Comparison

Wipr 2 vs uBlock Origin Lite

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. 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

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.

Highlights
  • Efficient content blocking
  • Declarative filtering
  • Customizable rulesets
  • Low resource consumption
  • Browser integration
Features
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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.

Screenshots

Wipr 24 screens
uBlock Origin Lite3 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. Both last shipped on September 24, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Wipr 2 versus uBlock Origin Lite: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWipr 2uBlock Origin Lite
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating4.7 (1.3K ratings)4.7 (917 ratings)
Positive reviews80.3% of reviews — better77.6% of reviews
Number of ratings1.3K — better917
Update frequencyWeeklyWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationPaidFree — better
Best chart rank#4 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.5
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB50 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKaylee CalderollaRaymond Hill

Customer experience

Wipr 2

All ratings1,291 ratings
Positive91.0%
Neutral2.2%
Negative6.8%
Written reviews979 reviews
Positive80.3%
Neutral5.2%
Negative14.5%

uBlock Origin Lite

All ratings917 ratings
Positive91.7%
Neutral2.5%
Negative5.8%
Written reviews508 reviews
Positive77.6%
Neutral6.3%
Negative16.1%

User reviews

Wipr 2

From 1.3K App Store ratings

What 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 ratings

What 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

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

uBlock Origin Lite

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Wipr 2 free?
Wipr 2 costs $4.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is uBlock Origin Lite free?
uBlock Origin Lite is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Wipr 2 or uBlock Origin Lite?
Wipr 2 and uBlock Origin Lite are both rated 4.7 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1.3K and 917 ratings respectively.
Do Wipr 2 or uBlock Origin Lite have ads?
Neither Wipr 2 nor uBlock Origin Lite shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Wipr 2 or uBlock Origin Lite?
Wipr 2 ships an update weekly, and uBlock Origin Lite weekly. Most recently, Wipr 2 was updated on September 24, 2026 and uBlock Origin Lite on September 24, 2026.

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