Pacific Block vs OpenIntent
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
OpenIntent
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OpenIntent turns the usual tap-to-open action into an automatic opening flow you personally arrange first. The app still opens normally, but the opening experience now starts with the steps you designed. How it works - Choose the apps you want to protect and put them into groups - Add "custom pre-unlock logic" and "Unlock and Open App" to a Shortcut - Add the Shortcut to your Home Screen - Open the app by tapping the Home Screen Shortcut; your custom logic runs first - In Shortcuts automation, set this rule: when the app closes, "Lock" Privacy and product truth - No collection, no tracking, fully local, no network access - App selection is handled by Apple Screen Time; OpenIntent does not know or understand your specific choices - No account required to get started
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: OpenIntent at Free against Pacific Block's $2.99. OpenIntent also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.6). Pacific Block's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On 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
OpenIntent 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 ships an update every 2 months, OpenIntent every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pacific Block | OpenIntent |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.5 (17 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 17 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pod 98, LLC | Zhaochen Ren |
In-app purchases
Pacific Block
No in-app purchases
OpenIntent
No in-app purchases
