AMP Shockwave vs Acidity
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
AMP Shockwave
This Safari extension automatically redirects Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) to their standard web versions. It enhances browsing by ensuring you always see the full, non-AMP webpage.
- Redirects AMP pages
- Works with Safari
- Enhances browsing experience
- Free to use
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AMP Shockwave is a Safari extension that redirects AMP pages to normal pages.
Acidity
This utility extension for Safari provides quick access to archived versions of web pages. It allows users to manually navigate to archives or set up automatic redirection based on custom regex patterns.
- Access archived page versions
- Toolbar action for quick access
- Regex matching for automatic navigation
- Safari extension
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Acidity is a Safari extension for navigating to archived versions of pages. Quickly access page archives through a button in the toolbar. Specify regex matches to automatically redirect certain sites to archives.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: AMP Shockwave at 4.7 against Acidity's 4.2. AMP Shockwave also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 4 months). Acidity's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 67%). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
AMP Shockwave holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 24 and 10 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 67% of AMP Shockwave's written reviews are positive against 100% of Acidity's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
AMP Shockwave ships an update fortnightly, Acidity every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | AMP Shockwave | Acidity |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (24 ratings) — better | 4.2 (10 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 24 — better | 10 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | And a Dinosaur | Octalwise |
Customer experience
AMP Shockwave
Acidity
In-app purchases
AMP Shockwave
No in-app purchases
Acidity
No in-app purchases
Questions
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