Comparison

Wipr 2 vs Zerobooks

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

Head to head
About

Wipr 2

This app enhances your web browsing experience by blocking ads, trackers, and intrusive pop-ups across websites in Safari. Enjoy faster loading times, improved battery life, and reduced data usage. It offers automatic blocklist updates and supports multiple languages.

Highlights
  • Blocks ads and pop-ups
  • Stops website trackers
  • Cleans up cookie warnings
  • Improves loading speed
  • Conserves battery life
  • Reduces data usage
  • Automatic blocklist updates
Features
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Wipr blocks ads, popups, trackers, cookie warnings, and other nasty things that make the web slow and ugly. Websites in Safari will look clean, load fast, and stop invisibly tracking you. You’ll notice significant improvements to your battery life and data usage. Setup is a snap. Apple featured Wipr in “The Best Safari Extensions”. The Filtr add-on extends Wipr’s blocking to all apps on your devices. It acts at the network level, but unlike a VPN, it can access none of your data, and can be used in conjunction with VPNs, iCloud Private Relay, and custom DNS. Wipr’s blocklist is updated twice a week automatically, and has enhanced versions for the following languages: Bosnian, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Macedonian, Malay, Montenegrin, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Spanish, Thai, and Vietnamese. Wipr is a universal app: install it on all your devices (iPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro) with a single purchase. It’s fully accessible with VoiceOver, Voice Control, and more. Dark, Tinted, and Clear icon variants are included. Family Sharing is supported. Because it’s developed by a single independent developer and 100% funded by its users, Wipr only answers to you: no one can pay to have their ads unblocked, and there are no “acceptable ads”. This app was made with love and patience. I hope you’ll enjoy using it as much as I enjoyed designing and building it. – Kaylee Terms & Conditions: https://kaylees.site/terms-and-conditions.html EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Zerobooks

This app serves as a database for LN (Light Novel) entries. It allows users to access and manage information related to light novels.

Highlights
  • LN Database
  • Information Access
  • Entry Management
  • Light Novel Tracking
Features
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Zerobooks Pro- LN Database

Screenshots

Wipr 24 screens
Zerobooks4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Wipr 2 at 80% against Zerobooks's 25%. Wipr 2 also leads on price ($4.99 vs $19.99) and rating (4.7 vs 3.2). Zerobooks's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17.0). On ads, monetization model 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

Wipr 2 costs $4.99 and Zerobooks $19.99 up front. Wipr 2 sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Zerobooks asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Wipr 2 holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Wipr 2 has 1.3K ratings behind it against 25, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of Wipr 2's written reviews are positive against 25% of Zerobooks's.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Wipr 2 versus Zerobooks: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWipr 2Zerobooks
Price$4.99 — better$19.99
Rating4.7 (1.3K ratings) — better3.2 (25 ratings)
Positive reviews80.4% of reviews — better25.0% of reviews
Number of ratings1.3K — better25
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank#2 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB56 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperKaylee CalderollaRebecca Hustin

Customer experience

Wipr 2

All ratings1,333 ratings
Positive91.1%
Neutral2.2%
Negative6.8%
Written reviews1,005 reviews
Positive80.4%
Neutral5.3%
Negative14.3%

Zerobooks

All ratings25 ratings
Positive52.0%
Neutral8.0%
Negative40.0%
Written reviews16 reviews
Positive25.0%
Neutral6.3%
Negative68.8%

Bugs and requests

Wipr 2

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Wipr Extra component not always working as expected
  • Occasional high CPU usage when app is left open

Requested features

2 requests
  • Option to disable on specific websites
  • Ability to customize blocking rules

Zerobooks

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Wipr 2

Subscriptions3
  • Monthly Recurring Tip$1.991 Month
  • Filtr$4.991 Year
  • Yearly Recurring Tip$9.991 Year
One-time3
  • Tip$4.99
  • Mega Tip$19.99
  • Filtr$24.99
None

Zerobooks

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Wipr 2 free?
Wipr 2 costs $4.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Zerobooks free?
Zerobooks costs $19.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Wipr 2 or Zerobooks?
Wipr 2 is rated higher. Wipr 2 averages 4.7 out of 5 from 1.3K ratings, while Zerobooks averages 3.2 from 25 ratings.
Do Wipr 2 or Zerobooks have ads?
Neither Wipr 2 nor Zerobooks shows ads.

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