Pacific Block vs Device Specs
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pacific Block
Enhance your web browsing experience by blocking intrusive images, videos, and audio. This utility speeds up website loading, conserves data, and reduces energy consumption on your Apple devices.
- Blocks website images
- Blocks website video
- Blocks website audio
- Faster website loading
- Reduced data usage
- Reduced energy consumption
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Browse the web in Safari with fewer distractions, faster load times, and less data. Pacific Block works on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Features: • Blocks website images • Blocks website video • Blocks website audio • Helps websites load faster • Reduces data used when loading websites • Reduces energy used when loading websites
Device Specs
Gain in-depth knowledge of your device's hardware. This application provides comprehensive details about your phone's internal components and specifications.
- Detailed hardware information
- Device specifications
- Internal component details
- Comprehensive data
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Know your device inside and out with Device Specs! Discover detailed information about your device’s hardware
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Pacific Block at 73% against Device Specs's 0%. Pacific Block also leads on rating (4.4 vs 3.0) and ratings volume (15 vs 4). Device Specs's advantage is price (Free vs $2.99) and update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months). On ads, in-app purchases 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
Device Specs is free to download; Pacific Block costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Pacific Block holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 15 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 73% of Pacific Block's written reviews are positive against 0% of Device Specs's.
Pacific Block ships an update every 2 months, Device Specs weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pacific Block | Device Specs |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.4 (15 ratings) — better | 3.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 72.7% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 15 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 17 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pod 98, LLC | Sergei Saliukov |
Customer experience
Pacific Block
Device Specs
In-app purchases
Pacific Block
No in-app purchases
Device Specs
No in-app purchases
Questions
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