Weblock vs Control D Quick Setup
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Weblock
This app offers robust ad blocking and content control for iOS devices. It allows users to manage proxy settings, block ads, social media widgets, and custom content, enhancing privacy and browsing experience. Setup is quick and easy, with iCloud sync for filters and rules.
- Ad blocking for web and apps
- Customizable content filters
- Proxy server management
- Social media widget blocking
- iCloud sync for filters
- Safari Content Blocker integration
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• #1 ad blocking solution for iOS, available since 2012 • Over 750 000 app downloads worldwide • No in-app purchases, no subscription. Simple one-time payment • Top Utility ranked in all App Stores around the world • Over 1000+ carefully crafted filters • Easy setup in under 1 minute with detailed tutorial • Now with built-in Safari Content Blocker for better web ad protection Weblock allows you to control how your device fetches online content. Easily manage PAC (Proxy Auto-Config) script and route different connections through different proxy servers. Weblock can make your device download ads (banners and popups), stats and user tracking, scripts or images through a proxy server you pick. It also allows you to use a different proxy for specific websites, like Facebook, Twitter, Google+, social widgets from websites. You can even define your own content filters. With Weblock you can control proxy for basically any network resource! This way you can choose not to reveal your real IP to different services, limit advanced ad targeting and protect your privacy. IMPORTANT NOTICE: You're responsible for selecting a proxy server that allows you to download content you wish to download. We DO NOT provide a proxy service. Using a bad proxy server (like 127.0.0.1:8021) might result in some resources being blocked. You can control your proxy settings selectively with Weblock. Contact our support if you need help choosing right proxy server or setting up Weblock on your device. Here are some situations in which Weblock might come in handy: • Fetch ads through a proxy server you choose. Protect your privacy and prevent ad servers from knowing your real IP address and tracking you. • Disable majority of ads on websites you visit on your iOS device! Weblock supports all major web browsers: Safari, Chrome, Mercury and others (browsers redirecting web traffic through third-party servers like Puffin Browser or Opera Mini are not be supported). • Easily remove all native Facebook widgets and plugins (Like buttons, comments, etc.) on sites you visit - simply disable Facebook plugins in Weblock! Do the same for Twitter, Google+ and other social media. • Stop annoying Tapatalk popups, nagging you to download forum browsing app on every visit. • Take control of someone else's device - you can preconfigure any iOS device to control it with your Weblock app. Block or redirect any content, anytime, directly from your own device. • Your predefined filters and custom rules can be synced between all your iOS devices using iCloud. • If you wish to block something else, you can create your own rules and filters. You can block any URL (with regular expressions), domain or IP address. Don't know how? Let us know - we're here for you. • You can also use Weblock's redirect feature to emulate '/etc/hosts' entries for HTTP and HTTPS traffic. This might be useful for web and app developers to pin domains to different IP addresses. ••• IMPORTANT! ••• Need help setting up Weblock? Contact our support directly through the app.
Control D Quick Setup
Easily configure your iOS device to use a custom DNS service with a single tap. This companion app simplifies the process of switching to a chosen DNS resolver, enhancing your network experience.
- Single-click DNS setup
- Supports custom DNS resolvers
- iOS device compatibility
- Simple network configuration
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This is an optional setup app for the Control D DNS service. It allows you to start using any Control D DNS resolver on your iOS device with a single click.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Control D Quick Setup at Free against Weblock's $1.99. Control D Quick Setup also leads on update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 3 months) and review sentiment (62% vs 52%). Weblock's advantage is ratings volume (4.9K vs 46) and rating (4.3 vs 4.0). On ads, in-app purchases, device support 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
Control D Quick Setup is free to download; Weblock costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Weblock holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Weblock has 4.9K ratings behind it against 46, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 52% of Weblock's written reviews are positive against 62% of Control D Quick Setup's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Weblock ships an update every 3 months, Control D Quick Setup every 5 weeks. Both last shipped on October 2, 2026.
| Parameter | Weblock | Control D Quick Setup |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.3 (4.9K ratings) — better | 4.0 (46 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 51.7% of reviews | 62.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4.9K — better | 46 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 48 MB | 39 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | AdBlock Labs | Windscribe Limited |
Customer experience
Weblock
Control D Quick Setup
Bugs and requests
Weblock
Reported bugs
4 issues- Crashes on startup
- Disables internet connectivity
- Proxy settings not saving properly
- Doesn't work with some websites and apps
Requested features
4 requests- Support for iOS 15 and newer
- Simpler setup process
- More granular control over blocked content
- Ability to block ads on cellular data
Control D Quick Setup
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Weblock
No in-app purchases
Control D Quick Setup
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Weblock free?
Is Control D Quick Setup free?
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