Wipr 2 vs uBlock Origin Lite
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Blocks ads and pop-ups
- Stops website trackers
- Cleans up cookie warnings
- Improves loading speed
- Conserves battery life
- Reduces data usage
- Automatic blocklist updates
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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. 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/
uBlock Origin Lite
This efficient content blocker utilizes declarative rulesets for reliable filtering without consuming significant system resources. It offers customizable filter lists and integrates seamlessly with browsers.
- Efficient content blocking
- Declarative filtering
- Customizable rulesets
- Low resource consumption
- Browser integration
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uBO Lite (uBOL) is a reliable and efficient content blocker. The default ruleset corresponds to uBlock Origin's default filterset: - uBlock Origin's built-in filter lists - EasyList - EasyPrivacy - Peter Lowe’s Ad and tracking server list You can enable more rulesets by visiting the options page -- click the _Cogs_ icon in the popup panel. uBOL is entirely declarative, meaning there is no need for a permanent uBOL process for the filtering to occur, and CSS/JS injection-based content filtering is performed reliably by the browser itself rather than by the extension. This means that uBOL itself does not consume CPU/memory resources while content blocking is ongoing -- uBOL's service worker process is required _only_ when you interact with the popup panel or the option pages.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: uBlock Origin Lite at Free against Wipr 2's $4.99. uBlock Origin Lite also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 6). Wipr 2's advantage is chart position (#4 vs unranked). On rating, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence 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
uBlock Origin Lite is free to download; Wipr 2 costs $4.99 up front. Wipr 2 sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. uBlock Origin Lite asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Wipr 2 against 4.7 for uBlock Origin Lite. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1.3K and 917 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 80% of Wipr 2's written reviews are positive against 78% of uBlock Origin Lite's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. Both last shipped on September 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Wipr 2 | uBlock Origin Lite |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.7 (1.3K ratings) | 4.7 (917 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 80.3% of reviews — better | 77.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.3K — better | 917 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #4 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 18.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 50 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kaylee Calderolla | Raymond Hill |
Customer experience
Wipr 2
uBlock Origin Lite
User reviews
Wipr 2
From 1.3K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Blocks ads effectively
- 👍 Simple and easy to use
- 🔒 Doesn't slow down Safari
- 💡 Frequent updates
- 👍 Responsive developer
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional issues with YouTube ads
- 🐛 Incompatibility with some websites
- 🐛 Occasional blank spaces where ads used to be
uBlock Origin Lite
From 917 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Lightweight and efficient
- 🔒 Open-source and transparent
- 👍 Effective ad blocking
- 👍 Seamless integration with Safari
Room to improve
- 🐛 Compatibility issues with latest iOS version
- 🔧 Difficulty accessing settings in private mode
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
uBlock Origin Lite
Reported bugs
2 issues- Unable to turn on extension on laptop Safari after installation
- Fails to load when enabling in Safari
Requested features
2 requests- Import third-party filter lists
- Improved dashboard and settings access
In-app purchases
Wipr 2
- Monthly Recurring Tip$1.991 Month
- Filtr$4.991 Year
- Yearly Recurring Tip$9.991 Year
- Tip$4.99
- Mega Tip$19.99
- Filtr$24.99
uBlock Origin Lite
No in-app purchases
Questions
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