Comparison

StopTheScript vs Protego for Reddit

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Blocks all JavaScript
  • Stops inline JavaScript
  • Stops external JavaScript
  • Safari extension
  • Supports iOS, iPadOS, macOS
Features
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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

About

Protego for Reddit

Enhance your Reddit browsing by filtering out unwanted content. This tool allows you to block specific keywords, social media links, and domains, helping you focus on what matters and reduce distractions.

Highlights
  • Keyword filtering
  • Social media blocking
  • Domain blocking
  • Smart wildcards
  • iCloud sync
  • Ad-free browsing
  • Import/export filters
Features
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Add a keyword, a community, a user, or a domain, and matching posts quietly disappear from your feed. Protego is a Safari extension with a companion app, on iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Vision Pro. WHY THE BROWSER: Reddit belongs in your browser. The official app is built to keep you scrolling; in Safari, you decide what Reddit shows you. No notifications pulling you back, no "get the app" walls, and no Reddit app collecting in the background. FILTER WHAT YOU CHOOSE: - Keywords - Hide posts whose title, body, or community name matches a word or phrase - Communities - Hide everything from a community, or block its page entirely - Users - Hide one person's posts and comments - Domains - Hide posts linking to a particular site - Social Media - Hide posts linking to X, Instagram, TikTok, and more Keywords go further: * matches a word and its variations, # matches any 1 to 3 digit number, and groups switch a whole set on or off at once. Any filter switches off without deleting it. Reveal Mode outlines every post a filter would hide instead of hiding it, and Preview tries a keyword before you save it. Not sure what to filter? On a device with Apple Intelligence, pick a topic or type a word, and Protego suggests real terms to add. SET UP IN ONE TAP: Pick a preset (Off, Minimal, Balanced, or Focused) and Protego applies a recommended set of options, bringing new Reddit closer to the old one. Fine-tune anything afterward. CLEAR AWAY THE CLUTTER: - Hide thumbnails, avatars, flair, badges, vote controls, award and join buttons, community banners, and pinned highlight cards - Hide recommendations, promoted posts, login and app nudges, and Reddit Answers - Collapse or hide comments carrying media, and the moderator comment pinned to the top of a thread MAKE REDDIT EASIER TO USE: - Share a post, or a comment with the thread above it, as an image instead of a screenshot - Color-code comment threads by reply depth, with four themes to pick from - Jump between comments by reply depth, and return to the top of a thread - Open comment pages with every reply chain folded away - Open posts from a feed in a new tab, keeping your place - Land on old Reddit automatically, with an endless feed - Give old Reddit the dark theme it has never had, and drop communities' custom styling PUT REDDIT OUT OF REACH: Limits blocks Reddit itself, a step at a time: Home and Popular, then all main feeds, then everything but direct links to posts, then all of Reddit. Pair a limit with a Focus like Sleep or Study and it turns itself on. PRIVACY: No account, no tracking, no browsing history collected. Your filter lists stay on your devices and in your own iCloud. Keyword suggestions run on Apple's Private Cloud Compute, which stores nothing and never receives your lists. YOURS ON EVERY DEVICE: - One purchase covers iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Vision Pro - No subscription, and optional tips are the only in-app purchase. Nothing is locked behind them - Lists sync over your own iCloud, even with the app closed - Works on new and old Reddit - English, Spanish, and Brazilian Portuguese - Search every setting by name or by what it does - Import and export your lists - Stats showing how much Protego has filtered, with a shareable card Protego filters text: post titles, bodies, community and author names, and link addresses. It cannot read words inside images or videos. Filtered posts are hidden from your view. Nothing is removed from Reddit, and nobody is notified.

Screenshots

StopTheScript4 screens
Protego for Reddit4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: StopTheScript at none against Protego for Reddit's 3. StopTheScript also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). Protego for Reddit's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 4 months) and review sentiment (82% vs 70%). On rating, ratings volume, 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

StopTheScript costs $5.99 and Protego for Reddit $3.99 up front. Protego for Reddit sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. StopTheScript asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for StopTheScript against 4.6 for Protego for Reddit. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 31 and 26 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 70% of StopTheScript's written reviews are positive against 82% of Protego for Reddit's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

StopTheScript ships an update every 4 months, Protego for Reddit fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
StopTheScript versus Protego for Reddit: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStopTheScriptProtego for Reddit
Price$5.99$3.99 — better
Rating4.5 (31 ratings)4.6 (26 ratings) — better
Positive reviews70.5% of reviews82.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings31 — better26
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, MaciPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB21 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJeff JohnsonEdgar Sanchez

Customer experience

StopTheScript

All ratings31 ratings
Positive87.1%
Neutral3.2%
Negative9.7%
Written reviews44 reviews
Positive70.5%
Neutral2.3%
Negative27.3%

Protego for Reddit

All ratings25 ratings
Positive88.0%
Neutral4.0%
Negative8.0%
Written reviews28 reviews
Positive82.1%
Neutral3.6%
Negative14.3%

In-app purchases

None

StopTheScript

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Protego for Reddit

One-time3
  • Small Tip$1.99
  • Medium Tip$4.99
  • Large Tip$9.99

Questions

Is StopTheScript free?
StopTheScript costs $5.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Protego for Reddit free?
Protego for Reddit costs $3.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, StopTheScript or Protego for Reddit?
Protego for Reddit is rated higher. StopTheScript averages 4.5 out of 5 from 31 ratings, while Protego for Reddit averages 4.6 from 26 ratings.
Do StopTheScript or Protego for Reddit have ads?
Neither StopTheScript nor Protego for Reddit shows ads.
Which is updated more often, StopTheScript or Protego for Reddit?
StopTheScript ships an update every 4 months, and Protego for Reddit fortnightly. Most recently, StopTheScript was updated on November 7, 2026 and Protego for Reddit on October 30, 2026.

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