Unsmartifier vs Banish
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Unsmartifier
This Safari extension discreetly blocks annoying "Smart App Banners" that prompt you to download an app for the current webpage. It runs in the background, preventing these banners from appearing and improving your browsing experience.
- Removes smart app banners
- Runs in the background
- Safari Web Extension
- Prevents future banner displays
- Requires enabling on all websites
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Unsmartifier is a Safari Web Extension that lets you remove annoying Smart App Banners that wants you to download an App for the current webpage. Just enable Unsmartifier and it runs unnoticeably in the background and prevents future Smart App Banners to be shown. Usage: 1. Open Settings 2. Select Safari 3. Select Extensions 4. Select 'Unsmartifier' 5. Enable 'Unsmartifier' 6. Enable 'All Websites' Info on Permissions: Unsmartifier needs to run on all websites to prevent the Smart App Banners on sites you haven't occurred yet. Unsmartifier doesn't do anything else than that. Please note that it can not remove App Clips Banner that link to the app of website. To remove those banners you need to remove the corresponding app. It also focuses on the system Smart Banners. If a website uses custom ones those can not be blocked. Those can be blocked with various Content Blockers
Banish
This Safari extension blocks intrusive "Open in App" popups and other website annoyances on your iPhone and iPad. Enjoy a cleaner browsing experience without unwanted interruptions or dark patterns.
- Blocks 'Open in App' popups
- Removes website dark patterns
- One-time purchase
- Private and data-free
- Simple to enable
- Fast and efficient
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BANISH. The #1 Safari Extension to block annoying 'Open in App' popups & other dark patterns on the web. “Banish does one thing and does it well: it nukes dickpanels in Safari on iPhone and iPad” — John Gruber, Daring Fireball "The app proved incredibly useful. For instance, when on Quora, clicking a link to another Quora page would normally pop up a blocker that requires you to log in to continue navigating the website. With Banish, this pop-up was gone and you could use the site normally" — Sarah Perez, TechCrunch PRIVATE Banish does not collect or store any of your data - nothing leaves your device. BUY ONCE Just a one-time purchase and Banish is yours. No subscriptions, no in-app purchases, no ads, no nonsense. FAST The app performs the minimal, necessary changes to block popups and free up screen space. SIMPLE It's as easy as downloading the app and enabling it in Safari settings. No maintenance needed. MODERN Banish is written in Apple's latest programming paradigm Swift UI and Safari Extension functionality. --- NOTE: Even with Banish, Smart Banners can still appear at the top for apps you have installed. They can't be removed because they're built into Safari. Need Help? Contact us at BanishForSafari@gmail.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Unsmartifier at Free against Banish's $2.99. Unsmartifier also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 weeks). Banish's advantage is rating (3.8 vs 2.6) and in-app purchases (none vs 3). On ads, device support and iOS requirement 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
Unsmartifier is free to download; Banish costs $2.99 up front. Unsmartifier sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Banish asks for nothing beyond the download.
Banish holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 2.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Banish has 263 ratings behind it against 42, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 22% of Unsmartifier's written reviews are positive against 39% of Banish's.
Unsmartifier ships an update every 2 days, Banish every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 27, 2026.
| Parameter | Unsmartifier | Banish |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 2.6 (42 ratings) | 3.8 (263 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 21.8% of reviews | 39.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 42 | 263 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Arno Appenzeller | Big Pineapple LLC |
Customer experience
Unsmartifier
Banish
Bugs and requests
Unsmartifier
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Banish
Reported bugs
3 issues- Breaks Twitter functionality
- Causes issues with Reddit and other sites
- Doesn't work on YouTube, TikTok, LinkedIn
Requested features
3 requests- More granular control/whitelisting
- Statistics/logging feature
- Improved compatibility with more websites
In-app purchases
Unsmartifier
- Small Tea Tip$0.99
- Large Tea Tip$1.99
- Giant Tea Tip$2.99
Banish
No in-app purchases
