Comparison

Wipr 2 vs Hearth Cmd

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 popups in Safari, leading to faster load times and reduced data usage. An optional add-on extends this protection to all apps on your devices, without compromising your data or VPN usage.

Highlights
  • Blocks ads, trackers, and popups
  • Improves website load speed
  • Reduces data usage and improves battery life
  • Extends blocking to all apps with Filtr add-on
  • Works with VPNs and iCloud Private Relay
  • Automatic blocklist updates
  • Universal app for all Apple devices
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

Hearth Cmd

Features
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Hearth puts AI agents to work for you at home. Run agents on your Mac or Linux machine to handle the tasks you never get to — and stay in control from your phone. When an agent is about to do something sensitive, it asks first. You get a notification on your iPhone and tap Allow or Deny. Tap "Always Allow" on actions you're comfortable with and Hearth remembers. Over time, your agents get more autonomous for the things you trust them with, and interruptions become rare. FREE FEATURES • Approve from anywhere — agents ask before anything important; handle requests in seconds from your phone • Talk to your agents — send instructions to any running agent mid-task from your phone, no laptop required • Smart rules — tap "Always Allow" once; Hearth handles it automatically from then on • See everything — the Transcript tab shows exactly what every agent is doing, step by step, in real time • Multiple agents — run separate agents with distinct rules and activity histories • Rich previews — see exactly what the agent wants to do before you approve • Pull the Plug — stop any agent instantly with one tap HEARTH PRO • Push notifications — get notified when an agent needs you, even when the app is closed • Time Sensitive alerts — break through Focus modes • Voice input — on-device speech-to-text powered by WhisperKit (iPhone 12+) • Temporary grants — time-limited auto-approve rules that expire automatically Your agents run on your own machine. Hearth relays requests to your phone — nothing executes without your rules. Hearth Cmd is an independent product and is not affiliated with Anthropic, GitHub, Anysphere, OpenAI, or any other AI provider. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Wipr 24 screens
Hearth Cmd4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Hearth Cmd at Free against Wipr 2's $4.99. Wipr 2's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months) and chart position (#4 vs unranked). On ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Hearth Cmd is free to download; Wipr 2 costs $4.99 up front. Wipr 2 sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Hearth Cmd sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Wipr 2 ships an update weekly, Hearth Cmd every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Wipr 2 versus Hearth Cmd: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWipr 2Hearth Cmd
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating4.7 (1.4K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews80.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.4K — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationPaid—
Best chart rank#4 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB3 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperKaylee CalderollaVerge Labs LLC

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

Hearth Cmd

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
2 purchases

Hearth Cmd

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Hearth Pro Multi-home$9.991 Month

Questions

Is Wipr 2 free?
Wipr 2 costs $4.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Hearth Cmd free?
Hearth Cmd is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Wipr 2 or Hearth Cmd have ads?
Neither Wipr 2 nor Hearth Cmd shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Wipr 2 or Hearth Cmd?
Wipr 2 ships an update weekly, and Hearth Cmd every 2 months. Most recently, Wipr 2 was updated on November 5, 2026 and Hearth Cmd on October 31, 2026.

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