Comparison

StopTheScript vs Gnome

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

Gnome

Quickly find and share animated GIFs without leaving your current app. Create custom GIFs with text and emojis. Integrates with your Messages app for seamless sharing.

Highlights
  • Instant GIF search
  • Custom GIF creator
  • Messages app integration
  • Clipboard support
  • No account required
Features
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Animated GIFs are a critical pillar of modern human communication, but who wants to open a browser, find a website, search, tap and hold, copy, switch back, and hope the GIF pastes the right way? By then the moment has passed, the joke is dead, and what was the point of any of this, really? Open Gnome. Type in your search — Weird Al, hooray, eyebrow raise — and a grid of GIFs appears. Tap the one you want. It’s now on your clipboard. Paste it wherever you were typing. Joke saved. World improved. There's also a custom GIF creator, for when you can't find the perfect GIF: Make one instead! Choose your image, your text, some emojis for sparkle, the perfect font, and you're on your way. And of course there’s a Messages app integration, too, so you can send GIFs with Gnome directly from the Messages app. That’s really the whole app. It does exactly that, and it gets out of the way. No account. No sign-in. No newsletter. Just GIFs, faster. Why is it called Gnome? Because that's how I pronounce the "G" in "GIF."

Screenshots

StopTheScript4 screens
Gnome3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Gnome at Free against StopTheScript's $5.99. Gnome also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 4 months). StopTheScript's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and device support (4 vs 2). On rating, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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

Gnome is free to download; StopTheScript costs $5.99 up front. Gnome sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. 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 4.5 for Gnome. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 31 and 11 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 70% of StopTheScript's written reviews are positive against 67% of Gnome's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

StopTheScript ships an update every 4 months, Gnome every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
StopTheScript versus Gnome: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStopTheScriptGnome
Price$5.99Free — better
Rating4.5 (31 ratings) — better4.5 (11 ratings)
Positive reviews70.5% of reviews — better66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings31 — better11
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better26.4
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB33 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperJeff JohnsonLex Friedman

Customer experience

StopTheScript

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

Gnome

All ratings11 ratings
Positive81.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative18.2%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

In-app purchases

None

StopTheScript

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Gnome

One-time1
  • Unlock everything$8.00

Questions

Is StopTheScript free?
StopTheScript costs $5.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Gnome free?
Gnome is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, StopTheScript or Gnome?
StopTheScript is rated higher. StopTheScript averages 4.5 out of 5 from 31 ratings, while Gnome averages 4.5 from 11 ratings.
Do StopTheScript or Gnome have ads?
Neither StopTheScript nor Gnome shows ads.
Which is updated more often, StopTheScript or Gnome?
StopTheScript ships an update every 4 months, and Gnome every 3 days. Most recently, StopTheScript was updated on November 3, 2026 and Gnome on November 5, 2026.

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