Wipr 2 vs Swarm Sync
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. 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/
Swarm Sync
Control your smart lava lamp remotely. Adjust lighting effects in real-time and sync them with live broadcasts for an immersive experience.
- Remote device control
- Real-time lighting adjustments
- Stream sync feature
- Control Neuro-sama Lava Lamp
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Swarm Sync is a mobile app that allows users to control Neuro-sama smart devices, such as the Neuro-sama Lava Lamp, from anywhere. The app provides real-time control of lighting and includes a stream sync feature that synchronizes lighting effects with live broadcasts.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Swarm Sync at Free against Wipr 2's $4.99. Swarm Sync also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 6) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Wipr 2's advantage is ratings volume (1.3K vs 17) and chart position (#2 vs unranked). On update cadence, ads 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
Swarm Sync is free to download; Wipr 2 costs $4.99 up front. Wipr 2 sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Swarm Sync asks for nothing beyond the download.
Swarm Sync holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Wipr 2 has 1.3K ratings behind it against 17, 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 100% of Swarm Sync's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Wipr 2 | Swarm Sync |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.7 (1.3K ratings) | 5.0 (17 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.3K — better | 17 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #2 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 67 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kaylee Calderolla | Imprint Creations Inc |
Customer experience
Wipr 2
Swarm Sync
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
Swarm Sync
From 17 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🐢 Searching for lamp…
- 🐢 Bound to find it eventually...
- 😤 Absolute cinema
- 🧠 Neurons
- 🤖 Skynet can't be this cute!
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
Swarm Sync
Requested features
1 request- VedFlipExplode
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
Swarm Sync
No in-app purchases









