background images & colours • Remove videos and iFrames • Apply grayscale theme (make the content black, white and grey) SUPPORT We read your support emails every day, day by day. Write with confidence any question, feedback or complaint and you will receive an answer in a very short period of time.
StopTheScript
This Safari extension for iOS, iPadOS, and macOS blocks all JavaScript on selected websites. It effectively stops both inline and externally loaded JavaScript, offering more comprehensive control than standard content blockers.
- Blocks all JavaScript
- Stops inline JavaScript
- Stops external JavaScript
- Safari extension
- Supports iOS, iPadOS, macOS
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StopTheScript is a Safari extension for iOS, iPadOS, and macOS that stops all JavaScript on your selected websites. StopTheScript is the only Safari extension that stops inline JavaScript on the web page as well as externally loaded JavaScript. This is in contrast to Safari content blockers, which can only block external JavaScript, not inline JavaScript. StopTheScript is made by indie developer Jeff Johnson. If you need support, please email me at stopthescript@underpassapp.com or read the support site at https://underpassapp.com/StopTheScript/support.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: StopTheScript at 70% against Printer Friendly for Safari's 43%. StopTheScript also leads on rating (4.5 vs 4.3) and ratings volume (31 vs 7). Printer Friendly for Safari's advantage is price ($2.99 vs $5.99). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Printer Friendly for Safari costs $2.99 and StopTheScript $5.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
StopTheScript holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 31 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 43% of Printer Friendly for Safari's written reviews are positive against 70% of StopTheScript's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Printer Friendly for Safari | StopTheScript |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 — better | $5.99 |
| Rating | 4.3 (7 ratings) | 4.5 (31 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 42.9% of reviews | 70.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 31 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Denk Alexandru | Jeff Johnson |
Customer experience
Printer Friendly for Safari
StopTheScript
In-app purchases
Printer Friendly for Safari
No in-app purchases
StopTheScript
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Printer Friendly for Safari free?
Is StopTheScript free?
Which has better reviews, Printer Friendly for Safari or StopTheScript?
Do Printer Friendly for Safari or StopTheScript have ads?
Which is updated more often, Printer Friendly for Safari or StopTheScript?
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